Evening star., 1908-02-03
UGH! BUT IT WAS COLD
Fifty-Four-MiIe Gale of Wind
in New York.
MUCH DAMAGE WROUGHT
Worst Blizzard of Winter in the
Mohawk Valley.
DELOW ZERO WEATHER
Six Frozen to Death in Pittsburg.
Western Pennsylvania in Storm
Grip-Suffering Elsewhere.

NEW YORK. February 3.-With an ICY
gale beating down steadily all yesterday,
New York experienced one of the sever
est days of the winter At one time the
wind reached a velocity of fifty-four miles
an hour Everywhere in the city the gale
made itself felt by way of damages, great
and small.
Signs that were not securely fastened
were wrenchcd loose and carried off in
wreckage The worst of the scores Of ac-
cidents that trailed in its wake was re-
ported from the Bronx. \ tall brick chlTn-
ney on four-story apartment house at
6n5 Eagle avenue was blown over at the
height of the gale and several tons OF
brick and mortar crashed into the street.
Five persons were more or less injured.
and two Others were so terrified that they
collapsed. The back and side walls at the
rear Of the top floor of the building We're
wrecked by the crumbling chimney, and
the roof at that point caNed IN The
spartment Immediately below the chimney
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs Edward
Breck and their two small children. WITH
them at the time was Brecks brother
John.
Breck and his wife escaped with only
few scratches when the avalanche OF
bricks and mortar came down over thelr
heads. John Breck was struck on the
head and his skull fractured. Botn
of the children were cut and bruised.
Blizzard in Mohawk Valley.
AMSTERDAM, y. Y. February 3.-The
worst blizzard OF the winter ragged IN the
Mohawk valley all Saturday night and
SUNDAY About nine inches of snow Tell
Saturday, and the high wind has caused
the snow TO drift badly, particularly on
the country roads Traffic on the steam
and trolley lines is greatly interfered with.
Through trains on the New York Cen
1raI going west are hours behind Scheduie
time.
Wintry at Cumberland.
CT MBERLAND, Md. February 3.-The
weather conditions prevailing in the
mountains in this locality are the worst
in ten years. particularly along the west
ern MARYLAND railroad in the vicinity OF
Thomas and Elkins.
At these points the thermometer yester-
day registered II degrees below zero, ana
at Thomas at J pm. il stood degrees oe-
low The wind has been SO hlgh that II mas
been impossible to keep lights burning,
and railroading at night has been hazard
ous Yesterday it took passenger tram
of three coaches. drawn by two engines,
four hours to advance four miles, ana
three engines were derailed on the west
ern Maryland railroad by the snowdr1fts
AL Terra AHA Tic tcipNldS = -
srees below Zero, with ten inches OF snow.
At Altamont the snow is six Inches deep
and heavy wind prevails.
Below Zero in Southwest Virginia.
ROANOKE, Va. February 3.-The deep
est snow of years covers southwest Nlr-
einia. being from six inches to two feet.
The thermometer yesterday was below
zero at Eastwell and u degrees above at
Roanoke
Six Persons Frozen to Death.
PITTSBURG, February 3.-Pittsburgers
remained indoors yesterday hugging fires
or nursing injuries received in the storm
of Saturday and last night. Up to mid
night last night six were reported frozen
to death, including two unknown infants
purposely left at deserted points to die,
one small boy. woman and two va
grants.
Nearly aO0 reports of injuries were re-
ceived by the police of persons serious
ly hurt by falls. cut by glass. struck by
flying signs or otherwise incapacitated by
some freak of the storm. During last
evening the gale at one time attained
a velocity of fifty-six miles an hour.
John Kelly of Homestead fell on the
ice with carboy of carbOlic acid and is
dying in the hospital from burns. One
hospital had thirty patients who were
picked up on the streets during the
twenty-four hours suffering from broken
bones or other serious injuries. The tenn
perature ranged from > to u degrees
above zero during the day.
Blizzard Grips Pennsylvania.
CORY. Pa. February "a blizzard
which held this region for forty-eight
hours continued last night. The snow
tied up trolley lines and blocked country
roads. Railroad trains are hours be-
hind schedule. A Pennsylvania passen-
ger train stuck in a drift at Centerville
yesterday and had TO be shoveled out.
Suffering in Ohio.
LIMA. Ohio. February 3.-With the
thermometer below zero yesterday the
natural gas supply here gave out, and
great suffering resulted throughout the
city. many of the most fashionable homes
being dependenn upon gas for fuel. Coal
wagons worked all night. Today rising
temperature is relieving the suffering.
while coal is being hurried to the poor by
relief committees.
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