Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-03
Million Loss at Albany.


increased numbers of appeals for coal
and food.
Million Loss at Albany.
ALBANY. \. Y, March S.-Conditions
approaching normal will not be restored is
this section for several days. Hundreds
of telegraph. tie ephone and electric light
wireswires are down. The fire alarm sys-
tenn in Albany was still out of commission
today. The property damage to public
utilities corporations in Albany and vicin-
ity is estimated at million dol ars.
GENEVA, n. Y, March 3.-This section
is in the grip of the worst snow storm
that it has experienced in many years.
Snow in the business section here Is
six feet deep. Interurban trolley service
is badly crippled. The mercury stands
at ten above zero.
Trains Running Again.
PHILADELPHIA. March 3.-This part
Of the middle Atlantic states Is rapidly
recovering from the effects Of Sunday
nights blizzard. The Philadelphia and
Reading railway sent out its first train to
New York since Sunday at am. today.
The Pennsylvania railroad, which resum-
ed partial service last night, announced
that its passenger traffic over the New
York division would be almost normal by
noon. One Of its tracks was stlll buried
under a fifteen-foot snoWdrltt at Bristol,
Pa Trains to the west and south OF
here are proceeding with little delay and
SUBURBAN steam nnes are open.
Freignt tranIc In All ulrectlons remains
pracLcaIy at a Stanustl1. AsiaiiS from
New lork were gteaLiy delayed, none
having arrived IN ILLS cIty since SUNDAY.
-FOUR fnllade. pnla tneaLers were c4osed
last uisuL re.Ause o. non-airiva. y.
..mpaAies, Dut they are expected 70 Aesa-
the city during the day. Pennsylvania
passenger trans from the West that nau
peen ned at Altoona because OIL the
blockade on the New York oivlslon- were
started on their way east last night.
Food Scarce on Train.
RED BANK. N. J.. March Bone of
the trains lost in the snowstorm has been
stalled in a snowbank two miles south of
here since Sunday night at o clock. II
As the Observation-Disclosures City express
from New York A wreck.ng crew. when
mas been working for two Gays to extri-
cate the tram. held out little hope for
the 100 passengers before tonight or to-
morrow.
Many of the passengers in the parlor
cars are from New York and Brooklyn.
who nave been in i'll health and are on
their way to Lakewood and Atlantic City
to recuperate. Food in the dining car
gave out Sunday night. Monday morn
ing l. E. Stoddard. the polo player.
praved the gale and obtained fooo rom
nearby dairymen and country stoi es.
Last night only canned goods were left
and tbs supply is not large.
The snow between Reu Bank and the
stalled train is waist deep. Railroad Of
ficials say this is the first time in twenty
, two years that trains have been stalled
by snow in this part of New Jersey.
Great Damage Caused at Winchester.
WINCHESTER, Va, March 3.-The
worst storm experienced in this section
for years, which began Sunday, caused
more than 100000 damage. The wind
reached q velocity OF seventy-dve miles.
Comparatively few buildings in Win
chester escaped damage. scores Of trees
in Mount Hebron cemetery were uproot-
ed, knocking down tombstones. ripping
open graves and exposing skeletons. The
main exhibition building Of the Shenan-
doab Valley Agricultural Society, part