What had it been like?
All afternoon there were signs of storm. Wall posters at Manhattan rail terminals warned that train service might soon cease. Midtown telephone switchboards glowed and twinkled with extra calls. Business firms dismissed employes hours early. In trickles, then torrents, the city's half-million commuters headed for trains. So did thousands of nervous travelers. By 3 o'clock (Eastern Standard Time), vast, gloomy Penn Station was jammed. Both levels at Grand Central were packed with rumpled, sweating, anxious crowds.
As the 4 o'clock strike deadline drew near, masses of people pushed...
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