The Washington times., 1915-12-14
Trains Lost" For Hours
In Storm; 10000 Men
Called to Aid New York

NEW YORK. Dec. 14.-Greater New
York and the entire East coast awoke
todav storm bound.
Trains were stalled in snowdrifts and
wire communication interrupted. Little
relief was foreseen during the morning
by the Weather Bureau. and 1t was pre-
dicted that the day would bring north
west gales. more snow and a decided
drop In temperature.
Ihe New York Central had no word
from anv point outside Manhattan re-
earding trains from Chicago or other
western points. except that one local
train from Albany had become stalled.
All Boston-to-New York trains were
DELAYED or snow-bound
TWO trains due from Boston last nirht
arrived at a. m. today. heavily en-
crnsfed In snow. and three others. due
reported this morning and were given
up .as lost. until wire communication
could ne restored. The New Havcn's
coastal trains were tied up almost
paaHsencerS were REQUIRED TO spend the
night in the cars between towns, ac-
cording to reports here.
Train Runs Into Crowd.
Heavy casualties were feared. as
result of the storm. Twenty persons
wer" injured, some seriously. at otis
vile station. n. Y. when an Eric pas
songer engine plowed through
crowd. crossing the tracks to boa rd the
train. In New York city number OF
persons We're struck by automobiles ond
other vehicles while forging their way
through an ankle-deep coat of slush
that filled the streets. A heavy. ct fa,l
Of snow continued last night
Charles K. Evans. seventy-five. was
overcome and died of exposure at
Iaybreak revealed New York in q
hard plight. Snow. piled as deep as tAo
feet in some places. filled the streets
and covered the sidewalk Walking Was
extremely difficult and surface cars
scarcely were able to creep
Calls For 10000 Workers.
Elevated lines took their time owing
10 The bad condition of the rails and
even subway lines experienced diff.
culties
Soon after the snowfall abated call
by Street Cleaning Commissioner Feth-
crstone demanded 40, 900 men for work in
shoveling paths for city traffic. Four
teen thousand emergency euIpioyes were
at work before midnight. but they
scarcely were able to hold their own, so
heavy was the fall until early morn
ing. Many of the workers were thinly
clad and their sufferings were acute.
Relief organizations and city charit-
a bic departments were out cary 10 aid
thousands Of families.
Though warned of the storms ap-
proach, New York was unable to pre-
pare to meet it. Other cities along the
Atlantic coast also suffered heavily,
despite the Weather Bureaus bulletin
warning of a storm off Sandy Hook
moving northeastward.
The entire organizations of the New
York Central and New Haven lines were
thrown today into the work OF clearing
the lines and restoring communication.
Many of the stalled trains are excess
fare trains. and heavy refunds must
be made to each passenger for every
hours delay. Passengers on other
trains were warned that the roads could
not guarantee the time of their arrival.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-THE snow
storm that hit the Northern Atlantic
States yesterday took a toll of Two
deaths in Eastern Pennsylvania. one
was reported today in Philadelphia and
the other in Bethlehem. Twelve per-
sons suffered injuries, the result of COL
lision and slippery walks. Ra lroad
traffic was delayed many hours, but
telegraph service continued today with
out Interruption. 1t is estimated that
seven inches of snow fell in philadel-
phia and surrounding counties.