The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-03-07
ENERGIES FROM STORM.
NEW YORK SUFFERS HEAVY
DAMAGE FROM BLIZZARB.
With Coming of Warmer Tempcra-
ture GOthamites Take Stock of
Losses--Tclegraph and Telephone
Companies Making Rcpa;rs-Trains
Move slowly

New York. March with tenn
peratures rising and fair weather
promised, New York and vicinity to-
night began to emerge from the storm
which railroad ami telegraph com
panies declare has been the most de-
structive in this section of the coun-
try since the memorable blizzard of
1883.
Reports from other cities showed
the damage caused by wind, snow,
rain and sleet TO be Widespread. From
Cleveland on the west and Baltimore
on the south TO the Canadian and
Nova Scotian borders, the storm has
been general. In New England fur
ther damage is expected from rivers
and streams swollen by melting ice
and snow. In and near New York
10 persons perished yesterday and to-
day and several other fatalities are
reported elsewhere. Except by round
about routes and with the aid of
few wires running underground.
commercial New York tonight stil
remains cut off from telegraph COM
munication with the West and South.
The public service corporations
reached Philadelphia by way of Mon
treal and had q few wires to Wash
ington. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Scran-
ton, Wilmington, Richmond, Reading.
For the most part these were tele-
phone circuits. Hope was expressed
Tor better conditions. although it will
be at least Il week. it was said, be-
fore service can be restored to nor
NAL
Telegraph company officials said
they could not estimate at this time
the cost of making repairs The loss
to one company alone was placed at
100000 for New York and vicinity
Citing the lesson taught at the time
Washington was cut off from commu-
nication on the day of the Taft in
auguration, telephone company oth-
cials declared that at no time has tel
ephone service to the national capital
been cut off completely. After the
experience in 1909 wires to Washing
ton were placed underground.
Despite the serious wire situation
that has continued for more than two
days. the service OF the Associated
Press has been maintained inta Il
throughout the Eastern territory af-
fected. In other sections normal con-
ditions have obtained. While routed
in slightly roudabout manner in
some instances, wires to the South
and West by way of Washington
Pittsburgh and Chicago were kept IN
constant operation.
Poughkeepsie and Schenectady were
the only cities even temporarily cit
off from communication. Wire con-
nection with Poughkeepsie was es-
tablished early tonight after it had
been shut off from wire intercourse
with the outside world for 80 hours.
The embargo established by the storm
at schenectady was broken after =
few hours.
The fallen telegraph poles which
upset wire service delayed trains COR
many hours. Trains are lost ON
many roads in New York, Pennsyl-
vania. New Jersey and other States.
The Pennsylvania railroad announced
tonight that it had resumed sending
out regularly trains from the local
terminal at $50 p. M. after 25 hours
interrupted service. on some roads
trains sent out from New York aud
New Jersey stations were stocked with
double ratiOns and were marked
subject to delay"