Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-02-05
T0day's Telegraphic News
The blizzard.


New York, Feb. s. New York is
snowbound today in The grasp Of the
worst storm of the winter, aod the bllz-
gard is sull raging. Traffic Is practically
at q standstill except on the subway, and
some portions of the city are almost cut
off from communication. Down the bay
q gale is raging.
Driven by strong Northwestern the
storm settled doen on the city late yes
terday afternoon. During the night
nearly two feet Of snow fell. 10 the
narrow canyon-like streets 1t drlfted and
piled up until horses and automobiles be-
came stalled.
Accid.uts and death in numerous
cases we're the accompanies of the storm.
Two workmeu were caught in cave-in
ofthe roof OF the New York, New Haven
& Hartford round house under tons OF
snow. Thy were dug cut and buried
to hospita where II is feared they will
die. AL, the hospital amDulsrces were
kept busv bringing 10 patients ~ho had
iallsn and sustained severe Injuries
Great suffering has been caused 10 the
tentmen 5 slthough the fairly moderate
temperature has prevented wholesale
deaths. 10 several instances pedes.
trans on their way home IN the early
hours of the morning, exhausted by the
struggle against the storm, fell and were
aim ,st frJzen before found.
An unknown man met death as re-
suit OF the storm on a station platform
OF the Fulton street elevated 10 Brook
lyn At er waning for an hour on the
pla, form for a train the man fell uncon-
sciou. in a drift Of snow. Miss arab
Van D veldt, the ticket sgent, trieu IN
vain to drag the man into the ticket
bobtn, but her strength wSs unequal Ia
the task By the lime she could -um'
mon policeman the stranger was desd.
Bethlehem, Pa, Feb. 5. The big
card has held this section OF Penussl-
vania in its grip the past eighteen hours.
More than q 1 ,ot of snow has fallen ADD
accompanied by wind of high velocity,
the snow has drifted. Country roads
are completely blocked. Nilkmen being
uuabls to reach town, today, there is a
milk famine here. The trolley lines
leading to South Bethlehem, Freemans-
burg, Kuz w, Allentown, Ritters'
Vile, Nazareth, Easlon aud HellertO Sn
are also showed under and dozens Of
cars, some with passengers, are stalled
all along the line. In the country drifts
are dozen feet high, and 1t will bs
several days before openings are cut
through them. The west-bound trains
are hours behind time.
Bustou. Feb. 1.-Tne worst snow
storm of the winter is rsging Throughout
New England today. At 10 o'clock his
morning suow was besp'd foot on the
level. The snow Is fuO and dry and the
high wind is drifting it badly. All su'
burban trolley lines we're tied up this
morning and those in the city moved
with greatest difficulty. Toe railrosd'
report that the SNOW |, dSeD between here
and New York No trains from n "
York had arrived up to l0"clocS. I 'e
blizzard shows no Signs OF aba ing. TIE
weather bureau predicts that it w'l n
tinue to snow all through New England
today and tomorrow.
Chicago, Foo. 5..-R4ilrosds, stree.
cars, telephone aud telegraph service for
hundreds of miles around Chicago aye
seriously impeded by the heaviest snow
fall of the season. An uninterrupted
fall for another day will probably make
the blizzard record hr' aker. N arly
five hundred fire alarms have caused the
city FIRE department 10 turn out to al
parts of the city, for "a hours.