The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-03-07
EAST PARALYzED
Railroads Suspend Operations;
Sips at Mercy Of Seas.
WORST STORM SINCE 1883

Nine and One-Haif Inches OF Snow
Falls In New York City; Funds Are
Exhausted From Other Storms;
MIX Famine Feared--Hundreds
Wait in Stations and Railway Cars.
NEW YORK. New York and
a large part OF the east are suffering
from one OF the worst storms In their
history. Five persons have been kill
ed, SO far as reported, railroad traffic
Is tied up and wire communication
crippled. Stress and sidewalks are
covered with an icy coating, making
walking difficult and dangerous, and
vehicle traffic Is almost impossible.
Few trains are leaving over any OF
the main trunk lines ror the west
and south and street car and elevated
traffic In the city and suburbs is lame
and In some instances suspended.
Not since the blizzard OF 1883, 10
which old residents point as the
worst In the history of the city. has
storm resulted In so much suffering
A milk famine is feared, because OF
the suspended train service in New
Jersey and New York state.
Nine and one half inches of snow
fell during the day and when II stop
ped bowling gale set In. The tenn
perature. which had remained at
few degrees above freezing, droppef
many degrees, freezing the slush and
snow that covered the streets.
Street Cleaners swamped.
With only so per cent Of the snow
from the two previous storms remov-
ed from the principal streets, the
city street cleaning department faced
new problem. Already $3.50. 900 has
been spent in snow removal work and
city officials were unable to make an
estimate of the probable cost OF the
nalslatest storm.
With its telegraph wires down. sig
mails crippled and tracks drifted high
with snow, the Pennsylvania railroad
made no attempt to run train out OF
New York after o'clock, and all in
coming trains from the west and
south arrived from two to eleven
hours late. A local train from At
lantic City arrived at 4:30 o'clock,
seven hours and fifty-three minutes
late. The conductor reported that
the storm was still raging along IN
coast and that the snow was drifting
badly.
In the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton forty sleeping cars remained on
the tracks all night. In them were
500 passengers, many of whom slept
peacefully ignorant that they were
not on their way to their destination
Hundreds Wait In Stations.
In the waiting rooms we're hundreds
of persons waiting for the resumption
of traffic. Lunchrooms and dining
halls were kept open all night for
their accommodation.
Trains on the New York Central
lines Jared little better. Points up
state could not be reached by wire
and the whereabouts OF several incom-
Ing mail and passenger trains could
not be learned. Among other trains
reported lost was the Twentieth Cen
fury United. Between Peeksville and
Cold Springs, distance of elevn |
miles. thirty broken telegraph poles
are down Albany and Buffalo we're
out OF communication and New York !
Central trains between these points |
were reported lost. The storm put |
nearly every wireless station alone |
the coast hereabouts out of commits. |
zion and after o'clock communica- |
ton with ships at sea was impossible !
The aerials OF the station were so
crippled with sleet and snow as 20
render them useless.