The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-02
Traffic in and Around the
Greater City Totally Par
alyzed by Worst Blizzard
in Years.
EIGHT DEATHS REPORTED
UP TO NOON TODAY
Schools and Factories Closed
Throughout the City and
Suburbs and Supply Short
age is Probable.
10y leased Wire to Evening Herald. I


New YORK, March 3 Points as far
west as cleveland and as Gar south
as Baltimore were battered bs Wind
stung with sloet AID buried in SNOW
boz a terrific storm. central over the
states or Now York and Ncw Jersey
which began early Yesterday and WAS
stili IN progress today. Ia New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania be.
tween and ~ inches Of snow. lay
crs of Il packed hard and frozen,
covered the ground at noon aud was
stll falling
Not IN nfteen years had Greater
New York and onvironn experienced
such storm
At times the velocity OF the wind
reached 81 miles an hour
EEht deaths were reported here
Traffic everywhere IN the storm
Area was interrupted ana Ia some
cases demoralized entirely Hundreds
pf telegraph poles were carried doWn
No milk trains reached the city
during the forenoon Of tWsu,f five
vessels due at the port nf Nro York
to-day. only one, the Delaware of the
clyde lme, from Philadelphia. had
reported before noon An triins a.
and from the west and south were iu-
definitely delayed. Communication
trains came In lnborlously. hauled BY
two engines On tho Pennsylvania
between this city and Philadelphia
more than 200 telegraph and tolc-
phone poles were down and many
signal bridges had been prostratcd.
l"horers. hard at work 60 keep the
switches open, were frustrated by the
drifting SNOW ana the falling tenn
pcraturc. which crusted the rnils
Hith lce Twelve trains which left
New York bctwecn 3:gf and Z p M
Yesterday were stalled az vuriuus
points ON tho New York division. The
Pennsylvania station was cruwdod
with travellers Who gnt uu encourage
mcnt from the Information bureau
The officers oI the ruud said c0ndl-
tions could not Improve untn lilo
storm abuted Several way trims
were stauod south from Jersey city
und'r orders to make what progress
they could Announcement was made
at noon that all trains on the Central
Rntlroad of NeW Jersey and he Bni-
ilmore and ohio between New York
nud Philadelphia and Washington
had been abandoned until further
notice
DO This city cars wagons aud
outomohiies were stalled everywhere.
deserted by their dr,Vpr. suburban
towns were w,ihoutout ticctrl. lights
last night and VIII he again tonight
Milling wires having made % urces-
sor, 90 cut off the current
Many schools n thr suburbs ver"
clorrd TODAY and hundreds of factor
JOS we've idle Three iaburrrs ts-.
IUg 90 clear thc imcks oi the Long
Island railroad were tlled
snowplows at work oi the surface
lines u Tong ls'Hud made -lnN pro-
rre-s MANY cHrs urr, found buried
r SNOW banks Thcs had to be
hauled out of the way hcfor, tho
ploW- could proceed TrlfHc o..
surface limos iL Greater Sew York
v1F halted Many care vcr, ab8n-
dnued hV their Crews. Du thr els-
tHtrd lines in Manhattan tine Bronx
Queens ana Brooklyn trai ius vrro
Kept rHnnug moro frequently than
ufud tu prevent the drins op tbs
sirut'ure- from r.-.ng tuD high "a
hro1dNHN uutnm"hHrs wers ien tn
snow hanks hv their chauffcurs
Horses were removed from trucks
und Hurou Wire service oul 90 New
Nork Through NrE Jersey and west
uf A'hluF remained badly crippled
Whero poles were not carried down
wires hurdonod With load of lcc.
were sagsing or broken
Az thn opouiuH of business on the
Nru Aurk stock oNCnange less th1n
enA ~ thc tfo0 members were nres-
ent The cufh or outside market.
vas boz session ln BROAD street desplto
ono severe weather hut The attend
anre of members was at flrst little
muIl lhln d hAnhlmI