Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-08
ISOLATED.
City of Toronto Has But Lit
tie Communication With
the Outside World.
CENTRAL WEST SNOW BOU, D
graph and Telephone Liues-Develops
Into u Blizzard in Michigan-Some
Loss of Live and several Acct
dents Reported.

Toronto Ont, Dec. 5.--This city IS just
about isolated from the outside world as
far as telegraph and telephone Comuni-
cation is concerned. Sunday morning d
heavy fall of rain began, in the afternoon
il turned TO wet snow and by night wires
were as thick as ropes with snow ana ice
and a strong gaze was blowing. During
the night telegraph poles fell rapidly and
by morning communication was for Il time
completely cut of. West, north ana south
there was not wire working, the only
outlet being to the east by way of Mon
Ircal and Boston to New York. PaSsen-
gers arriving here by train report that be-
~ cen Toronto and Hamilton On the Grand
Trunk railroad hardly II telegraph pole
remains erect while between Hamilton and
st. Catharines, to the south, everything
in the shape of n telegraph or telephone
pole is on the around. Reports from Lon
don say that the storm there was very Sc
we're and that the streets in some sec
tions of the city are rendered impossible
by the mass of debris dragged down by
the telegraph and telephone poles. Troll
ley wires are also lying on the roadways
and the street ear system is completely
tied up. Large gangs of men are at work
tying to strai2hten out the tanglc of
wires, but the wreck is so complete that
t. will be several days before fun com
munication is restored. Trains on all the
railroads are from two to ten hours late,
the snow in country districts having pill, d
Up six and seven feet high and being very
wet, II has packed almost like IL stone.
STORM CAUSED A FATALITY.
Scranton, Pa, Dec. blast night S
heavy wind storm blew down signal pole
ON the New York, ontario and Western
railroad at Peckville. A few minutes la
ter IA passenger train crashed into tho
pole and the engine and tender left the
track and rolled down an embankmenl
killing the fireman, Davis of Carbonate,
The engineer, Reuben Lewis Of this city.
escaped. The passenger coaches remained
on the rails and all the passengers es-
capped with slight bruises.
TRAFFIC. BLOCKED IN MICHIGAN.
Detroit Mich, Dec. 5.-The greatest
snow and wind storm known here has
practically cut off communication by wire
since last night. Street car traffic has
been blocked almost completely and bust
ness is demoralized, Hurricane signals
were displayed for the first time in the
history of the lower lake region. There
have been a number of accidents and much
damage to property as a result of the
blizzard, but no loss of life.
HEAVY SNOW IN NEW YORK.
Geneseo, n. Y, Dec. 5.-This section was
visited last evening by the heaviest snow
storm of the season. The snow is about
eight inches deep on the level. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down in many
places.
Middletown, n. Y, Dec. 5.--There was a
heavy wind storm along the Hudson last
night. A railway flag shanty was blown
into the Hudson and the nagman was
drowned
Geneva, N. Y, Dec ga heavy snow
storm prevailed here to-day. The snow
is badly drifted and traffic is greatly i'm
peded Telephone and telegraph wires are
down and all trains are late.