The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-13
WINTER IN THE EAST.
Snow, Sleet and Wind Cause Great
Inconvenience.
telegraph wires Down and Trafhs
Delayed In New York ana New
Englama-storm Causes some
Loss OF Life.

New York, Dec. 5.-The east and
southeast were gripped Friday by q
fierce blizzard, which caught the coun-
try unprepared. Gales swept the sea-
shore, leaving wrecks in its path. In
this city telegraph and telephone
wires were torn down, railway systems
crippled. Reports from the devastated
districts show that there was some loss
of life. In the suburban districts at
least three lives were lost. Two men
were drowned from a sinking barge In
the Hudson river and two others are
missing. A child, blinded by the sleet,
walked into the Rondout creek at
Yonkers and was drowned.
Deep snow is reported throughout
the New England states, New York,
Pennsylvania and other states along
the coast.
Railroad and street car traffic has
been interfered with seriously, and
rains are far behind time.
In the anthracite coal region of
Pennsylvania the snow is SO heavy
as to block many lines, making it i'm
possible to continue operations at sew
eral plants. This is bad phase of the
situation, as with the present small
supply of fuel any reduction in the out
put means grave trouble to eastern
cities.
In this city the storm seriously inter-
fered with all railroad and steamship
traffic, as well as with business in gen.
eral. Surface car lines, the elevated
railroad, and all ferry boats were COM
PEELED to abandon their schedules and
run as best they could. Part of the
Third Avenue Elevated line was tied up
completely, and the Sixth and Ninth
avenue trains were delayed.
Discomfort caused by sleet and Grip
pied lines of travel was increased by a
fierce northeast gale, which blew with
a maximum velocity of 81 miles an
hour. Along the Hudson river from
Yonkers to Dobbs Ferry both shores
are Uttered with wreckage. Twenty
barges and canal boats, some empty,
some loaded, are washed upon the
shore.
Telegraph service was much ham,
Union and Postal companies reported
that their systems had been shaken
up. The worst conditions for the tele-
graph companies were in New England
and in the Hudson valley, although
business to the south was somewhat
delayed.
An unknown man, believed to be a
har
rowboat shortly before noon and
sturdily rowed his craft to midstream,
where 1t was swamped and its occu-
pant sank from view after a brief
struggle in the water. A deckhand was
blown overheard from a tug near the
same place. but was rescued.
Several barges that were being
towed up the river broke adrift near
Yonkers, and one of them sank. Three
brothers were on the barge that sank.
One was drowned and the two others
we're found on the beach in an uncon-
scious condition.
At Albany the snowfall was heavy.
and all trains are reported from one
to five hours late. Blizzard conditions
prevail at Schenectady, Newburg, Sara
toga and other places in the east and
north parts of the state. From Roches-
ter to Buffalo the storm is much
milder.
In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Dec. 6.-The snow
and windstorm which swept over the
eastern part of Pennsylvania during
the morning abated late Friday
afternoon. The fall Of snow in this
city and surrounding country
amounted to about four inches, but
the greatest damage was done by the
high wind, which at II o'clock at
tanned a velocity of 81 miles an hour.
Telegraph communication between
this city and Pittsburg was practical
ly paralyzed and suburban street car
and railroad traffic was badly Grip
pied. One life was lost as the result
of the binding snow and a few minor
accidents occurred. During the
height of the storm George Chiver-
ton drove an express wagon into I,
trolley car and was instantly killed
and two persons received fractured
limbs by the collision of two trolley
cars in West Philadelphia. In the
anthracite coal region the fall of
snow amounted to eight inches, but
mining operations were not seriously
interfered with.
I'm New England.
Boston, Dec. 6.-After an unusually
long period of calm, mild weather a
spirited storm from the gulf brought
grim winter to New England Friday,
with great suddenness, and for the
first time this season covered the en-
tire region with snow to the depth Of
eight inches. The storm apparently
was severe in southwestern New Eng
land, where there was considerable
wire prostration and delay In rail-
road traffic. Now England received
the full benefit of northeast gale,
which in some places attained q vel
petty of 40 miles an hour.
Convicted.
st. Louis, Dec. 6.--After two days of
trial, Charles J. Denny, the millionaire
brewer and director in the Suburban
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