The Washington times., 1894-12-28
Houses Are AflOat and Railroad
Tracks Submerged.
YACHTS LOOSE FROM MO0RINGS
Storm News Elsewhere Tells of Snow,
Rain, SluSh and Sleet.
Fourteen Inches of snow Have Fallen in
Albany and Trains Are Delayed-Western
and Central New York Have the Heaviest
Snowfall in Fifteen Years-Irresistibl
Blockade in Cincinnati-South Suffers.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Dec zf--ihe codst
storm is raging here with no signs OF abating.
A forty-mile gale is blowing from the south
west, piling up tho surf along the ocean
front. The meadows are like a big bay, with
no sight Of land for seven miles. The rail-
way tracks are submerged and the mails are
an hour late Ths morning houses on the
meadow side OF the city were aioat. The
yachts in the thoroughfare have broken fro m
their moorings and are tossing on the broad
expanse of water-covered meadows. Even
along Baltic avenue the water is on a level
with the first floors.
Over at Brlgantine much damage is being
DONE This is by far the worst storm this
year.
AMSTERDAM. y. Y, Dec. .27.-The worst snow
storm since the famous blizzard of 1888
struck the Mohawk Valley last night. 1t
ragged all night and all to-day with increasing
! fury. Snow to the depth OF foot and a half
/ has fallen and has been blown by the wind
4 into drifts from
SIX TO TEN FEET IN HEIGHT.
The New York Central and Wsst Shore
! Railroads have been blocked. No efforts have
been made to run freight trains and they are
stalled all along the tracks.
Passenger trains have been run from two
4 to eight hours late and two Of them were to-
/ day abandoned on the Monawk division OF
4 the New York Central. The wind is blowing
a gale tonight and the snow is being badly
driTted.
HoRxEIlsyILLE, \. Y, Dec. 27.-The big
gest snow storm in fifteen years came to-day.
Ii has been showing all day, and now the
! streets are filed so that traffic Is almost
/ stopped Part Of the street cars have been
abandoned and the Erie Railroad has suffered
greatly The o'clock train arrived three
I hours late this morning. with four engines
drawing il.
Freight cars have jumped the track in the
yard and switching is almost I'm impossibiiity.
| A Buffalo train. with four cars, was derailed
before leaving the yard limits.
CINCINNATI. Ohio, Dec. 27.-Another snow
storm prevails here tonight. Trains from
the cas- were all late to-day. Tonight the
outgoing trains in every direction anticipated
trouble. The street cars suffered only a tenn
porary stoppage last night, but tonight they
fear an irresistible blockade.
More apprehension is felt over the
PROBABILITY OF FLOOD
when the snow melts than over all the incon.
Yenience that can come while the snow re-
mains. The river is low now, having only
reached Seyenty-two feet.
SAN Francisco, Cal. Dec. 27--The known
record of the storm TO date is four sailing yes
sells wrecked and abandoned, one dismantled
and several badly damaged. The crew of si1
from the wrecked schooner Garcia are still
missing.
RoANoKE, Va. Dec. 27.-The. snow which
began falling here yesterday morning wa:
the first of the winter. 1t continued 10 fall
during the day aud last mig hit. accompanied
at intervals by rain, hail and sleet and wher
it stopped this morning was about eight
inches deep. Tonight il is clear and cold
the thermometer marking seven degrees
above zero.
YANKroN, S. D.. Dec. 27.-The Missouri
River is practically closed at this point fol
the winter by ice. The very cold weather o.
the past two DAYS has made ice about two
|, inches thick and OF sufficient strength to sus-
tain foot passengers.
WIILIAAisFoRT Pa, Dec. 27.-The snow
storm lasted over eighteen hours, and
SIXTEEN INCHES OF SNOW
fell during that time. The street cars are no
running and railway trains are several hour
late.
, New YoRK, Dec. 27.-News from Boston il
that traffic is much impeded by the storm
street car travel being DELAYED and inter
rupted. All trains are late, those from thu
East several hours.
New Haven reports the barbor is full o
storm-bound craft.
|. Hartford reports traffic badly DELAYED
From points through New England there
news of delayed travel and impeded traffic
but no serious casualties.
In New York State the snow fall was heay,
} and trains are blocked. country roads i'm
, passable, and street car lines stopped in cities
, No accidents are reported.