The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-09
TN 4 BLIZZARD.
B9srCN'5 WORST SNOW STORM lN
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Baslness is We'll Nrgb s:opp d-Ths B.z
z.yd'j ETsc>s IN O:hsr Csies spd Towas
Were Likewise Serious -&hs Par;icuiH7s.

Were Likewise Serious -&hs PAr:icuIpTs.
4 northwes. Snow storm complete,
II paralsz=d al branches Of business
and strea. car S1d steam railroad trat-
fc, and for 3 time s2u: sf Boston,
Mass. from communication by wire
with ali t4e PLACES outside The limits
O. Boston. TIE storm was the mcs'
se7ere tha city has experienced IL q
years, ard caused the loss Ct s:ver&!
lives, besides doing Doaey Gamag
of hundreds OF thousands of dollars.
Bs;~een ! and O'Clock Tuesday nor
niI g a foot CT heavy vet snow Grifted
over tee city, and IevsIed wires in al
directions. Ths snow clung to TIE
poles and wires and crosSed by q
[ blowing at the rate c. so mi!Gs an
hour, prostrated electric ilght. telC-
phone and telegraph lines II and cat
of the city.
In Newton broken wires falling
scro:s others started q f'e in the e!e-
CANT residence OF Charles J. Tr&Veili,
the wealthy PittsGurs steel manufac-
!ursr, and il two hours nothing re
NAMED cf the house bu; estes Mr.
Travelli'S family escaped N their ai9ht
clothes without saving anything. Ine
loss amounts to 500 eco.
Late Tuesday night the big :bree
mas.ed schooner Charles 7. B;iggS ot
Bah, Ne, era lad4o, was dashed to
pieces on the Nah2nt coast, and it Is
believed her cre# CT eight men per
ished. The body OF one Of the Gre"
has been recovered.
IN the business district it was near
" noon when mary emplUyes reec ned
their places OF employment, all subur
ban trolley lines having bean abaa
d2ned, and the steam railroads being
unable to run more than Two or three
suburban trains during the forenoon.
All through trains lon New York
and lh9 west as we'll IS through from
the east. were from four to SIX hours
late. Tonight the few trains moving
are running withouta a telegraph!c ser
vice.
Many horses were killed in the
streets by stepping on the ends Of tele
phcne wires which had fallen across
the trolley wires.
Tuesday mig ht the situation assumed
such dangerous aspect that Mayor
! 9 lincy ordered that none Of The elec,
trIc lights be turled on except il dis
tricts where the Birss are under
ground. 1t will require weeks
J ~ ~oc.ora .La 4alooboo..,,,S ,ol oo,ro =, =
service Not a single telegraph wire
out CT Boston in opsra'icn al day,
and the telephone wires were IN al
most as bsd condition The Wholesale
and most Of the retail business districts
OF the city were deserted all day.
Shipping 10 the haroor was damaged
greatly aud it is feared many disasters
70 coast shipping will Ee reported
when telegraphic communication i;
restored.
The centre OF the storm appeared tc
be in the vicinity OF New Bedford, and
| the hrunt of it fell on Boston and ter
ritory within radils of Is or 2C
miles. From meagre reports received
from the middle and western oars oi
the State thu storm there was less Sc
we're. Here about % incb.s OF s1oW
| fell.
EFFECTS IN NEW YORK,
The storm which hsgan Sunday
night-swept over New Ynrk State witt
great fury. Northern New York i;
snowbcund. Business has been at {
standstilI in many OF the smaiIal
towns; wires all over the country are
| down; roads are blocked and railway
traffic greatly i'm pecei. The up the
State" residents have suffer- d from
The cold, which ranged as low as 2.
degrees and more below zero At Al
bany, Troy, Saratoga and many otoel
places 10 the State as mucn as two anc
three feet OF snow has fallen az re
ports are 10 the feet Il st the blizzA.c
is still raging, the wo"st storm slncG
the memorable one of 1885 Citizens
of This city have had % battle then
way 10 business agaics: gale OF vic
that at times swept along a. 40 nils:
an hour and carried sheets CT sac"
with it.
Much delay was caused to the rail
way mail service from tae northern
part OF the Safe which has been prac
lically cut eff, and trains running on
the New York Central railroad we're
from four to five hours late. From
10000 to 30, 900 men have been a.
worl; with thousands Of teams On tha
streets clearing away the snow. AID
yet there has been no apprs ciao Die de
crease 10 the amour! that is piled uI
in every direction.
Portions OF Long Island suffered al
most as much from the storm as fai
up the State. The east end Of the is
land mas been biccaded by the drift
ing snow. The Long Island railroad
was completely closed today. SaoE
plows driven By FIVE Of the most pow
erful engines on the road are now bat
ting with the drifts on the eastern
section Of the road
DRIFTS TWENTY FEET.
At Watecgllle, Ne, some house;
have been buried by % foot drifts o1
snow. Cotton mills have been close3
the operatives being unable to reach
them.
BUSINESS PARALYZED
1t L.wrence, Mass. the storm ha'
paralyzed business and trs fIic. S:r-e
car lines are tied up and commuljca
lion with ether towns is almost sus-
pended. AL the mills are seriouslr
affected by the storm. Many OF the
operatives are cut and some OF the
mills are not running at all.
THREE FEET OF SNOy.
At Providence, R l., lhe storm here
| today was one OF the worst ever
knoFn. Telegraph and ,elepaone
wires are all down and the city is over
whelmed by three te7t cf @o# wnich
mas blown Into immense drifts.
Suicide in 81. Augustine.
! Henry Goettel, in jail at 81. Angus
tine, Fla, charged, together With Hsr
man Breeiz, with train wrecklng,
committed suicide at a. early hour