What was Grand Central Depot like on Blizzard Monday?

1.   ?    silent as a grave
2.   ?    extremely busy
3.   ?    flocks of people were trying to get out of the city

Chauncey Depew paid laborers _________ for a 10 hour day to shovel snow off the railroad tracks during the blizzard.

1.   ?    $120.00
2.   ?    $12.00
3.   ?    $1.20

Depew begin getting complaints from wealthy businessmen about the train. One said the train must run because ____________.

1.   ?    his mother was ill
2.   ?    his wife was in labor
3.   ?    his children needed milk

The only transportation was wagons, coaches, and sleighs; however _______________________.

1.   ?    owners charged such a high fee that very few could afford to use them
2.   ?    they went very slowly and were almost of no use
3.   ?    many horses died as a result of the abuse

Beach wondered how different Blizzard Monday would have been if _________________.

1.   ?    trolley cars were running
2.   ?    his subway system were in operation
3.   ?    the streets had been laid out in a better design

Ferry Mary Heitman was seen _______________.

1.   ?    capsized after hitting another ferry
2.   ?    floating down the Hudson River
3.   ?    bouncing wild toward the open ocean never to be seen again

Police ordered ________________.

1.   ?    the Brooklyn Bridge closed
2.   ?    the cable car that ran up the middle of Brooklyn Bridge closed
3.   ?    only foot traffic across Brooklyn Bridge

____________ died in the snow just 30 feet from his home.

1.   ?    a couple in Tidewater, Virginia while feeding their 10 pigs and twenty chickens
2.   ?    a young teacher in southern Vermont while trying to get his students home
3.   ?    Sam Randall, a man going to milk his cows

Gurdon and Legrand died on the way to their Grandparents house because _______________.

1.   ?    Mr. and Mrs. Chapell were too sick to go and help them
2.   ?    their older brother could not carry both of them
3.   ?    no one knew they were out in the storm

One effect of the dropping temperatures was ____________________.

1.   ?    water pipes began bursting
2.   ?    500 birds died in New York City
3.   ?    the sewer system stopped up