San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-27
SNOW STORMS.
TRAVEL STOPPED IN NEW YORK
AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Heaviest Snowfall in Years-Ex'
tended Into Canada With
Severe Cold Reported.
In New YORK.

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ten hours and lies two feet deep on
a level and is badly drifted in
places. Traffic on the Central,
Hudson and Northern Central
railroads is blocked and can scarce
ly be resumed within twenty-four
hours.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The storm,
so far as now known, has done no
damage to shipping. The water
along Staten Islam d shore is unu-
sually high, and in many places
the waves make a clean breach over
the docks.
At Quarantine the waves are
breaking over the stone wall which
was built to protect the shore along
the front OF the quarantine grounds.
Reports from the interior indi-
cate a more or less serious inter-
ruption to railway traffic. Central
New York showing the most gem
eral disturbances.
At Syracuse there are eighteen
inches OF snow, trains are one to
three hours behind time and street
cars are unable to move.
No trains have reached Auburn
from the east and this mornings
train from the west was two hours
late.
In western New York the storm
is severe. Storms all along the
coast are heavy.
In Maine the heavy snowfall is
the source OF gladness TO the lum-
Der men, who were waiting for an
opportunity to clear their camps
of the seasons cut.
IN PITTSBURG.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 27.-The
snow storm which started last
evening proved the heaviest here
for several years.
Up to 10 o'clock this morning
twelve inches of snow had fallen
and it is still showing. Trains on
all roads are delayed and there is
much doubt where eastern trains
will be able to get over the noun
tains.
Street car travel in the city is
seriously interfered with and some
city telegraph and telephone
wires are down.
The blizzard is especially severe
in the Allegheny mountains,
where the snow has drifted and
i'm pedes travel.
Through trains from the east ara
four to seven hours late and from
the west nearly as much behind
time.
IN THE ALLEGHENIES.
DUBOIsE, Pa, Dec. 2.-Snow
has fallen to a depth Of twenty
inches. Traffic on the Allegheny
Valley railroad is practically at a
stand-still, the snow having drifted
to such depth in the mountain
cuts that trains are snowbound.
Travel on the public highways is
out Of the question and telegraph
and telephone wires are pros
trated.
IN CANADA.
TORONTO, Ont, Dec. 27.-The
blizzard struck this city this
morning, demoralizing all street
railway traffic for three hours.
The velocity of the wind decreased
towards noon, but snow is still
falling.
Reports from the eastern part of
the province indicates heavy snow
storms.
|. MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 27.-All
through the Province OF Quebec a
severe sno W storm ragged last night.
No accidents are reported and
railway traffic has not been inter-
| rupted.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 27.-The
bowling storm, which, with fine
penetrating snow, commenced last
night, the wind having velocity
Of As miles per hour, subsidized to-
day. The snow has drifted, caus-
ing more or less delay to travel,
and mails for the east are four
hours behind, while trains from
the west are about one hour late.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 81
The sleet storm following last
nights fall of snow wrought much
damage to telegraph and telephone
circuits within a radius OF fifty
miles OF this city. The Western
Union and Postal Telegraph COM
panies are badly crippled on every