Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-14
Paralysis Of Wire Com
municati0n for Hours
Results.
RAIN AND SNOW FALL
Travels From South Along the
Atlantic Coast and Ship
ping is Damaged.

Chicago. Nov. Accommodation
with the stormswept centers Of the
during the day. but still there Is more
or less interruption.
All wires are down east of Buffalo
and as far south as Richmond. Va.
while towns north as far as Utica and
Albany are entirely cut of. and the
extent OF yesterdays terrific blizzard
cannot be ascertained.
Bu.In~-s Inserf~r~d With
Business OF Chicago and New York
exchanges and in fact. all brokers' es-
tablishments was badly interfered
with during the entire da.. because
Of the utter impossibility of getting di-
rect wires in working order between
the two cities.
several Lives Lost.
The latest advices indicate that sew
eraI persons lost their lives in the
storm: many boats along the Atlantic
coast were wrecked or imperiiled and
those that were unable TO reach shell
ter presumably went down Scores OF
small towns are completely isolated and
many will be left in absolute dark
ness tonight as result of the destruc-
tion OF power house and electric wire
connections.
Three Feet Of Snow.
At Scranton and Harrisburg. Pa
snow fell to a depth of two to three
feet. Railroads OF New York and Penn
syivania were badly hampered today.
many trains being stalled and others
running on slow schedules
Use Telephone Wire.
New York, Nov. 14.-Communication
with the west after having been cut on
for many hours by Sundays storm. was
re-established soon after ; this morn
ing by the Associated Press, through
n telephone wire between Baltimore
and Chicago. Morse telegraph instru-
1nents displaced the telephone devices
and restricted service was at once be
gun. The damage to- the wires is the
most serious which telegraph compan-
les have experienced in many years
Owing to- the width OF the storm 5
path much delay to railway traffic is
anticipated. as the telegraph largely
controls the movements OF trains
New England Center.
Boston. Nov. 14.-New England was
the center OF yesterdays storm which.
since Saturday, swept up the Atlantic
seaboard. When at its height the wind
blew with hurricane velocity In this
city the maximum velocity was 40 yes
terday afternoon.
At Block Island. X. l.. there was
76-mile gale. and at Nantucket. Mass.
a velocity OF 90 miles was recorded.
The storm passed east last night and
was severe in Maine and the maritime
provinces. AT Portland the wind
reached hurricane dimensions.
snow. Rain md Hail.
The coast storm was accompanied
by snow. rain. hail and sleet. Tele-
phone and telegraph lines in eastern
New England and the maritime prov
fnces suffered severely The storm had
been well heralded. and most of the
shipping remained IN port. So far as
known only two vessels met disaster.
Cleveland I'm Path.
Cleveland. Nov. IA fierce storm
prevailed over Lake Erie and northern
Ohio last night. and resulted in the
death OF Capt Dellminney. OF Buffalo.
BY the laundering of the tug Gregory.
and the serious injury of three persons
in this city. while the property loss Is
considerable. Great damage was
wrought TO telegraph and telephone
wires IN all directions.
Communications Cut
Chicago. Nov. 1i.-Chicago was cut
of from communication with New
York. Washington and other eastern
cities for several hours last night as a
result Of u heavy gale and snovstorm
which prostrated wires Tic Storm
center seemed to take IN the Atlantic
coast from New England to Virginia
There were no wires east CT Utica.
y. Y
The only eastern cable connection
Chicago had was by way uf Montreal
and Cape Breton. Vt Pittsblr=, tie
Western Union fixed up 2.OOO-nniIe
wire circuit TO Washington. II Leld
for time and then went to pieces
again. II was one of the worst wire
wrecks in the history OF telegraphy.
Schooner and Crew Of Ten Lost
AZ least one schooner was loSr "a,