The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-03
Railway Service Demor-
\ allied by Worst Biz
zard Since 1888.
NEW YORK FACING
POSSIBLE FAMINE
East Is Emerging From Destruc-
tive Blow, but 1t Will Be Week
Before Normal Conditions
Are Restored = South
in Grasp of Cold
Weather.

New York. March with tempera-
lures rising and fair weather promised.
New York and vicinity Tonight is be-
ginning to emerge from the storm,
which railroad and telegraph COM
panies declare has been the most de-
structise in this section of the coun-
try since the memorable blizzard of
1855 ~
reports from other cities showed
jthc 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 bocn
general In Eew England further
damage is expected from rivers AMI
streams swollen by melting Ice ana
snow. In and near New York ten per
Sons perished yesterday and to-day.
ana seNcra! fatalities were reported
elsewhere
Wires In BAD shape.
Except by roundabout routes and
with the aid OF 4 few wires runnn,;
underground. commercial New York
tonight still remained cut of from,
teleGraphic communication with tho
West and South
Tile public service corporarlon,
reached Philadelphia by way OF Mon
treal. and naG a few wires to WASH
ington, Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Scran.
ton Wilmington. Richmond and Read
ing. For the most part. these werG
telephone circuits. Hope was cx.
pressed for better conditions. although
IL Will he At least !. week, il was
stated. before service can be restored
TO normal.
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 $780,
600 Tor New York and vininity.
To flta a,
that has continued for more than two
days, the service OF the Associated
iress has been maintained Intact
throughout the Eastern territory af-
fected. In other sections normal con-
ditlons have obtained. While routed in
n slightly roundabout manner in some
Instances. wires to the South and West
by way or Washington, Pittsburgh ana
Chicago were kept in constant opera
ton.
The fallen telegraph poles which in
tcrrupted wire service, continued to de-
lay trains for many hours. Trains are
lost on many roads In New York,
New Jersey. PENNSYLVANIA and other
States. The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad an
nounced tonight that 1t had resumed
sending out trains regularly from the
local terminal ut $50 l. NJ after TWEEN
ty-hve hours interruption TO service.
On some roads. trains sent out from
New York and New Jersey stations
were stocked with double rations and
were mark ed subject To delay"
Trains Arc Stalled.
Three trains en- route from phila
deiphia were stalled at Trenton. and
their passengers were sent to hotels
BY the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad some
where In New Jersey train with Vice
president Marshall Ms a passenger was
believed 10 be proceeding slowly to-
wnrd Washington.
The train delay prevented the trans
portation OF mails. and has leSt the
city facing possible shortage OF milk.
meat aud provisions. \ coal famine
Is threatened in parts OF tho city be
cause of the snow-nlled streets. which
are almost imEnSsable after n snow
iaii or between thirteen and fourteen
inches since Yesterday morning.
Flre Commissioner Robert Adanson
Said the danger of confederation here
was the greatest in years ov-inr to
me IRE alarm telegraph system. which
is interrupted in some sections OF the
city
were in darkness again to-nieh.
Jersey city ana Newark, n j.. wers
without fire protection. and men
patrollcd the streets with lanterns. pre-
pared TO send in alarms by telephone
I'm Newark schools and factories
closed. several thousand men ana
women were thrown out OF work
The first steamers TO arrive since
sunday morning reached quarantine
to-day The Philadelphia, OF tho
American Line. twenty-a!x hours late.
ioomed up y glass ship. az she was
covered from stem 10 stern with ice
and snow. Captain \. X Mills said
the voyage was the roughest OF the
liners go trips during sixteen years
past.
The Minnctoaka came In day late.
and the Kaiser Franz Josef T., the Gin
cinnati and several other vessels many
hours overdue.
Thirteen Die la storm.
Philadelphia March o-Eastern
fennsylvania. Delaware and Southern
New Jersey are gradually rccoverins
from the effects OF the blizzard which
ragged from carly yesterday until
nearly nightfall to-day. Wire com
munication hetwera this city and New
York. as we'll ~ points on the New
Jersey coast, remains practically ut
stanastiil, but railroad traffic to and
from New York has been re-establish-
cd. although OH mn uncertain scaie
Normal schedules arc being maintained
again by the trolley roads In tha
city, but there IS still considerable Dc
lay 10 outlying sections The snow
ceased falling before sundown, bat the
high winds continued undated at u