Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-02
WARM WEATHER AND RAINS
Dense Fog Cripples Traffic in New
York.
WIRE TROUBLE IN THE WEST
England and Scotland Experience
Two Days Of Arctic Weather.
Trains Delayed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PITTSBURG. Pa, March 2.-Pittsburg' S
second food for the year 1908 will reach
here late this afternoon. The waters of
the Monongahela and the Allegheny
rivers will rise rapidly to stage of
twenty-five feet. and with continued rain
fall and high temperature, Forecaster
bureau fears it may rise much higher
late tonight and tomorrow.
Reports from the headwaters of both
rivers indicate the snow is melting under
the incessant rainfall and that the tribu-
taries fed by mountain torrents are flood
ing their banks.
The precipitation over western Pennsyl-
vania for twenty-four hours ending at 8
o. clock last night exceeded one inch, and
the indications are that for the next
twenty-four hours it will be much greater
feet has fallen since the flood of two
weeks ago, and this is going off with a
rush
Fog in New York.
NEW YORK, March 2.-River, harbor
and street traffic was severely hampered
today by dense fog which swept in from
sea during the night. The ferry boats had
to feel their way from slip to slip with the
utmost caution. The 39th street ferry to
ID lone
completely. As a result of the partial
suspension of ferry traffic the under-river
trains from Brooklyn and Hoboken were
packed to the limit of standing room.
On the sound the fog was reported to be
as thick as in the upper bay, and ship
ping of all kinds was delayed. The steam
err Plymouth of the Fall river line, due
here this morning, was obliged to anchor
at Whitestone. L. l.. whence the captain
informed the New York office of the de-
lay.
The ferry boat New York of the Fulton
ferry line was struck by tug boat as
she was pulling out of her slip on the New
York side of the East river. Her upper
works were torn away for a distance OF
ten feet, but she was able to continue In
service. There were few passengers on
the New York at the time, and none OF
them was injured.
Sleet Breaks Wires.
CHICAGO, March 2.-When widespread
destruction of telegraph and telephone
wires was imminent yesterday on ac-
count of the ice that covered wires and
poles within a radius of fifty miles OF
Chicago the temperature rose degree
and melted the burden of ice, as the
re suit of a sleetstorm that lasted several
hours. The wires had already begun to
snap and poles to topple to the ground
the weight having increased to the last
ounce, although there was no wind.
The worst damage was between Chi
cago and Fort Wayne. In one instance
stretch Of nearly mile of poles bearing
dozens of important wires went down in
a tangled mass of wreckage. With the
mercury ascending d trifie the miles of
sleet disappeared in a short time.
Last night telegraph offices had restored
facilities to basis adequate for Sunday
night traffic and hoped to be able to care
for brokerage and other business today.
Blizzard in Scotland
LONDON March Scotland and parts
of England and Wales have experienced
two days of the most wintry weather in
many years. There have been heavy
sncwstorms and bizzards. and railway
amt telegraph communication is inter-
rurted in many places. In parts of Scot
feet deep. 1t is expected that the rail-
ways will be blocked for some time, be-
cause equipment for clearing the tracks
of such obstruction is lacking. passen-
ger train was stalled between Glasgow
ard Fort William all last night. and
relief trains were unable to reach it
for twenty-seven hours. Meanwhile the
passengers were without food.