The Detroit times., 1913-11-12
Wholesale Provision Dealers I'm.
able to Make Deliveries and
Retail Stocks Exhausted
Suburbs Are Isolated
CITY'S DEAD UNBURIED;
FUNERALS IMPOSSIBLE
Disturbed Condition Of Lake
Pollutes City Water Supply
WARNINGS Issued

CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 12.-With
local traflic and communication with
the outside world partially restored
after the city had been almost com.
pletely isolated for over 48 hours,
ClovOaand today faces . serious food
famine. Because Of the condition OF
the streets local Wholesale grOcers.
provision men and milk dealers have
been unable to make deliveries, and
a. Q conDeQnence many small grocer
ies and supply stations In the residence
dtstipcts have closed. their stock be-
Ing exhausted. However, 1t is ex.
pected that the situation may be re-
iieved By tomorrow, but until then
over half the city will be forced to
live on short rations.
The blis9ard which had the city in
| its grip since early Sunday abated
late yesterday and by this morning
| the snowfall had ceased, Street car
trNnlc on most OF the lines had been
restored The streets, however are
still In q bad condition. blocked with
|snow and ice to depth Of from one
Ito three feet making trafic hazard
nus and diflicult.
Onethird Of the city Is still without
third also is without light. The sub
urbs, such a. East Cleveland and
| Lakewood. where live thousands work
| Ing In the city, are still isolated and
| street car ohlcials say II will prob
Ably be day or two before they can
reach them.
Wires throughout the city are still
down. lying in q tangled mass in the
'Mtreetb, the liuemen OF the telephone
and ttleeraph companies up today be.
M 1orced to devote eli their energies
1f the task OF restoring communica.
Hon With the outside. world. -r-.sss
An unusual SltaAt5on has arisen, 1h
thAt the 'cltSss~ dead cxnnOk be buried,
the cotdlti0ns o. the ~StHGAtos making
funerNle ilnposstble and graves can
not be dug In the cemeteries.
There r. also danger Of q possible
nOod should sudden thaw set In.
The mean snowfall was close 10 two
feet, and Q sudden jump In tempera-
tnre would be sure to- add hundreds
of Thousands Of dollars to the amount
of damage already done.
Il will be several weeks before nor.
tmAl business conditions are reached.
Factories forced to shut down be-
.ause workmcn could not reach tnHir
Fxork remain closed today because OF
b coal shortage.
An attempt will be made today to
tssume interurban trafhc. abandoned
rar,y Sunday.
The toll OF deaths. due directly to
he storm. number two. while hun
Ryeds OF the city's poor suffered un-
old misery. Charitable examinations
bre swamped today with appeals for
OhAcials Of all railroads stated that
Qday an attempt would be made to
epume regular service. For two
Hays railroad service has been de-
uoralised, several roads making no
kttempt to run, while others, their
wires down. attempted TO operate
Without schedules. In some instances
rains became snowbound within a
ew miles OF the city and passengers
ecre forced to remain on them for
3 hours at stretch.
Schools throughout the CITY have
been closed all week. and school Of.
.jaIs said todav no ATTEMPT will be
made tn npan them until general con-
Iifsons improve.
,Beca',se OF the bad condition OF the
kity drirking water. An epidemic Of
yrhoid fever IL feared.
Health oFacials have warned all res,
dents to bOil II before drinking.