Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-16
From Mississippi to Atlantic
Bad Weather Prevails.
CLEARING IN THE WEST
Heavy Snow and Sleet in North In.
terrupts Communication.
BLoCKADES IN NEW ENGLAND
School Suspended in Vermont Owing
to Heavy Fall-New York
Suffers.

| NEW YORK. February l6.-The entire
northeastern section Of the United States
from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic
seaboard was in the grasp of a severe
storm today.
panied by icy winds on the northern part
of this territory, greatly hampered all
means of transportation and communica-
| ton.
Miles of telephone and telegraph wires
| were down between New York and Chi
| cago. Throughout northern New York
and New England a snow blockade pre-
| vailed.
| The storm center is moving slowly
| eastward. Clearing weather is promised
| throughout the east Wednesday. West
OF Chicago conditions are already inn
| proving.
Clearing at Chicago.
CHICAGO. February 16.-Colder wealth
| er in this vicinity. with the storm moving
| slowly eastward, is the present weather
outlook.
Telegraph and other companies report
encouraging conditions west of the Mis-
sissippi where the country is recovering
somewhat from the effects of the bliz-
! Zard.
The snow blockade still prevails in
northern Michigan. The lake region
around Toledo is suffering from democrat
ICED communication and interrupted traf-
fic.
Lower temperatures are the prospects
of the middle and south Atlantic and
eastern gulf states. Central Illinois, In
effects of the storm in its progress toward
the eastern coast.
Sleet in Cleveland.
| CLEVELAND. Ohio. February 1S-De-
spite efforts of hundreds Of men working
necessarily during the past fortyeight
hours to restore telegraph and telephone
service. interrupted in all directions by
the isleet storm beginning Sunday last,
little real progress has been made.
Seet is falling again today. 1t has been
| falling almost continuously for two days
| past.
| Many poles. temporarily replaced yes
| terday. were again carried down by the
weight of additional sleet and ice that fell
last night
| Many towns in the state are still cut off
from communication by either telegraph
or telephone.
Michigan Obtains Relief.
DETROIT. Mich. February 16-The
Michigan Central, Pere Marquette, Wa.
| bash and Grand Trunk railroads report
| all trains moving today and conditions
| either improving or at least getting nc
| worse as the storm travels eastward.
Pittsburg in Darkness.
| PITTSBURG, February 16.-While the
vicinity surrounding Pittsburg is coated
with ice today. the city has escaped this
feature Of the storm owing to warm
weather.
Rain has fallen here almost continuous
ly since Sunday morning. Today the
overcast sky at times plunges the city In
total darkness.
Colorado Blockade Broken.
| DURANGO. Col. February 16-The
| first Denver and Rio Grande train from
Denver to enter this city in eight days
arrived at 2 o'clock this morning.
| The long snow blockade on Cumber S
hill was broken yesterday afternoon. II
| is not proba BILE that the blockade in
Animas canyon will be broken for several
days.
Snow in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. February 10
! Telegraph and telephone communication
| is badly crippled today as a result of
the sleetstorm which prevailed all over
| southern Ohio last night.
The sleetstorm was followed by heavy
snow. which set in early today. Street
car traffic In this city Is not seriously
delayed, but railroads report trains de-
layed.
vermont's Heavy Snowfall.
ST. ALBANS, VT, February 10
Northern Vermont is buried today
under the heaviest snowfall of the win
ter and one of the heaviest in many
years. the depth ranging from twenty
inches to two feet.
The storm began Sunday afternoon.
and snow was still falling this fore
noon. Schools were suspended and
business greatly hampered today in
this city.
All the railroads had much trouble
Trains were from one to five hours late
Freight traffic was practically discon-
tinued this forenoon.