Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-03

One of the worst storms of the win
ter is general from the Middle west
to the Middle Atlantic states. Ne"
England and throughout Canada.
Rain, sleet, snow and wind have con-
tributed their quota to the disruptlnS
of railway traffic, the hampering OF
wire communication and in some Sec
uons to the raising Of rivers to the
food point with considerable damage
resulting.
The weather bureau, however, holds
out hope of speedy relief in the pre-
diction that the storm probably will
Iass off the New England coast We'd
nesday into the Atlantic, leaving gen.
orally fair weather in its wake.
Train in Snowbank
There have been heavy snow storm
in the northern tier of states. AS
a result rail traffic has been almost
suspended or greatly retarded. AS
an extreme example a Chicago &
Northwestern train filled with pas
sengers was held in a huge bank oi
snow near Married., Wis, from 10 o.
clock Sunday night until Tuesday af-
ternoon Western Missouri, Kansas
and southern Nebraska report that a
heavy snow storm has set in.
In the Middle West many telephone
and telegraph lines have been car
ried down by the sleet and ice. Wire
communication from Chicago to many
points was difficult for time. Iii
order to communicate with st. Pau
and Minneapolis, Chicago was com
PEELED to route to New York thence
to Winnipeg and then to the Twir
cities.
In New England
Northern and western New Yorl
and New England have been hard hit
by the snow storm which almost
reached the proportions of a blizzard
Traffic Of all kinds has been impeded
Ogdensburg, n. Y, reports that bust
ness there has been almost entirely
suspended as result Of the north
erly gale and drifting snow. Sleet ant
snow borne into the section about Ro-
chester by a thirty-mile northeastei
caused one of the worst tieups il
the history of interurban traffic witt
that city: Massachusetts, and Con.
necticut points reported similar tyins
up of traffic on electric lines by thu
snow storm.
The Monongahela and Allegheny river
have reached the flood stage as the re
suit Of the snow and rain At the poin
where they join to form the Ohio con
siderable damage has been DONE TIL
low-lying sections of Pittsburg are in
undated and trolley and railroad traff
there were at a standstill Tuesday night
Hundreds Of families have left thei
homes in this section and at points vi
the Allegheny. Manufacturing plant
along the three rivers have been com
PEELED to cease operations temporarily
At Martins Ferry, Ohio, 1000 men hav
been forced to quit work and at Eas
Liverpool the municipal pumping static
and four potteries have been isolated
However, the rain having ceased an
the temperature having fallen. the wealth
err bureau expresses the hope that tn
The Raritan river in New Jersey ais
is out of its banks and at New Bruins
wick two manufacturing plants hav
been forced to close. Considerable dam
age has been done there as result O
cellars being flooded. The sudden ris
of the Merrimac river in st. Louis coun
ty, Mo-, has. as a result of the dynamit
ing of ice packs, today forced man
farmers living along the river banks {
abandon their homes.
At Valley Park, Mo-, the water ha
risen "a feet above normal and the hun
dreds of shacks in the foreign sectio
are threatened with destruction. Late to
night the Potomac river was about !
feet above normal, and at Williamsporl
Md, and there is apprehension of tn
most dangerous freshet of the winter.
What the Canadian railways authori
ties characterize as the most sever
snow storm to visit the Dominion Il
years has partly demoralized railwa
traffic on the main lines throughout tn
country and has tied up operations com
petely on branch lines. All trains ar
arriving in Toronto from four to min
hours late and some are still held up b.
drifts.
New York City has not been a sever
sufferer from the storm although for
time traffic was considerably hampers
by the sleet and snow which froze to tn
third rail tracks and trolley wires
Seabright, n. J., again suffered con
siderably from huge seas which cause
destructive washouts at several points
number of buildings along the waite
front have been undermined and probab
Iy will go to pieces.