The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-11
Streets Are Filled With Tan.
gled Mass of Wreckage.
THREE killed AND 10 MISSING
Victims Left to Lie In PlaceS
Where They Died.
Storm Continues to Rage In
Ohio and West Virginia.

hvr, Nov 11.-Cleveland IS purieu
under 21 inches of snow, It's stree1s
.ro ri1,ed with tangled mass "
hroken and twisted wires ana tlou
ands upon thousands OF It's lnna .a;-,1
ore in Imminent danger OF suIierAie
for lack of food. r;ued ten
40 Kissing and are believed to nave
haen frozen to death, ana d S1ea
Steamship is stranded on the oeacn' ~
cantain and % sailors waiting Ior ent
Geath that may come at any momens
because of the mountainous sS
rolling in from Lake Erie. , Tho
IT, is still showing and uniess III
.+orr, which has continued since las,
sunday soon abates no one can
what the Sa Stima5e se 1oss soss is m already esti
mater mate at $4,000, 900, half OF wh1cn WI, snh
TaJI IN the telephone and telesrap.
comnanies. Normal conoltiohs -
he restored within week anu
thaw should come followed by tne ~
eyitable flood, the Whoie i
will suffer severely. rorse
1,onditions have been growing wotse
since Monday night When nan -, tho
citv was plunged into darkness, Nv nv,
lighting plant peing .;pn n.o at least one
half Of the street car service was ou'
nf commission and at least o'VVV tIol
Low telegraph and telephone pores
within the city limits had peeh oio"''
down. r,oa
CO counlete was the paralysis OF
<oIanbone facilities some deemed pest
~ let the dead lie in the places Wnere
thew had died, and no funeral Will oe
heId until the storm has aoateo.
There has been no delivery OF gro-
ceries bread, milk or coal since od'-
urday and the suffering In conse,
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quence cannot be oeThl'eiy
but it is widespread.
There is a sufficient supply OF gas
and it is being used unsparingly In
places fitted for it, that SO many per
sons as possible may be benenteo.
One Of the greatest fears is from nre.
Already one fire has done $lOV'0oo
damage, and the difficulties en-
countered in subduing it were such as
to cause the authorities the greatest
apprehension should another fire
start. Every possible precaution is
being taken by the exhausted fire.
men and policemen.
For days the telephone and tele-
graph companies have been battling
against the conditions that confront
them with but little success. The
steamer on the beach at the mouth of
to be the ]. G. GARNER, Captain
Burns of Buffalo. Life savers are
standing by but are helpless to aid
because of heavy seas. Every pos
sible effort is being made to bring
some order out of the chaos pre-
cipitated by the storm. Help is being
given to the needy in every possible
Instance, the authorities having the
assistance of such of the civic bodies
as can summon resources and of
those persons who can spare time
from their own wants to look after
their less fortunate neighbors.
Food Is Scarce.
At 10 o'clock this morning a glance
through the debris strewn streets led
to the belief that days will pass before
they can be cleared. All the schools
tendant upon the passing of children
through the streets and the unusual
conditions surrounding them in the
school houses many of which have
been thrown open to the homeless
prompted the authorities to suspend
classes until the blizzard abates.
The food shortage, felt Monday af-
ternoon became more pronounced and
threatening this morning. There is nc
milk to be had at any price except il
be obtained in the name of the suffer.
ing babies and other food stuffs are
rapidly growing to a premium where
II is possible to find them.
Many families were caught with lit
tie more than the food supply require
to carry them over Sunday and a.
since Saturday the supply is rapid,
being exhausted. The hotels presen
a scene Of unusual activity. Man,
persons driven into the city by tn,
storm have taken shelter where the,
could find it. Beds were not to b,
had for all of them and many ar,
sleeping on the floors without cot O.
covering except such clothing as the,
happen to have on them. The foot
supply in the hotels and restaurant
is also a problem.
Cleveland Still Paralyzed.
Cleveland, Nov. 11.-Cleveland to
day was still paralyzed by one Of tn
worst storms in its history and 4
hours of snow preceded by rain an,
sleet. Traffic is crippled, business is a
a standstill and there is no prospec
of a resumption of normal conditions
Half of the street car systems are ou
of commission. Many homes are with
out electric lights. There is no tele
graph or telephone wires connectin,
with the outside world.
A few trains are struggling into tn
city and a few have made an effor
fire and II there should be anothe
outbreak of flame the fire depart
ment would find it most difficult t
cope with it.
Street cars and automobiles stan
deserted in the streets. Three death
are attributed to the storm. One uu
known man was burned to death in
fire at the Carrell works of the Stand
ard OIL company; Carl Bourgeoi
aged II, was electrocuted by a falle
wire; william H. Burkhardt. 81, wa
thrown off a box car and killed
Pennsylvania, Wheeling & LAX
Erie and Erie railway trains are r<
ported stalled in immense snow drift
outside the city. In Cleveland tn
damage TO the telegraph and tele
phone companies is estimated 6