Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-04
EFFECTS OF THE STORM.
Wires Down Between Washington and
Baltimore similar 10 last
Inauguration Day.


Inauguration Day.
Washington, Nov. 3.-The national
capital was cut off from all communl-
cation with Baltimore and the north
early today as the result OF a snow
storm, the first Of the season, which
came up during the night. Even the
wirelese was not working.
There was strong wind and during
the early hours the storm had the APP
pearance OF blizzard. The Weather
Bureau announced that the storm CEN
tered off the New Jersey coast. having
originated in the South Atlantic. 1t is
moving northward.
In the newspaper and telegraph
offices this morning the scenes we're
like those on the day OF President Tait's
Inauguration, when the city was almost
entirely cut off from the rest OF the
country.
The wires all went down during the
night between here and Baltimore, and
crews OF linemen we're sent out by all
companies early today to search for the
breaks and attempt to patch up the
wires.
The Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph Companies were both tied up
and the long distance telephone wires
we're out Of commission.
To increase the aggravatioE OF per-
sons seeking to transmit urgent mes
sages, the high wireless tower on the
Evans building, in the center OF the
city, gave way before the heavy wind.
Its steel pipe pole snapped and with
the rigging, the upper section, smashed
down upon the roof OF an adjournlng
building, doing considerable damage.
The Western Union had one wire
working slowly during part OF the early
hours and the government used 1t. In
this manner the Weather Bureau OBJ
tanned most of its reports and was able
to determine the location OF the storm
center.
The snow continued during the
morning, but the ground was wet and
The landscape presented a bloched APP
pearance, half white and half brown.
Roofs were packed solid. but the streets
we're filled with slush. The weather
was cool, but not freezing.
Richmond, Va, Nov. days Of
yore when THE north and south
were separate entities, came wildly
to mind in Richmond today, when
cherries, bowling, shrieking and de
vastating gale and great clouds OF snow
laid an impenetrable barrier between
the sections.
A forty.mile an hour gale has ragged
for hours. The stormers have gathered
into their midst great clouds OF snow,
some hail and considerable rain.
Trains on the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad were late
in arriving from Washington because
the engines had to fight their way
through snow hanks and pull heavily
laden cars over slippery tracks.
Dispatches for the other railroads say
the maio;ity of their northern trains
will all probably be several hours.
late
Richmond knows little or nothing
OF what transporting above Washington.
The telegraph company managers and
smployes cannot get snto communica-
ton with Baltimore, Philadelphia or
New York.
Wea her Observer Evans lsays the
storm comes from Cape Hatteras, and
that freezing weather is prevailing
throughout the entire state.
Mahonoy City, Pa, Nov. A.
Business in this city is practically at
a standstill today, as the result OF a
blizzard which ragged throughout the
night. Fourteen inches OF snow fell,
trolley lines were put out OF commission,
railway traffic badly crippled and col
lieries forced to suspend operations.