Evening star., 1894-04-11
RAIN, SNOW, SLEET.
One of the Worst Storms of the
Season.
TELEGRAPH AND TROLLEYS SUFFER
A Severe Storm on the Atlantic
Coast.
REPORTS FROM MANY PLACES

NEW YORK, April 11.-One of the worst
storms of the season struck this city last
night. Rain commenced falling during the
afternoon, finally turning into snow, sieet
ard hail, and accompanied by a terrific
wind, which has continued ever since
Along the coast the gale still continues
with undated fury and fears are ex
pressed that many disasters to shipping
will follow.
The schooner reported ashore on Squan
Beach is the Albert w. Smith from Phila-
delphia for Providence, with coal. She was
driven ashore at 1 o'clock this morning dur
ing the storm. All of her crew of eight
men We're drowned. The vessel has gone to
pieces.
Six men went down with the bowsprit,
one swan ashore and stood up in the under
tow. but was knocked down and carried
back into the sea and lost. One man went
down with the mast and held on 70 a rope
for nearly half an hour, when he let so and
sank.
There is terrible damage done by the sea
from a mile north of the bridge to Sea-
bright. At the Normandie Hall there is a
building in the going to pieces. The
whole beach from Seabrlght for four miles
north is under water.
Winds have been blowing a gale from the
east, and it is thick and snowing Tele-
graph poles are down.
The observer at the Highlands says that
this is the worst storm he ever saw.
An unknown schooner is reported 10 have
been driven ashore at a.. m. at Highlands
Twelve men are said TO have been drowned,
despite the efforts of the Highlands life
saving crew. The vessel is breaking ND.
Telegraph and telephone wires are down
in every direction and the city is almost
completely cut off from all communication
with the rest of the world. ~ few reports
have come in from the Now Engla nd states
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of the violence of the storm, which has
ragged for the last thirty-eight hours and
shows no signs Of abatement.
The railroads are also sufferers and
nails are badly DELAYED.
In the city very few pedestrians are seen
and the street car lines taxed to their
utmost and ale more or less delayed.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April H. - The
snow storm which began at IL o'clock yes
terday in this city and vicinity still RACES
furiousy.
Telegraph and telephone wires are pros
trated in all directions.
Two horses attached to a Diamond street
omnibus were instantly killed at o'clock
this morning by coming in contact with a
telephone wire which was crossed with an
electric light wire. Trains on all roads are
delayed from one to three hours by the
storm.
Reports from the mountain regions state
that snow has fallen to a depth Of from
twelve to eighteen inches and all trains are
delayed.
LANCASTER, Pa, April 11.-Yesterday's
and todays snow storm is the worst of the
season, about eighteen inches of snow hay-
ing fallen. Electric light, trolley, fire alarm
telephone and telegraph wires are all down
and in an inextricable tangle, and reports
or horses being shocked by tramping on
the PROSTATE wires are numerous A man
who attempted to assist horse this morn
ing received shock which rendered him
uncon SciOus.
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Columbia are blocked with trees broken
down by the weight of the snow, and the
trolley wires are down at a number of
points.
Reports from the country state that the
roads are impossible. being literally litter
ed with limbs and Trunks of trees. Traffic
on the railroads has not been broken,
though all trains are late. The principal
damage is to fruit trees. few of which es-
capped more or less injury.
The trolleys of the electric railways in
the city are now rearly all repaired. but
the city officials have ordered the COM
par les rot to run the dynamos until the
tangle Of wires is removed, on account of
the great danger to life.
WILMINGTON, Del, April 1.-THE few
peach buds that lived through the severe
freeze of the last week of March have been
finished by the present severe storm of
snow and sleet The storm extended all
over the peninsula, and trees were covered
with ice all night. Reports from all sec
ing the opinion that all crop prospects have
been completely ruined by the Storm and
that there is little chance of any considera-
BILE crop of berries.
ASHLAND. Pa, April 1.-THE heaviest
April snow storm recorded for thirty years
commenced at o'clock yesterday morning
and still prevails. The snow is eighteen
inches deep, causing q complete suspension
of mining throughout the Schuylkill region.
Trains are seriously delayed.
BUFFALO. N. Y, April 11.-Snow has
been falling without cessation for nearly
twenty-four hours. 1t is wet and heavy
and now about ten inches deep, loading
trees and wires as heavy as they will hold
All communication by wire is difficult
Telegraph, telephone, electric light and DO
lice signal wires above ground are more or
less broken, clogged and crossed. 1t is i'm
possible to learn how great is the extent of
the storm in this territory, but from scat
tering services at hand, the snowfall seems
to be general at this end of the state and to
extend beyond Rochester. There is no in
dication of let up yet.
The storm has brought employment to
hundreds of men at clearing the streets and
railroads.