The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-15
WORST T|E-UP
SINCE ONE OF '88
Wire Communication in the East
ParaIyzed
BY SEVERE SNOW STORM
! MOVEMENT OF TRAINS GREATLY
RETARDED--NEW YORK BRO
KERS CUT OFF FROM
THEIR OPERATIONS,


New York. Nov. 1.-THE storm
which swept ulAhroush the Atlantic
coast states from the gulf yesterday
and last night developing into a gale
OF hurricane force as it moved north.
ward resulted in the most complete
tieup OF wire communication the east
ern states have experienced since the
memorable snow storm OF 1888 The
downponr Of rain and heavy snow
which accompanied the storm added
to the destructive force OF the gale
Telephone and telegraph poles, borne
down by weight Of snow and ice en-.
crusted wires. gave way before the
sweep of wind and whole sections
were cut off.
Limited Field Of Operations.
Both telegraph ana telephone com,
panies today reported THEN field OF
operations restricted to 0 territory
bounded on the west by Philadelphia
east by Boston, north by Newburg, N.
Y. Big brokerage concerns in Wall
street, many of whom under normal
conditions operate thousands of mile
Of wires, today found themselves prac
ideally helpless Exchanges were
more fortunate ana the only quota
tions received from Chicago ana New
Orleans markets weee the reports OF
the Associated Press. These quo, 4,
hrnnnht
@ires we're the only figures obtained
in this city from the cotton and grain
enters OF Che south and ives
Worked BY Relays.
BY an elaborate system OF relays
md use ef Dotn telephone and tele
1aph wires the Associated Press sue
,eeded ia bringing Il path between the
east and west cut off by The Storm and
cached all points west, north aat
last, with the exception of a small sec
ion in the vicinity of Albany. There
he damage from snow and wind
3eemed beyond immediate repair ana
With the exception of trains there wa
10 communication with that section
Turing the day. A general breaking
own of wires was almost entire.y re
ponsible for trouble on railroads The |
novements Of trains could not be re |
)orted and delays extending into |
iours in many cases were reported.
Weather Bureau Warning Saved Lives |
That no more disasters at sea oc |
cured from the gale, probably was
lue to the early warning of the ap |
)roaching hurricane sent out by the |
leather bureau. Bulletins sent oui |
}aturday afternoon told cf a gale that |
you'd sweep the coast and cautioned !
Ill mariners against leaving port.
A small army Of linemon were sent !
put directly after day break and il Is /
expected all the damage will he repair
ID by tomorrow.
While the eifec4 or the storm was
rot so severe in New England some
'oints in that sacticn felt the full
orce of the gale Wires were down in
Il parts Of Maine.
Wire service 10 many point7 in east
'rn Canada, which was swep. by the
storm, also was disabled
The Associated Press news repor'
vas carried over the regular wires be
ween New York and Blltimorl
When it reached the latter ci Il was
transferred a distance OF ten blocks
o the telephone office by clbs, anG
Jas then forwarded by telegraph 10
'hicago over the long distance tels
hone wire and from Chicago telep-
raphed back to Washington and 9th
r cities which could not be reached
yer regular routes The same plan
Fas fslowed in many other caee
10 complete was the prostration oi {
1ires through he sections where the
fleet of the storm was most seriously
elt. that conditions had improved bul-l
title this afternoon Some progress
fas made brit the damage was 80 ex.
ensive that the work progressed with
edious slowneas