Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-12-30
Transportation and Wire
Communications Badly
Crippled
MILES OF POLES DOWN
Rain and Sleet Turn to Snow in New
York and Portions of New England
at Night.


Washington, Dec. 3O.--Sleet ana
snow crippled transportation ana
wir, communication yesterday throun
nt the East. The storm moving
northward over Louisiana gained III
force during the night and yesterday
was central over the Ohio Valley.
Rain, sleet and snow were falling
througaout most of the eastern part
of the country, and as the storm
r,oyed north these conditions prevail
ca last night and will continue Thurs
day in the region of the Great Lakes,
northern New York and northern New
England, Rains have been genera!
throughout the su:f, South AtiaItlc
and Middle Atlantic states, be'ng
heavy in the East Gulf states, lcr-
nessee, the Carolinas and Georgia.
Storm warnings were ordered up
by the Weather Bureau along the At
lantic Coast. from Key West, Florida,
to Passport, Maine. No damage to
shipping was reported.
DISPATCHES from points on the gulf
coast telf of considerable damaSl,
from wind and rain. Alabama, Geor-
pia, Indiana, Ohio, and other sections
report loss and Inconvenience from
the element.
New York Dec. yO.-The winters
third blizzard struck this city yester
day, prostrating telephone and tele-
graph wires in all directions. 1t start
cd with heavy rain in early morning.
followed by sleet, and last night 1t
was showing all over the state, New
Jersey and New England.
Pittsburgh, Dec. 30.-Heavy drafts
of men and materials were sent from
Pittsburgh, late yesterday in, answer
to call for heE from the storm
ridden East. The Bell Telephone
Company had a special train with
linemen and engineers; for: Philadel-
phia over the Pennsylvania and the
railroad itself sent, all the.aextra men
it could fnd!in this territory.
Reports received by the railroad
here indicated tha for 40 miles be-
tween Christiannia and Atglen al
most every pole was down or leaning
dangerously. while for eight miles.
between Atglen and Gap, not a pole
was left standing. All poles on the
north STRIDE of the Harrisburg yards
went down during <the day and those
on the south side were not considered
safe.
Waynesboro, Pa, Dec. 30-A' cy-
clone-like storm swept over a section
of Waynesboro yesterday morning and
did considerable damage. The worst
damage was on North Grant street.
where many telephone poles of the
Bell company were broken off, car
rEing down with them so trunk line
wires that connecti Waynesboro with
Chambersburg. Harrisburg, Blue
Ridge Summit, Gettysburg and Ship
1 pensburg.
\ For a distance of mile from this
city to Prices Church, every pole was
blown down and along the State road
toward Ringgold, Md, considerable
damage also was done, In the Blue
b Ridge summer resort section at Pen
1 Mar. Cascades, Highfeld and Blue
Ridge Summit number of trees were
blown down. =,
Uniontown, Pa, Dec. SO.-A gale
which blew 65 miles an hour swept
Fayette county yesterday doing i'm,
4 mense property damage and fatally
iniuring Frank Moser, who was
caught under a falling tree. Many
buildings were unroofed, including 8
distillery at Connellsville. and miles
of wires were Frustrated.
Lorain, o.. Dec. 30.-The steel lake
freight steamer, Capt. Thomas vii,
son. 1000 tons, owned by the Wilson
Transit Company of Cleveland, wa:
battling against the blizzard yester
day somewhere on Lake Erie. Th
ship, with a crew Of 20, left Buffal!
light late, yesterday afternoon TO
this port to lay. up for the winter al