Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-14

ZERO WEATHER IN THE SOUTH
PEOPLE FREEZING TO DEATH
IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
Philadelphia, February 13-After
day Of heroic battle, all the human
forces that could be brought into play
| against the elements have been forced
to succumb and tonight the city is
locked in the embrace of the worst
blizzard in it's history. Steam and To-
cal traffic are at a standstill and snow
wrapped streets are deserted. From
o'clock Saturday night to tonight,
there has been a steady snow fall, the
| aggregate depth of which at the latter
hour was TIA inches. The high winds
have whirled this into impossible
| drifts and there is no signs OF the
storms abatement.
While unusual in severity, the storm
did not have the fury of blizzard I'M
til tonight when the wind attained a
velocity of 40 miles an hour
Early in the day the Pennsylvania
railroad succeeded in moving about
fifty per cent. of its regular passenger
| service, but no attempt was made to
move freight or coal trains. Through
trains to the west were abandoned
early, the lase one leaving here at s. 80
this morning for Harrisburg. At last
reports it was stalled near Lancaster.
The western trains due here from
New York at 1925 and 11:52 a. m.
were both between two and three hours
late and went no further.
Early in the day the Reading rail-
road posted a notice that all train ser
vice was abandoned until further
notice.
The B. & 0. abandoned its local SER
vice early in the afternoon.
The local trolley lines battled brave
ly with the storm throughout the
morning, but as road after road be-
came stalled, further efforts grew fruit
less and tonight there are practically
no means of transportation.
Railroad stations are crowded with
people waiting and hoping for trains
in and out.
There are a number of deaths and
many casualties attributable to the
prevailing conditions. John W. Yea
mans, aged s. years, fell dead at Sew
! enteenth and Cherry streets; Benjamin
| Zebley, aged 20 years, became uncon-
/ scious on the street and died within
few minutes, anr James Hall was found
dead in a yard down town. The ice
on the Delaware river is growing
thicker, and there were no arrivals or
/ clearances at this port to-day.
Altoona, Pa. February ia bliz-
gard has been raging since four o'clock
( this morning, with the temperature
standing at zero. Business is sus-
pended. The same conditions exist all
along the line Of the Pennsylvania rail-
! road between Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. The only passenger train from
the East to-day arrived this evening
eleven hours late. Limited express
East was annulled here and the passen-
/ gers are being cared for at the hotels.
A train Of two passenger cars will try
TO make the run to Pittsburg tonight
East OF this point train service IL now
entirely abandoned. No accidents are
reported. 1t is the most complete tie
up the Pennsylvania railroad ever ex-
| perieneed from cold and snow.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. February 13.-The
snow blockade on the various railroads
centering here is almost complete to-
night The greatest difficulty is en-
countered on the mountains. where the
snow has drifted badly. The Lehigh
alley officials will make no attempt 10
run trains tonight Upon the arrival
Of -the Black Diamond express from
Buffalo, the passengers will be taken 70
hotels for the night.
Things are even worse on the Central
railroad OF New Jersey, whose tracks
also cross the mountain. A freight
train became engulfed in a big snow
drift this morning and at 6 o'clock this
evening it had not yet been dug out
All trains have been abandoned.
Scranton. Pa, February 13.-The
storm is raging fercely with high
winds The snow is over two feet on
the level, the drifts being FIVE and six
feet All trains are abandoned.
Harrisburg, Pa, February 13.-The
snow storm has paralyzed all business.
The street car lines are closed and not
z passenger train has arrived or left
the city since noon All the passenger
trains On the Pennsylvania railroad be-
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg have
been annulIed-
IN The SUNNY SOUTH