Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1920-02-06
S2,500,00O DAMAGE
ON COAST BY STORM
Many Vessels Call From Sea:
New York Gradually Digging
Herself Gu, Of Drifts.
ny Associated Press 20 Every Evening

New York, Feb. 6.--Thn gale and iu,-
usually high tides which have lashed the
north Atlantic Coast for The last f8eo DAYS
accompanied bv blizzard syf,4ss, ils. nke.-
ed most Of the territory and ice. were
gradually subsIding early today. ipsving a
trail Of destruction and suffering ia their
wake
Estimates Of the property iamsge will
reach the $500, 900 mark. A number
OF vessels were reported in distress and
several Long Island sound steamers
were prisoners IN ice jams The wireless
station ut New York police HEADQUARTERS
early today had received mesa gf.s from
80 ships at sea asking for the location.
Fonts along the New Jersey coast.
especially Atlantic City and Seabright.
were hardest hit, houses were washed into
the sea and towns partly inundated.
Houses on the Long Island shore near
New York also were heavily damaged.
railroad traffic improved during the
morning, although trains were still be-
hind in their schedule
New York was slow to recover from the
blow dealt by the storm king. Traffic con-
dltlons were still chaotic early today and
the streets piled high with snow drifts.
A shortage of snow shoyelers and the
threatened strike of the few thousand that
were working agltated the street cleaning
department.
The shortage of coal caused considers-
Die CONSERVATION, several companies said
they had only few days, supply on hand
and would be forced 10 suspend opera
tons unless their bunkers were speedily
replenlshed. Barges laden with coal are /
tied up at Jersey points by ice foes.
One OF the novelties of the storm wa, Z
the use OF an army tank to push stalled (
trolley cars.
With the exception of the subway. New 1
ork 5 entire transit system was badly 4
;rlppled as result of the storm. Only q
eW cars were running on the main sur
ace lines while traffic on the cross town
ines was virtually suspended. Few trains
lad been run on the Interboro and Brook
yn elevated lines since early this morning.
nd these were packed TO the doors be-
ore they reached the downtown districts.
thousands of persons We're forced to walk.
All trains from New England and the
Vest. were one 90 four hours lste this
corning. Owing TO train delays on grade A
mix was received IN the city this morning
y the large distributing companies
The New England Steamship Com
any announced today that tug sent to
-sAstAAANF aSttNAt vi Execution
light at the end of Long Island sound
take of It's three passengers had not
sturned
Wrecklng tugs also have been dispatch- I
! TO release the steamers Chester w.
hapln, Boston, New Hampshire and
reported fast in the ice near
he Maine
Scores of pedestrians were injured To-
" when signs collapsed from the weight
snow upon them. Such accidents At
70 theatres and one hotel in the heart
the Broadway theatrical district
'cessitated sending a dozen persons 10
'spltals and calling out police reserves.
Lieut.-Col. Frederick Dawson. sta
med at Governors Island, was danger
sly injured when he was struck by q '
ling glass awning in front Of the /,
ayhouse IN West Forty-eighth street.
tn hrs legs were broken and il is fear A
that his skull was fractured.
Two other men We're similarly Injured
front OF the Rivoli theatre in Broad :
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