Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-04
LIVES LOST IN STORM.
Feared Ten We're Drowned In Ship.
wreck OF Long Island.
BLIZZARD HOLDS NEW YORK.
Portions Of Pennsylvania Also suffer
Greatly as Result OF snow
and Wind-1he storm
In New England.

New York, Feb. 1. The eastern
twenty-four hours from snow and
wind. From many points along the
coast comes word that vessels have
stranded and sunk. 1t is feared ten
lives We're lost by the wrecking of two
unknown ban ges on the south shore OF
Long Island between Billport and
Quoyue. Other reports of loss Of life
have been received.
In northern and central New York Il
blizzard has been raging and is still
under way in some districts. Many
parts of Pennsylvania are also SNOW
bound. Tie extent Of the storm can
be understood from the following dis
patches:
Plattsburg. a., y. -- Northern New
York is experiencing an old fash
ioned blizzard. Snow fell all day.
About one foot came down here and
two feet in Malone, OG,ipilsburg. Sara
nae Lake and Other points. The wind
is blowing gale. piiing the SNOW in
drifts and greatly inter ering with
travel by highway and railroad. 1t is
reported that several houses in the vii
lage of Relford. near here. were so
completely drifted over with SNOW thai
the occupants had to get out through
second story windows.
Syracuse. y. Y.~-The hardest SNOW
storm of the season is still raging i'm
central New York. The wind is brisk.
and the roads are filled with high
drifts. The Chenango Valley branch
Of the West Shore has been abandoned
Saratoga. y. Y.-Eighteen inches of
SNOW fell at North Creek. interrupting
ira ttic on the Adirondack division of
the Delaware and Hudson railroad.
Sixteen inches Of SNOW was reported
at different places between Whitehall
and Montreal. The gale snapped many
slcet covered Geographic wires. caus-
ing delay of business
The storm In PennxyIvnnia.
Philadelphia Little snow has fallen
in this section of the state during the
last tweuty-four hours. but the high
wind has done conSideia bic damage to
telegraph and telephone wires Re
ports from the coal regions say that
the cold is intense in many places the
having fallen 20 degrees in
twelve hours.
Bradford Pa.--Snow has fallen stead
lily since O'Clock Sunday morning. ac.-
by high western winds. All
trains on the Western New York and
Pennsylvania branch of the Pennsyl-
dell and kinzua. the Bradford branch
of the Erie, Buffalo. Rochester and
railroad, have been aban.
tloned.
Cory, Pa. -- The worst blizzard
for many years has ragged in this
region for the past twenty-four hours
1t has caused great damage to the rail
roads and to telegraph and telephone
wires. The riitshurg express from I
Buffalo, hauled 10y three engines, ar |
rived here eight h urs late
TituSvile. ia. THE blizzard that has |
been raging here for the past twenty
-Four hours is the worst experienced |
.or many years. The thermometer
registered ;, degrees below zero Busi-
ness is practically suspended. and ru-
al delivery mail carriers are unable to
over their routes.
In New England.
BoSton.-The westerly gale which
,egHn in New England. following !
lays rainstorm. has moderated. but
he wind is still high, and Weather
Smith SAYS ii will cnntinuA