The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-02

Suto OH from Outsiuo communications,
ssysrs,t Iiilzzarti Ina Quarter of. Cen.
tnry.-snow From rs Inrnes to Three
Feet in New York-ssssrs Damage 70
shipping.
NEW YORK. Feb. i. :. The storm
which began Sunday night swept over
New York state with great fury. and to-
day was central IN tho New England
states. Northern New Yore Is snow-
bound. and the extent OF damage in
New England cannot be appropriated.
Reports from Boston, from which place
Communication was established tonight
under great difficulties. after that city
had been'ehut from New York for many
hours. indicate great loss OF life and an
immenes amount of damage of property.
Business has been at q s.andstill In
many OF the smaller towns; wires all
over the country are down: roads are
bloclsaded and railway traffic greatly
impeded. s4s, <.
The "up the state residents" have suf-
fered frorn c,,a w,,,h ro,n,a ~,
as 20 degrees and more below zero. Al
Albany, Troy, Saratoga and many other
places in the state as much as two and
tlire feet Of snow have fallen. and re-
ports Tonight are to the effect that the
blizzard Is still raging, the worst storm
since the memoronIa nm. of 1sss
'S u III .H's e!.y nave hau 70 oat-
ne 'ae'r way 70 business against a gale
OF Wihd mat at times swept along at
iorty miles an hour, and carried sheets
OF snow with It.
.hnrs Hr.e rv.s ses,sraay sa,s olew early to-Gay
weather win hojr - fo,, @ NJ az s,o,v W NrI. nn
the ground, and clear. braclnr air. But
after few hours OF sunshine the storm
s ussam asa.n, win sudden crop OF tho
night Nav yorr vnmiS nxna,,,n , s
coolest weather OF the year. Forecn ster Ter
Dunn's official thermometer at s o'clock
Tonight registered IL. and the mercury
. ,f,,.h smhs a Gnwn rap,aiy. :
mail service: that from ~ tbs @ nnrsh.rn im@y
part OF the state has been practically cut
on, and trains running on the New York
a, Sem.s ,,.a .a''ro1u were 1rom 1ro fonr 70 hve
havs been wnrL AvgtS ,sgsS " as,vVv ,ne', =,
teams on the streets ciear,nr n nwnv> ,he
snow, and yet there has b4en no onnre.
ciab!e decrease in the anount +hat "a
piled I'm A., evarv dtrsc,ion 'A' ''s :" -
-'T.7 -
BosroN.@Fah "A ,o-,ha,,, ,,,,,
- q ''ot e.iea't sho"
otoiii ,Mi''ch SET IN yesterday and ragged
until this afternoon. completely paral-
yzed all branches Of business and e,rs.,
car nn5 steo,, r,,,ro,a -, On. -, -.
= 'i't oaU tfaiilc nc anu LOT
d ,iine smut on the city from communi-
cation by wire with all nInces outside
the limits ~ poeton nv. 80, -, :,
49, oA "e Stotnf was
Tue i'lose severe thls city has experl-
enced In twenty-five years and caused
the loss OF several lives besides do,nr
n,o,sv dor,a,. a. ,,,s.,s,., -.
" 's1 tsus W Inou-
sahos oi dollars.
Between and s o'c.ock this morning
n fon, ~ beayv we+ .,o,,, ,.,,os -.
a., s,.,. so" se''i.u osee
.iie ci'y' una leVeied wires In all direc-
tions. The snow clung to the poles and
wires and. aided nv n u,;ra n,o,,.,, :. !.
t,o ro,a =. r,,,, ,,,,s - "s ~
ia'e % my '"i1es a'i hour. prostra-
ted all telephone and telegraph lines out
OF the city. More than half the electric
lights Of the city went down and in
suburban towns the fire alarm service
was crippled,
In Newton, broken wires FILLING
across others, started fire In ,be electric
room of the eiero nt resdnnno IA ne Siee.I,s
], TrayeIlI. the wealthy Ptttshmreh s,aaI
manufacturer, and In Two hours 5n,bjr =
remained OF the house hut n shes t' '''''l'''
Mr.. TravellPs family escnnad in. ,ha;r
night clothes without savinr nnvtbinr
The loss amounted to n hont SIM mn =. .
I,ate last nIpht tho hio tbraa ,,,o., ;,
schooner Charles r BrlrSs of Ran Ste
coal laden. was dashed to nieces -, ~,
Nahant coast and II is bnijnveS har 80,
of eIrht men nerished - -. '.'.,'
In the busiress distr,c,s /. wo. - 90 r,,,
noon when many emnlovne raacbod 49,,
places OF employ,nent nii s,,h,rho y,
trolley lines having been nhonSnnos a.
midnight ard fine steam ra,Irna,. haIs,s
unable TO run more than two or ,bros
suburban trains during the foranoon
Tonight the few trains movinD oro
running without n te,errnnhic sny,.ins I
The city and suburbs ara covereJ I ,yI.h @ r.
broken poles ara TANGLED wires Nav" low,
horses were killed in The stree;s hy
stonnInr ,inon tha enaa ~ taio,i, ~
wires which had fallen ocross tha p.iu,t' ,rni' :
lev wires To-nirht the eitmotio, ~ ax
s,imed such a dangerous osnoct ~ ,
Mayor Quincy, ordered thnt none ~ tSa
electric lights be turned on ~ exrsn, M I'm IN
districts where tho wIres nra rrt,ar.
ground II viii rrnuirn weni,, tn9ea- ,nea
store the te,enhnna' ana $780, W ~ !.
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