The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-09
TERRORS OF THE Blizzard
Death and Disaster in the Path of the
Storm King.
TROPICAL REGIONS INVADED
Orange Trees Killed and Strawberry Crops
Ruined in Florida-Rcsidents Along
the Coast Out Of Coal-Suffering
ut Other Points.
BY the United Press.

Ry the TTnited Press.
Now york Feb s-The great snow
stor,, that raped in this vicinity TODAY
was worse than that memorable bliz-
,ord of Norcb 1o-15 1893 in three ways
in VIVID temneratura and srea affect.
ed On,v in snow fall was the storm
of 1899 greater than todav's The wind
today averaged s;xtv miles an hour.
against fiftv in the blizzard of 1898 the
temner.ture today bovering about zero
while In 1sss n wac < above. five and n
half inches of snow fell TODAY against
two feet then.
In the area of tho storm however.
&c tho yre.test d;fferenca noted The
blizzard TODAY swent almost the entire
country instead of tba nero radius of
forty miles around New York then COW
ered. All OF the railroads entering TINS
city were practically tied up "A rev
trains got through, put they were flost-
y locals.
Phliadelphla, fep. s.-Not since lhe
memorable March pilZzaro Oh 1000 mas
such storm swept eastern anu cell
tral pennsylvania as that Whlch oesah
yesterday. The railroads were taush.
costly lesson py the 1893 storHi anu
were better prepared 10 meet such ID
snow rail- as prevailed last nlght, put'
nevertheless, despite their every eHorts'
their train service was apSoiuteiy ue-
morallzed. The lowest point reacheu ny
the thermometer mere To-Day was oe-
gree below zero at a. m. from thls
time on to 2.5O the mercury climbed up
to above and then began TO fall, until
at O'CLOCK tonight, Wnen IL stooo at o
degrees.
AT the Delaware breakwater the sea
is frozen solid to the shore, ana people
are walking from Lewes TO the FORMER
place. A big fleet OF SHIPS are frozen III
at the breakwater ana some anxiety Is
felt for several pilot boats that are at
sea.
In the Wyoming Valley.
wi,,ses-Rarra Do Feh s-The beavv
snor, etorr, which cot l., have yesterdav
,nornine continued oil ,,igb+ ord mart
of todaT Al +ha s+ao,, ro i,roods can-
tering q, +bis yo1Io,y wore Greatly . frect-
cd utbila the artira s,,eto,,, Of the Trac-
tion oononanv is comnIatalv nrostra ted
Tba ahigh voI,a,, raiIrood n,as narti-
cularlv en,b. rra SOD tho outs on NOM.
tains being fIla1 With SNOW. Train No
from Naw York HIln hero at 10
1.st r;rh+ raoobad th;s city ohout .
o,clool tb,s afternoon Trains leaving
NJ, Wi, this ,,,,rni,,o, ,,,itr Na,, yorl,
naners arrived here at G n. m. The VAL
Iev,s freight and local passenger ser
vice was entire,v abandoned. The
Delaware and Hudson and Jersey Cen
tral railroads were both badlv handi-
canned and all trains were from two
to ten hours late. The Erie and Wyom-
Ing and Wilkes-Barre ana Eastern rail-
roads were completely wiped out, ana
no attempt was made to move trains.
Ten coal and freight trains on the lat
ter road are stalled between thls city
and Reeders, and VIII nave 10 be aug
out, as the snow Is drifted from ten
to twenty feet deep. The only steam
ROADS running with any regularity are
the pennsylvania ana Delaware, Lack
aWanna ana western ral!roaus' anu
poth nave great dlihcuity IN keeping
their lines open.
owing TO the hnes OF traVei peihs
closed the FEBRUARY sessions OF crlmi-
nal court hao 10 De closed To-Day anu
'he jurors dismissed Inc prahch roaus
aeaolng 10 the coal coiilerles throushou'
the valley are all showed IN, ana ohiy
one mine was In operation To-Day
throwing thousands OF men ana poys
idle. Tonlght at CLOCK the snow was
still falllng. hundred OF men are Worh-
ing on the mountains clearing the cuts
but winds MI them almost as iast as
the snow Is hauled away. Inc 'ner-
mometers IN TINS city register peio"
tonlght.
Trains Abandoned.
Reading Pa. Feb. S.-The Reading
officials this evening decided to aban-
don all trains on the Lebanon Valley
and East Penn roads. Seven passenger
trains are snow bound. one at PALMYRA,
two at Lebanon. one at Prescott, one
near LYONS. one at LYONS station and
the other at Berne station. The latter
station is on the main line. Besides
these. no less than three freight trains
and seven engines are stuck in i'm
mense drifts near Prescott. All of the
main line trains were very much de-
layed today. but the officials claim to
have the north bound track clear. At
tonight there are no signs of an abate-
ment of the storm. and it is still drift d.
ing in all directions. In some localities
drifts are reported ten feet high.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
have abandoned all trains between
Norristown and Pottsyille until the
storm abates. No trains have reached
Reading today from Philadelphia over
this ROAD Inc Trains oh 'he Eeaoing
ana Coluhpia olVie,oh are 'leu up at
stations lot the hisH. anu no attempt
Will De maze 10 start tnein before morn
ing.
The thermometer Is ABOVE ana get