Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-14
ENORMOUS LOSS
FROM THE STORM
Business on the Eastern Half
of the Continent Thoroughly
Paralyzed by Blizzard
MANY TOWNS ARE YET ISOLATED
Several Persons are Known to Have
Lost Their Lives and the Damage to
Wires Will Amount to Hunareds of
Thousands of DoIIars-Trains Stall
ed in the Snow.

ed in the Snow.
Chicago, Nov. 14.-Communication
with the storm-swept centers of the
east was Established in a meager way
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 en-
tirely cut off and the extent of yester-
days terrific blizzard can not yet be
ascertained. The business of Chicago
and New York exchanges, and in fact
all brokers' establishments was badly
interferred with during the entire day,
because of the utter impossibility Of
getting direct wires in working order
between the two cities. Latest ad-
vices indicate several persons lost
their lives in the storm. Many boats
along the Atlantic coast were wrecked
or imperiled and those that We're un-
able to make port OF shelter presum-
ably went down. Scores OF small
towns are completely isolated and
many will be left in absolutely dark
ness tonight the result OF the destruc-
tion of the power houses and electric
wire connections. At Scranton and
Harrisburg, Pa, snow fell to depth
of two to three feet. The railroads OF
New York and Pennsylvania were
badly hampered today. many trains
being stalled and others running on
slow schedule.
New York, Nov. Accommodation
with the west, after having been cut
off for many hours by Sundays storm,
was reestablished soon after 8 this
morning by Associated Press, thru 9
telepfione wife betwesiI Bafsfinofe sstns,s
Chicago. The Morse telegraph liz
stru,nents displaced telephone devices
and the reinstated service at once be-
gun. The damage to wires is the
most serious which the telephone COM
panies have experienced in many years.
Owing to the width of the storms pain
much delay to railway traffic is anti
as the telegraph largely con-
trolls the movements of trains.
BOSTON. Nov. 14.-New England was
the center of yesterdays storms which,
since Saturday morning. swept up the
Atlantic seaboard, When at its height
the wind blew with hurricane velocity.
In this city the maximum velocity was
as miles yesterday afternoon. AT BLOCK
Island. r. l., there was a rs mile gale
and at Nantucket, Mass. the velocity
Of 60 miles was recorded. The storm
passed east last night and was severe
in Maine and maritime provinces. At
Portland the wind reached hurricane
The coast storm was accompanied by
snow and sleet. Telephone and tele-
graph lines in eastern New England
and maritime provinces suffered sew
erelv. The storm had been we'll her
aided. and most shipping remained in
port. So far as known only two YES
sells met disaster.
Baltimore, Nov. 14.-1n consequence
of yesterdays storm, many telegraph
and telephone lines are still down ana
there is serious interruption in the Or
dinary transaction of business.
Cleveland. Nov. IA. - A fierce storm
prevailed over Lake Erie and northern
Ohio last night and resulted in the
death of Captain Dell Minney, Buffalo,
by the foundering Of the tug, Gregory,
and the serious injury of three persons
in the city. while the property loss is
Great damage was
wrought to telegraph and telephone
wires in all directions.
Chicago. Nov. 14-Chcago was cut
off from communication with New York,
Washington and other eastern cities
for several hours last night, as a re-
suit of a heavy gale and s.lowstorm
which prostrated wires The storm
center seemed to take in the Atlantic
coast from New England to Virginia.
There We're no wires east of Utica, n.
Y
The only eastern cable connection
Chicago had was by way of Montreal
and Cape Breton. At Pittsburg, the
Western Union fixed up a 1000 mile
circuit to Washington. 1t held for a
time and then went to pieces again.
1t was one of the worst Wire wrecks in
the history of telegraphy.
AT least one schooner was lost on the
coast. All on board,
to be a crew of ten are
thought to have perished. AS the gale
was sudden and severe. news of many
other shipping disasters is expected.
Three other storm fatalities are re-
ported
The gale on the lakes also was Sc
we're and many vessels were compelled
to seek shelter. A tug was capsized at
Cleveland. and the captain lost. A
vesselman met death at Mil
waukee.
The two masted schooners, Earcu-
larius. Capt Mason, of Rockland, Me,
went ashore about three-quarters of a
mile west Of Tsrpaulin cove. on the
island of Naushen, off the Massachu-
setts coast.
No trace of the crew has been
found and fears are entertained for
their safety. The vessel is in par-