Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-01

In the narrower streets, where the car
line piows have thrown UP the snow. II Is
tmT assable for other vehicles The trains
ON all the railroads are from q half hour
to two kours late. The snow Is still falling
steadily.
Deep snow Mt Malone, N. Y.
MALONE, n. Y, February About
eighteen inches Of snow has fallen In this
section during the last twelve hours, and
snow plows have been kept running all
night on the Ogdensburg and Lake Cham
plain and New York Central railroads.
Trains are all delayed. The storm is still
raging
Cars Blocked mt Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. February lover
a foot and a half of snow fell in western
Massachusetts last night. and 1t Is still
showing. although not very hard. All
trains are delayed, and the electric cars
are not running on all the lines.
Two Feet of Snow mt Saratoga.
SARATOGA. N. Y, February 1.-The
snow storm continues today. Two feet Of
snow has fallen since last evening. Rail-
road operations are somewhat impeded.
s,eirhine I'm Greater Gotham.
NF,X YORK, February New York
city is today under snow to an average
depth of five inches, and sleishing Is good
for the first time this season. The tenn
perature at 8 am was 20 degrees above
Zero but the weather forecaster said shat
n cold wave would strike the metropolis
tonight. which would send the temperature
down Il or % degrees.
More than $500 Shov elers were working
hard to remove the snow in the boroughs
Of Manhattan and the Bronx alone
I'D to am about 1880 loads OF snow
had been dumped into the river, and still
the majority of the streets were bordered
with white hillocks. Local traffic, however,
preserved its normal conditions, and both
surface and elevated roads were running.
as usual
With the exception of the lines running
to New England, the railroads were not
suffering Inconvenience The Pennsylva-
MIA and Jersey Central railroads reported
all trains running on schedule time. The
New York Central said its trains were
little late. but not enough to cause serious
trouble. The New York, New Haven and
Hartford reported trains from two to three
hours late. 1t was from the territory COW
cred by this road that the worst reports
came. Boston was entirely cut of from
telephone and telegraph communication.
The officially recorded fail of snow here
was five and half inches.
Worst In Years at Providence.
PROVIDENCE. R. l.. February 1.-The
storm here today was one of the worst
ever known Telegraph and telephone
wires are all down and the city is over
whelrned by three feet of snow, which has
blown into immense drifts. Roads are
blocked in all directions The only mail
since yesterday arrived at 10 o'clock this
morning. The New York train which left
at 10 o'clock was blockaded at Highland
station.
Trains Late at New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, February l.
Efohr ,p Fo1r
the last twenty-four hours. The train leav-
ing Boston at IL o'clock last night via the
Boston and Albany had not reached wor-
cester up to 10 O'Clock this morning
The midnight train from Boston via the
Shore line has not yet reached New Lon
don.
At Waterbury about twenty inches of
snow fell and drifted badly. The train
service on the western division of the New
England road was badly delayed and there
were slight delays on the Nautauget divis-
lon of the Consolidated road. The tele-
phone and telegraph service was not in
terfered with. Country roads are badly
drffted.
Big Drifts at Hudson.
HUDSON. n. Y, February IA snow
storm has prevailed in this section for the
past thirty-six hours, the heavy wind pre-
vaiiing threatening blizzard The streets
In this city are filed with drifts from four
to six feet in height, and in the country
highways the drifts are from eight to ten
feet Railroad traffic is delayed, the cleo
Tire street railway system has suspended
operations temporarily, and all work on the
Hudson river ice field has been abandoned
TROY. n. Y. February 1-Upward of
TWO 1eet OF snow had fallen here I'D to .
am The snow Is still falling rapidly, and
there is wind enough TO cause heavy drifts
AUBURN. N. Y, February Snow he
gan falling here last evening. continued
through the night and is still coming down
TINS morning Trains are considerably be-
hind time.
Floods at Chelsea.
CHELSEA. Mass, February lin addi
ton to the havoc caused by the blizzard
here the city has suffered much damage
by Hood The pipes bringing the water
from the new metropolitan system, intro
Guced last month, burst, flooding sections of
Cne CITY No trains have been started on
tne boston and Maine railroad since 10
O'Clock last night.
Steamer Abandons Her Trim
FALL RIVER. Mass. February 1.-The
New York boat which left this city last
n ,h mad to put into Newport, abandoning
the rest OF the trip.
Three LabOrera Killed
DkDHAM. Mass, February 1.-Three
Italian laborers were killed by a railroad
snow pillow here today. The men. whose
names are not known, were clearing tho
snoM from grade crossing, and in the
sr,o IN uiu not observe the approach of the
sHo" pow until 1t was too late to escape.
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