The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-10
Big Blizzard.
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come during the winter then il
time to order suuwSlOrS.

come during the winter then il Is
time to order snowSIlO"S.
The wires are down in every di
rcctiun. The Western Union mas O!'
wire to Wheeling ami waited Ion:
;imc to-day in order Tor Wheeling !,
got an extra operator 50 :"..t tll'
business from the local office could
be cared for. Wheeling was relay
in@ atI I'll tho business coming by ~.
way of Cincinnati and the office ri
the West Virginia metropolis was
Swampcd. Pittsburgh called on thu
local office to take care Of Grafton
and Warrington but there was moth
ing doing for tho LEGAL cfiicc did nos
havA Il wire south Of the city. TIL
reports are that til" SNOW is yer!
heavy III all of I'll" eastern critics an.
business is paru!yzrd. The snow i
heavy and sticks 10 the wires rausin..
many OF them to break, MI b:si
ness Is taken subject to delay.
Superintendent SWith Hood say
that ii is the worst storm that tn
MUnOnaaheIa Valley Traction com
pany has ever had to deal with. One
Of the ClarkSburg cars hound for
this city spent I'll" night At R"ynoid'
siding. Some of the passengers w"r
un the ear from 1: ~ last evening MI
til l0:nO this morning. This was tn
first ear through from Clarksbur%
last evening u.,iI this morning. SrN
rral cars were operated as far
Chirft0H but this was as far as tbs
run could be made. Tie first car
through to CIarksburg this morning
lett here III 5:2" and reached ther
at lO:OO U'cl0cK Ill" company !
not irving To maintain Il rc%lIh"
schedule The ears are being 0pcTal
cd jast w. they can he, The CON
panyS private tClrph0ni" c"mmun'-
cation Is out of commission. The Bel
line t. in working order from C!ark'
burg. T.. G. Bowman, snprT:niHnH
cnt CT transportation, is at tiar%S'
Durg trying to restore scrvlrc in that
city. lie was up all night looking
after the work there. The cars ar
operating on the Fairm0nt and Man
ninsrog Ilnr and ON IN" line tq Fair
view bit neither linr is Trying tt
maintain the regular schedule.
Many Of the schools arc hcld mp to
day on account OF The teachers heinz
unable To get to III" smaller towns IL
time for tuIay'S session. Some o.
the teachers in. the smaller towi,s
board in the city and Others cam" III
Saturday and spent Sunday here. All
If these TEACHERS experienced great
.mranv2nianr" thiS marning, Tie al
Tendance in the country schools Ina
are open today is very small. Man!
Of the schools were not In session
7 he roads are In terrible condition
The snow mrltrtI and the roads arr
running with water under the heavy
blanket that fell during the night
Great damage has been dune to Ia
fruit and other trees in this part o
the state. Hundreds OF valuable
trees in the city have almost been
ruined by the storm.
The dumagC done to trees an!
shrubbrry can hardly BE- estimated
Throughout tn" city valued trees lit
orally dropped beneath t"cir weigh
Of snow, white telephone lines ant
Telegraph lines fell in every section
! Of the town anu communication Wit
the outside world was cXcccdInsti
diffienlt,
Sunday morning citizens waitm
IN street corners in vain for IN
street cars to carry them IL their re
lspccttvc places Of worship and wcr
then compelled to foot it through tn
driftGd SNOW
People living back from the street
found snow banked from three to ST
Irtct around their premises and w"r
Obliged to shovel with u will to Z"
TO the byways. Had 1t not boon 10
the street ear tracks which were KEEP
pretty well open by the running U
1.-The cars ut intervals, PEDESTRIAN
would hardly have found II possibl
to get to their respective places o
business,
While The churches had their Gus
tomary good congregations at til