The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-14
NEW FORK CUT OFF
No Communication With south and
 West Last Night.


 New York. Nov. 1s.-New York is en- tirely cut off from the south and west Tonight by fierce hurricane accompa- 7nied by rain and snow. which is sweep- ing the Atlantic coast.
 Wire service out Of Ne7t York is tied up more effectually tonight than at any time since the blizzard of ,SS The Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies have no direct cummunica- *tion with cities further south than Ra1- flmore, and all western points are cut
 The Postal has been cabling some of US most urgent messages to Canso. N. S., from which point they are wired to Montreal and thence forwarded to Chi- scago over Canadian Pacific wires shortly after noon the telegraph com panies commenced to feel the effects of the storm. As wire after wire went Flown and city after city was lost. the Nrepair gangs were notified, but owing &to the day and the heavy storm. if was long after dark before the full force could be mustered.
 Late in the afternoon 1t was reported that over 100 poles along the Erie rail road had gone down, completly putting sthe New York Buffalo Chicago wires by that route out of service. Recourse For short time was had to wires via |Albany and Syracuse, but a few hours 'afterward the pressure of the ice on the wires carried them, poles and all. 70 the ground, outside of Poughkeepsie. Thereby effectively closing the service. lThe Western Union was ablo to keep ppen the way to Baltimore, Philadel- phia and most places in New Jersey, sout business for other points, save for zNew England, was only accepted sub 9ect to delay. Communication between New York and Boston over all lines was uninterrupted. The telegraph off icials are unable to state the damage until they can communicate with the territories affected
 Every effort Is being made to-night Sfo make repairs so that few wires snay be opened up to the south and lwest by the time business opens to- morrow. Special trains were engaged bn most of the roads running out of Jersey City and Hoboken, and dispatch ed late this evening laden with wire re- pairing gangs.
 owing to the completeness of the tie- lip the men do not anticipate much progress on repairs until daylight en- Ables them to examine thoroughly the Pxtent of the damage. The long dis ance telephone company has also been badly handicapped i'll it's service. Many Nbf the wires are down in the storm Swept area, but as the poles follow Highways rather than railroad tracks, they are not as likely to give way to Washouts.
 Although the storm has been one of the worst of the year, marine disasters are not expected, except for vessels Ahat may be out. The weather bureau Eesterday sent out warnings advising sea captains to remain in port over Sunday. Some damage was done in hnd around New York.
 < Tonight the ferryboat Port Norris running between College Point and sNinety-sixth street, Manhattan, went ashore. on rocky ledge in BoWery bay There were eleven passengers and the SSew aboard. Owing to the heavy sea, 't is impossible to send wrecking boats ko her. but a policeboat has gone to ghe rescue. Owing to the fierce down. pour, the streets of New York were practically deserted to-day. The high wind played havoc with the street $igns, which fell in showers. Many windows were broken and a few pass ersby were cut by the signs and flying klass. The full force of the gale was falt in the harbor. Several boats. au-