Republican farmer., 1920-02-06
THREE LONG ISLAND SOUND STEAMERS ARE
 >HEMMED IN BY ICL
SHIPPING PRACTICALLY AT STANDSTILL BECAUSE OF STORM M-BROOKLYN HOTEL WASHED INTO NEW
 YORK BAY

New York, Feb. 5-Reports from Atlantic Highlands and other marine observation points along the coast early toe day were that the storm was the worst in years. The tide, driven by the 50 mile north easterly gale, is pounding the beaches and threatening in many places to undermine summer homes.
 Three Long Island Sound steamers were fast in the ice today near Exs- cutton Light, off New Rochelle, N. F., and Sound shipping was practically at a standstnl as a result Of the storm.
 The vessels in the ice were the Maine, which left New York yester- day afternoon for Bridgeport, Conn, the New Hampshire, from New Lon don for New York, and the PeQuon- mock from New York for New Bed ford.
 In response to rocket signals from the Maine, which had three passeu- gers and a crew of seventy, a fleet of tugs was sent to the scene from New York. Later all three ships re- l ported that they were held fast, but were not in great danger.
 | The Colonial Line steamer Concord, | bound from Providence to New York, put back into Providence today after l touching at Newport, according to 1 information received by the line here. i No report had been received this morning from the Colonial Line l steamer Lexington, which left New York for Providence last evening. | No marine casualties have been rS- ported, but the condition of the weather is such that captains of in coming ships have avoided attempts | to enter the harbor and are holding | off in deep water to ride out the gale. l Weather bureau reports indicate ! that the storm center was centered this morning off the Delaware capes and moving slowly northeastward. I All along the coast from HaTeras north high seas and strong winds were reported.
 l The high tide flooded the Erie ter
 ninal in Jersey City and several hun dred yards of the street from the en- trance to the station. Ferry service to | New York was discontinued Water | leaked from the Erie station into lja station of the Hudson tubes and sprin-
 kled Commuters. Some New Jensey
 trains were two hours late arriving at Jersey City owing to snow drifts. 1 Reports from the New York quar- | antine station, on the easterly shore | of Staten Island, were that heavy ice foes from the Hudson river were be- 1 ing driven on the beaches and against | the wharves. The binding snow
 storm made it impossible for obserV- | CTS to see more than @ hundred yards off shore and two ships which
 came in during the night were locat- II ed by the captains of the health of
 1cers' tugs by repeated whistling. The Pasadena, a summer hotel on
 the beach at the foot of Seth street Brooklyn, was washed into New
 York Bay by the wind beaten comb
 CTS which dashed high on the shore
 during the night and early morn ing. The police reported 1t 6, tota loss Two bathing pavilions on ths same beach, at the foot of 1o2nd and 18th streets, also were swept away Meriden, Conn.,, Feb. 5-Trafic ir
 Meriden was seriously crippled by thu
 storm. Trains on the New Haver
 road were from a half hour to two
 hours late and had much trouble
 in leaving the station on account O
 slippery rails, and the trofleys were forced to drop their schedule.
 dozen motor busses carrying worker. l to the New Departure plant in Bris i tol were compelled by drifts to turI back at Southington.
 Winsted, Feb. 5-Traffic in all di trections was impeded last night by tn, : blizzard and its resumption today wa , mot easy. Trains were much of schedule and all were being hauled by two locomotives.
 Highways are blocked by drifts. { ! funeral party which was to be car : ried from Collinsville to Goshen ha'
 to stop here indefinitely and the bod.
 was placed in a vault a Forest Viev
 cemetery.
 Sterling, Conn, Feb. 5-Old- timer in eastern Connecticut harked bacl Ito 1888 to find a parallel to the bliz gard which ragged last night ant
 which at noon today showed no sign . of let up. Snow drifts of six fee l. depth are not uncommon on tn : highways.
 = FIRE CAUSES $50 DAMAGE.