The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-24
STORM KINGS REIGN.
Snow Covers the Ground to a Depth
of Fourteen Inches-A Passenger
Train on D. e. H. in Drifts for
Many Hours-House Badly DAM
aged - Telegraph Lines Down.
Street Car Traffic Stopped.

The storm king held full sway here
Friday night and Saturday. Main street
and the other business streets We're
alive with husters yesterday. who put
in Il number of hours shoveling the foot
of beautiful off the sidewalks and OPEN
ing the cutters for an expected thaw.
1t was grand combination of
weather on Friday and Friday night
and part of Saturday. Rain. hail and
snow each did its share to block traf-
fic and cause damage. Fourteen inches
of heavy. Water-soaked snow, the re-
suit on the level. and buried town and
country We're the result of the fall
Train No. on the Delaware and
Hudson road, due in this city Friday
night at 10 o'clock, became stalled in
the drifts near Stallucca and did not
reach this city until o'clock on Satur-
day night. Two coal trains We're caught
Il short distance below the imprisoned
passenger train. and all efforts to dig
the three trains out were frtlitless until
Il crew WAS sent from this city with the
large snow ploW. one track running
by the three imprisoned trains was
opened Saturday morning. Traffic on
the Delaware ana Hudson and Erie on
the north were effectually blocked.
holding all mail from the north and
west.
Early Friday night several engines
We're sent ont to keep the HOnesdaIe
branch open if possible. They succeed
ed. but with considerable difficulty One
crew got snoW-bound near No and
did not get through until Saturday
morning. The first morning train on
the Honesdale branch, due here ut SOj
Saturday morning, did not arrive until
after 10 o'clock. The Ontario ana
Western road north of here was COM
pletely tied up. Somewhere up the line
near Forest City, two coal trains were
stalled, and several engines were sent
from this city With the large snow plow
ana succeeded in getting the trains out
The DundaT stage arrived in this city
mt l. clock. three hours behind sched-
ule. Considerable damage was caused
TO the telegraph lines, but the condi-
tlons We're not as bad as in other Sec
tions. There was nothing doing on the
street car line. ana no effort has vet
been made TO open up the line in this
vicinity.
An additional force of men was
placed on the street department pay
roll for the day. Miners returning.
4'''''NN''''' 'i'NI llllNllllS lItlc WAS no
work, were handed ShoVelS for the ask
ing. They were engaged in opening ur
the cutters on the back streets The
residents on Brooklyn street ana in the
vicinity of the Racket Brook will be on
anxious seats till after the thaw sets
IN. The Snow-covered trees afforded a
picturesque sight and Memorial park
was snapped scores of times by the
ubiquitous kodaker
Several trees in the grounds sur
rounding the residence of eX- Mayor I
II. liendrck We're broken. Some ex-
citement was caused ON South Main
street Saturday afternoon The weight
of the snow on the roof of the Brennan
building was so great that the rafters
began to creak and give, and in doing
so forced the side walls of The house
out. For Il time ii was feared that the
building would collapse, but large tim
bers We're secured and the affected
parts propped up. The snow was then
removed from the roof and the danger
aNerted, though considerable damage
was caused, All day Saturday the small
boy Mas in his glory, and fairly coined
money shoyelng off walks