Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-10
Ohio. Pennsylvania and
West Virginia Under
10 to I6 Inches.
DAMAGE NEAR MILLION
Thousands of Miles of Wires
Frustrated and Trolley Lines
Out of Commission.

Chicago. III Nov. Telegraph
service in certain sections Of the coun-
try was demoraIized today as a result
Of yesterdays storm. Damage to prop
srty Of telegraph companies is esti-
mated at several hundred thousand
4 tremendous surf along the lake
shore. driven by a 5O-mile gale. did
hundreds Of thouss nds OF dollars dam
age or the water front during the past
q hours II was sEcertained today
Two hundred thousand worth OF break
waters made land comprising the new
Lincoln park yacht harbOr was under
mined and reduced TO n condition OF
Inundated fat Piers sea walls and
piling were washed away along the
lake front
During the day the surf subsidized
somewhat, but tremendous sea contin-
ued out in the lake and few vessels
left the Chicago harbor.- At Milwau-
kee. Wis. a $4,000 brcakwater. part
or a new harbor project. was destroyed
and more than that amount of damage
was done shipping.
TWO HEN BLOWN INTO RIVER
Two men were blown into the Chi
csgo river at different points and
drowned
The schooner. e. J. Buys laden with
lumber. which was in distress yester-
day, rode out OF the gale safely and
was tOwed into the haTbOr by tugs.
II il stated by the local weather bu-
resu that there was considerable dam
-Ze-from -thr -ssf'6fff-r along The north :
Atlantic coast where wires we're pros
rated. observation stations and bu-
reau damaged.
The center OF the storm moved from .
Lake Huron 20 Lake Erie today. al
though Alpena, Mich. shared a so
mile gale with Buffalo and other lake
ports. The storm is temporarily over
rs far as the middle west Is concerned 4
according TO the forecast but another
one. not quite so vigorous. from the
same quarter. British Columbia. is due
next Wednesday.
The most serious condition is report
ed in Ohio and Pennsylvania which
were swept by a severe wind and sleet
storm. which carried down many hun
dred miles OF wire
Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio.
have teen cut on from. telegraThic
communication since Sunday after
noon Nearly all wires running out
OF Pittsburgh are down. rommunica-
tion with New York and other eastern
cities Is obtained by dctours Of thous-
snds of miles on soul I;ern circuits
and this Is frequently interrupted.
Wire service in southern CauaGa
was seriously intsrteTed with.
at-NENH RECORD BHokEN.
Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov ia snow.
slest and wind storm swept West Nir-
ginia. a large portion OF Ohio and
western and northern Pennsylvania ,
> yesterday. crippling all transportation ,
seriously and retardinE wire communi-
cation. The storm abatsd this morn
ing The storm is headed north to- ,
ward Lake Erie. There was an extra
ordinary snowfall in Ohio. West Viz
Einia and western Pennsylvania The )
snow. already at a depth OF ten 10 six :
teen inches. continues.
Thousands OF miles Of wires are pro-
tracted by broken and falling poles and
trees. Scores OF towns were in dark
aess through the night Train service
Is handicapped and trolley lines in a :,
wide area almost out OF commission
Only one fatality has been recorded :,
Twice as much snow fell yesterday as .
sver recorded by the local weather =
bureau for the entire month Records =
which held - years were broken TEN -
,yraturc dropped from 4S TO p &c
,rees in less than Is hours -
This city is under foot cf snow -
Today there was only one wire west -
o Chicago and ore east 10 Altoona
MICHIGAN SWEET
Detroit, Mich. Nov. ia storm Y
Which swept Michigan aud the Srest
axes all yesterday and last night. sub
ided today. and weather forecasters
aid further decrease in the velocity OF
lind would come before night No
erious accidents TO vessels are re- r.
orted. but the damage on shore was
lany thousands.
Columbus. Ohio. Nov 10.-This state
under a blanket of snow. ranging in
epth from 20 inches along Lake Erie
, eight inches in Ohio sections Cieve-
pd continued cut off from wire and -
deportation facilities
G(
Receivers Exempt. ar