Telegram-herald., 1891-01-27

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rendered useless Az enc time com-
nsnieStion - Philsaelphis. Albany
onS bostoa was entirely cut an.
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p "a. New York wss sliu without com
nnnicstiaa with the east or west en-
ospt by rail A few osele mar
ksss have been received The wires
III ever the city are stin prostrated.
and the police and are departments
are patrolling the city 20 prevent fare
as much Is possible The Postal Com
pany Is without single wire west
and the Western Union Company
has bat one in working order. Large
forces Of men are al work clearing the
streets of fallen poles and broken wires
By order Of the mayor all electric CON-
psnies have been Obliged 10 suspend
operations, but not before . number Of
horses had been killed by coming in
contact with the broken wires
Throughout the State of New Jersey
trains are obliged 20 feel their way. as
every wire is FRUSTRATED. the poles as
well as the wires are down, and II will
take days to repair the damages
BosIos, Jan. s6.-The storm did great
damage throughout New England and
especially between New Haven and
New York. where ell the wires are
down and the only communication is
by rail. Twelve 10 Is inches of snow
fell Telegrsphic communication north
and east 10 slow.
PHILADELPHIA. JAN 2s---The Penn
sylvania railroad officials here have tel
grams stating that number of small
wrecks have occurred on their road
on account of the storm. causing
heavy loss to the road, but no loss of
life. All the mails were ten hours
late. Is it was impossible to proceed at
any rate Of speed between stations HAYS
ing no wire connections. The faces of
some of those who were obliged 10 be
out in the storm are quite severely CUT
snow.
JERSEY Crry, N. j., Jan. S6.--The
storm has made Of Jersey City buried
town. There is not an effective wire
to be found, either telegraph, telephone,
fire-alarm or electric light Save
for submarine cables 20 New York
and Brooklyn tho isolation is conn.,
plete- The same Is true of Ho-
boken- Fallen poles and tangled wires
cumbcr the streets in many places
HARRISBURG, Pa. Jan. 26.-The east
ern part of the State has been visited
by a severe snow-storm. Passengers
from Philadelphia report that the snow
was very severe there, great havoc
being done to tho telegraph and tele-
phone wires.
EURoPE's HARD WINTER.
HAMBURG, Jan. 26.-Four thousand
unemployed workmen held meeting
Sunday to consider measures looking TO
an amelioration of their condition.
They resolved to send a petition
to the Senate asking that land
lords be prohibited on next quar-
ter day from evicting tenants un-
able to pay their rents, and also ask
ing that loans of fifty marks be ad-
vanced TO the destitute workmen from
the State funds and that poor children
in the public schools be supplied with
a hot meal daily. A committee formed
to help relieve the distress OF the un-
employed distributed 10, 400 free meals
daily.
BRUSSELS, Jan. e8.-A thaw has set
In here and floods have resulted. The
river SIENNA. which flows through this
city, is much swollen. Low-lying sub
urbs of Brussels are flooded FIVE feet.
Food is being conveyed to the inhab-
itants of the flooded quarter of the city
by boats
The village of AnkerFhem was sud-
denly submerged Sunday and people
forced to fee from their homes TO es-
cape drowning. Many cattle persisted
foundations are reported at Charleroi,
Thuin, Marchiennss and Dinant. all at
tended with immense damage to prop
erty.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan 2e.-Terrifc
snow-storms have prevailed recently
throughout Southeastern Russia Deep
drifts have been formed in many local.
ties, and as . result whole villages and
numbers OF isolated houses have
been almost buried in snow. The rail
road tracks are entirely useless from
the piles of snow resting upon them,
and the only means of communication
between the villages and towns Is by
sleighs- Added TO the inconvenience Ct
which the Inhabitants are subjected
arc the sutferings which they
are forced To endure on &C.
count of the bitterly cold weather
experienced in the snowed-up dis
tricss- Numbers of people are already
known to have been frozen 10 death,
and il Is feared that az the snow disap-
pears there viii be further loss of life
revealed The city of kharlxov. the
capital TO the government of Khsrkov.
on the Kharkeva- is so completely iso-
lated nv the snow which has fallen
upon il and In it's neiehborhood that
the only way of communicating with
It's inhabitants il by telegraph.
Kharkov IL city Of about 10000 in
habitants, and IL IL feared that should
It's complete isolation continue for any
length of time there will he terrihle
suffering. owing IN the scarcity Of pro
visions among ~ poorer classes of In
habitAnts.