Storm Delays Rail Traffic Across Jersey and New York Ports
Sleet and high tide cripple several rail lines and ferries from Jersey City to Brooklyn. Signals froze on block lines delaying trains. Erie ferries faced long waits as water flooded Pavonia Ave and Barnum Street. A barge carrying coal for schools sank at North River despite heating all city schools.
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Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Jersey Central
Erie
Barnum-st
Pavoniaave
Sixth St
North River
New York Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Hudson River
M. & J. Tracey
Broadway
Doran
Baxter Wrecking Company
John St Exchange Fire Cripples Hundreds of Phones
A late afternoon blaze at the John St exchange crippled hundreds of telephones out of five thousand lines. Officials blamed a probable bad ground wire and electrical cross with a light wire. Experts rushed from all city exchanges to repair the damage.
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John-st
John St. Exchange
Johnet Exchange
Teutonic Struggles In Atlantic Gale During Return Voyage
The White Star liner Teutonic reached her pier amid heavy North Atlantic gales after leaving Daunt's Rock on November 25. Passengers stayed indoors as waves battered the ship overnight and one seaman, Arthur Palmer, narrowly avoided going overboard when a large sea swept him toward the rail but another wave pushed him back.
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Oner
Teutonic
Atlantic
Tower Bay
Daunt’s Rock
Arthur Palmer
Palmer
American press and actors in demand in England wedding note
J. L. Pool of Harrison Indiana married Miss Maud G S Fleming of London on November 16 aboard the Teutonic. Albert Brandt former Majestic purser and S. L. Lawson Reuter news service American representative discussed strong demand for American newspaper men in England and for American actors.
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J. L. Pool
Harrison, N
Maud G S. Fleming
London
Albert Brandt
The
Majestic
S. L. Lawson
Reuter News Service
Lawson
England
Trains Collide in Ossining Snowstorm Wreck
A blinding snowstorm and river waves trigger a triple collision on the New York Central near Ossining. A freight train hit a stone train, then Day Express crashed into the wreckage. passengers escaped serious harm, a brakeman was badly hurt, and crews assisted recovery while service remained disrupted for hours.
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New York Central Railroad
Ossining
Grand Central
Buffalo Limited
Grand Central Station
Rutland Express
Southwestern Limited
Accs
Sleigh Drivers Win Wine at McGown's Pass Tavern
In a park race, sleigh drivers vie for a champagne prize at McGown's Pass Tavern as snow falls. M. J. Monheimer wins the first bottle, followed by a women’s prize won by Mrs. Wolff who signs with East Fifty-seventh Street. J Edward Jetter earns the prize for the East Side entrant.
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McGown's Pass Tavern
M. J. Monheimer
Snowy Coast Downhill Tragedy Claims Schoolboy
A heavy snowfall sparked the season's first coasting accident on a steep Amsterdam avenue hill. Fourteen year old Joseph Seibert died at J Hood Wright Hospital after his skull was fractured colliding with a lamppost. Twelve year old John Vogel was badly bruised. both boys lived on Eighth Avenue.
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Eighth Ave
John Vogel
J. Hood Wright
Amsterdam Ave
Vogel
Selbert
Seiibert
Seibert
Gale Rips Norfolk Unroofs Homes and Wrecks Wires
A Norfolk gale reached sixty miles per hour causing significant damage. Homes lost roofs, trees and telegraph lines were down, and shipping fears followed. The transport Arethusa left the Capes with coal for the Caribbean fleet, amid concerns about open-sea impact. Also teased: Medal of Honor Legion stories and a photo of General Daniel Sickles in tomorrow's Tribune.
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Arethusa
Capes
Medal of Honor Legion
Daniel Sickles
Tomorrow’s Tribune
Harbor Storm Delays Ferry Boats and Sinks Barges
A severe eastern storm battered the upper harbor with heavy seas mainly off Quarantine. Two barges sunk at St George, others ashore near Shooter’s Island and Hoboken flats. The Health Officer inspected ships, Teutonic docked, Afton anchored off Quarantine, Laura rode out the gale at Clifton, Seminole waited under Fort Hamilton, fog and snow hindered navigation.
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Afton
China
Japan
Gonaives
Hayti
Clifton
Staten Island
Fort Hamilton
Broadway Gets New Cleaning Plan for Snow and Debris
The Street Cleaning Department adopts a unified approach with street railway crews cleaning tracks across Broadway from Battery to Forty-second Street. The city moves to contractual snow removal with weather based bids and a new rubber-edged machine broom called the squeegee, tested at Avenue C and Seventeenth Street, with three more ordered.
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Battery
Forty-second St
Veseyst
Union Railway Company
Edward Marr
Woodbury
Partridge
Bronx
Marr
Weather Bureau
Avenue C
Seventeenth St
Storm disrupts coal supply in Brooklyn yards
A major Brooklyn storm caused a coal shortage with hundreds turned away at coal yards. Deliveries were delayed as streets deteriorated and officials warned the county jail, courthouse, Municipal Building and Borough Hall could lose heat unless coal is secured tonight. Superintendent Helme said he has $20,000 to buy coal and will readvertise or purchase wherever possible.
