Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-06
WORST STORM
SINCE '88 HITS
EASTERN COAST
Four Dead, Six Ships Disabled
in Blizzard Raging Along
Atlantic.
N. Y. TRAFFIC TIED UP

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Paralysis
of surface transportation in New
York was complete today; suburban
cities were in many cases cut off en-
tirely from New York; ferries from
New Jersey were running when pos
sibIe and at great risk, due to the
heavy ice foes in the Hudson river,
and it was feared that another high
tide, driven before the blizzard
which has been raging for forty-efght
hours, would cause even greater
damage than yesterday.
A shortage of food, dle to crippled
railroad and street traffic is feared. Ac-
cording to officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad the movement of freight toward
this city is only 20 per cent Of normal
A further fall of snow and sleet dur
ing the night, bringing the total depth
nearly to eight inches, added to the
stagnation of all kinds of traffic. Huge
drifts blocked side streets and street rail
way traffic and foot traffic in the main
thoroughfares was almost Impossible al
many places.
FOUR DEAD; PROPERTY
LOSSES RUN HIGH.
-Four lives have been lost, due to the
storm, up to early today and many per-
sons had been injured. The monetary
loss will run into millions of dollars.
Long Island sound and the harbor are
full of ice foes. six passenger and
freight steamers that had started up the
sound for, New England ports were
caught in the Ice foes and signaled fo1
tugs to break through and haul them out
The Old Dominion liner Princess Anne
bound for Norfolk, Va, to New York with
thirtytwo passengers and & crew of sew
enty-two on board, Is ashore Off Rock
away point. Five wireless calls for help
were sent out by the liner and a police
patrol tug and four other tugs were
rushed to her assistance.
Under the steady pounding of tho
mountainous waves the steamer was
shifted into a dangerous position and
desperate efforts were made to take off
the passengers. Lifesayers made sew
eral attempts to launch noncollapsible
boats, but they were thrown back upon
the beach as often as they were put In
the water. Navy tugs were then at
tempting to get close to the stranded
vessel Lifesavers said the vessel was
even if line were shot aboard the
Princess gAnne.
The steamer is a freight and passen-
ger carrier OF 1929 tons.
GREAT TIDAL WAVES
EXACT THEIR TOLL.
Accompanying the storm, which was
the worst this city has known since the
historic BLIZZARD Of 1888, the Atlantic
coast was lashed by the highest tidal
waves in thirty-four years, causing i'm
mense damages.
The disturbance on the coast was gen
eral from Cape Hatteras to Provincetowr
and wireless reports received here say
that the coast is Uttered with wreck
ige.
The street cleaning department is COM
3lete1y staggered by its gigantic task
Ut is estimated that 5000 men are needed
to clean UP the streets, but less than
5000 had been recruited today.
Owing to shortage Of male labor the
street cleaning department sent out a
call for women shovelers, offering to pay
90 cents an hour. Side streets are com
pletely blocked by the eight-inch snow
fall and traffic is virtually stagnated in
the main thoroughfares. Long lines of
street cars have been stalled since
Thursday morning.