The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
F|ERCE STORM
SWEEPS OVER
THE SOUTHLAND
Snow. Rain and Sleet
DevaStdtes the South
Atlantic States.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
AT A STANDSTlLL
Fallen Telegraph Poles Block the
Seaboard Air Line
Tracks.
ENORMOUS LOSSES TO
ALL TELEPHONE LINES
-Four Hundred instruments Out
Of Commission in Raleigh.
Fallen Pole Wrecks Train
Standing in Station.
steet Cars Not
Running.
ENORMOUS LOSSES TO
ALL TELEPHONE LINES.

n devastating snow, rain and hail-
storm, which, coming from tho south
west, and creating havoc as 1t came.
reached the South Atlantic States on
Thursday night is still raging in North
ern Florida, Georgia and North and
South Carolina.
Snow fell heavily. followed by rain.
and intense cold. forming sIeet. which
caused trees to fall, and in many locali-
ties completely destroyed all telephone
and telegraph poles.
In Raleigh, Greensboro. Charlotte,
Spencer and in all the cities and towns
along the route of the Seaboard Air
Line and Southern Railways, the streets
are blocked with fallen wires of electric
light plants and telegraph and tele-
phone lines.
Hundreds of poles arc across the rail-
roads and the highways aud tho great
est confusion obtains regarding traffic.
The, Southern Railway reports that
practically all tho telegraph poles along
its route from Greensboro to Spencer
are down, and that trains are being op-
Grated by schedule. orders being sent bY
trains meeting ut regular points. An
trains are behind time and 1t is in-
possible to determine the location OF
many trains.
Coated With Sleet.
In Charlotte, houses and trees are
heavily coated with sleet, while sever;s;
inches OF snow covers the ground. The
streets are blocked, the electric cars are
ninfv fho
to many thousands of dollars.
The Seaboard Air Line is also in trouble
there being 2O2 telegraph poles down
between Norlina and Raleigh and all
communication Is cut off A train due
at $40 on yesterday afternoon reached
Richmond after midnight last night, and
all trains are many hours behind sched-
uled time.
AT Raleigh, where the conditions occa-
stoned by the storm are serious, a falling
telegraph pole struck a Pullman car and
damaged 1t to such an extent that the
train was delayed twelve hours.
Five Trains Standing Still.
The tracks south of Raleigh are COM
pletely blocked by poles, and five trains
are standing still between that city and
Hamlet, n distance of ninety miles.
Four hundred Bell telephones are out
of order, and the wires of the two in
dependent companies are in trouble.
1t is said that the damage to tele-
phones alone will amount to $4,000
The Atlantic Coast Line escaped serious
trouble. the company reporting that its
trains are on time and that its wires are
all working.
The storm passed near Richmond, Ame-
liza Courthouse being the nearest point
reached. Snow fell there, followed by
rain and heavy sloet.
In South Boston there was snow and
sleet and in Keysvile the cold was so
Intense that the signal apparatus froze and
trains on the Southern were operated from
neighboring telegraph stations.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany reported trouble with its wires In
North and South Carolina, Northern Flor
ida, Southwest Georgia and Southern Vir-
ginia, ns we'll as Cincinnati, Chicago and
the West.
All business was DELAYED i'll these
sections, which could only be reached rom
tho cities in the Central States.
South Almost Cut Off.
Tho Postal Telegraph Company re-
ported less trouble but scanty informa-
ton received from the South disclosed
that many poles on its line were down.
The long distance service to tho South
was out OF commission, no Southern
points being reached since s'mdown on
yesterday.
The damage caused by the storm
seems to be general all over tho South
and tho loss occnsioned by 1t will be
heavy.
Clearing weather Is predicted to-day
with falling temperature. Key West
was the warmest spot in the United
states on yesterday, the thermometer
being at 62 degrees. while Lander was
reported the coolest, with the mercury
at degrees.
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