Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-26
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From All Quarters.
new ENGLAND ISOLATED.
Yankeedom Cut Off From
The West and South.
BUSINESS PARALYzEB IN CHILL.
Accidents at Three Fires in
Jersey City.
PROFESSOR kOCRS LYMPH ATTACKED
Scottish Railroad Strikers
Become RiotOus.
PROFESSOR kOcH's LYMPH ATTACKED
WIRES ALL DOWN,

WIRES ALL DO "Ns
New England Shut Off From the
Rest of the United States-No Tele.
graphic Communication Between
New Haven and New York-Heavy
Snow Storms In the North-Al]
Trains Delayed.
Boston, Macs, Jan. 25.-The following
is sent out to, news editors by the agent
of the Associated Press: stThe Western
Union has no wires to New York tonight
and can give us no connection with that
city. The wires between Albany and New
York are all down SO we cannot get the
report of the New York state press. That
organization is as badly off as we are.
Furthermore an effort to get report by
way of Chicago and Buffalo has failed, as
Buffalo has only one wire to New York
and that is used for delayed business The
Postal company is no better off, having no
wires to New York. In New England we
can reach no further north than Manches-
ter and no further south than New Haven
We shall get what news we can tonight
under these discouraging circumstances !"
Reports from various sections of New
England indicate that the storm of this
morning was an unusually severe one. A
great deal of damage has been done to the
telegraph and telephone wires, especially
between New Haven and New York. The
long distance telephone company has no
communication with New York tonight
for the first time, it is said, since the COM
pany began to do business. Fall River,
Mass, reports very heavy snow and rain
storm until 8 p. ~, accompanied by very
high tides. The sound boats had hard
time around Point Judith, but arrived at
Fall River safely, although late.
At Manchester, N H., it is reported
that the storm lasted nine hours and that
fifteen inches of snow fell, obstructing
travel and prostrating wires. Nashua, N.
H., reports the worst storm of the season,
twelve inches Of snow falling, obstructing
horse car travel and delaying trains.
Haverhill, Mass, was entirely cut off
from Geographic communication with the
outside world. At S o'clock p. m. con-
siderable damage to trees, ETC., had been
done.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 25.-The
gale in this city to-day was heavy and
some damage was done to roofs and chin
neys. A house being built for Thomas
Castle, at Clark and Reynolds streets,
which was raised to the height of the Sec
ond story was blown down, involving
loss of perhaps $4,000.
Communication Established.
NEW YORK HEARD FROM AT A LATE HOUR
BY ROUND ABOUT wAY-MANY WIRES
DowN-ELEcTRIc CURRENTS TURNED OFF
TO PREVENT DEATH BY BROKEN WIRES.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The snow, sleet
and wind storm after midnight was more
disastrous to poles and wires this city
has ever known. Telegraph and telephone
communication in all directions is almost
wholly suspended. There is no wire east
of Williamsbridge. Over seventy-fve
poles are down between there and New
Haven. There are no electric lights here
in Brooklyn.
Fallen poles and wires blockaded travel
in some parts of the city this morning and
did considerable other damage. A horse
was killed by a falling pole on Eighty-sec-
ond street and another by broken cleo
trio wire on Chambers street. The fire
department and police have established
fire patrols. An army of men are repair
ing damage.
The Western Union telegraph company
has only three wires. and those are west
ern circuits by way of Albany to Chicago.
Repairs will occupy several days, although
thousand ine-men go to work tomorrow
and the company will suffer great loss.
The storm is supposed to have extended
inland but little ways. The storm was
severe in adjacent towns in New Jersey
and on Long Island. On Fifty-ninth
street this morning row of poles eighty
feet high, extending from Eight avenue to
the North river, snapped like pipe-stems
under tho weight of sleet-laden wires.
One hundred and fifty single wires and
two cables containing from forty to seven
ty-five wires each were carried down, shak-
ing surrounding buildings. A big pole was
partly wrecked at the elevated railroad
station at Fifty-ninth street and Ninth
avenue The police are ordered to exer-
else especial vigilance against the depreda-
tions of criminals in the dark streets. The
electric currents are turned off to prevent
death by broken wires.
THE STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.
Riot at Greenock-COnfict Between
tho strikers and Police.
LONDON, Jan. 25.-The railway strikers
at Greenock became riotous last night and
about midnight conflicts occurred between
the strikers and the police. Several off
GERS were injured. There were slight dis
orders at Perth, where several arrests
were made. The North British. railway
has lodged an arrestment of the funds Of
the Scotch Railway Servants society
claiming 100000 damage from the society
for causing the present strike.