The age-herald., 1898-02-02
STORM RACING
 IN GREAT FURY Through New York and Other
 Eastern States. BEAN EATERS SNOW BOUND Boston Cut 0fi From All COmmuniCa-
 tiOn For Hours. MAIL SERVICE GREATLY IMPEDED Long Island Railroad Closed Until the Snow Flows Can Open Way. LIVE WIRES FIRE TRAvELrs HOUSE Family Forced Into the Snow in Their Night Garments Pronounced the Severest
 Blizzard Since the Memora-
 ble One of 1885.
Long Island Railroad Closed Until the
 Snow Flows Can Open Way.
LIVE WIRES FIRE TKAvELrs HOUSE


 gan Sunday night swept over New York state with great fury and today was gen. eral in the New England states. Northern New York is snow bound. Business has been at a standstill in many of the smaller towns; roads are blocked and railway traffic greatly impeded.
 The "up-the-state residents have suf- fered from the cold, which ranged as low as 20 degrees and more below zero. At AL bany, Troy, Saratoga and many other places inthe state as much as two and thre @ feet of snow has fallen and reports are to the effect that the blizzard is still rag ing, the worst storm since the memorable one of 1885.
 Citizens of this city have had to battle their way to business against gale of wind that at times swept along at forty miles an hour and carried sheets of snow with it.
 Forecaster Dunn's official thermometer at o'clock tonight registered 12 and the mercury is going down rapidly.
 Mails Delayed
 Much delay was caused to the railway mail service that from the southern part of the state has been practically cut off, and trains running on the New York Gen. tral road were from four to five hours late. From 10000 to 10000 men have been at work with thousands of teams on the streets clearing away the snow, and yet there has been no appreciable decrease in the amount that is piled up in every direction.
 Portions of Long Island suffered almost as much from the storms towns far up the state. The east end of the island has been blockaded by the drifting snow. The Long Island railroad was completely closed today. Snow blows diven by five of the most powerful engines on the road are now battling with the drifts on the eastern section of the road.
 It Strikes Boston
 Boston. Mass, Feb. IA northeast snow storm, which set in yesterday and ragged until this afternoon, completely paralyzed all branches of business and street car and steam railroad traffic, and for long time shut off the city from communication by wire with all the places outside the limits of Boston. The storm was the most severe this city has experienced in twenty five years and caused the loss of several lives, besides doing a money damage of several hundrends of thousands of dollars The accumulation of frozen snow on the wires and the high winds served to pros- trate nearly every telegraph and tele- phone wire in this vicinity. The crossing of wires set fire to the residence of Charles J. Traveli, in Newtown, the well known Pittsburg steel manufacturer, resulting in the total loss of the house. MT. Traveli and his family escaped in their night clothes. Loss, about $1O0.000
 Snow Foot Deep
 Between 1 and o'clock this morning a foot of heavy wet snow settled over the city and levelled the wires in all direc- tions.
 In the business district 1t was nearly noon when many employees reached their places of employment, all suburban trolley lines having been abandoned at midnight and the steam railroads being unable to run more than two or three suburhan trains during the forenoon. All thrcrsh trains from New York and the west as well as those from the east, were from four to six hours late. Tonight the few trains moving are running without tel egraphic service.
 Horses Killed by Live Wires
 Many horses were killed the streets by stepping upon the ends of telephone wires which had fallen across the trolley wires. Tonight the situation assumed such a dangerous aspect that Mayor Quincy or dered that none of the electric lights be turned on except i'll districts where the wres are underground. It will require weeks to restore the telephone and tele- graphic service Not single telegraph wire out of Boston was in operation all day and the telephone wires were n almost as bad condition.
 The wholesale and most of the retail business districts of the city were deserted all day. Shipping the harbor was dam- aged greatly, and 1t Is feared many dis asters to coast shipping will be reported when telegraphic communication is re- stored.
 The center of the storm appeared to be in the vicinity of New Bedford, and the brurt of 1t fell on Boston and territory within radius of fifteen or twenty miles From meagre reports received from the miiidle and western pants of the state the storm there was less severe.
 A Schooner Wrecked
 A three-masted schooner. believed to be