The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-07
BOTH FUEL AND FOOD
FAMINE THREATENING
GREAT METROPOLIS
NEW YORK SNOWBOUND;
Nc RELIEF IN SIGHT
Many Injured in Street Acct
dents - Eight Steamers
Caught in the Ice

NEW YORK Tcb. 6.-Ncw York was
still storm bound late tonlBht ana lu'l'
was small prospect of relief. The CITY
great army Of commuters started nom I,
through snow squalls blown up from
the northeast ny II thirty mile gale az,
the weather bureau SAID The fall would
Continu" for another tw"iv" hours.
Generalization of transit lines OF All
kinds was almost unprecedented. bnl!
the subways were maintaining regular
schedules and every train IN lhcm was
literally mobbCd AT the rush hour. sur
face cars had almost ceased To operate:
Long lines Of them were tied up III az
parts Of the city behind tangles or
trucks, drays. motor busses. >automn-
BIS and taxiCabs.
So serious was the situation tha'
Mayor Hylan issued proclamation latr
today. calling upon all persons engaGcn
in the transportation business cNCcp,,
in the delivery. OF foodStuffS. coal ana
milk, to cease work from tonight untll
Tuesday morning. turning their TRUCKS
and laboring forces over 10 the city 10
meet the storm emergency.
Fuel and Food Short.
The department of health was frank
ly alarmed.
Tho prohler, "f distributing the CITY
food supply ais" had become serious.
Some relief was promised for the fuel
shortage by an order directing the d.
version of coal efor III" public utilities
OF the city, hut rTpI "a from the Cod'
docks at perth Ambuy. the great tide
water depot. showed that the storm had
caused almost complete suspension OF
operations. Gas and rleCtricFlight COM
panies urged strict economy
Many injured.
Dozens Of Persons were Injured TO-
day. many seriously by falllnG coplnSs;
awnings. cornices and marQulses carried
down by weight OF snow LieuIen"i't
% stationed
Governors Island. died late today from
a fracture Of the skull suffered when
ne was struck by glass canopy sew
eral were injured when WOODEN sheu
collapsed in front Of a new building IN
Conditions in the harbor and nearby
waters were little improved. although
IL was hoped a shift OF the wind miGht
release some Of the boats held 1ast III
fields Of ice.
,,,.. Steamer in Mt: The [ Io.; m Long
Island sound and tugs sent to their
relief were bucking rainly against the
ice The Maine. of the New England
steamship Company. ashore OFT ENecu
ton Point. was listed to port ana
seemed to he down by the head. I""
wrecking tugs trying, to assist her were
fast in the ice field. Another Sound
ste tmer was helpless short distance
away.
Other steamships ice bound were the
chester W. Chaplin. New Hampshire
Peouonnock and City of Lowell. Sever
al coaSting sChooners and number OF
harEes also were frozen in. Transact
lantic ships were held IN port and wire
less reports from vessels nj sea told oil
h gh winds and raging waves,
Commuters in Trouble.
Railroads running into New Jersey
and Long Island w"r" struggling gamrly
hut against heavy odds Ia keep trains
moving. Thousands OF commuters
started honcward with grim iorehod-
inSs that they would have TO spend the
uIght in day coaches. There was no
however. for rooms in no
tells We're not obtainahle at any price
Flushing Corona, Astoria and tho towns
beyond Jamaica were virtually out OF
th> world. Long Beach had not seen
vehicle of any kind for more than TWO
days. a..
west on the New York Central arrived
about two o'clock after having taken
nearly fourteen hours for thr uSuai
rour hour run from Albany. Trains on
the New Iavrn road were extremely UNI
certain as to arrival and Ia" same was i,
true on the Pennsylvania and other
roads.
Relief Predicted.
WASHINGTON Feb. 6.--LoOklnE Ohi
into the middlewcst. weather bureau Of
ticials tonight saw relief for tho eastern
scnhOard from TN" snow storm and the
high wonds which have held that r"r-
ton of the country in their grip since
Wednesday.
The storm area has swung 10 the
north. il was said. and tonight had
reached the New England coast. II had
stopped showing in tho southern group
OF middle Atlantic states. and SurCcaS"
some time tomorrow was predicted Tor
NEST Of New York. The bureaus fore
,uStcr said a might 30 tomorrow night
before New EnglandorS could begin I"
shovel snow with the assurance that
their lahors would not b" in vain. EuI
with tho exception Of New fmglanu
prospects were that tomorrow would
bring clearing weather
Temperatures throughout m" storm
area will remain about tho same. slight
~ below freezing for the most part.
The Ohio valley. from which The bet
ter weather is coming. Will with the en- ,
ccptlon Cr few scattering snow tiur-
ri"s continue to enjoy moderate temper
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