Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-07
NEW YORK CITY
fcantinusd from Pare 0ne)

the removal Of garbage could not
be carried on systematically. Ear
nest appeals to help were issued to
householders A call for volunteers
resulted today in scores Of girl
students in Barnard College offering
their services. They cleaned up sew
erai side streets. :,
The problem of distributing the
city's food also had become serious.
Milk trains arrived very irregularly
today and deliveries here were hours
late. Trucks loaded with all kinds
Of groceries and produce made their
routes with the utmost difficulty.
The commissioner of markets issued
a call to all housewives to conserve
perishable foods for the next few
days. -
Some relief was promised for the
fuel shortage by an order directing
the diversion of coal for the public
utilities ofthe city but reports from
the coal docks at Berth Amboy, the
great water depot. showed the storm
had caused almost a complete sus-
pension Of operations. Gas and
electric light companies urged
strict economy.
Another menace Of life and limb
lay in falling copings. awnings. cor
nices and marquises carried down by
the weight of snoE upon them.
Dozens OF persons were injured to-
day, many of them seriously. 1t.
Frederick Davidson. stationed on
Governors Island. died late today
from a fracture ofthe skull he suf-
feYed when he was struck by a glass
canopy Several were injured when
a wooden shed collapsed in front of
a new building on DEFY street
Conditions in the harbor and
nearby waters were bad. although
it was hoped shift Of the wind
might release some Of tho boats held
fasNin fields Of ice. The sea was
calming and less damage was done
today along the New Jersey and
Long Island coasts although there
was another unusually high tide.
Eight steamers were fast in Long
Island sound and tugs sent to their
relief were bucking vainly against
the ice.
The steamer Maine OF the New
England steamship company ashore,
was listed to port and seemed 10 be
down by the head. The vessel is en-
tirely surrounded by ice. Two wreck
ing tugs trying to assist her were
fast In the ice field. Another Sound
steamer was helpless a short dis
tance away
Other steamships ice bound were
tie Chester w. Chaplin. and the
schooner New Hampshire.
Several coast steamers and a NUN
Der If harees we're keeping them com
pany. Transatlantic ships wer. held
III port and wireless reports from vc"~-
sells at sea tod Of high winds ami
raging "aIes
Railrcads running into New J.r.er
and Long Island were strugs i'm,
against heavy adds to keep trains
moving. The Long Island rai'roal
was facing one Of the worst tieups in
ITS history Sleet had made opera :
'ior almost impossible on the electri-
lied sections Of the line and huge
drifts had blocked traffic on the
branches. A train on the Wading
River branch was held up q hours.
Thousand Of pers,ns started home
with ftreb"dinss that they would
have to spend the night in day
coaches. 80.
There was no alternative However.
FOR rooms IN hotels simply were not
obtainah'e Mt any price.
Passengers on through trains from
the west came in baggard and weary.
50 MANY late they had almost los.
count. The first tram of tho day
from the vest On the New York con-
trail elevated about two O'Clock after
having taken nearly II hours for the
run from Albany. Trains on the New,
maven road were extremely uncertain
as 10 arrival and the same was true
y" the pennsylvania and other roads.