Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-12-27
Todsy's Telegraph ic News
The Recent Blizzard.

The Recent Blizzard.
New York, Dec. 27.--With ten thou.
sand men siding Ire regular force o.
$500 "abite wings" In cleaning up Il .
streets and sidewalk, New Yors Is to
day rapidly recovering from the blizE ard
asd snoWstorm OF Christmas Day aud
Sunday.
As result OF the blizzard, It Is an.
nounced by the police today that IA
lives we're lost 10 New York alone, while
great suffering was eniailed, occssloned
BY The tying up OF traffic aud the I'm
possibility Of carrying food and clothing
to the needy poor.
No trains tre arriving 10 New York
on time today except the short haul
commuter ones. Passengers from the
east, west and south are from one 10
Eve hours late.
Ocean liners and freight steamers
which are putting into port are covered
with Ice.
Jacob vogelin, 4 cabin passenger on
the French liner L. Touralne, crsEed by
the sight Of the gale when the liner was
at ses, seriously shot himself. Before
shooting himself the man threwa draft
for 1000 francs overheard, declaring
dead men did not need money. He was
brought 10 New York under guard aud
must 90 back to France on the same
vessel.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.--With oil
Communication by rail and trolley stop
ped because Of the highpiled snow drifts,
many towns 10 south jersey are cut of
from the rest Of the world. Diits ten
feet high block the highways. The Med
ford traio, with several hundred psssen-
gers on board, bss been stalled three
miles from Haddon6eld on the West
Jersey aud 5esshore Railroad since yes.
terday morning. All efforts to get the
train { ut OF the big drifts have been IN.
svsiling. Traffic to and from Atlantic
City is badly delayed, early trains run
ming from half sn hour to an hour be.
hind schedule.
At noon today the storm had relaxed
to some extent and lines to Washington,
Bal,imors and the south were repaired,
but trains srs moving st's snaiPs pace
New Haven, Der. 27.-Oonnecticut
Is today recovering fron one OF tho worst
storm 10 the states history. Several
fatalities are reported. The snow today
lies on an average Of ~ inches deep sll
over the state.
Plttsburg, Dec. 27, Although traffic
on the railroads throughout Pennsy lvsnis |
was resumed to some extent Today, a |
6ne snow Ia still falling and forecast of |
"spow aud colder" from the Westher
Bureau has caused officials TO abandon |
hope of getting back 10 regular schedules.
Boston, Dec. 27.-WIth wires down |
from many towns of New England and
the damage they suffered from the grea'
Christmas storm still 10 doubt, news
dfibbliug into Boston today makes 1t |
certain that dozen lives are lost and
million In property damage occasloned
By the huge fall OF snow and terrific
winds which prevailed.
10 Chelsea where tidal wave swept |
the town making 1000 homeless Mr.
and Mrs. Cornelius Hsrkins we're drown.
cd In their beds and Michael Osllahap, |
an aged man, died OF shock while being
taken from the second story Of his food.
ed house.
Half dozen people are still missing
and 1t Is feared some Of them have per.
ished.
In Pitts6eld a 800, 900 fire was caused
by the fact that the fire department was
greatly delayed 10 getting through the
snow to The blszs.
Salem was 10 darkness last night
electric wires being all thrown down.
Steam and electric traffic Was al stand.
still for many hours, High tide put
four feet OF water In the Boston and
Maine Railroad tunnel and stopped
trains. Damage along the whsrves was
great. Two canoe houses, containing !
100 canoes, were swept away.
Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 27.-Whirlsd
by 26.mile breszs, the worst snow.
storm Of the winter struck Buffalo TO.
day. At noon six ioohes of snow hsd
fallen and traffic on trolley and stesm
reads was In pedsd. The Weather Bu.
reau reports that the storm extends from
Lake Michigan 10 the st. Lawrence val
lev.