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 TIE regular force o.
$500 "wbite wings" in cleaning up Il =
streets and sidewalks, New Yors Is to-
day rapidly recovering from The blizz ,rd
ADD snoRstorn OF Christmas Day aud
Sunday.
As result of the blizzard, it ia an.
nounced by the police today that IA
lives we're lost in New York alone, while
great suffering was en!ailed, occasioned
BY The tying up of traffic and the i'm
possibility of carrying food and clothing
to the needy poor.
No trains are arriving in New York
on time today except the short haul
commuter ones. Passengers from the
| east, west and south are from one 10
| FIVE hours late.
Ocean liners and freight steamers
which are putting into port are covered
with Ice.
Jacob Vogelin, cabin passenger on
the French liner La Touraiue, crszad by
the sight OF the gale when the liner vas
at sea, seriously shot himself. Before
shooting himself the man threw draft
for 1000 franca overheard, declaring
dead men did not need money. He was
brought to New York under guard aud
must 90 back to France on the same
vessel.
Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-With all
communication by rail and trolley stop.
ped because OF the highpied snow drifts,
many towns in south Jersey are cut of
from the rest of the world. D,iits ten
feet high block the Highways. The Med
ford train, with several hundred pa.sen-
gers on board, bas been stalled three
miles from Haddon6eld on the West
jersey and Seashore Railroad since yes.
terday morning. All efforts to get the
train tut of the big drifts have been IN.
svaiIing. Traffic to and from Atlantic
City Is badly delayed, esrlY trains run.
ming from half an hour to an hour be.
hind schedule.
At noon to-day the storm had relaxed
to some extent and lines to Washington,
Baltimore and the south we're repaired,
but trains sre moving alta snsil's pace
New Haven, Dee. 27.-OoDnecticut
Ia today recovering from one OF tho worst
storm in The states history. Several
fatalities are reported. The snow today
lies on an average of II inches deep sill
over the state.
Pitteburg, Dec. 27.-Although traffic
on the railroads throughout PenusylvaDis
was resumed to some extent Today,
ine cnow Is still falling and forecast of
tsnoW aud colder" from the Weather
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 in donbt, neWs
drIbbllng into Boston today makes 1t
certain that dozen lives are lost and 8
million in property damage occssioned
By The huge fall OF SNOW and terrific
winds which prevailed.
10 Chelsea where q tidal wave swept
the town making 1000 homeless Mr..
and Mrs. Cornelius Hsrkins were drown
cd in their beds and Michael Callahan,
an aged man, died of shock while heiDg
taken from The second story of his food.
ed house.
Rnlf dozen people are still missing
and 1t Ia feared some OF them have per-
ished.
In Pitts6eld 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 in darkness last night
electric wires being all thrown down.
Steam and electric traffic was at stand.
still for many hours, High tide put
four feet of water in the Bos:on and
Maine Railroad tunnel and stopped
traine. Damage along The wbsrves was
great. Two canoe houses, containing
100 canoes, we're swept away.
Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 27.-Whirled
by 26-mile breezs, the worst SNOW.
storm Of the winter struck Buffalo to-
day. Al noon six ioches of snow had
fallen and traffic on trolley and stesm
reads was In pedad. The Weather Blu.
resu reports that the storm extends from
Lake Michigan 10 the st. Lawrence val.
ley.