The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-10

trolly lines and vehicle traffic were
battling With the elements in AN effort
to continue operations Toward even
ING the thermometer tumhled rapidly
and the water and snow froze. This
condition practically demoralized teIe-
phone lines.
soon after noon. the Western Union
telegraph company reported all wires
down To New York. Columbus and
Cleveland. The Postal telegraph com
pany was tied up BY the storm to all
points from here Telephone wires TO
the outside world were useless. Last
night the Western Union succeeded In
making up a wire circuit to the prin-
cipal cities east Of Pittsburg and west
TO Chicago and Louisville. But one
wire, however, was working to CIeve-
land. Later in the night this failed.
euttina thc Ohio city of from All out
side communication
The Postal company was unable to
reach New York, Baltimore. Washing
Ton and Cleveland from Pittsbure last
night, and but one wire was working
between Pittsburg and Columbus. This
wire later was extended to Cincinnati.
Louisville, Indianapolis and Chicaru.
Wheeling. W. Va, was reached BY tele-
phone wire through Columbus, O..
while for the greater part Of the night
Oil City, TItusVilie and points north
/ OF pttsburg were cut off from all
manner of communication. Efforts TO
reach West Virginia points other than
/ Wheeling were futile Train service
/ east and vest Of Pittsburg is seriously
/ handicapped, with through trains run
ming hours late and trains OF lesser
Importance either held M at division
points or annulled entirely.
In Pittsburg and vicinity the storm
was especially severe There Is no wire
communication to the suburbs In Mon
iongahela valley leading east from
i PittsbRr@ the Allegheny county light
company list night reported that over
i 900 vines were down The storm was
passing north in the direction of lake
Erie last ni4ht. Parts OF West Virginia
land eastern Ohio are believed 10 have
suffered considerable damage but at
tenpts 10 eet into communication with
these points have been futile
Street railway telephone and electric
light wires are down throughout the
section about East Liverpool. O.. and
tho citv is IN darkness. The storm is
the worst experienced ia many years
/ With the thermometer at - degrees
last night Findlay. O., WAS in the @rasl
Of Il severe wind and snowstorm. Storm
trccords OF - years have been broken
\ blizzard is raging over the part oi
Ohio near St ClarisvilIe Roa,,s are i'm
Ipassablc. Wire communication is Grip
pied. 4 freight train on the Baltimor,
< ONO railroad al Speidel has beer
stalled in drift Tor seven hours.
\ recordhreakin@ snowstorm fell n
. GAINESVILLE. O., Yesterday and continue,
/. last night. Railroad and interurbaI
traffic is temoralized About 1f inche
OF snow fell up 70 10 O'Clock las
, night The Leai fire department wa
, unable 10 respond to several dwelling
! house fires Yesterday and tho buiidina
, were destroyed.
! \ sHowStorm of unusual severity Wis
, lifted the mountain region OF West yin
I ginia yesterday. Fallen tclcgrap
Ipoies and trees, coupled with grea
I snow drifts, have tied up traffic on til
3 Nireinian and coal and coke railroad.
q Snow has reached a depth OF j
5 inches at Elkins w. VI. and otho
f points in the eastern AlIeehcnjes i
/. Maryland. West Virginia and souther
I Pennsylvania, according 10 Il dispatc
from Cumberland. Md The fall cor
tinues and the wind is blowing gal'