The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-11-16
SNOW BROKE THE WIRES
Telegraph Service Throughout
the East Disrupted.

ington Sent by Way of Baltimore
and Chicago-centraI New York
Completely Shut off-Wall Street
Operations Curtailed.
New York, Nov 15.-That the ef
fects of the recent storm were more
far reaching than in any similar dis.
turbance since the great blizzard OF
1888 became evident when the disar.
rangement of wire communication con.
tinued almost as complete as at any
time during the height of the storm.
Up to 10 o'clock many points were
completely isolated while whole sec.
tions were reached only by most cir.
cuitous routes. To the west, the only
points having direct communication
with New York were Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
The Associated Press, however, had
succeeded in reaching the west and
incidentally many eastern points, by
means of a telephone wire between
Baltimore and Chicago. The news re.
port carried over the regular wires
between New York and Baltimore,
when 1t reached the latter city, was
transferred a distance of 10 blocks to
the telephone office by cabs, was
then forwarded by telegraph to Chi.
cago over a long distance telephone
wire, and from Chicago was tele.
graphed back to Washington and
other cities which could not be reach.
ed over the regular routes.
The same plan was followed in many
other cities. For instance the Asso.
ciated Press regular New York state
circuit. a net work of wires connect.
ing all the principal towns of the state,
was practically out of service for
time. Newburg to the north marked
the end of the circuit, points beyond
being completely cut off.
Finally, however, temporary cir.
cult was set up by. forming a connect.
ing link between Cleveland and Buf.
falo.
From Buffalo the report was relayed
down through the state as far as
Utica. At that point however, wire
paralysis again was encountered,
leaving Amsterdam, Schenectady, Al
bany and Troy completely cut off from
the outside world. The only reports
received from that section Of the state
came by train from Albany.
Four inches Of wet snow had broken
down telephone. telegraph, electric
light and fire alarm wires in Albany
and vicinity, and badly hamrered
street car and train service.
While the effect of the storm was
not so severe in New England some
points in that section felt the full
force OF the gale. Wires were down
In all parts of Maine. Some points
on Cape Cod could not be reached by
wire early in the day, and Pittsfield,
in the Berkshires, was cut off entire
ly from both New York and Boston.
Wire service to many points In
Eastern Canada, which was swept by
the storm, also was disabled.
Operations in Wall street were cur.
tailed by reason of the storm. At the
opening of the stock market the Stock
Exchange branch of the Western
Union Telegraph company had only Il
few direct wires working These were
to Philadelphia On the south and Hart.
ford and Boston on the east West.
ern and southwestern wires were still
down as were all wires south of Balti
more. All messages were accepted
subject to delay
AT no time since 1888 has the Wall
street business of the telegraph com.
panies been so badly crippled.
A small army of linemen were sent
out directly after daybreak and it is
expected that all the damage will be
repaired by tonight. The local tele.
phone service was not seriously inter.
rupted by the storm, but there was no
communication over the telephones to
such points as Philadelphia, Boston
and Albany.
Two TRUSTEES" and a keeper EN-.
ployed on Riker's island during the
storm started in small boat from the
island to 13Sth street to get the night
keepers. After considerable work
they managed to get out into the
river where the wind seemed to in
crease, and the three men we're un-
able to reach the main land, the boat
being swept down the river to South
Brother island, where 1t was beached.
The whereabouts Of The men was I'm.
known and it was feared that they
had been drowned as they had heen
compelled to remain on the Island all
night.
Two keepers who tried to so from
Hart's islSnd to City island in launch
al about the same time, were com.
PEELED to put on life preservers and
abandon their boat, which was swept
10 Whitestone, a distance of about
10 miles.