South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-02

blizzard which has been sweeping the
Atlantic seaboard for 81 hours.
NEW YORK, March 2.-SN per
sons are dead score are injured.
hundreds are snowbound i'm stalled
trains and traffic on sea and land is
completely AT a standstilI Monday ss
a result of the worst blizzard which
has struck this city i'm a quarter OF a
century.
Beginning sunday with "a storm
snow, sleet and rain. the disturb<
rapidly acquired the proportion
raging blizzard with am S0-mi md
pliing the snow up in drift dore
than II inches of snow had Zen this
morning and the snowfall d contin-
ued
The siush caused by the melting
snow of a previous blizzard froze dur
ing the night and this. coupled n
the heavy fan of snow. made trat. e
impossible. The federal weathe
reau held out NO hope, declaring th.-
another storm was ON its way from
Cape Hatteras.
City j. Isolated.
Dawn found this city isolated Tel--
graph and telephone service was bad
ly crippled many wires going down in
the wind and snow
Scores of trains. bearing cOmmuttr-
into the city. were blOckaded Street
cars and elevated traffic was serious
ly impaired. Hundreds OF miles of
city streets were absolutely impassa-
BILE
The danger from fallen wires and
fire was great. Extra fremen and
policemen were set 10 work clearing
away the snow from Ere plugs and
to guard the unWary from live cleo
tric wires. which had blown down
A force OF IA 600 men with hun
dreds Of wagons were set TO work ~
Street Commissioner Featherston
cleaning away the snow. The street
cleaning department attempted 10
keep a force of men at work an night
but the snow shovelers refused 10 Ia
bor in the ripping gale.
ships Held By Snow
a fleet Of Ocean-gOing steamships
were held up at the entrance OF the
harbor as the snow was so thick the
pilots could not see 10 guide the lin
been wrecked off the New England
coast hv the gale Train service on
the Pennsylvania was halted entirely.
The congressional limited. one or the
crack trains on the Pennsylvania.
bound from Washington 10 this city,
stuck in snow drift outside of Iren-
ton.
At the Pennsylvania station it vas
that all going traffic would
be stopped until further notice
The monetary loss from the storm
viii be enormous. il IS estimated that
il viii cost the city about SluOOsOUO
to clean the streets.
New jersey was hard hit by the
blizzard and "A number OF towns were
in darkness throughout the night be-
cause the storm put the electric light
systems out Of commissions. Many
Of the wires OF the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies were
blown down and IL was necessary 10
re-route thousands OF messages. Az
ter an investigation OF conditions Off
Cials Of the Central Railroad or New
jersey cancelled all outgoing traffic.
lines West Cleared.
The New York Central announced
at s O'Clock that its lines 20 the west
We're clear, but notice was given int
all trains would be trOm five 90 ten
hours late
Five thousand men and women uar-
ticipated in a riot at the williamson
bridge during the morning rush when
the tie-up OF traffic prevented marF
from leaving for work in Mauhattau-
Police reserves finally restored order.
The weather grew colder during the
day. increasing the h1rlsnius
At Q O'Clock the thermometer leeis-
tered . degrees above zero.
Much damage was done an Par
Rockawav and In the Jamaica bav
district Of Long Island. by "a tidal wave
which swept away a number ot huiil-
ings.
The New York Central road -aI1
two OF its trains. the Twentieth Gene
tury Limited and the Montreal th-
press. are lost The latter train Has
due at Grand Central station at DO
o'clock bUt in was st.lT missing ar
that hour The Twentieth Century
Limited left Chicago yesterday a-
1910 o'clock bat at the hour when .r
should have reached this city the tratl
was reported 20 be some where near
Albany
The worst conditions on tne Net
York Central prevail between this citH
and Hudson ~ y North Of Albany
the tracks were showed under.