The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-27
SNOW STILL PILING UP.
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FROM VIR-
GINA NORTH INVOLVED,

0AN1A NO1h4L1 In bO4I G&AAs
Street Car Traffic Impeded and the |
Mail Service Much delayed in New |
York, Pennsylvania and New Eag- |
land -Pittsburg Reports the Blow |
Still Furious.
WASHINGTON, Dec. GA heavy snow |
storm, accompanied by intense cold. pre- |
vailed all day over the entire country from |
Virginia to Canada and from the Atlantic |
ocean to the Mississippi river. Railroad |
and street car traffic is much impeded in |
Pennsylvania, New York and New England, |
and the mail service is much delayed. |
FREEZING AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 26.-The thermom- |
eter holds about to the freeAng point, SO |
that snow is not melted in the streets save |
from underground heat. 1t is estimated |
that aG least seven inches Of snow fell. 1t |
drifted in many places to depth of two |
and three feet. Street car travel has been
impeded, and in the case Of the |
double trolley electric cars completely |
stopped. The snow interfered with their |
motors SO they had to be taken off all day,
although horse cars traversed the same
tracks portion of the day. On the other
hand, the single trolley road has experienced
no difficulty at oil, and has not even been
delayed. The cable lines kept their tracks
clear by running cars all night last night.
HEAVY SURF ON NEW JERSEY.
LONG BRANCH, n. Y, Dec ga heavy
sea is again playing havoc with the beaches.
piers, board walks, and cottages at the
summer resorts along the New Jersey coest.
good deal Of damage has been done at
Asbury Park, Deal Beach, and elsewhere
A big schooner Is pounding to pieces on
Sandy Hook bar, where she anchored yes
terday. expecting to ride out the storm
Her rudder was torn off during the night
and she had to remain anchored and to-day
her crew was taken off by the life saving
crews. The sea is making q clean breach
over her.
WIND STORM AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, WASH. Dec. ga violent
wind storm prevailed on Puget Sound yes
terday. Several vessels were broken from
their moorlngs. Telegraph lines were pros
trated last night by falling timber and two
laborers were killed by trees striking them.
A number Of windows in this city were
broken and several frame buildings blown
down.
SEVERE IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY.
UTICA, N. Y, Dec ga severe storm
is being experienced along the Mohawk
valley. The weather is quite cold, the wind
very strong and the snow is falling
in large quantities. The entire system of
over thirty niles of electric street railway
in this city is tied up. the cars being stalled
on the streets and in some instances off the
tracks The stoppage of the street railroad
causes much inconvenience TO business, and
people begin to think that electric roads
are Of little use in winter.
ROOF CoLLAPsEs.
ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 36.-Two sections
of the roof of the New York Central rail-
road roundhouse at West Albany collapsed
this afternoon under the weight of snow.
Three men were injured.
RAIN FOLLOWS THE SNOW.
RICHMOND, VA, Dec 26.-Snow, fol-
lowed by rain, has prevailed throughout the
state during the past tweuty-four hours.
Tonight the weather is the coolest of the
slason.
SNOW AT DANvILLE.
DANvILLE, VA, Dec. 26--There was
heavy snowstorm throughout this section
yesterday and to-day, but the weather is
now clear.
BIG STORM AT PITTsBURG.
PITTsBURG, PA, Dec. 26.-Another big
sno"storm is raging here. 1t Las been
saowing here steady for eighteen hours and
there are no indications of a cessation.
Between twelve and fourteen inches have
already fallen. Trains are all severely de-
layed. Street car traffic on all but toe cable
roads Is comparatively SUSPENDED. The
snow has 30 far not affected the telegraph
service.
COUNTRY ROADS BLoCKADED.
STAUNToN, VA. Dec. 26-Eight inches
OF snow fell yesterday and last night, fol
lowed by sleet. Snow to depth of two
feet blockadeS all the country roads.
VERY COLD IN MINNESOTA.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Dec. 26-Advices
from central and west central pnrts of
minnesota indicate a heavy fall Of snow to-
day, followed by rapidly falling tempera-
ture. In Minneapolis tonight a stiff west
WIND Is blowing and the mercury is going
down fast. There has been no snow here
yet
BOSTON SNOW BOUND.
Boston, MASS, Dec. GA northeast
Bnowstorm, which began here about 10
o'clock this morning, continued with in
creasing violence until o'clock this even
Ihg, high wind, which reached maXl>
mum velocity Of forty-one miles an hour,
driving the light snow in binding clouds
and drifting it badly in many
places. The street railway companies
nad great difficulty in keeping
their cars moving, but by the constant en-
pioyment OF many snow plowS and large
gangs of men they were able to give fair
service on the electric lines and to run their
morse cars on other lines on folr-horse
teams By z o'clock the snow had ceased
railing and light rain set in, which has con-
NUi uurlnR Uno nlSuO, puVtluS Iuo
streets In wretched condition. All
trains coming into the city were
more or less late, the greatest delay being
On the northern and eastern lin es. The
storm is general throughout New England.
4n This city the fall of snow was eight or
hlne inches.
sCHooNERs ASHORE.
PROVIDENCE, r. J.. Dec. 26.-The
schooner Bill Stowe came ashore at Nara
gansetr Pier to-day in q northeast snow
Iorm with wind of sixty miles an hour
Inc vessel is pounding upon tns beach. The
crew was saved by the life-saving men with
breecnes buoy. BY the time this crew
was saved another wreck came
asnore On Black Point, three miles distant
lhls was the schooner A. Ii. Hurlburt She
hai anchored, but her chains parted.
" hen she struck her masts went overheard,
carrying along Capt Thurston, Steward
hammond aud one seaman, who were
eioWnef. the mate Jumped overheard and