Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-13

the northeast gale. This is likely to cause
damage to the shipping anchored here when
it moves out. The United States collier
Sterling is lying dangerously near the
breakwater and will be damaged unless the
gale soon abateS. The schooner Elihue
Bailey is aground near the point of Cape
Heniopen in bad position, The surfmen
attached to the life-saving station have
been forced to abandon for the present
their patrol of the coast. The storm is
equally as severe the blizzard of 1888,
which wrougf such awful damage along
the coast.
WILMINGTON, De-, February 13.-The
blizzard OF last night and this morning ef-
fectually blocked railroad travel in Della
v are. Efforts to clear the tracks were
abandoned as the futility became apparent,
and by 10 o'clock the track-clearng crews
We're assembled at the various stations
awaiting orders, it.having been decided that
1t was useless to attempt to open the tracks
until the snow should abate.
All the peninsula branch railroads are
blocked, with 10 trains running.
Zero Weather at Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa, February 13.-The
mercury continues to hover about zero.
Last night it dropped to 6 degrees below
and today it is l degree below.
Yesterday and last night many of the
large mills were kept in operation to pre-
vent the machinery from freezing.
There is a continued stagnation of river
navigation, but no further damage to boats
and other craft has been reported. There
is much ice in the Ohio, and the upper riv-
ers remain frozen tight. The rivers are still
falling and the greatest danger feared by
river men is that craft will suffer when the
breakup comes.
Coal Region SnowbOund.
POTTSVILLE, Pa, February 13.-The
coal region is snowbound to the depth of
several feet. The snow has drifted in
manner never equaled before. Not only is
all outside work suspended, but most of
the industrial establishments are also idle
or only partially running. Railroad traffic
is suspended except for few mail trains
which are being forced through the drifts
hours behind time. Travel by team on
country roads is almost impossible. Elec-
tric railways completely tied up and
mails to suburban points are being trans
ported on sleighs Yesterday and today the
snowfall at times has been several inches
hour. The worst difficulty is threatened
through scarcity of water due to the freez-
ing of streams and reservoirs. The ther-
mometer continues degrees and more be-
low zero.
LANCASTER. Pa, February 13.-Lan-
caster is almost isolated this morning. No
trains arrived here on the Pennsylvania
railroad from ~le west since o'clock this
morning. The newspaper train from the
east due here al $50 arrived at 10 o'clock.
The trolley lines in the city are running,
but all those leading to neighboring towns
are covered by huge drifts, and it is prob
able that they will not be opened for
couple of days.
Drifting in Boston.
BOSTON, February 13.-The heavy snow
storm, which began here on Saturday, in
creased in force during the night, and this
morning a high northeast wind was driv-
ing the snow into big drifts and filling in
the streets and covering the railroad
alye ifh g hot
gan to delay traffic, in spite of all efforts
to keep open the lines. The weather bureau
this morning held out promise of
change before tomorrow. The thermometer
stood at about l. degrees above zero.
NEW HAVEN Conn.,, February 13-Dur-
ing last night the snow storm, which pre-
vailed intermittently Saturday night and
Sunday developed into one which had
many of the characteristics of a blizzard,
and today practically the whole state of
Connecticut is suffering from a binding
snow storm. An average of five inches of
snow has already fallen, and the indica-
tions point to continuance of the storm.
AUBURN, N. Y, February 13.-The mer-
curry at o'clock this morning was be-
low, and at . o'clock hovered around the
zero mark. light snow is falling.
BUFFALO, N. Y, February 13-The
weather has moderated somewhat. At
am. the thermometer at the weather
bureau registered zero, having risen from
below since o'clock last night. A light
Snow is falling.
NEWBURG, N. Y, February 13.-A foot
of snow fell here Sunday and fierce storm
still RACES this morning. The wind is blow
Ing hard and snow is drifting badly, block
ing streets ard impeding travel.
Sunshine in Colorado.
DENVER, Col, February 13.-The indi-
cations today are that the storm which
has held Colorado helpless in it's embrace
for the past weeks has exhausted it.
self The sun shone almost all day Sunday
and during the noon hours was warm
enough to melt the snow. This change has
enabled the railroad people to prosecute
the work of clearing their tracks of the
deep snow mora vigorously, and it is an
nounced by the Denver and Rio Grande
officials that they have succeeded in OPEN
ing the system with the exception of the
Blue River branch from Leadville to Dill
Ion. The road is now clear over Marshall
Pass and all delayed trains are now NOV
ing without interruption.
Saturday night was one of the coldest
ever experienced in the portion of Colora-
do east of the mountains The mercury
was below zero all day and fell 10 % de.
grees below at midnight. In the suburbs
on the hills about Denver as low as 30 de-