Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-28


body was almost covered with snow. 1t
is believed she received her injuries
from a fall.
A policeman found Charles Schopp
unconscious in the snow in Jersey City.
Before he could be carried into a house
Schopp died. He shad started for a
butcher shop where he was employed
and his death is attributed to exposure
and exhaustion from his struggle
through the binding storm. George
Beck, AZ years old. and William Allen
were also found in Jersey City by the
police badly frozen. The former had
been drinking and was unconscious and
is likely to die.
John Bohan, while on a street car, be-
tame numbed by the cold at Avenue B
and Third street and fell from the plat
form OF the car. He lay in the snow
fol a considerable tiine, but " do finally
discovered by passerby and sent to
Bellevue in an ambulance.
Julius Hooseberg, homeless man,
who sought shelter in barn at Staple-
ton, S. l., was found frozen and died
shortly afterwards.
Frank Jones, aged 40 years, was
found dead on the Iarrytown road, near
White Plains. He had been blinded
and benumbed and fell in the snow to
perish.
1t was reported from Irvington- on-the-
Hudson that tu: was sunk, presuma-
bly, with all on board.
About half a mile below lies a large
canal boat high and dry ON shore. 1t is
believed that the captain and his fam
lily escaped TO another canal boat.
BALTIMORE, Nov 28.-On account Of
no IN, Ill
from points north of Philadelphia were
from one to five hours late. High winds
prevailed on the Chesapeake bay, but SO
far as known there were no casualties.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 28.-The snow
fall reached a depth Of over nine inches
and the wind a velocity of 45 miles an
hour. These figures are unprecedented
in the November records of the local
weather bureau, and the officials there
say that the storm i'll general was the
worst since the memorable blizzard of
1885, In this city the traffic of every
kind, as well as wire communication,
was crippled. The suburban lines were
brought TO q complete standstill, with
the roads piled high with drifted snow.
The Pennsylvania, Reading, Lehigh
Valley and Baltimore and ohio rail
roads suffered chiefly ON their New
York divisions, all trains being more
than an hour late. The main lines of
Pennsylvania were also greatly delayed.
EAsToN. Pa, Nov. 2S.-The storm in
this immediate section was of unprece-
denied violence. Between IA and 10
inches Of snow fell and the town was
practically snowbotlnl.
ToWANDA, Pa, Nov. 28.-The storm
in this section ragged, but the snowfall
was not remarkably heavy.
CoUDERsPoRT, Pa, Nov. 29.-There
was light fall of snow here, but the
wind and severe cold caused the greatest
discomfort. The snow did no great dam
age.
LEwEs. Del, Nov. 28.-The north
west gale was remarkably severe. The
schooner William M. Wilson, from
Philadelphia for Norfolk with cargo
of coal, sprung a leak four miles south
of Metomkin lifesaving station. Her
signals We're promptly answered and
the guards took off her crew of six
men. The schooner is likely to sink.
A number of vessels off the capes were
unable to get into the harbor, and it is
feared that there have been heavy losses
SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 28.-The Laeka-
wanna valley and the whole of the
Pocono mountain region got good
taste of winter weather.
WILKEsBARRE, Nov. 2S.-The snow
storm of Saturday and Saturday night
was followed by cold weather in the
Wyoming vaAey. Further up the state,
in Wyoming, Bradford and Susque-
hanna counties, there was q greater fall
of snow and farmers housed their live
stock IN anticipation of long cold
spell. The storm interfered somewhat
with railway traffic and all trains were
late.
CHAMBERsBURG, Pa. Nov. 28.-The
snowstorm has made many country
roads nearly impossible. Near Upper
Strasburg, farmers, who had come here
on business. were compelled to dig
passage ways through drifts for teams.
About five inches of snow fell.
ERIE, Pa, Nov. 28.-Erie experienced
only the edge of the storm, but the YES
selmen who have arrived and the life
savers at the channel reported it to
have been the worst of the year.