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Brooklyn
Helme
Department of Public Buildings
Fine New Orphan Asylum on Fordham Heights
Pictures and description show a Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum to shelter 750 boys and THO girls on Fordham Heights. Report appears in tomorrow's Tribane with details and views of the building.
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Fordham Heights
Tribane
Appellate Division Affirms Mandamus For Firemen
The Appellate Division issued multiple rulings on rein statement appeals for firemen. Thomas F. Rice, a foreman, had a mandamus to reinstate refused by the lower court. the decision upheld that ruling due to seven days absence without leave. Patrick J. Brennan won an order for mandamus as the lower court failed to prove absence. The court held no allegation of absence existed and the Commissioner’s discharge was not justified, affirming the mandamus.
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Thomas F. Rice
Rice
Sturgis
Patrick J. Brennan
Brennan
Justice Ingraham
Four Inch Snow and Sinking Lumber Schooner
A December storm dumped four inches of snow on Philadelphia with winds at fifty four miles per hour disrupting telegraph links and transit. One man, George Chiverton, died in an express wagon collision, and two others suffered broken limbs. the Virginia Rulon, a three masted lumber schooner sailing from Norfolk to Philadelphia, sank near Assateague VA with her crew rescued by life savers.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
George Chiverton
Momentr
Maritime Exchange
Virginia Rulon
Assateague
Delaware
Norfolk
Assateague Life Savers
Great Damage on Hudson from Southeast Gale
The lower Hudson River rose unusually high during Thursday night’s southeast gale and a northward wind shift, damaging waterfront properties and ships from Spuyten Duyvil to Tarrytown. Ferries at Garrisons and Newbury halted, boats swamped, and canal barges broke loose with two men drowned. Seawalls breached, scows wrecked, and rail damage halted trains along the Hudson corridor.
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Albany
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Wiliam
Watt Terrell
William
Watt
Hastings
James Adsley
Adsley
National Conduit
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Daples Ferry
Lyndhurst
Helen M. Gould
Irvington
Glenwood
Yonkers
New-York Cunient Road
New-York Central Railroad
Albany Snowstorm Delays Railways Across State
A heavy early December snowstorm paralyzed traffic in Albany with winds and drifting snow. Trains ran four to five hours late. hundreds of railway workers kept schedules marginally intact. Cities from Glens Falls to Amster dam suffered severe drifts. Buffalo and Rochester largely escaped, Oswego harbor refilled with ships seeking shelter.
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Adirondacks
Glens Falls
Hudson Valley Railway
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Gloversville
Watertown
Kingston
Whitehall
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Utica
Schenectady
Binghamton
Amsterdam
Rochester
Auburn
Buffalo
Oswego
Snowfall Delays Coal Shipments in Mining Regions
Snow heavy in Wilkesbarre and Pottsville areas halts loading in collieries, crippling coal shipments to New York with trains late and freight movement nearly stopped. Dry, drifting snow disrupts Schuylkill county washery operations, trolley branches shut, widespread regional impact. In Hampton Roads a fierce storm sinks boats and claims at least one life in Warwick County. The Thurlow bark disaster reported from Charleston and Beaufort ends fragments.
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Penn
New York
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Coa
Shipwreck tragedy off Charleston strands crew and captain
The vessel low stranded Sunday night broke to pieces last night. A cook died from a falling mast and another man suffered a broken back. Five crew members were rescued. Captain Hayes of the Thurlow had a leg broken in three places and, lacking a doctor, set his own leg before being taken for medical care. The Thurlow, loaded with lumber in Charleston and bound for New York, suffered the disaster.
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Captain Hayes
Thurlow
Charleston
New York
Four Fires Alarm New Rochelle Residents Firebugs Suspected
The Board of Aldermen posted a $200 reward for information leading to an incendiary arrest after four fires in 24 hours. A barn on General Dante E Sickles’s North Street property held horses and cattle. other blazes hit a hotel kept by Thomas Tyrell’s note and the home of William Benson. Firefighters worked nonstop. two fires were likely accidental while police suspect arson for revenge or to test the firemen.
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New-Rochelle
Dante E Sickles
North St
Thomas Tyrell
Thomas P. McLoughlin
William Benson
Church-st
New Realty Firm Gains Ryan Holdings in Broadway Auction House
Parish Fisher Mooney & Co., a newly formed corporation, has acquired the extensive real estate auction and brokerage business of the late William M. Ryan at 49 Broadway. The principals include John L. Parish, Harris B. Fisher, Luis W. Mooney, and William M. Lawrence, all longtime figures in the city’s realty scene.
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William M. Ryan
Broadway
Parish, Fisher, Mooney
Ryan
John I. Parish
Luis W. Mooney
the Herald
Rele
William M. Lawrence
Mooney
William Kennelly
Harris B. Fisher
Best Story From Picture To Be Published Tomorrow
The Tribune announces a contest where the finest caption or story idea for a pictured scene will be chosen for publication in tomorrow's issue. Readers are invited to submit their best accompanying narrative to accompany the image.
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Sandey
Tribune
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