Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-11-12
FIERCE BLIZZARD
Fify-MiIe Gale In the New England
States--Snow over a Foot Deep
Telegraph Wires Down.

New York, November with train.
telegraph and telephone service badly
crippled aud part OF the city cut OF
from all communication, New York
was yes erday in the clutches Of the
worst trouble-making storm experience
EN- since last Christmas. The rainfall
reached SIS inches In twenty.four
hours
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany reported that a heavy storm with
sleet and snow caused much wire
trouble between Washington, Balti.
more, Philadelphia. Scranton and Har-
risburg.
Washington was almost cut of from
New York during greater part of the
day the conditions being not unlike
hose prevailing during the storm Of
March &, 1909 president Taft's inaug-
uration day.. Up to noon there was
but one telegraph wire connecting the
Capital with New York Early in the
day one-half the wires to Philadelphia
We're in trouble. Messages reached
NAlCdSo Via BOSlOn.
snow Twelve Inches Deep.
Philadelphia. Pa, November 5.-The
Northeast gale which came In from
the ocean developed into one of the
worst November storms in years. In
the mountain districts of Pennsylvania
snow fell to the depth of IL inches,
and in some places drifted badly. Rail
road and trolley service in these sec.
tons is impeded
The storm was accompanied by a
hight wind. which Played havoc with
telegraph and telephone wires. Tele-
graphic service out of Philadelphia IS
crippled, and in many places all wires
are down
Part of the anthracite coal regions
is snowbound. At Delano. one of the
| highest points in the region, and
at Frackville more than a foot of snow
fell and drifted in places to three feet.
Trolley service was ma Mt aimed with
difficulty, and the Pennsylvania was
Obliged to use the tracks of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway Com
pany because of the heavy drifts.
Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, VII
Transport and other points west OF
Philadelphia are cut off from all wire
communication.
Snow Causes Wreck
| Scranton Pa. Nov 5.-The storm
which struck this section of the state
last night developed into almost a
blizzard. Fifteen inches of snow had
fallen up to this evening and the storm
still continues. Railroad traffic in all
directions was greatly impeded and
wire service was crippled.
The storm was responsible for a col
lision of trains near Forest City about
25 miles north of here. in which one
man was killed and two others injur.
ed
Washington Cut Of.
Washington, Nov 5.--The National
Capital communicated internationally
with the outside word yesterday
Wires in all directions were down, as
the result of the severe storm, accom-
panied by rain and snow, which struck
the city last night. No direct wire
communication between here and the
North could be had
Twenty-one Inches Of Snow.
Shamokin, Pa. Nov. 5.--A TWEEN, "
one inch snowfall resulted from the
storm in this section. Snow is still
falling. Most of the collieries in the
region We're compelled to shut down,
making thousands of men and boys
idle.
SIeiehing in the catskiis.
Kingston, N Y. Nov. 5.--A heavy
snowfall made good sleighing through
out the Catskill Mountains. The heayi-
est fall recorded in any one place was
IS inches.