The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-17
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STORMS DAMAGE
IN EAST IMMENSE
Many Cities and Towns wiup
in Utter Darkness Because
OF Wrecks.
BIG SECTIONS IsoLA1rnl
Albany Suffered the Most Damage !,
Any City Being Entirely W;tbn,,,
Communication Except
by Train.

New York, Nov. 16.-phe storm mi
swept up through the Atlantic
states from the gulf, developing ~
gale of hurricane force as it nova
northward, resulted in the mos, W
piete tie-up of wire communication ~ !
the eastern states have cyparion.
since the memorable snow sto,,,, |
1888. 1t disarranged train scbodn,.
paraIyzed trolley lines and p;laa a,'
eral wrecks along the coast.
A downpour OF rain and heavy o.,
which accompanied the storm adaaa /
the destructive force OF tho pa,o
The telephone and telegram NIL.
borne down by the weight of snow n
ice ~encrusted wires, gave way baf.
the sweep of the wind, and wbola II
lions yer cut off. Both tho al
graph and telephone Nil
long distance wires today reported ,h.l
fields of operation restricted to ,ba Ar
ritory bounded on the west nv pba,f
delphia, on the east by Boston and 1
the north by Newburg.
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Big Firms Helpless,
Big brokerage concerns in MI
street, many of whom, under norHE
conditions, operate thousands Of nh
OF Wlre, have found themselves ma
tica!ly helpless. The exchanges weE
no more fortunate, and the only norF
received from Chicago and New III
cans Were the market reports Of m
Associated Press. These opotatta1H
brought owe the Associated pr.T
wires were the only figures obtained
this city and the grain centers Of NJ
south and west. Il
BY an elaborate system Of ragE
and the use of both telephone ana n
egraph wires, the Associated prsI
succeeded in bridging the path tetweI
east and west cut by the storm, MI
reached all points west and northweN
with the exception Of a small section H
the vicinity of Albany. There ~
damage from the snoW and viii
seemed beyond immediate repair, ars
with the exception of trains there MI
no communication with that sarttI
during the day. E
The general breaking down of wjrlR
was almost entirely responsible ri
trouble on the railroads. The NOVA
ments o. trains could not be @repotaf
II delays extending into hours L
many cases were reported. /
That no more disasters at sea rsS
suited from the gale was probably duE
10 the early warning of the approach
ing hurricane sent out by The weathA
bureau. Bulletins sent out SaturiaE
told that a gale would swedE
up the coast, and cautioned all m8rS
nprG ppalnSf leo 1rj,lFs wort L
Effects Were Far Reaching. /
That the effects of the great stogf
which swept the Atlantic seaboard wei
more a reaching than in any simiIas
disturbance since the great blizzard 4
1888 became evident when the disai
rangement of wire communication cod
tinued almost as complete as at anil
time during the height Of the storm
Many places We're completely isolated
while whole sections were reached ong
by most circuitouS routes. To the Wts
the only points having direct commung
cation with New York were PhiladeE
phia and Boston. The Associated PresS
however, had succeeded In reaching III
west and incidentally New York and
eastern points by mean OF a telephO1a
Wire between Boston and Chicago. Ts
news report carried over the regula
wires between New York and Bals
more, when it reached the latter city
was transferred Il distance of "a
blocks 10 the telephone office by cabi
was then forwarded by telegraph 4
Chicago over a long distance telepiCp
wire and from Chicago was telegraph
back to Washington and other city
which could not be entered over "
regular routes. i
The same plan was followed In man
other cases. For instance the AssS
ciated Press regular New York stag
circuit, a network of wires ConnectirS
all the principal cities of the state, ws
practically out of service for a tint
NeWburgh to the north marked the ene
OF the circuit, points beyond beiIs
completely cut off. Finally, ho|eye||
a temporary circuit was set up 4
forming a connecting link betWe9
Cleveland and Buffalo. From Buffa|
the report was relayed down throls
the state as far as Utica. At tha
point, however. wire paralysis aga1
vas encountered, leaving Amsterdam
schenectady, Albany and Troy COZ!
pletely cut off from the outside worn
The only reports received from ting
section of the state came by train fro|
albany. -Four inches of wet snow "a
broken down telegraph. telephone, eieI
trio light and fire alarm wires In y
bany and vicinity, and badly nan
pered street a and train service