Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
Car and Train Service Ham,
pered in Several Cities.
STORM COMING EASTWARD
Telegraph and Telephone Wires
Threatened in Chicago.
THREE DEATHS IN PITTSBURG
Flakes Now Falling in New Jersey,
Delaware and All Sections
of Pennsylvania.

CHICAGO. February 6.-Snow and sleet
which accompanied last nights storm
continued today to hamper traffic.
Fully two-thirds of the elevated train
service in the city could not be operated
ference with the steam railroads. In the
case of the latter. however, the results
were chiefly in the cutrailment and de-
lay of business rather than of total stop
page.
BY strenuous efforts street car lines on
the surface within the city escaped tie
up but trolley roads in the suburbs found
many drifts impossible, and for the time
being went entirely out of commission.
Instead of growing better the situation
threatened to become worse, for freezing
temperature set in and gave promise of
havoc with already overstrained wires of
telegraph and telephone companies in all
directions
Relief came temporarily as the morn
ing advanced, but another section. of the
storm swept over the city and condi-
tons became serious again. Foreca ster
Cox said:
The worst of the storm has passed
Chicago. Cities east are due to get a
worse attack of it. However, Chicago
and this territory will get more or less
snow all day.
Sixty-Mile Wind Blowing.
DETROIT, Mich. February G. = The
fierce wind and snow storm which swept
into Detroit at IL o'clock last night con-
unues to grow worse. A sixty-mile-an-
hour gale is blowing, and the fine snow
has greatly impeded street car traffic. In
the business section many drifts over a
foot deep cover the tracks, and the storm
has shown no signs of abating. No Sc
r1ous damage has been wrought in the
city or state.
DAVENPORT, Ia. February 6.-Eight
inches of snow, with a wind blowing at
twenty miles an hour during the twelve
hours preceding midnight, tied up street
car and train traffic. Trains are from
three to six hours late.
TOLEDO, Ohio. February G,Six inches
Of snow fell here last night and early
this morning interurban car traffic was
greatly hampered, as were the city lines.
Many of the steam roads were reported
The temperature ranged from "a to IS
degrees above. The wind blew forty-five
miles an hour.
Five Inches in Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Pa. February Ga
heavy snow and windstorm struck here
early today. Within comparatively
short time the snowfall registered five
inches. The wind blew between thirty
five and forty miles an hour, while the
mercury dropped to 26 degrees above
zero.
The snowfall was the heaviest of the
winter and street car service to many
suburbs was suspended. All rail traffic
was hampered.
According to the local weather bureau
no sleet storm will be experienced in
this vicinity.
During the morning three deaths were
reported due to the storm. Two men
were run down by trolley cars and a
third met death under a train.
Blizzard in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, February 6.-The
western blizzard made it's appearance
in Pennsylvania last night and today,
the storm reaching to the eastern
border Of the state before 10 o'clock.
Snow is falling, and the indications are
that it will be heavy. Transportation
lines had been warned, and are pre-
pared to meet conditions should the
storm become severe.
and Delaware.
NEW YORK, February Ga heavy fall
Of fine snow, the forerunner of the
storm raging in the middle west and
advancing eastward. set in here at noon.