Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-01
Severest Storm in Years Visits
Northern New York.
CLEVELAND In The STORMS TRACKS
Cable Roads Blocked and Telegraph
Wires All Down.
HEAVY LOSS TO COMPANIES

GENEVA, n. Y, March 1.-The heaviest
snow storm in years visited this city last
night This morning snow to the depth OF
two feet was found on the level. The snow
is still falling fast and business is almost
at standstill.
WHITEHALL, n. Y, March 1.-The
heaviest snow storm of the winter Is now
raging. Fifteen inches of snow has fallen
since last night and the blizzard continues.
The same conditions prevail throughout the
Champlain valley.
GENESEO. March 1.-This section of the
country is being visited by one of the heaV-
lest snow storms in years. Eighteen inches
of snow has fallen since o'clock last night,
and the storm still continues unabated
MALONE. N. Y. March IA heavy
northeast storm set in Wednesday evening,
and more snow has fallen during the last
twelve hours than at any previous time
this winter. There is at least one foot on
the level. with indications that much more
will come
Ten Inches of Snow at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, n. Y. March 1.-The heaviest
snow storm of the season Is in progress
here. Ten inches have fallen In the past
twenty-four hours. The mail due here at
IL: 10 last night from the west arrived at
$50 o'clock this morning. No other mails
have arrived since midnight
SYRACUSE, n. Y, March 1.-Syracuse
was snow-bound this morning. The New
York Central was open. but trains were
four to five hours late. The Rome. Water
town and Ogdensburg was completely tied
up. but the Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western was open, and their trains are
nearly time.
The fall of snow was about thirty inches
within the last twenty-four hours.
LYONS. N. Y. March Wayne county
is snow bound today. Three feet of snow
hos fa1la ie cti11
ing from the northeast. Moderate tenn
perature prevails. No through trains on
the Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburg, the
New York Central or the West Shore have
arrived today. The hotels are full of storm
bound drummers and business is at a stand
still 1t is the heaviest snow storm since
1856.
B1NGHAMToN. N. Y, March IA heavy
snow storm, which struck this section about
o clock last night, turned into rain about
In. and still continues heavily. There
Is no delay on the railroads.
Blizzard at WatertOwn.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, March 1.--Water-
town and northern New York is in the
grasp of blizzard the worst of the sea-
son. Snow began falling yesterday even
ing and still continues. Railroad trains
are many hours late. Country roads are
almost impossible. The storm seems to be
increasing in severity every hour, but the
mercury is only about ~ degrees above
zero.
ALBANY n. Y, March 1.-The storm
started here last night with snow, but be-
fore it had attained a depth of two inches
it had turned to rain. and there Is now
steady downpour. The river men are fear
ing repetition of the disastrous freshet
of last month if the rain continues.
ROCHESTER, \. Y, March 1.-Roches-
ter and vicinity is experiencing the heaviest
twenty-four-h snow fall in its history.
e foll a.
Am yesterday and am today, and it is
still falling at the rate of an inch per hour.
Electric railway lines, open in some cases
early this morning, are now practically at
a standstill. Trains on all railways enter
ing the city are very late or completely
stalled.
Wires Down in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 1.-The most
destructive sleet storm ever experienced in
this city prevailed throughout last night
and early today. The streets in every d.
rection Were blocked by hundreds of pros
trated telephone poles and trees, carried
down by the immense accumulation of ice.
The entire telephone system of the city,
with the exception of the underground
lines, put out of service.
Practically every street car line in the
city was tied up during the early hours of
the day. The trolley wires were carried
down everywhere by falling poles and
trees. Electric light. trolley and telephone
wires were tangled together at many points,
necessitating the shutting down of dyna-
mos on trolley and lighting circuits in or
der TO permit the lfnemen to work on the
wires with safety.
The cable roads were also blocked by the
Frustrated trees and poles across their
tracks.
The telegraph companies suffered great
damage, their lines being carried down in
every direction. For several hours during
the early morning Cleveland was entirely
cut on from Geographic communica ton
with the outside world.
The loss TO the telephone and telegraph
companies will be very heavy