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r- THE NEW YORK MONDAY, JANUARY 30. 1922. I I i i SNOWSTORM'S COST gllTCITY Sf ,000,000 f'arolThan 18,000 Shovelers Work Day and Night to Clear Streets. i DAMAGE ALONG SEASHORE Ijhet Tide In Year HIU Coney znd the Rockaways Railroads to Washington Opened. 'More than 18.000 mow hovel er forked yesterday to dl the city out of Us million -dollar inownorra, which dropped nearly eight Inches of sorry now here In twenty-four hour.

Alfred A. Tylor. bead of the Street Cleaninr 'Department. that the 831 miles of I he city streets were clear for traffic nlrht and that business could be carried on as usual today. UXtr a loos Hrht with fifteen-foot snowdrifts around Waahlnrton.

the Pennsylvania Railroad was able yesterday ta push throurh all its trains operating- between this city and Washlnr- ton and the South, and will be run ning on normal schedules today. Trains learlnr this city for Waahlnrton yesterday moraine rot throurh In about fire boors and a half. The Baltimore Jfc Ohio r.4 other roads also reported tracks rlear of enow. The hlrhest tide In years was reported at sevaral towns alonr the New Jersey and onff Island coasts, with damage to boardwalks, seashore properties and piers running-- Into hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. Near "Roekaway Beach four bungalows, seven two-story houses and 100 bathlnr bouses toppled Into the sea, and rowboats could be used In the Roekaway beaches where flivvers formerly skimmed alonr.

Fig-urea at the Weather Bureau here showed that the precipitation was about Ul la the twenty-four hours ended at 10 o'clock yesterday morning-, th official tfane of the ending of the snowfall Tni was In a snowfall of about inches, bat the snow was so wet that normally it should have been fall of about thirteen Inches. -v-i Xartherly Galea, Nearly a half of this fan. or between three and four inches, had fallen before midnight on Saturday, and the storm continued almost without abatement dar-r inr the night. Last night northerly rales were blowinr at the rate of thirty to forty miles an hour. Mayor Hy tan.

accompanied by Co.it-mlssloner Taylor. Inspected the snow removal work Is Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn, and the Mayor said U.at be was pleased with the efforts to clear up the city for normal business today. No estimate was made by officials of the cost of removing the snow, but It will run Into hundreds of thousands of t'ollars, so that this cost and the damasks to; property alonr the ocean front will carry the damage caused by the torm web over 1.000.000. Coney Island's loss was reported at about O00. Roekaway Beach's loss was a lit-i tie.

with similar losses at other rcsortaZ-V The Street Cleaninr Department had mere than 11.000 extra men at work on -the enow -removal and the Municipal Lodging- Bouse and other refuges for the Jobless were emptied by the chance of the lodgers to make CO cents an hour at ahoveliar snow. Applicants were put to work at police -stations and about 100 other places, so that this brigade was scattered In all the boroughs. Some of the men who reported for work had Inadequate clothing and shoes, and burlap was furnished to, them for coverings. The regular force rt 7.000 men in the Street Cleaning Department also was at work on, overtime schedules in a race have the streets clear for business traffic this' morning. They were also manning the 179 motor plows and vehicles, sent oat while the snow was still fallinr.

Transit IJaes Kept Opea. All the tranalt lines in the city were able to operate on schedules near normal by keeping sweepers in constant operation during the night. Even the Public 8err1c lines in New Jersey suf- 5 yy r- -v JXA-fr xz ZZZ- 1 STORMS DELAY MANY LINERS Blfl Passenger Ships From One to Five Days Late. The storms which have been prevalent fa the Atlantic and along the coast from tit. John's N.

to Hatteras during the last month have caused great damage to thlpuiaz. The big passenger liners are sriirlne in port from one to five days vUt. sn4 VanUin T. Ho'vjII of the Red iiiar, Uncr Zjland descr.b;d the stoiui The Disaster to the Knickerbocker i lie "is 9 SSsl fered l'ttle retardment of schedules. The Staten Island lines also kept cars running, despite deep drift and high winds.

