The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1890-12-19
THE BIG STORM.
Raging Nearly all Over the East. Cominl
Toward Oregon and California.

Raging Nearly all Over the East. Comm e
Toward Oregon and California.
NEW YoKK, Dec. 1.-THE storm to-
day seriously interfered with river and
harbor business. Small boats were sunk
and number of passenger steamers
which were to have sailed to-day were
unable to do SO. Telegraphic commune
cation south and west is seriously inter
tered with.
A portion of the roof of Daly's theater
was blown off this afternoon and one
man severely injured.
One of the smokestacks ON the post
Office building was blown down through
a glass ceiling over the mailing room,
severely injuring several carriers.
Numerous accidents, in the way of
falling signs, ETC., detached by the wind,
have been reported, but none of a serious
character.
A heavy storm is prevailing along the
New Jersey coast. At Atlantic City the
tide was the highest of the season. At
Asbury Park and Long Branch great
damage was done.
Poughkeepsie reports heavy storm of
snow, hail, sleet and rain along the
Hudson all day and tonight. Trains
delayed.
The heaviest snowstOrm for years is
raging at Lock Haven.
At Baltimore the wind blew forty
miles an hour, accompanied by rain.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad reports
snow ten inches on the Harper's Ferry
division. The telegraph service is badly
crippled.
At Staunton, Virginia, three feet OF
snow fell. All trains are blockaded.
PITTsBURG. Dec.17.-The telegraph, tele-
phone and electric wires are down and
business practically suspended. On the
and the passenger trains that struggled
through were late from one to six hours.
The pecuniary loss resulting from the
storm cannot now be estimated, but it
will necessarily be very large.
This city, being almost the storm CEN
ter, has suffered most severely. The
monetary damage is very great. All
branches of trade, especially railroads
and street car lines, have practically sus-
pended, paralyzing business and causing
total stoppage of operations in the oil
and stock exchange. Through the
breaking of electric light wires, three
horses have been killed, two drivers
knocked unconscious and street car
filled with frightened passengere set
ablaze in a moment. Police switch
boards and telephones have been burned
out, and as result the outlying police
of coal are lying in the back-water from
dam, and should a rapid thaw ensue,
the greatest damage will be along the
rivers. Reports from the country dis
tricts show even greater damage, owing
to the lack of facilities for transportation
At Bedford, Pa, two feet of snow is re-
ported, with a complete blockade of the
lumber business along Blue and Laurel
Ridge mountains.
West Virginia and Eastern Ohio have
suffered greatly, and the situation is
growing worse. A sudden flood is the
greatest calamity now feared.
At IL o'clock tonight snow is still fall
ing and has nearly reached the two-foot
line. a few roofs have been crushed in
by the weight of snow.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-THE North
east storm last night and to-day was the
severest experienced in this locality
since the memorable blow of September
1889. Telegraph wires are prostrated in
all directions, and only meager reports
of the damage is obtained. In this city
many houses were unroofed and other
damage done. Reports from Cape May
and other places ON the New Jersey
coast report great damage done to rail-
roads, by washouts,