Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-11-11
AFTERMATH OF
The Big SNOW
( STORM
CLEVELAND, OHIO, ESPECIALLY, SUI.
fERS, AND Loss WILL RUN into
The MILLIONS .==LIGATSRlP LOST
WITH ALL ON B0ARD.==A Big
FRElGATER FOUNDERS, 18 DEAD.
STEAMER GOING TO
PIECES ON GULL ROCK

i Cleveland, Ohio, No. u.-(Vit
Private Wire to Pittsburgh. )-Cleye
land is buried under 81 inches of snow
Its streets are filled with tangled
mass of broken and twisted wires ant
thousands Oh thousands of its inhabi
tants are in imminent danger of suf
fering for lack of food. Three per
sons have been killed, ten are miss
ing and are believed to have frozen tt
death. The steamship j. &. Gardner
is stranded on the beach. Captain
Burns, Of Buffalo, and twenty-five
sailors are threatened with death al
any moment because of seas rolling in
from Lake Erie. Life savers are
standing by helpless to aid.
1t is still showing and unless the
storm which has continued since last
Sunday soon abates, no one can tell
what the ultimate toll in dollars and
lives may be.
The loss is already estimated at ST.
100000 half of which will fall on tele-
graph and telephone companies,
Normal condition cannot be restored
within week, and If the heavy storm
is followed by the inevitable food the
entire lake country will suffer Sc
verely.
Conditions have been growing worse
since Monday night when half of the
city was plunged into darkness, the
lighting plant being blown down by
the gale. This morning at least one
half of the street car service was out
of commission and no less than 5000
trolley, telegraph and telephone poles
within the city limits had been blown
down.
So complete was the paralysis OF
transportation facilities it was deemed
best to let the deal lie in the places
where they had died, and no funerals
will be held until the storm has
abated.
There has been no delivery of gro
ceries, bread, milk or coal since Sat
urday and the suffering in conse-
ouence cannot be definitely learned
but ii is widespread. There is a suffi-
cient supply of gas and 1t is being
used unsparingly III places fitted for
it, so that as many persons as poss1-
BILE may be benefited.
One of the greatest fears IS from
fire, Already one fire has done $l0O,-
600 damage. and the difficulties en-
countered in subduing it We're such
to cause the greatest apprehension
should another fire break out. Every
possible precaution is being taken by
the exhausted firemen and policemen.
For days the telephone and tele-
graph companies have been battling
against the conditions that confront
them and with only little success. The
immense number of wires down and
the loss OF so many poles make the
task of completing even temporary
repairs one of the greatest magnitude.
The physical effort required by
work in the teeth of the terrible storm
is another handicap.
At 10 O'Clock this morning glance
through the debris-strewn streets
led to the belief that days will pass
before they can be cleared.
All the schools of the city are clos
ed. The danger attendant on the
passing of children through the
streets and the unusual conditions
them in the school hous-
es. many of which have been thrown
open to the homeless, prompted the
to suspend classes until
the blizzard abates.
The food shortage felt Monday aft
ernoon became more pronounced and
this morning. There is
no milk to be had at any price, ex-
cept it be obtained in the name of
suffering babies, and other foodstuffs
are rapidly going to premium where
it is possible to find them. Many
were caught with little more
than the food supply required to carry
them over Sunday. and there have
been no shipments received since Sat
urday the supply is rapidly being eN-
The hotels present scene of un-
usual activity. Many persons driven
into the city by the storm have taken
shelter where they could find it.
Beds were not to be had for all of
them and many are sleeping on the
floors without cot or covering except
such clothing as they happen to have
On them. The food supply in the ho-
.els and restaurants is also problem.
Every possible effort is being made
to bring some order out of the chaos
by the storm. Help is
being given to the needy in every pos
sible 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
heir less fortunate neighbors.
Forty Hours Of Storm.
Transportation facilities are prac-
.ically at a standstill today as a re.
,,,lt of fho FORTY hOr,ru of ra;n ey,ot