The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-21
fkiC|D WAVE CALLS
Out THE OvERCQAT
| ALL lover COUNTRY
Aany Points Get Heavy Snow
With Gale in Spell Due to
Last 48 Hours.
lake CRAFT MISSING.
atlantic Coast Whipped by
! Storm That Floods and
!. Damages Many Cities.
lake CRAFT MISSING.

WASHINGTON. OCT. a.-Overcoats viii
popular for the next day or two from
" Gulf States to the g. LAwrenca
he Weather Bureau to-day offered no
ppo for relief from the Ritter cold wave
hich swept over the country last night
3r,ing frosts caused damage Throughout
- South - far - PensAcola, IA.
Aiie the of'icial figures on Thermometers
-day registered II ~ Duluth: u a.
harlas CITY. Iowa. and - at Chicago
lrong blasts Of cold swept in from the
oeth after the storm. and this wave
III continue until At least nooo. to-
borrow. the bureau to-day predicted
BLIZZARD HITS chicAoo-oNE
q DEAD, OTHERS HURT.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1.-Chicago awsks
ME morning to witness the frst heavy
|howstorm Of the season. which at
times reached the proportions Of . blix-
sard. Light snow began falling last
evening and continued all through the
|ndght. Early to-day he mercury dropped
below tho freezing point
Blinded by tho NOV. Charles Beaks.
forty years old. . switchman. was run
down by q freight train and instantly
killed. Traffic on the surface and sie-
waited roads was delayed by the blizzard
md hak q dozen persons wore reported
Injured In accidents caused BY the snow
and ice.
The storm 10 unprecedented. accord
ing TO weather bureau onicials, who
stated that the only snowfall recorded
At this time In previous years haa bssn
merely a trace.
BOSTON, Oct. n.-Tangled wires.
Frustrated trees and other inland wreck
age marked the wake to-day OF tho
Ohio storm. the tai Of which swept
New England yesterday on its way down
the 81. Lawrence Valley. Unlike the
storm Of last week. yesterdays gale
spsnt is fury inland instead of on the
coast.
Wire conditions In Northern New
ENGLAND to-day were the worst since
last winter. due. Il was stated. 70 fallen
trees and broken poles. Several cities.
such 40 Concord. Montpelier and Rut-
land. were Geographically mafoonsd for
several hours early In the day. Small
freshets were reported In many Of the
river towns In Vermont and New Hamp-
shire.
The storm cleared the air. however.
and tho sun broke through the clouds
for the first time in ten days.
FURIOUS STORM FLOODS TOWNS
IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-The Eastern
Shore Of Maryland was visited BY furt-
Gus storm OF wind and rain last Night
Practically every town along the water.
front suffered severe damage from high
water. tho tide being the highest sx-
perlencod in twenty years. In many
places the water covered me streets
from twelve inches to five feet IN depth.
A new sco.OO concrete bridge A~ar
| EAston was carried away. and during
the height of the storm the Metropolitan
fAfe Insurance Company's building In
Easton caught fire and was DESTROYED.
With n loss OF about 5000.
Crisfieid reported the waterfront food
81 20 n depth OF three feet. and people
were using rowboats to reach theiI
homer Fish and crab houses were Dc
stroyed and boats sunk or beaten b
pieces. Houses we're flooded At Elkton,
obl!sing the occupants to move out
At SALISBURY a number Of men. women
and children living In huts ncar the
Leatheroury Canning factory were res
cued with difficulty In rowboats.
EIGHT LAKE STEAMERS OVER
DUE IN GALE.
DInLUTH. Mimi, Oct 2l.-Delayed BY