The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-12

New YoRK, April 11.-As severe o
storm as has been experienced for
years prevailed horc to-day. 1t cen.
tered on the Now Jersey coast, moving
rapidly to tho eastward. 1t was attend.
ed by dangerous and northeas.crly
gales all along the New England and
Middle Atlantic states. Tho wind at
o'clock Mt Block Island was blowing at
the rate OF sixty milos an hour. At
Sandy Hook tho gale was stronger. At
S,o'clock it was blowing at sixty.iour
miles m hour, and 4. 0:l5 it had in.
creased to sixty-eight miles nj hour. In
the city, however. the winds highest
velocity was forty miles an hour.
In this immediate vicinity and south
to Virginia, there was both snow and
rain which is still continuing. Notice
was given yesterday Of the approaching
storm md signals were displayed last
night, and to-day along tho coast. Ac.
cotnpanying tho gale was very dense
fog which extended all along tho coast
aud was very dangerous to navigation.
Fortunately the fog did not cover the
harbor, or it might have been RESPONSE.
BILE for On unusual amount OF trouble and
yexation among the many crafts oi
every description which ply the harbor
and tho East and North rivers, and
probably some accidents. The railways
nre moro or less effected by this weather
as traffic is general in impeded.
THE GREAT SUFFERERS.
Among the great sufferers by the ter
rife storm which has held New York
and almost the entire country east OF
the Alleghenies in its clutches for the
last twenty-four hours, were the tele-
graph companies. The wire reports to
superintendents Of the two companies
this morning from nearly every direc-
tlon indicates an almost complete
prostration Of the telegraphic ser
vice. Few people therefore, real
ize the extremetios that were
resorted to to obtain information as to
the effects OF the storm as we'll MS the
general news Of the day. Throughout
New England the task was not 40 dii.
1icult owing TO the superb construction
the postal telegraph company's net
work OF wires in that locality. The same
company early in tho day furnished
the Associated Press with wire to
Chicago, while tho Western Union Teie.
graph Company parformed like SER
vice by way OF Washington and Pitts.
burgh, tapping the vnriou, cities in tho
vast systems Of the Associated Press.
1t was by this system that the entire
country is familiar with the details Of
the hurricane which has thus far
caused tho loss OF many lives on the
Jersey coast and oi thousands Of dol.
lars on land and sea. On routes that
ordinarily contain fifty to hundred
wires, possibly two or three were
workable. This was especially tho
case with the Western Union between
this city and Washington to the south,
and Pittsburgh on tho west.
The Postal company suffered most on
the southern routes. which lay through
New Jersey, and it is this section OF the
Atlantic coast which felt tho wors,
eiiocts OF the storms Jury. Despite
these tremendous storms the telegraph
companies co-operated 80 effectively
with the Associated Press that so tar as
tho rews gathering service is concerned
tho public have experienced no inconY
ivenience and were throughout the day
provided with the news almost rs iully
ms under tho most advantageous cir.
cumstances.