The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
PASSENGERS
OF anne ARE
SENT ASHORE
Ihirty-two on Stranded Ves-
sci Debarked = Metropolis
Digging Self Out of Snow
Drifts of Blizzard.
IS STOPPED
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press) =
NEW YORK. Feb. 7.-Rescue of the
80 passengers on the steamship Anne.
stranded on a sandbar at Rockaway
Point, was begun by boats from the
Coast Guard cutter Manhattan at IL
a. m. today.
The coast guard crew from the
shore station also succeeded in launch
ing one of its boats and proceeded to.
ward the ship. Two barges from the
Manhattan were used in the rescue
work.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7-Snow bound
New York marshalled all its forces to-
day in prodigious effort to extricate
itself from the paralyzing grip of a
storm that has reminded old timers of
the classic blizzard of 1885,.
Spurred by Mayor Hylan's proclama-
tion urging the suspension Of all but
IViltally necessary trucking traffic for
10 period of three days big trucking
corporations, the great Metropolitan
department stores and others turned
over their auto trucks and drivers to
cart the snow to piers where steam
snip companies loaned their employees
for the task of dumping 1t into the
harbor.
Hundreds of stores set their en-
ployes to work with shovels. The
street cleaning department, still short
Of about 10000 shovelers, renewed its
efforts to induce more men to join the
ranks. Special attention was given to
digging fire hydrants out of great piles
of snow
Trucking in the city's snow filled
ct ctrs1
! ed in moving food, fuel, milk and
newspapers. Private passenger cars
except those used by the physicians
have been placed under the embargo
until Tuesday morning.
Everybody ShoveIs Snow.
Meanwhile citizens resurrected
snow shovels from attics and cellars
sand started to clear sidewalks and
cross walks. Women, too, helped in
the snow removal, taking the hint
from the Barnard college girls who
yesterday put men to shame in clean
ing walks In the vicinity of the col
{lege.
Janitors of buildings on side streets.
despairing of making headway against
drifts with shovel, built great fires
of boxes and melted the snow banks.
In some streets last night the mounds
resembled sleet-cased volcanoes belch-
ing flames and smoke.
The traction companies. worn out
by the strenuous efforts of three days
struggled grimly to restore traffic on
the surface lines to something ap-
preaching the normal and succeeded
p a measure. Lines of street cars,
frozen to the rails for a day or more
in the heart of the city, told the story
of the companies tribulations.
Towns Still Isolated.
Many outlying towns, however, still
were isolated early today and every
hour brought fresh tales of woe from
seashore resorts where great tides had
caused desolation and added to the
hardships wrought by the snow and
ice.
Snow covered trains from the west
and New England crept into the rail-
way terminals hours behind their
schedules and with passengers tired
and worn from their experience. Ho-
tells were crowded beyond capacity
due largely to the inability OF many
commuters to reach their homes
| The coal and food situations which
were viewed with some alarm by of.
ficials earlier in the week appeared
brighter this morning 1t was said
that unless the storm continued the
traction companies would have a suf.
fic1ent supply to operate, although it
might be necessary to cut off the heat
| WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-Three of
the four high power naval radio sta.
tions on the Atlantic coast were out
of commission today as a result of the
recent storm. The New Brunswick
station was the only one in operation,
it was said at the navy department.
The Arlington, Annapolis and Saw.
vile station all were down." as a
result of fee forming on the anten-
nae, and dislocating effect of the wind