Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-20
WORST STORM
OF THE WINTER
The East and the Middle West
Were Swept Today by a Fierce
Blizzard,
GREAT FLOODS ARE FEARED
Kentucky is Covered With Fourteen Inches
of Snow : Telegraph and Telephone
Wires Down in Every Direction
Much Damage Done.

c1eve1and. Ohio, April 20.-Nontherh
ohio was today swept by a fierce STORM
wind and, snow, that Frustrated tele-
graph and telephone wires. Ihe "illu
from the north reached a Velocrty oi %
miles an hour All telegraph cofnilion-
ication was severed between CleVeiaho
a. nd noints east and SOUTH rev "ires
were matched up to the west, but even
those reported working SLOWLY. LII
some respects the storm was 'uhe "oie'
experienced during the entire winter.
Several persons received severe shockS
and a number of horses We're killed py
broken WIRES The traffic ON nearly ail
steam roads was delayed. Lake Erie
was dashed into IA wild fury by the vlo-
lent stomr
KENTUCKY BURIED IN SNOW.
London. KY, April 20.-For "a hours
SNOW has been falling over eastern
Kentucky, reaching "a depth of IA lnch-
es Phe mountain streams are FULL, ana
neonle are moving to avoid the floods.
EXTENDS TO ATLANTIC COAsI.
Chicago. April photographic COM
m11ndcation with all points east or
Cleveland has been cut off this morn
ing by the storm which extends from
Canada ITO Tennessee and east 10 the
Atlantic coast A heavy wet snow
driven by the gale, played haVoc Wl'th
the wires. Both the Western Union ana
Postal companies report complete
SUSPENSION of business to- the seaboard'
Officials here fear this storm will GRIP
nla the wire equipment worse than for
several years past.
HEAVY RAINS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 2O.-It has been
raining almost incessantly throughout
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia,
since Thursday afternoon. streams are
beNond their banks and the greauest
flood since 1884 is feared. Already ONE
life has been lost, the body of an un-
known woman having been found float-
ing in CHARTERS creek at Woodville this
morning. The railroads are Washeo
out, and trains are caught in the Hood,
unable to move either way The main
stre4ait of Carnegie as we'll as of all other
streets are under three feet of waiter
and the people are going about in skiffs.
TWO FEET OF SNOW AT AKRON.
Akron, Ohio, April 20.-The worst
blizzard i'm tine HISTORY of this city
struck Akron latte last might and today
traffic is blocked by nearly two feet OF
SNOW.
THE RAILROADS BLOCKADED.
Columbus, Ohio, April 2O.-The storm
cut off communication by rail with all
eastern poinsts.
Allow TEMPERATURE.
Louisville, KY, April 2O.-Reports
from all over Kentucky show a tenn
perature lower than at amy correspond
ing time for ten years. Serious damage
to young fruit, vegetables and tobacco
is feared.
THE OHIO is RISING.
Portsmouth, Ohio, April 20.-The Ohio
river is rising eight inches an hour, and
a serious flood is feared.
A BLIZZARD IN GAINESVILLE.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio April 20.-A blizzard
is raging here, and business generally
is suspended.
RIVERS OVERLOOKING THEIR
BANKS.
Huntington, W. Va, April 2O.-The
Big Sandy. the Twelve Pole, the Guy
andotte the Tug and the New rivers
are at flood tide. Great suffering is re-
ported. ALI log booms in the Guyamdotte
and in all the tributaries of the Big
Sandy have been swept away.
THE STORM IN THE SOUTH.
Atlanta, Ca, April 20-The storm
which last might caused a general dis
turbance over parts of Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Alabama, and Florida, has mov-
ed to the northeast and is today being
felt i'm eastern North Carolina. Snow
fell in Tennessee, Kentucky, and rain
in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. The
temperature has fallen NEARLY 40 de-
grees. Much damage is dome to small
gardening. The bureau predicts' fros'
tonight.