Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-03-05
POUCHKEEPS|E ISOLATED
Damage EnOrmOus--New Eng
land Still Threatened by
Floods Due to Melting
Ice and Snow.


to emerge from the storm which railroad
and telegraph companies declare has
been the most destructive in this section
| Of the country since the memorable biz
Eard of 1855.
Reports from other cities showed the
damage caused by wind, snow, rain ant
sleet to be widespread. From Cleveland
on the west and Baltimore on the south
to the Canadian and Nova Scotian bord-
ers, the storm has been general Ir
New England further damage is expect
ed from rivers and streams swollen by
melting ice and snow. In and near New
York II persons persisted yesterday and
to-day and several fatalities were re-
ported elsewhere.
Except by roundabout routes and with
the aid of a few wires running under
ground, commercial New York tonight
still remained cut off from telegraph
communication with the west and south.
The public service corporations reached
Philadelphia by way of Montreal and had
a few wires to Washington, Baltimore,
Pittsburg. Scranton, Wilmington, Rich
mond and Reading. For the most part
these were telephone circuits. Hope was
expressed for better conditions, although
It Will be at least a week. II was stated.
before service can he restored to normal
Telegraph company officials said they
could not estimate at this time the cost
of making repairs. The loss to one COM
pany alone was placed at 10000 for
New York and vicinity
WIRES PUT UNDER GROUND.
Citing the lesson taught at the time
Washing ton was cut off from commune
cation on the day of the Taft Inaugural
ton, telephone company officials declar-
ed that at no time has telephone service
to the national capital been cut off COM
pletely. After the experience in 1909
wires to Washington We're placed under
ground and during the present disturb
Rnce. according to the telephone officials,
proved the value of the change.
Despite the serious wire situation that
has continued for more than two DAYS the
Service of the Associated Press has been
maintained virtually intact throughout
he eastern territory affected In other
sections normal conditions have obtained
While routed in a slightly roundabout
manner in some instaces, wires to the
south and west by way of Washington,
Pittsburg and Chicago were kept In con-
slant operation.
Poughkeepsie and Schenectady were the
pnly cities to which communication was
Interrupted. Poughkeepse was the worst
Fufferer In this respect. Wire connection
With that point was established early to-
hight, after it had been shut off from
wire Intercourse with the outside world
or 30 hours. Conditions at Schenectady
we're not so acute and the embargo es-
q bllshp6 nv ia sto
few hours.
MANY TRAINS LOST"
The fallen telegraph poles which inter-
upted wire service continued to delay
rains for many hours. Trains are lost"
n many roads in New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania and other States. The
pennsylvania road formally announced to-
light that it had resumed sending out
rains regularly from the local terminal at
30 p. m. after g hours interrupted serv-
re-, On some roads, trains sent out from
Few York and New Jersey stations were
locked with double rations and were spe-
fled Subject to delay"
Three trains en- route from Philadelphia
we're stalled at Trenton and their pas
engers We're sent to hotels by the Penn
ylvana railroad Somewhere in New
ciSty ~ lIdll Win NlCe-ITPSlNpnt mar
hall passenger was believed to be
proceeding slowly toward Washington
he Congressional Limited that left New
DIRK yesterday was believed TO be near
Wilmington tonight. An express train
lat left here yesterday at four o'clock.
was learned to-day. reached Phia-
elphia, usually two hours distant after
u hours,
The train delay prevented the trans
prtation of malls and has left the city
icing a possible shortage of milk meat
nd provisions. A coal famine is threat
led in parts of the city because Of the
ow- filled streets which are almost inn
assable after snow fall of between 10
I'D IA inches since yesterday morning
"The city is not dealing with an or
nary situation" Acting Mayor
Gorge McAneny said In a call issued
the people to-day to cooperate with
street cleaning department by
banning sidewalks In such a manner
to permit street traffic.
GREAT DANGER OF BIG FIRES.
Fire Commissioner Robert Alamson
id the danger of a conflagration here
rs the greatest In years, owing to
fire alarm telegraph system being !
terrupted in some sections of the |
Y. Seven hundred uniformed fire.
I'm were assigned to patrol the I'M |
ptected districts. There were no |
ious fires.
Several northern New Jersey cities
re in darkness again tonight. Jer- |
City and Newark were without |
protection and men patrOlle1 the |
streets with lighted lanterns, pre- |
rel to send in alarms by telephone |
Newark schools and factories closed. |
he first steamers to arrive since Sun |
I morning reached quarantine to-day. |
Philadelphia of the American line, |
be hours late, doomed up as a crystal |
b, as she was covered from stem TO
rn with Ice and snow. Captain A. r.. |
lis said the voyage was the toughest
the liners 23O trips during l6 years
t.
he Minnetonka came In "A day late and
Kaiser Franz Josef |. the Cincinnati
several other vessels many hours
lrdue
arbor traffic generally was interrupt
including some of the ferries for the
time In % years. Several tugs sank