New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-01
TELEGRAPH WIRES GONE.
WIND AND RAIN PLAY HAVOC WITH
CRIPPLED SERVICE E-STORNfBOUND
FLEET IN

In some respects the storm of wind and rain
that drenched the city and knocked peoples
headgear into cooked hats yesterday afternoon
was a remarkable one II was said that no storm
Of its extent had been recorded by the Weather
Bureau in years. Its centre was at Davenport
Iowa, yesterday morning, where a barometric
pressure of 2S was reported Last night II had
moved eastward to Marquette The storm COW
cred two-thirds of the country. extending 10 the
plateau district Rain fell in every State east
Of the Mississippi River.
The telegraph and telephone service had not
recovered from the storm of a week ago when
this weeks storm swept down on it and ripped
out the repairs just made. In fact. there were
many lines which had not been repaired. These
were not so far from this city, either. 1t was
not until this week that communication with
Quarantine and Fire Island resumed.
There has been much trouble with telegraphing
TO Philadelphia. On Thursday night 10 reach
Washington by telegraph it was necessary to
send a dispatch by way of Chicago. On that
night the correspondent of New-Orleans paper
was Obliged to send his dispatches by way CT
San Francisco.
1t has been years since the telegraph service
was demoralized over wide a territory in
the United States. Some Of the telegraph and
telephone men. they sat in their offices re-
ceiving news of disaster after disaster. were
ton has so much damage been done at one
time.
In Elizabeth City there were seven 90-foot
poles down. Each of these poles supported
ninety wires The Western Union Company had
bridged this break by suspendins cable over
The "cut out" section. They had men at work
Yesterday in that district and they were trying
to keep the wires intact
a report received AZ the Western Union once
in the afternoon said that there had been a
waterspout at Lynchburg Va, and that COM
muniCatiOn between Augusta and RlChmohd
was at an end. The Western Union Company
had succeeded in opening up communication
with Philadeluhi3 and the South. and had
number of wires working. Men were at work
along the NeW-JeTsey coast but they had not
succeeded in opening up their wires LonS ISL
and wires had been repaired, ana they were
able 10 get direct messages through TO MontauN
Point.
Superintendent Shirley of the Postal Tele-
graph Company said that the condition OF things
throughout the country very bad and that
while communication with Philadelphia had
been established there was no telling at what
moment there might be trouble again. Many of
the direct wires to Chicago were down, ne sald,
and only ten wires were working TO that point
There much damage in scattered places
which had not been repaired. Throughout New
Jersey the Postal company was experiencing
much trouble
At the Ions Distance Telephone Companys
Office No - Dey-st, it was said that they had
succeeded in getting their wires in fairly good
working order. They had also opened COM
municatio with Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Owing To a storm in the vicinity of Baltimore
they were not able TO reach that city. Manager
Hill said that the wires in that part of the coun-
try intact. but owing to the very high
wind they were not "wOrkab BILE" and so il had
been decided not to announce them open. They
We're stin having trouble with the lines in South
ern New Jersey.
Last night the Western Union Telegraph
Company had but wire working 10 Wash
ington and TWO to Philadelphia.
Last night the wind fell to thirty-siS miles
an hour, and there were periods when no rain
fol he bureau
obtain reports from many stations and in con-
sequence there difficulty in preparing
forecast
a large fleet of sailing vessels, which have
been striving to enter this port for week or
more. got in yesterday with tales of rough
weather Owing to the heavy gale and sea.
many of the vessels not boarded at Quar-
antine. ana they anchored to await the sub
sdence of the gale.
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