The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-28
"Fast" Pennsylvania Trains
Stalled in SnOwdrifts.
MarOOned Passengers Forced
To Take to Hotels.
MIDWEST TRAFFIC PARALYz
Coal Is Given Right of Way, but
Few Trains Moving.
During Storm Off N. Y. Ship
With 1876 Aboard Is Rammed.

Philadelphia. Jan. 2S-Due to the
biggest spowstorm of the winter, the
tieup on the Pennsylvania railroad is
said by officials of the company to be
the worst from any cause in years.
Trains are stalled all along the line
and outbound service from Philadel-
phia has practically been annulled.
Reports reached headquarters here
that six of the Pennsylvania's fast
thru trains were stalled in the noun
tains. Four are indefinitely held up
at Altoona. The passengers on these
trains were taken to Altoona hotels.
From Rockies to Atlantic.
Chicago. jan Zs.-Snow again
paralyzed traffic IN the middle west to-
day and east of he Mississippi river,
Monday. The snow and cold wave ex-
tended from the Rocky mountains to
the Atlantic seaboard.
Little freight was being moved and
passenger trains were hours late. In
many cases schedules were annulled.
Coal was given the right of way.
Weather bureau forecasters held
out little hope for relief, predicting
continued snow f1urries and zero tenn
peratures by nightfall.
But, Fine for Wheat Crop.
Milwaukee, with seven inches over
night, making sos inches of snow
fallen since January 1, was practically
isolated from the outside by rail.
The average middle west winters
snowfall has already been exceeded SO
per cent. A four-inch fall today was
reported from Kansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri. halting traffic. causing suf-
fering., but benefiting the winter wheat
prospects.
N. Y. Central Moving Some Trains.
New York, Jan. 2S--Six to eight
inches of snow fell here between 2
and 10 a.. m. Altho there Is a full
supply of cars at the mines the loading
is hampered and men are being sought
to clear the tracks.
All along the lines of the New York
Central railroad system heavy snow
was falling today, but up to early this
afternoon freight was still reported
moving by officials of the road. Pas
senger trains, however. are arriving
from two to three hours late
Driving snow obscured the view of
the engineer of the fast New York
Central mail express and three snow
shovellers were killed and two Sc
riously injured when struck, in the
local yards. Another trackman was
struck by a Panhandle freight engine
and fatally injured.
Weather Man Gives Little Hope.
Washington, Jan. 2s-Industrial
"
fected by the fuel administra tion's
heatless Monday order, were forced
to slow down their war operations to-
day by a snowfall which in some sec
tions was heavy.
Indications were that the snow
would continue Tuesday and the
worst tieup of railway traffic of the
winter was in prospect should the
weather bureaus prediction be full
filled.
Low temperatures continue east of
the Rocky mountains.
Steamers Collide in Storm.
New York, Jan. 2S.-Struck in a
snow storm off the Delaware capes,
the Southern Pacific liner Creole, with
1876 passengers aboard, had hole torn
in her side. She was barely able to
limp to this port under her own
steam. The ship is in dock here to-
day, being repaired.
The vessel which struck the Creole
was understood to have reached port
within the capes under her own
power.
Seventh Snow This Week.
Scranton, Pa, Jan. 2S.-Another