Evening journal., 1914-03-03
Sun Shines
les Again After Storm Passes Off TO Sea
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ring of buck-saws could be heard /
coming from many houses in the out
lying sections as fence rails we're be-
ing converted into kindling
During the storm yesterday morn
ing, several box cars in the Edge
Moor freight yards we're unroofed
II. J. Henry. of No. 4S1 East Third
street. brakeman of the Pennsyi-
svania Railroad Company, while az
work in the yards. was blown OFF the
car with the roof Henry jumped
and landed in a bank of snow sew
eral feet away. Luckily he did not
fall under the roof.
A large section of the walls OF
the Barr and Dougherty morocco
plant, at Fifth and Church streets,
which was recently damaged by fire,
also fell in. The chimney Of the
Delaware Avenue Baptist Church was
blown down and several people. who
were passing, came near being struck
by the bricks.
In the. rural sections, the roads to-
LAY were about cleared In some
places yesterday the snow was sew
aral feet high. This was especially
true az Blue Ball, Elsmcre and Ris-
ng Sun.
Railroad Service Normal.
Railroads running into the city have
Utmost recovered from the knockout
blow delivered to them by the storm
yesterday. Systems that we're almost
)aralyzed yesterday have recovered
.oday sufficiently TO handle passenger
.rafiic without delay. Freight traffic
being moved slowly on account OF
passenger traffic being given the
preference In most cases passenger
trains are running almost on time
Officials of the Maryland division
Of the Pennsylvania railroad this
morning said that very little diff
Guilty Is being experienced with the
handling Of trains on this division.
Practically all Maryland division
trains are running on time. The
blackboard at the French street sta
iion shows most OF the northbound
trains TO be not more than five or ten
minutes late. SouthbouDd trains from
Philadelphia are running on their
usual schedules and only the trains
from the New York division are late.
These trains arc running about two
hours late. but the system is gradually
heing cleared up and every hour the
trains from New York are approach
ing fhe'r normal schedules.
The New YORK division was one OF
the worst tied Up Of any of tho entire
Pennsylvania system. For almost
tVcnty-four hours no trains came
over this division. Wires were down.
the tracks I'm some places buried in
snow, cauaing traffic between New
York and Philadelphia 70 be at a
standstill. The FIRST train from New
York passed through Wilmington al
l.55 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. II
was almost Is hours late. being due
here at~6.29 o'clock Sunday evening
Trainmen reported great snowdrifts
all along the division. The worst ol
these being in the vicinity of Trenton
Other trains soon followed. most oil
them being almost on the schedules
that they should have followed Sun,
day instead OF Monday.
Trains from Washington tc New
York ran OF about The same schedule,
Yesterday as trains coming from NcD
York.
Officials Of the delaware division
aud branch lines rcrOr. that train
are running sbouJ on time Mos q
the trouble on the divisions Is beiu'
occasioned hy wires which are iown
Temporary repairs ate being mace Il
the wires all over the division an
permanent repairs WI be mai, a
soon as possible
The brass weather vane on the Lyme
property at Fourth aud Madison street
was blown down on Sunday evening
II fell on the street within three fee
of two men. who were passing the cor
nor at the time.