The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-09
WITH Snow And lCE.
Sweep Of the Blizzard Over
the East.
NO SECTION ESCAPED IT.
Trains Stalled and Travel Of ALI Sorts
Blocked.
ORiNGE TREES KILLED In FLORIDA.
1t Is Believed That Not One Has Escaped
the Deadly Touch Of Jack
Frost.
no SECTION ESCAPED IT.
ORANGE TREES KILLED IN FLORIDA

New York, Feb. S-Dispatches to the
Associated Press from interior points in
the State report that the storm is the most
severe experienced in seven years. Rail
road traffic is much impeded, street rail
ways in many cases entirely suspended
and country roads are completely block
AIDED with snow. In some localities the
fall of snow in the last eighteen hours is
reported to be as much as three feet, and
everywhere the high wind which prevailed
has created drifts of great size. AT Middle
town four Erie trains are stalled. Through
out the length of the New York Central
trains are from one to four hours late and
generally local trains are suspended. On
Long Island the storm was at its worst
causing much inconvenience among the
poor and entailing great suffering.
In Western New York the storm is very
severe. Late in the afternoon the New
York Central started out the North Shore
limited, through train for Chicago, and
every effort, it was announced, would be
made to get it through without delay.
During the hours of the early evening ii
was reported to be running on time. The
passenger trains have gone out on time.
Officials expect to get out through trains
regularly on Sunday. Local train service
has been established on the Hudson River
division.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The Western biz
zard struck Washington yesterday after
noon with its fullest force, and the city is
passing through one of the severest spells
of cold it has ever experienced. The snow
began falling yesterday afternoon, and by
nightfall the ground was five inches deep
in snow and the fakes were coming down
thick and fast, while the wind added to the
intensity of the cold, which was near the
zero mark. The snow continued until
O'Clock and drifted so badly as to stop
travel on the suburban streetcar lines and
to render transit about the city slow and
uncertain.
The thermometer went down just below
zero in the early hours this morning.
General delays in the postal service are re-
ported here as the result of the severe
storm that has been raging during the past
few DAYS. Mails from the East are delayed
between six and ten hours and no Eastern
mail is being dispatched on time. All
mails to and from Washington are de-
layed. No Southern mails have arrived
or were dispatched up to 2 o'clock this
afternoon. None of the Washington and
Alexandria local trains are running and
the Baltimore service is irregular. New
York trains due here early this morning
will not arrive until late tonight. All
Western trains are more or less behind
time.
Three trains were wrecked at Beltsville,
twelve miles from this city, to-day. Par
ticulars are meager, but it seems certain
that the damage to the trains was great,
although no lives were lost. AS far as can
be learned the noon train was stopped at
Beltsville by snowdrifts. The 2:10 train on
the same line ran into it from behind,
smashing the cars badly. While efforts
were being made to clear the track, the
3:45 train came up and ran into the other
trains, also doing great damage. A little
later the 10 train came up, but was
stopped by drift only 100 yards from the
spot where the three other trains were
piled up. But for this it would have been
added to the ruins. 1t is shown that no
fagmen were out. There were only thirty
nine passengers on the trains all told and
none of them were injured. They suf-
fered severely from the cold. The wires
are down and no information can be OBJ
tanned. Baltimore is the only city with
which communication is now open.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8.-A strong north
west wind is blowing at the rate of thirty
eight miles an hour tonight and the
temperature is rapidly falling.
Forecaster Day says that by tomorrow
morning the mercury will have reached s
below, and the severe cold will continue
for several days. The snow ceased falling
after midnight, but the wind piled it in
drifts, practically stopping railroad travel
tonight.
Tonight, however, the local lines are all
running, and many hundreds Of men are
working to get the railroad lines in shape.
Throughout the day but few trains were
sent out from either the Pennsylvania or
Reading depots and all incoming trains
were several hours behind time. Mails
from the west and south are from five to
ten hours late, and those from New York
and Washington are on an average of four
hours behind
The news from all points in the eastern
part of the State and from Delaware and
Jersey is replete with disaster and distress.
AT Clearfield, in the mountain district.