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to have been in need of succor
and the police boat put back to her station
Prisoners Death Feared.


Three prisoners from among several hum
dred confined on an island in the East river
for petty offenses are thought to have lost
their lives in Sundays storm. They were
TRUSTEES" and had rowed a party of visi-
tors back to the city. In the face OF the
storm the men started back to the island,
but their boat was caught in the hlgh seas
which swept them out of sight. watchers
along the shore saw them attempt repeat
edly to gain shelter. but without success,
and it Is thought they were swept INTO
Long Island sound.
Worst Wire Conditions Ever Known.
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, November II
The worst wire conditions ever known In
this city resulted from the storm OF yes
terday and last night. Beginning with rain
the downpour turned into snow and the
wires were soon weighted down, causing
tho poles and wires to fall all over the city
and in the country. The trunk lines of
the Western Union. the Postal Telegraph
and the long distance telephone are an
down with the exception OF one western
I7Eion wire. which was used all night, 10
dispatch New York Central trains, the
movements of which were but slightly de-
laycd by the storm.
The streets are full of live wires and. dur
ing the night Mayor Hine ordered all pow
er shut off so that the city was in dark
ness and the trolley cars were stalled 70
licemen warned citizens to keep or the
streets and liverymen refused to send out
cabs Iinemen worked all night and cars
were running today. but all lines or com
munication were still crippled. Similar con
ditions are reported throughout the state
Every Wire Down at Albany.
ALBANY. n. Y. November 14.-Wet
snow that fell all day broke down every
telephone and telegraph wire In this city
and vicinity At 10 o'clock last night
more than half the city was in darkness
from Interrupted light circuits The fire
alarm service was so crippled that spe-
cial precautions were taken by the ponce
to give warning in case of fire. Inc snow
was not over four inches deep, but
so heavy that trolley traffic was greatly
hampered and trains entering the city
averaged an hour late. 1t is the worst
wire blockade the city has experienced
since the storm of 1883.
Railway Traffic Hampered.
PHILADELPHIA. November 14.-Despite
the severity of yesterdays storm, no Sc
rious damage has been reported in this sec
ton. Communication by wire with interior
points of the state is interrupted. Telegraph
and telephone linemen were put TO work
early. in an effort to re-establish the dis
connected circuits. Railroad traffic is
hampered today, and western trains are
from two to three hours late. Slippery rails
caused collision of trolley cars here this
morning, but no was injured.
The storm subsided early today. The
tempera ture at s o'clock was IS degrees,
and the minimum from 10 o'clock last night
to that hour was "a. The velocity of the
wind had decreased from hurricane pro-
portions to twenty-fOur miles.
Business Interrupted at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Nd November 14.-In con-
sequence of yesterdays storm many of the
telegraph and telephone lines are still down
and there is a serious interruption in the
ordinary trapsaction of business. Tele-
graphic communication has not yet been re-
established with Washington and the south
and the west and north, but the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies ex-
pect to be able to partially resume business
during the day. The only long distance
telephone is that to Chicago.
News received here from Chicago over the
telephone wire states that communication
has been established from Cleveland east
ward as far as Utica, n. Y, and Chicago
also reports that telegraph communication
has been established between that city and
Washington. No report has been received
from Washington as to the prospective I'M
provement of telegraphic conditions south
OF that city.
A strong wind is blowing here, but there
Is promise of clear weather.