Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-02-25
BOUND BY A BLIZZARD.
MANY States Feel the Effect Of thu
Storm.
New York Has a Foot and A-Half Of
Snow,

Between fall of IS inches of srow aud a
blizzard that has frozen it into sold masses
New York is suffering from an embargl on
street traffic that has only been surf as ed
by the noted storm of March. 1sSS,
Numbers of vessels in the bay have been
damaged and minor marine disasters arc
constantly being reported.
Broadway, of course, is clear Of snow bu:
the avenues of heavy traffic ike West, Wash,
ington, Hudson, East Grad, GoreE streets
and avenue, One, A B. c AID d are almost
impossible This bars trucking along the
waterfront on both sides Of tho city, and
shipping industries are at a standstill. ii
will take at least three days for Comm; SIS on
or Brennan's street cleaning departm Mt,
with its thousands of men and hundreds OF
carts, to cean up thu snow ID restore the
streets to their normal condition.
From interior points reports come in OF
blizzard be und towns and roads made in
passible by the storm. The ro-thern tele-
graph services IS still demoralizsd
THE OHIO RAGING
CINCINNATI O-The river has assumed a
threatening ape [. II confirm d TO rise
during Saturday night and all OF Sunday.
i he food has now created real slqrm
Trade and traffic is nterfereI with. New
port is alres ly suffering in the lower streets
Mill creek is firodel to almost the top OF the
banks and the water has rrep into some eel.
lars on the pp T sides OF FIR mt St est.
The Big Four AMI the Chesapeake and
Ohio train' were the only ones running into
the Grand Central ne,ot Tie Bahim re
md tarn -,
farther than Eighth street. The Cincinn Ii
Southern is making its depot at Mclean
avenue and the Ohio and Mississippi at Mill
street. The BIZ Four end Chesapeake and
Ohio trains are running like boats, til ough
a foot of water at the foot OF Smith Mound
and other streets The switchmen, clad in
rubber Doots, are working the switches with
III. water up to their knees. The dspo. mas.
ter at the Grand Central Depot sail: mo
trains can come into the depot at a ago OF
% feet IN the river. Al % fees tine water
will cover t ne lower end OF The platform, but
it will take a I, o. or two more TO bring il
up to the gates"
The general opinion was expressed by
r.ver-men that the water will reach ST ige
OF So feet. Toe indicat ons above are still
favorable to rise, while tn, South rn
streams ars still fun.
BETHLEHEM's BLIZZARD.
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country roads, and it viii take week tc
open them. The Lehigh and Lackasanna
r lilroad is snow-bound near Chap;nansville
and no trains are run. A funeral cortege
from Bethlehem TO Nazareth got snow bound
! ihr miles from town, and relief party Of
| 100 farmers with shoveis and teams rescued
| them The storm is the worst for 50 years
At Eastop, Pa, a heavy fall OF snow wa.
| followed by a tremendous blow all over thil
section. The blizzard came up with remark
! able suddennes., catching many people OF
! the streets They were almost prostrateC
/ by the severity Of the gusts.
The snow blew so thick it was almost i'm
/ possible to see arc lights square distant
BLOWN FROM BRIDGE.
/ Paterson, n. while John Trip an'
William Dorian, Of Hawthorne, were re
! turning home from Paterson at about 1
/ O'Clock and were crossing the Erie Rsilroa
4 tridze, over the Passaic River, terrific
! gale OF wind struck them. Trip was Blow
from the bridge into the river. DorriaI
! Jumped into the stream TO save his com
| panion, but could rot find him. Trip
| body has not yet been recovered. Tho gal
that struck the men was the heaviest expert
! enced here for a long tins.
HOUSES WASHED AWAY.
Huntington, w. ya.-The Ohio River
now higher than any time since the dsas
trous food OF 1888. The wind is blowing
: fearful gale, and the waves are 10 to 20 fee
high. There has been much damage &
wharf boats and other floating properties
Towns adjacent 10 Huntington, not 3
highly located, are suffering very much
Houses have been upset and washed away a
Ceredo.