The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-27

A blizzard has been raging in the
North since Saturday and enormous
damage has been done to property.
Telegraph wires are down, and COM
municatien with the West is entirely
destroyed The storm also extended
up the Shenandoah Valley, breaking
down the wires and causing delay in
travel. The wires were down all day
Sunday and the trains were run entirely
by the schedule. Tho result was that
all trains were late, the one due here ut
O'Clock Sunday afternoon not getting
in until after o'clock.
Roanoke canght tho tail end Of tho
storm and lot of telephone wires were
grounded. Linemen were busy all day
Sunday repairing the wires, and expect
20 have everything all right by this at
ternoon. In tho West End u numb OF
telegraph wires were also blown down.
and several belated citizens who were
driving through that part of the city
Saturday night got their horses badly
tangled up in the wires. number OF
the horses became frightened and would
have run away had they not been en-
tangled by the wires.
"A ehOdoAHQ pOltS AIC Salu TO DO DEOS-
trated between Washington and Mar
tinsburg, W. Va.
All the wires are down from Montreal,
Nelson county, to Culpeper Courthouse.
At tho latter place three houses were
demolished by tho snow and wind. At
Orange Courthouse, tho Virginia Mid
land depot was badly damaged, and a
largo storehouso was blown down at
Barboursville.
In tho southwest the storm was very
severe but no accidents arc reported. In
Rockbridge and Augusta counties, snow
fell from Saturday morning until noon
yesterday, and the roads are said to bo
impossible in many places. Tho storm
was equally severe throughout the
valley.
New York, Jan. 26.-ISpecial The
storm which set in at IL o'clock last
night and continued until noon TODAY
was tho severest since the blizzard of
-1SsG,-.Thc wrecks OF trees and Telegraph
poles obstruct every street.. Festoons
OF wire impede traffic in every direction.
1t is impossible to run cars on any of
the streets. Even elevated trains were
compelled to run cautiously and oven
brought to stop.
At one o'clock this afternoon associ-
atcd press dispatches from the west be-
gan to arrive and were tho first news
dispatches from the outside world since
last night. Stock exchange service i'm
this city is still suspended, and bust
ness at most OF the exchanges is almost
at II stand-still. The cotton and coffee
exchanges are doing nothing.
Wires at the Maritime Exchange are
all down, and revenue cutters have been
pressed into service between Sandy
Hook and the city. Tho damage to
the electrical companies of tho city is
estimated at half n million dollars. All
wires between this city and Philadel-
phia are still down.
KINGSTON, Pa, Jan. 90 Spcciall-
The Susquehanna river here reached
to-day the highest point since 1875, bo-
ing now twenty-five feet above low
water mark. The heavy ice from above
has gorgcd the river between here and
Plymouth, about three miles, and it is
as sold as y rock.
The lower parts OF this town arc sub
merged, and all travelling is done by
w-boats
WiLKEs-BARRE Jan. 60 Speciall-
Tho water in tho Susquehanna river at
10 p. IN. was % foot above low water
mark, the highest point reached for
twelve years.
Tho flats on both sides of tho river
are under water.
The ice gorge ut Plymouth is still I'M
broken and tho water is steadily rising.
Unless the gorge breaks tonight tho
lower portions of the city will be flood
ed tomorrow and enormous damage
may be done.
THE NEWS IN TIE HOUSE