The Great White Hurricane
A massive amount of snow combined with high winds made the blizzard of 1888 into the Great White Hurricane. For two days in early March, the killer storm dumped between two and five feet of snow along the Eastern seaboard, from Washington to Maine. New York was hit hard. Transportation of any sort, even walking, was nearly impossible, and sometimes fatal, as the winds whipped the snow into piles that buried houses. The wires that crossed the city above the streets became useless and then dangerous as fires broke out.
The storm was a vivid demonstration of the advantage of underground wiring, and put an end to opposition by telegraph and electric companies.
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