The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-02-10
TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED.
She Blizzard Has Tied Up Rail
and Water transportation.
SCARCITY IN WASHINGTON.
Baltimore Harbor Frozen and nc
Boats Going Out. General
Rail Services Prevented by
Snow. Drifts. The Ches-
apeake Bay.
By Southern Associated Press.

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result of the storm and intense cold
Washington is threatened with fam
ines of different kinds. Tho water
supply has run low, and this has
caused tho illu minating gas TO bc
shut of III one section of the town,
because the gas company is de.
pendent on water for its power.
AN oyster famine is also threat.
ened through the freezing of the
river and the consequent suspension
of navigation by the oyster boats.
The oyster beds are frozen over and
the ice is so thick that the dredgers
cannot work or the smacks and
6teamers operate against the odds.
There arc few barrels of oysters
stored on the wharves, but are so
badly frozen that they are totally
useless for consumption.
Many people had to do without
milk to-day because no milk traius
could reach town. Meat supplies
are also growing short. The weather
here remains cold, but is modGrat.
ing. Secretary Herbert to day
granted the use of tho naval tug
1'riton TO clear the Potomac of Ice,
in the hope OF nverting flood.
ANN4roLIs, Nd, February o.
Hhe damage done on the Chesa.
TeEke Bay and its tributaries by tho
storm, IL very great. North Point
and the Kent !slnnu shore are
strewn with wrecked oyster boats
and loss of life Is feared. The heavy
anow, wind aud almost unprecedent-
ed formation of ice cut Off from all
euccor tho small craft and their
crews, unprovided with fuel and
1ood for tho wintry siege, are suffer.
ing many hnrdships.
The ice boat Latrobe started out
ihls morning to relieve distressed
vessels and rescue crews from dis.
nbled or sinking oyster boats. The
gale that swept the bay yesterday,
according to Capt. Garter, who has
Tor forty years sailed on the Chesa.
peakc, was the worst he ever eX
perienced. The ice was every.
There, the cold was bitter and the
sind was so strong that man
could not stand on the decks of the
t4atrobe. The pilot house, thirty
seet above water, wne swept by the
seas, and clouds OF freeZlpg spray
enveioped the entire vessel.
BALTIMORE, February 9.-There
hns been no improvement to-day in
tne trnln service of the various rail
ronds centering here. The suburban
erslns have moved with some degree
nf regularity, but the trunk lines
are as badly crippled ns Yesterday.
communication with Washington
hns been uninterrupted ana the Bal
hmore ana Ohio road has main.
tnined good service aS;far north us
i'hiiadelphla. but there has been 10
shrough trains.
Ihe Baltimore and Ohio, aside
from ITS valley division, is getting
oack into shape. All traffic has been
temporarily suspended on the Mary.
innd Central road. On tue Western
Maryland business was at n stand
ftiil. Only one train was sent ont
from this eud of the line to- dav.
She Baltimore aud Lehigh is showed
Hp and all trains abandoned.
NO vessels arrived today, and the
steamships scheduled to sail were
with one exception, unable to leave
their piers on account of the leo and
Aow tide, caused by tho strong west
Erly wind, which carried the water
out of the hnrbor.
Mayor Lntrobe will send an ordi.
nance to the city council on Monday
hsking for special appropriation OF
t1U,OOO To clean tho snow from the
streets of Baltimore.
CnicoEA, Pa, February 9.-The
1lttsbnrg ~ Western knil,oad is
blocked Tor 100 miles north.
PTTsBURG. February 9.-All
through trains on the Baltimore Il
ONO Railroad are late to-day. mono
having arrived at tho Smltbtield
depot mp to noon. The New York
ana Washington express Is snow
bound east of Gum berland. with no
indication ns to when it Will arrive,
frelght traffic has been entirely
abandoned, Perlshahle goods nre
being shipped ns baggage and ex.
Gress, while live stock Ia positively
feiused. The officials hope to re
sumo regular traffic by the first of
AeXt week.
CARLISLE, Pn., February 0.-The
Cumbor land Valley and Philadel
Ihia and Reading passenger trains
which nave been stuck in snow
hriits since yesterday, are tonight
etiil III tho big drifts aud arc likely
70 remain for several davs. Supt.
BOYD, of Cumberland Valley. sus.
pended all work this afternoon ne
st was impossible to get the trains
oh', tne drifts being AS high as the
cars. Engineers aud other employees
suffered from frozen feet and eers,