The storm played favorites. In Brooklyn. Westchester and' Long Island towns many householders awoke to find that the wind had swept their sidewalks clean, but had deposited a double quota of drifted snow upon the walks of neighbors, who had no wind breaks. Some of these drifts were four to six feet deep. Roekaway Beach's heaviest damage was between Beach Fifty-ninth Street and Beach 105th Street, where many persons stayed up all night in anxiety to watch the anger of a tide said to have been the worst In twenty-four years at Heckaway.

Sewer and gas pipes in Beach 105th Street were ripped out. and a two-story bungalow tumbled Into the flood. In Beach Eighty-second Street Other houses were washed away. At Hammela. near Roekaway.

the water was driven back to the boulevard by the winds, and at times that Irive-way was under lx to eight Inches of water. More bungalows in Beach Sixty-seventh Street, Arverne, were jwept away and a large part of the boardwalk at Beach Sixty -eighth Street was The tide burst the bulkhead at Beach Sevcr.ty-venth Street and damaged many bungalows there. pietel Gaeats MuMscd. Scores of guests were marooned in the Shelbume Hotel at Brighton Beach when the tide swept up the beach and surrounded the structure. At Coney Island the tide was the highest persons there could remember In fifteen years, and about $25,000 damaj was caused to the machinery and materials of the i'hoenlx Construction Company, which is building a new boardwalk.

Damage to bath I I LI II 7 9' vju. 1 zM INTERIOR OF THE WRECKED THEATRE. STAGE ia the worst he had experienced in forty-three years sea service In all parts the world. Gales reaching hurri-an; force have been almost continuous since Christmas. The Cunarder Ca rmar.la from Southampton and Cherbourg, which should have arrived yesterday, will not ree her pier until tomorrow forenoon.

The Pannonia of the same line from Liverpool has not yet been reported, and at least ten freighters from European ports are from two to five days overdue. Til Ward Line sUifhiship ilon Cajllu HOW THE FALLING ROOF houses and other properties was $25,000 additional. An uncontrolled barge ripped out several piers at Asbury Park, causing damage of nearly 150,000. Seabiight. Cape May and other Jersey coast towns reported high tide and damage to property.

A lie wmil miu btm rir BV Il.filT UUi ffc ahe storm that the crews of the munlc- lpal ferryboat were kept on board all night in fear Uiat the craft might tear loose -from their moorings. The Bay i Ridge ferry was put out of commission, and the rtonn sank a big pontoon at the St. Gwrje ferry slip. Heavy seas also caused damage at Midland Beach, on Staten Island. Some persons living in bungalows near Midland Bench became alarmed by the 1-ani! of the mater and left their homes.

Harbor A police received word from the radio station cf the Naval Communication Service that two scows were adrift In the lower bay. and warnings wre sent broadcast to all ships. A watch was s-t for the tcows. Before it receded at o'clock yesterday morning the tide was within two fo-t of the top of the Batte-. wall.

David Robinson. Ire.ii1ent of the Downtown lyague, yesterday grained the efforts of the Street Cleaning Department to get the business section tiiere cleared before the opening of wholesale houres today. The streets in the food and produce are fairly well opened now. and by mldnicht they will be in good condition." said Mr. Robinson yesterday afte: noon.

Margaret Schussler. 12 years old. of 541 West 140th Street, suffered a broken collarbone and contusions y'sterdny when her ran under a taxlcab at Riverside Drive and 150th Street. Two other children on the sled were unhurt. Joseph llurza.

11 years old, of Ml East Seventy-third Street, was hurt In a coasting arcldont at Street and Avenue A. Herman Ratjen. 8 years old. of 45 Kast 155th Street, was hurt at 15Clh Street and Third Avenue. fl III I I from Havana, and the United Fruit steamship Pastore from the Canal Zone have both been delayed by the heavy weather, and are expected to arrive today.

FLURRIES ON PACIFIC. San Francisco Sees First Snow In Six Years. S.W FRANCISCO. Jan. 2fl.

California toJuy rctci-. fj Hie most widely dis -it- I yS KJ vs 1 riw- c-j --aitsi WRECKED THE GALLERY AND THE BALCONY. a. J- xwX ity i I' a' ZZ itfl wA fe? tS'jj v. ti Mf.

WW i Copyright. 122. 1'aciflo and Atlantic 1'hotus Co. END. tributed snowfall In many years.

