The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-14
STORMS ARE
WIDESPREAD
tieavyLo
Floods and
Snow.

NEW YORK. March 6-Auothcr
SNOW storm which threatens Co. io much
damage started at 4 O'Clock this MORN
ing. and at \ O'Clock two ifthps had
fallen. The snow was wet aud heavy
and caused much iucouNcnie ncc and
considerable delay Co traffic ON elevated
and surface lines ON the river the
weather was So thick nat ferrA boats
were unable To run at more than half
speed The snow was accompanied
by moderate wind. Tho thermometer
stood at 30 degrees at . "a. W.
TeleEraphic service was further de-
moralized 10y the storm The Western
Union Company lost twenty out of
thirty wires between New York and
Philadelphia, and ten wires south of
Philadelphia. between 9 and II o'clock
The company reported that IL was los
ing wires in all directions on account
of the heavy snow which in some local
tiles was followed by sleet Between
Easton and Williamsport, Pa. twenty
miles of Western Union poles are
down. Up to 1880 there was no sign
of Improvement In the weather. the
snow continuing to fan heavily.
The train service on the New York
Central Railroad, which was disorgan-
lied 10y the floods. was further impeded
west and north are In bad shape. No
attempt was made to run the Adiron-
dack express. OF the Chicago express,
due at 10 n, m, no report had been
RECEIVED up to II o'clock II was STALL
ed somewhere along the line, with no
means OF reporting its whereabouts or
condition.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va. March s.
The central and western portions OF
"a
with heavy snowfall. 1t is still
showing. II the snow should melt
quickly there would be cause for alarm
among residents of the lowlands in
the Ohio Valley.
HUNTINGTON. w. Va, March b.
snowstorm has been raging in south
orn West Virginia for twenty hours
In the Ohio Valley snow is fourteen
inches deep. In the mountainous dis
tricts 1t is twenty to thirty inches. All
street car traffic is suspended In Ohio
river towns. Railway traffic is greatly
impcded
WASHINGTON. March "a com
blned storm of wind, snow and sleet
prevailed here last night and part OF
today and threatened for time to
assume serious proportions. over an
inch of snow and rain was precipitat-
ed. The forecast officials say that the
storm IL not sufficient to bring the Po-
tomac again to the food level.
YORK, Pa, March 5.-The heaviest
snowStoim of the season set I'm here
last night, and the ground Is now COW
cred to depth OF twelve inches. All
trains on the Frederick division OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad have been an
nulled. TWO trains were stalled on the
Columbia bridge this morning. Be
tween Hanover. Pa. and Frederick,
Md. the entire road Is practically
drifted shut.
PITTSBURG Pa, March 5-The
heaviest snowstorm of the winter set
In about midnight, and at noon today IL
- "tih showing Tha -HorS - NOW
seven inches deep, and the indications
are for continued snow today and to-
morrow. Street car traffic is almost at
standstill i'm both Pittsburg and AL
lccheny, while the cars TO and from
the suburbs are making but few trips.
The railroads. are also suffering to
some extent. The local telephone wires
are in bad shape.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-Torrential rains
washOuts, tornadoes in the southeast.
floods breaking of dams and ice Forges
in Pennsylvania; copious and dcvastat-
ing rains in the Middle Atlantic states:
snow billiards. in Minnesota and the
Dakotas, were the reports that came
in over the crippled telegraph lines.
Reports of death and disaster from the
South are widespread.
TELLURIDE, Col, Feb. 2S.-Four-
teen dead: az many more injured. and
a score missing. is the result of Sc
ries Of snowsides near here.
ATLANTA, Ca, Feb. 2S.-Yesterday's
storm spread disaster through Georgia.
Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, North
and South Carolina and Florida. No
trains have passed through on the Sea-
board north for Atlanta in twenty-four
hours. Several people were killed in
a cyclone. Railroad tracks at Jackson
are five feet under water
SAN FRANCISCO, March This
city was practically cut off from the
rest of the world last night. the storm
playing havoc with telegraph and tele-
phone wires.
PATTERSON, n. j., March 2-This
city, recently swept by fire, is over
lWhelmed by flood. Hundreds Of fami-
lies have been made homeless by the
overflow of the Passaic. The city 10
many feet under water, and one life
is thus far lost
ALLEGHENY, Pa, March 2-The
Hood waters have receded after sub
merging much Of this city, and traffic
is being resumed. The damage to the
city is estimated at sl25000O.
| WHEELING, W. Va, March O.
Wheeling Is tonight I'm the grasp of the
worst food II has experienced since
1854. The maximum was reached to-
men are idle, through mills being uA-
der water.
/ NEW YORK. March 3-Not a west
ern train entered the Grand Central
station today. Not for many years
/ have the mails been so delayed ar
during the last three days.