The sun., 1902-02-04
blizzard UP THE STATE.
Fierce wind and Snowstorm -sno~drlfs
Block Railroads.


SYRAcUsE, Feb. IA blizzard has oeeh
raging throughou: northern. western and
central New York sin,N vestrr'a- morning
IL was not extremely cold, the thermometer
registe ring from ls TO 20 degrees above
zero. but the wind blew gale, making
the weather the scvercst thus far this winter
In Utica business is practically at stand
still, trolley cars are moving At Irregular
intervals and telephone and telegraph
communication Is paralyzed. Few trains
have entered the city from the West since
yesterday afternoon. the railroads having
abandoned their schedules, being over
whelmed by the quantity Of snow when
has been falling and drifting for thirty-sM
hours. The New York Central Is badly
tied up, all ordinary freight traffic being
abandoned.
In Syracuse more than a foot OF snow
has fallen. Trains on all roads are
from six to eight hours behind time. The
Chenango Valley branch Of the West Shore
Railway has been abandoned entirely
and tho other roads have poor success IN
keeping their tracks cleared Of snow. A
train from Watertown on the Rome, water,
town and Ogdensburg branch OF the central
due In Syracuse AZ Sts' mas Deen apdh, aSiIr
impossible 10 get through TO northern New
York.
Engineers on the trains that have arrived
al Syracuse from tho West say that the
storm Is fierce between there al " bunalo.
The SNOW Is so binding that II Is Impossible
10 see signals and the wind makes IL i'm
possible for even a train drawn by Two OF
the most powerful engines the road owns
TO make more than twenty-five miles an
hour on a clear track. The storm Is the
worst that has been experienced mere
since 1890 The Syracuse fire department
experienced difficulty in responding 10
alarms. A dwelling house in Bellevue
avenue was entirely destroyed this morning
before the apparatus could reach the scene
None of the stage lines coming into Syra-
cuse is in operation ana the surrounding
country is practically cut on.
In Buffalo the wind yesterday registered
fifty-two miles an hour at its highest We
locity and maintained an average OF forty
miles an hour during the greater portion
Of the day. The snow stopped falling at
night, but the wind continued to-day,
making the weather the severest thus far
this winter. Similar conditions exist
throughout western New York and from
everywhere reports are received that the
snow is drifting and impeding freight
traffic to such an extent that In many places
cars cannot be moved
In Ithaca street car traffic Is blocked
and the whole city is in darkness. This
morning the gale blew down the huge
smokestacks at the Remington salt plant,
This plant furnished the power for the
Ithaca street cars and for the lighting OF
Ithaca
ALBANY. Feb. s-The windstorm here
was one OF the worst experienced IN years
Damage from falling wires. tumbling
chimneys and broken signs was reported
from all over town. Windows were broken
and several plateglass store fronts were
smashed One house in Delaware street
was unroofed. The wind blew, according
10 Weather Bureau reports, forty-seven
miles an hour for the better part OF the
night.
DuNkIRK. Feb. s.-The blizzard that
struck Dunkirk yesterday has continued
70 increase in intensity. The snowfall
II two feet on the level. ana the furious
wind Is drifting II into piles fve to seven
feet high. and packed 30 as 60 be Tor
midable obstacles To traffic. The Dun
kirk and Fredonia Street Car Company
sbandoned their cars and used covered
sleighs for passengers. The Erie Rail
road has had no trains moving over the
Dunkirk division since Sunday afternoon.
Lake Shore trains have been from one 10
eight hours late.
RoCHEsTRR Feb S-For almost two
days Rochester has been snOwbound.
and almost cut OF from the other cities
The West Shore road and suburban lines
were early abandoned. The New York
Central had another wreck inside the city
limo yesterday. A passenger ira IN drawn
by two engines crashed into a light engine
near lincoln Park The three engines
were demolished and other damage was
done 90 the company's property None oi
the passengers was seriously injured
TIE accident was caused by inability Of
the en- gineers 20 see the approaching danger
on account Of the storm thirty Rochester
Ieople werr stalled IN a trolley car outside
the city line last night, and thoy had 10
siay there until tlls afternoon, when tho
railway company H.nt q fescuing party
Some q tho Iaople in the oaT we're in bad
oondit iou when rescued II l. believed
hat John Ryan, a tfAihinan on tie idlt
road, hss Ierishod To- tiis storm Hs siafl'd
uut a. ~ O'Clock iasf night fur tunos'is
20 flag a train, snd has not he"n ss'en slno"