Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-03
Worst Storm
 of the Winter
RAIN, SHEET, SNOW AND WIND
 CONTRIBUTING.
TRAFFIC WAS HELD UP
In Some Sections of the Northern Tier of States Several Feet of Snow Has FalIen-TeIephone and TeIe- graph Wires Carried Down by the Sleet and Ice.

One of the worst storms of the win ter is general from the middle west to the Middle Atlantic states, New England and throughout Canada. Rain. sleet, snow and wind have contributed their quota to the diSrupting of rail- way traffic the haupering of wire communication and, in some sections, to the raising of reservoirs to the flood point with considerable damage resulting.
 The weather bureau, however. holds out hope of speedy relief in the pre- diction that the storm probably would pass off tHN New England coast We'd nesday into the Atlantic. leaving gen. erally fair weather in it's wake.
 Heavy Snowstorns.
 There have been heavy snowstorms in the northern tier of states, from east to west, in some sections several feet of snow having fallen. As a result railway traffic either has been almost suspended or greatly retarded As an Northwestern train filled with pas sengers was held in a huge bank of snow near Maribel, Wis, from 10 o'clock Sunday night until Tuesday afternoon. No train reached Green Bay, Wis, over the Northwestern line for d period of fourteen hours. West ern Missouri Kansas and Southern Nebraska report that a heavy snow storm has set in.
 Wires Carried Down.
 Tn the middle west many telephone and telegraph lines have been carried down fOy the sleet and ice and a fall in temperature is causis g additional .rouble. The increased cold has con tracted the wires. heavily coated wi h ice and large numbers are breaking as a result. Wire communication from Chicago to many points was difficult for a time and in some instances en- tirely cut off. This traffic has now however. In order to communicate with St. Pauwl and Minneapolis, Chi cago was compelled to route to New York, thence to Winnipeg and then to the Twin Cities.
 New England Hard Hit.
 Northern and western New York and New England have been hard hit by q snovstOrm which almost reached the proportions of d blizzard Traffic of all kinds has been imneded, the cleo tric lines being the greatest sufferers from blOckades. Ogdensburg. N. Y reports that business there has been almost entirely suspended as @ result of the northerly gale and drifting snow. Sleet and snow borne into the section about Rochester by a 30 mile north easter caused one of the worst tieuDs ln the history of interurban traffic in that city. A1assa chusetts and Con necticut points reported similar tieing- up of traffic on electric lines by the snOwStorm.
 New York Not a Severe Sufferer.
 New York city has not been a severe sufferer from the storm, although for a time traffic was considerably ham pered by the sleet and snow which froZe to the third rail tracks and troll ley wires. The street cleaning depart ment has set to work it's vast army Of men to remove the two inches or more of frozen snow and ice from the streets.
 Washouts at Seabright.
 Seabright. \. J.. again suffered con siderably from high seas which caused destructive washouts at several points. 4 number of buildings along the va terfront have been so undermined that they probably will go to pieces.