A cold north wind from the ocean and from the northern mountains brought rain that turned to snow In localities tl at had not had so heavy a fall In thirty years. Los Angeles and San Francisco shared flurries. Around San Francisco Bay the fall was the first in six years, and varied from a trace In San Francisco proper to two or three Inches In parts of Berkeley and Oakland. Theatre in ENTRANCE TO THE WRECKED Builders Of Business QJERVING a very large number of customers in many different lines and in widely separated localities, the Bankers Trust Company comes into close contact with a variety of business problems. In helping to solve each such problem as it arises, we acquire knowledge and experience which aid us in dealing with the business problems of other customers.

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Office: at 42nd St. 57th St. Office: at Madison Ave. 3 5 Place Venddme SAVED BY SNOWBANK IN AN 80-F0Or TUMBLE Jersey Postmaster Slides 100 Feet Down Mountain Slope and Over the Edge. CALDWELL, N.

J-. Jan. 29. Postmaster Joseph Liebeakind of Pine Brook, near here, had a remarkable escape from death today. He feU from cliff at the summit of Hook Mountain, landing in a fifteen foot snow drift, a drop of nearly eighty feet.

A neighbor passinr alonr the road at the foot of the mountain saw the Postmaster fall and summoned others to aid In digging him out. for the man was in danger of being smothered. The Postmaster was on his way to visit a relative and took a short 'cut over the mountain. The wind had swept the summit clear of snow but left the surface slippery. Ha was making bis way cautiously when be missed bis footing.

There Is a gradual slope of about 100 feet to the edge of the cliff. The Postmaster tridc- to check his descent, but missed. He gained momentum as he eared the edge, and shot forward with such speed that he cleared the jagged rocks, which otherwise he must have struck. Wilbur Colyer. the man who saw the incident, said Lie beak lnd disappeared from sight in the snowbank.

Colyer and those he called to aid him plied shovels vigorously to get the victim out of bis predicament. Llebeskind was badly frightened, but after he got his sea legs was able to walk to the nearest house. There he was examined by a physician. It was found that he had -not been severely injured. SAVED BY MINER'S INSTINCT.

Crack Like That of Slate Roof of a Coal Memsure Warned Morris. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 (Associated Press). Long experience in coal mines enabled W.

H. Morris, a 63-year-old retired coal mine manager of Buck- hanon. W. to escape from the death trap in the centre of the Knickerbocker. I was in the eighth row from the front." Mr.

Morris said today, "when I heard a crack, a sort of ripping sound, exactly like that which the slate roof of a coal measure makes when It is geing to let go. It was more Instinct than anything else that brought me to my feet with on thought flashing throurh my mind: I can beat that fall to the As I came Into the aisle I saw the orchestra leader's baton waving with the music and a little white cloud coming down above his head. Then I ran up the aisle, with the roof cracking and falling above me. As I rot to the Joor the stuff began to hit me hi a wave of a wind from behind which literally flung me through the door and across the lobby onto the sidewalk." Mr. Morris said he was warned by a sound like that of a ripping sheet, only much louder.

I saw no one else moving as I went up the aisle," he continued. The house around me was practically empty, and I noticed when I sat down that I was the only one in the row. The staff In falling, my impression is, must have gone into the orchestra pit first. I can't forget that orchestra leader with that cloud forming Just above his bead. OWES LIFE TO GRANDDAUGHTER 4 A.

J. Lchmer Stayed Home With Her Parents Killed In Theatre. His decision, to stay at homeland spend the evening with his four-year-old granddaughter. Mary. probably saved the life of J.

Lehmer, President of O. W. Koch A Son. 9 East Fortieth Street, this city, manufacturers of parquet floors. Otherwise Mr.

Lehmer. who was visiting them in Washington would have rone, to the Knickerbocker Theatre with his son and dauirhter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy L.

Lehmer, both of whom were killed. Leroy Lehmer. who was SS Tears eld. and his wife. Elisabeth Mueller Lehmer.

who was 29, have lived for- the last two years at 2131 California Street. North. Waahlnrton. D. C.

Lehmer being the representative at the capital of the Indiana Flooring Company of this city. He formerly lived with his father at 113 North High Street. Mt. Vernon, where a double funeral service will be held. The daughter, Mary, was their only child.

Freight Steamer Disabled at 8ea. ST. JOHN'S. N. rj Jan.

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