Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-11-14


Cut OFF food supplies to many cities.
Caused untold hardship and suffering
among the poor.
Cut off lighting systems In many cities.
Covered state with record depth Of
snow.
Columbus, O.-The fierce blizzard
which swept Ohio Saturday, Sun
day and Monday cost three lives, in
jured three persons and did hundreds
of thousands of dollars damage in the
northern section of the state outside
of Cleveland, according to belated re-
ports received by mail.
In Cleveland five people are dead
and many sustained injuries.
Telegraph and telephone communi.
cation is still at a standstill in part
of the northern section of the state,
and trolley and train service is just
starting to recover from the paralysis
occasioned by the heavy fall of snow.
In the southern part of the state
rail communication has been re-estab-
lished, and in some parts of the north.
ern section traffic has been resumed
on the steam lines, but the service is
slow and no attempt is made to keep
to schedules.
Factories Closed Down.
In Lorain county almost all of the
industries were closed down, accord
ing to reports.
The heavy fall of snow did great
damage to buildings in some sections,
and in others the gale which at times
reached the velocity of hurricane,
unroofed houses and tore down trees.
Two of the victims of the storm
lived in Youngstown. Three laborers
there were engaged in shoveling snow
in the yards Of steel plant when
they were struck by an engine. Two
were killed and the third was injured.
A man in Conneaut was struck by a
train as he was walking along the
tracks. He was blinded by the snow
and was killed before he could get
out of the way.
Youngstown Hard Hit.
Youngstown sustained heavy dam
age through the storm. Wires were
torn down, buildings were damaged
by the wind and three buildings were
destroyed by fire, causing a total loss
of $4,000
Twenty inches of snow fell in Akron
and caused temporary abandonment
of steam and trolley traffic. Factories
which had been compelled to shut
down have resumed operations.
Canton, too, recovered quickly from
| the effects of the storm and car serv-
| ice is normal
In East Liverpool the storm did
damage estimated at 100000.
Cottages Blown Into Lake.
Conneaut suffered heavily. 1t was
reported that several summer cottages
| on the lake front were blown into the
lake by the wind.
Big drifts of snow in Berea almost
wiped the town off the map. Traffic
on the interurban line is being re.
sumed. The orchards in the vicinity
are badly damaged as the heavy snow
broke down many of the trees.
The blizzard in Lorain county was
the worst in the history of the com
munity. Lorain, Oberlin, Elyria, Wei
lington and Amherst were practically
snowbound up to Tuesday morning
Up to that time there was no inter
urban or railroad traffic.
Live Stock Suffers.
Many freight trains, according tc
reports, were stalled and many cars
OF live stock were held up by the huge
drifts of snow.
Schools were closed in GAINESVILLE
Upper Sandusky and Newark on &C
count of the heavy snow. In Lima {
and number of buildings were un
rooted. The damage is reported to b,
heavy.
Columbus managed to keep tn,
trolley traffic going. but the stean
traffic was demoralized. Cincinnati
and other cities In the southern sec
tion of the state were inconvenience,
but little by the storm.
Cleveland is gradually recovering
from its demoraliZed condition o
broken trolley, telephone and tele
graph wires. Traffic ON the majorit
of the trolley lines has been resumed
The property damage and loss t.
live stock will amount to several hur
dred thousand dollars.
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Bottle Crosses Ocean.
Rochester, Pa.-When the Beave
river was at its flood height las
March Clarence Mitchell wrote a note
signed his name and address and sea
ing 1t in a bottle tossed the bottl
into the flood. He has received IN
ter from Frank Waiting in Glasgow
Scotland, saying he had picked up tn