New Britain herald., 1915-12-14
Y FOUR DEATHS AS RESULT OF
 WORST SNOWSTORM IN YEARS
 IN THIS SECTION OF COUNTRY
Three Men Known Dead, Two Others Missing and Passengers Imprisoned in Twenty-Five /, Railroad Trains Near Poughkeepsie, NY. OVILA DUFAULT OF HARTFORD
 DROPS DEAD WHILE sHOVEIING SNOW

storm-Traffc on All Steam and
 Electric Lines Bloclxed-Fan ir
 Some Places Reaches Thirt,
 Inches.
 Three men are known to be dead, two others are missing and hundreds of passengers are imprisoned in twenty five railroad trains near this ity as the result of the blizzard which tied up traffic to the Hudson river last night. The fatalities occurred at Beacon, Husson and C>lonia and the missing men are Mi!trn Johnson and William Bogardus of Poughkeepsie
 New York Tied Up. s New York, Dec. 14.--The center of Ne of the heaviest snowstorms this section of the country has experienced in several years passed northeast of New York today leaving in it's wake a tangle of broken telegraph poles and wires, railroad trains stalled in snow drifts or long delayed, and a large portion of New York. New Jer- Sey, Pennsylvania and New England Nanketed with snow from six to fif- teen inches deep.
 Snow was still falling early today although the severity of the storm had abated. The heaviset fall of snow reported in this vicinity was at Poughkeepsie, N r., where it was fifteen inches deep. Some of the New York Centrals through express trains forced their way through the drifts, hours behind tfSejr schedule. The whereabouts of other through trains was unknown to the railroad officials, and no one could say when they might arrive.
 Worst in Years.
 The blockade of the electric zone of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad between New York and Stamford, Conn, was described by the officials of that road as the worst in years. Electric feed wires broke down and held up every train in the zone. Hundreds Of passengers spent hours { last night in the stalled trains or ma- rooned in the stations until steam locomotives were sent out to pull the trains to their destinations. The elec- tic Service was still suspended when thefSncrning rush of commuters to the city began and the steam locom otive service was in effect.
 New Haven officials said that the Through trains between Boston and New York began to move from six to eight hours behind their schedule early this morning and that the sit uation was then clearing. They ex- \ pected that it would become normal k bef6se noon by which time they hoped the electric service would be re- sumed. The snow was not deep enough to interfere with the move ment of trains in the immediate vii cinity of New York but in Conn ecti- cut. many trains were heM up by drifts.
 & Telegraph Service Cut.
 Photographic communication between ' New York and points west and north was cut by the breakdown of wires l and poles under the weight of cling ling snow ~.s
 At one time the Western Union Tel keeraph company was virtually with hut a wire leading from New York to fties up the Hudson river and all the 2signrI wires of the New York Central traiIroad used in operating trains were down.
 Cable communication across the At Aantic was badly 71ampered by the lfailure of the cable companies lano NNires between New York and Nova Scotia.
 Snowfall Six Inches.
 The snowfall in New York city is $estipated at six inches but a consid- erable part of it melted almost as Mast as it fell. During the height o1 1.-the storm the wind >ere attained Iye1ocity of sixty-four miles an hour tthe highest reported by any of the {eastern weather bureau stations. Be. 3.ause of it's unexpectedness the storm caused some damage to ship Zoing in the harbors and along the boast.
 Conditions Badly Dcnnoralized.
 Though an army of laborers was al work along the New Haven lines, con ,itions were still badly demoralized all
 ,renoon. The Bay State limited, due
 5, leave New York for Boston at 1C
 nH, was annulled but it was ar bounced that the i've p. m., Mer. khants' Limited, New York to Boston bvould be run. Howard Elliott, presi ent of the New Haven, issued state pent today, summarizing the storm. fleets.
 "The storm seemed to be most se
 ere between New Rochelle anf
 tamford, or twenty to twenty-fiv
 niles along the main line of the New
 Tayen road said MT. Elliott. ''Hert
 earlF all the telegraph and tele hone poles were blown down so tha
 is difficult to have any communica
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