The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-11-13
APPALACHIAN RANCE
BURIED UNDER SNOW
Storm Continued Unabated And Com
munication Demoralized.


transportation and seriously retardlng
wire communication, continued unabaJ-
ed from Sunday morning until Tuesday
night in the neighborhood of Oakland
and Terra Alta, w. Va, and other noun
tain areas, snow from II to "a inches
deep being reported in some places. The
visitation, instead of following the coast
as is generally the case, jumped over
mountain ranges and engulfed disturb
ance that had previously started over
the Lake Superior region.
An extraordinary snow fall is record
ed from points available in Ohio, West
ern Maryland, West Virginia and West
ern Pennsylvania The fall is from 10
to 16 inches. Thousands of miles of
wire are Frustrated, broken by falling
poles or trees; scores of towns were in
darkness throughout Sunday night train
service was seriously handicapped and
trolly lines over wide area were prac-
tically put out of commission.
Despite the suddenness and severity
of the storm, which caught railroad,
street car and telegraph companies by
its swift descent, few fatalities were
reported. Railroad trains were from l
to Is hours late. Telephone lines were
carried down under the weight of the
snow Several towns in Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, were without
electric light service.
Beginning with light rain early Sat
urday morning, the storm had assumed
the proportions of gale by Sunday
noon. Twice as much snow fell as has
ever been recorded by the Pittsburgh
Weather bureau for the entire month.
Records which have held for "a years
were broken. The temperature dropped
from As degrees to 20 degrees in less
than ID hours.
Grafton was completely isolated, all
the telegraph and telephone lines were
out of commission. The only wires out
of Grafton connecting with Clarksburg
went down Monday morning under the
weight of the snow.
b, & o. Passenger train No. /, to St.
Louis, which left Cumberland Sunday
night about $50 o'clock, was greatly
delayed in descending Cranberry grade.
The tlagman was compelled to walk the
track ahead of the train in the biting
cold distance of II miles to keep a
lookout for telegraph poles, cross. arms
and wires that had fallen across the
track.
Five trainloads of telegraph camp cars
were sent out from Cumberland Monday
morning to points on the west end of
the Cumberland division.
Reports from the Western MARYLAND
Railroad offices state the snow fall in
the neighborhood of Thomas was from
10 to 20 inches deep, while at Markleton,
on the ConnellsviIle division, it was "a
inches deep. Dispute this, traffic is
moving all right on this division, the tie
up being on the West Virginia division.
Nothing is known of conditions west of
Thomas, as the wires remain down.
Mr. Herbert H White, of Terra Alta.
recently elected cashier of the National
bank to be established at Albright, w.
Va, spent Yesterday in Oakland on a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Jones.
Johns Hopkins Hospital is by far the
finest hospital in the world, according to
DR.. Ralph Vincent, recognized as the
leading medical authority in the world
on prevention of diseases in children.
Mrs. E. F. Grayson, of Fostoria. OF ia,
who attended her fathers CRev. Clary J
funeral at Deer Park, underwent an op-
Grafton at the Western Maryland hospi-
tai, Cumberland. She is improving
rapidly.
Miss Helen Townshend, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Townshend, Of
Oakland, underwent a painful but sue.
cessful surgical operation for throat
trouble at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal.
timore, Tuesday.
Lewis Sellers, one of Garrett county's
progressive farmers, has on exhibition
in the large show windows of Messrs
D. E. Offutt & Sons store splendic
sample of white corn which he raised or
his farm, near Oakland.
The Aid Society of the Western Ma
ryland Hospital has undertaken to col
lect sufficient fund to build and equiv
sun parlOr in connection with the new
portico for which contract has beer
let by the board of directors and which
will extend along the entire front of tn,
building
Mr.. W. l. Thomas spent several dsy
recently or a visit to relatives at Fair
mont, w. Va.
| AI 'iC ASSIOiS JSoCSludy d SllNcI lei
was given by the Ladies Guild whicl
was largely attended.
The trouble with the income tax Law
appears to be an original absence 0
information and common sense at tn
source, where such things shonld hav
been collected before any attempt wa
made to frame measuse for action b