Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
BUDS MAY SURVIVE
ICE AND SLEET
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down in the vicinity and west OF the
city. Accompanying the storm was
twenty-siX to thirty mile gale,
which lasted all night and to-day.
and in some cases blew down tele-
phone poles and trees. The Postal
Telegraph Company reports fifty
poles down between this city and
Carlisle alone.
The coating of ice Which covered
trees last night is giving much con-
Germ. County Farm Agent Niesley
said this morning that the effect of
the storm on the fruit trees and
early crops is highly problematical,
as at times such n storm does not
leave i'll effects. He regarded it as
subject of congratulation that the
coating of sleet ice remained on the
trees such a short time.
Early cherries. apricots and plums
are the fruits most likely to be af-
fected. No damage was done, it was
said, where blossoms have not
opened.
Conditions for pedestrians in the
city this morning were worse than in
months. The streets and sidewalks
were covered with almost two inches
on the walks for hours. The rain
continued to fall in driving masses,
but the wind blew so strongly it was
almost impossible to keep umbrellas
raised. The ever-present statistician
counted eleven ruined umbrellas in
Market street in the business Sec
tion before s o'clock this morning.
Numerous street corners were dec
GRATED with the ruins of umbrellas,
and every out-of-the-wa corner was
the harbor for one of the discarded
parasols.
Fell to 80 Degrees
The temperature last night fell to
90 degrees. At s o'clock it had
risen to SO degrees, where it will
continue throughout the day, after
which colder weather is forecasted.
The combined rain, snow and sleet
storm, with the accompanying cold
weather. was caused. Local Weather
Fcrecaster Demain said, by the verg
ing of a sluggish" rainstorm from
the North Carolina coast with a cold
wave from the northwest The
storm is general east of the lake re-
gion, with the exception of the New
England states. and south to the
north of Florida. Considerable snow
has been reported in some parts of
of the storm appeared to be in the
western part of the state.
The officials of the Harrisburg
Railways Company reported no delay
in maintaining schedules because of
the storm. The sleet and ice on the
wires and tracks at first caused some
confusion in operating the schedules.
but no appreciable delay, they said.
Trolley Schedules Hit
Officials of the Valley Railways
Company reported that cars We're be-
ing operated on all lines. but not on
schedule. The wind, the officials
said, had blown down wires, which
was causing a considerable amount
OF trouble and holding up traffic.
A car jumped the track at Enola
this morning about o'clock, hold
ing up traffic for long time. Pas
sengers were transferred from one
car to another while workmen were
trying to get the ear on the track.
Slippery tracks and icy wires held
up traffic last night on the lines.
Late in the night it was impossible
to keep schedules and reports of
trouble were made from crews on all
lines. Officials are hopeful of get
ting cars running on schedule by
this evening.
Repair Wires
The various telephone and tele-
graph companies had supervisors
with workmen on their lines to-day
repairing the damage caused by the
storm. Long stretches of wires had
been thrown across the road at
Hogestown and Carlisle. Postal
Telegraph communication with the
West was cut Off by a storm, but an
emergency cable hastily installed
will take care of the messages, the
local manager said this morning.
Telephone wires in the city were
not put out of service to any con-
siderable extent. The Cumberland
Valley Telephone Company reported
trouble with their toll lines, and the
Bell lines to the West were dam
aged by the sleet.
The weather forecaster declared
the storm is not unusual for this time
of the year. as twice as much snow
fell two years ago on April s. An
old record shows that twenty three
years ago yesterday twenty inches of
snow fell.