, 1890-12-18
TWO FEET OF SNOW,
Railway and Telegraphio
Communication Closed,
BUSINESS BADLY DEM0RALIZED
1t Is Still Showing and Blowing
and Great Damage to Busi-
ness Is Feared.

New YoRR, Dec. 1.-THE storm Ia.
day seriously interfered with river and
harbor business. Small boats sunk, ana
a number of passenger steamers which
were to have sailed to-day were unabe
to do SO. Telegraphic communication
South and West is seriously interferoi
with.
A portion of Days theater was blown
oil this afternoon and one man seriously
injured. one of the iron smoke stacks
on the postoflice building was blown
through the glass ceiling over the mail.
ing room, severely injuring u number
of carriers.
Numerous accidents in the way OF
falling signs ETC., detached by the wind,
have been reported, but none OF II serious
character.
A heavy storm is prevailing along tho
New Jersey coast. At Atlantic City the
tide was the highest of the season.
At Asbury Park and Long Branch
great damage was done.
Poughkcepsie reports heavy storm
of snow. hail. sleet and rain along the
Hudson all day and night. Trains arc
delayed.
The heaviest snow storm for years Is
raging at Lock Haven.
At Baltimore the wind Is forty miles
an hour, accompanied by rain.
The Baltimore Il Ohio railroad reports
snow ten inches deep on the Harper's
Ferry division. The telegraph service ia
badly crippled.
At Staunton. Va, three feet of snow
fell. All the trains are blockaded.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
PIrTsBuRG, Dec. l7,-Telegraph, tele-
phone and electric light wires are down
and business is practically suspended.
On the railroads no freight trains were
running and the passenger trains that
struggled through were late from one to
six hours. The pecuniary loss resulting
from the storm can not now be csh-
mated, but it will necessarily be very
large.
This city being almost the storm cen
ter has suffered more severely. Tho
monetary damage is very great All
branches of trade, especially railroads
and street car lines, which have pracu-
cally suspended, ARE paraly zing business
and causing a total stoppnge of opera
tions in the oil and stock exchange.
Through the breaking of electric light
wires three horses have been killed, Two
drivers knocked unconscious, and n street
car II led with frightened passengers was
set ablaze in n moment The police
switch boards have been burned OUT
and as u result the outlying police dis
tricts are isolated.
Millions of tons of coal are lying In
back water from the dam, and shoulda
rapid thaw ensue the greatest damage
will be along the rivers.
Reports from the country districts
show even greater damage, owing ~ the
lack of facilities for transportation.
At Bedford. Penn. two feet of snow Is
reported. with complete blockade OF
the lumber business along the Blue and
Laurel Ridge mountains.
West Virginia and Eastern Ohio have
suffered greatly and the situation Is
a sudden flood is the greatest calam-
ity now feared.
At II o. clock tonight snow Is still
flying. and has nearly reached the two
loot line.
a lew roofs have been crushed in by
the weight of snow.
ONE MAN KILLED.
ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 1.-THE roof Of
the blacksmith shop of the Roanoke ma
chine works fell under the heavy weight
ofsnow this morning. one man was
killed and eight seriously injured. The
damage to the building and machinery
is estimated at 500, coo. over two feet
of snow has fallen here, and the storm
continues.
THE STORM on THE NEW JERSEY COAST
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA northeast
storm last night and to-day was tho
sevorest ever experienced in this locality
since tho memorable blow of September,
1850. Telegraph wires are prostrated IN
all directions, and only meagre reports
Of the damage done are obtainable.
In this city many houses are unrooied
and others damaged. Reports rom
Cape May and other places on the New
Jersey coast report great damage 10
railroads by washouts.
IN THE SOUTH.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. l7.-Snow has
been falling in this section since yester-
day. The Norfolk Il Western road IS
buried In from ono 10 three feet of snow.
In Soutl west Nirriniu snow is drlltel