Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-05
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muters that Boston e. Maine officials
, discontinued all outgoing service and
| concentrated all efforts in clearing
| the tracks.
| Notices were posted in the Mort
| Station advising patrons not to ex-
! pect service to distant points until a
late. hour tonight
Meanwhile officials of the New
| Haven and Boston & Albany roads
| tried to maintain some sort of SER
vice. Trains, running whenever they
| could. Left the South Station st
long intervals. All railroad wires
! south of South Braintree were down
| and the trains were being dispatched
| on telephone circuits.
One official, in summing up the
situation, said trains running, but
we tore up the timetables hours ago"
Traffic on the Boston & Maine was
resumed at six o'clock when a train
left the terminal for Lowell Man
chester, N. H., and Concord. n. II.
AT short intervals thereafter trains
left on practically every line in the
railroads. system, about two hours
later than the usual schedule.
railroad officials prepared to over
come the storm early in the day but
their plans were disrupted shortly
after O'Clock when a derailed en-
CINE tied up the switches controlling
five North Station tracks.
Early tonight the snowfall turned
into fine drizzle in Boston, driving
almost all, motor traffic from the
streets.
AT $50 P. NJ Boston e. Maine Off
Gals reported that three trains had
left the North Station for Portsmouth
and Concord, n. H, and Danvers -Four
other Tains We're then taking on pas
sengers for points along the North
Berwick. Maine, Newburvport Fitch
burg and Rockport lines
rStormbound commuters were invited
TO spend the night in the state house
by. Governor Fuller. Notices TO this
effect were posted in the North and
South Stations. State house employees
set up chairs in the huge Gardiner au-
:. dltorium for women and larg. room
IN another part of the building was
prepared for the men.
The storm, general throughout the
New England area, had laid a foot of
snow in western Massachusetts by
early evening, while elsewhere the fall
ranged from three to six inches.
Electric railway lines in the cities
and towns, and bus lines in some Sec
tions, ran on curtailed schedules or
suspended activities.
Shipping was at standstill in Bos-
ton and Portland harbors, and vessels.
needing yesterdays storm warnings,
Rugged port or made for nearby ha-
veNs. The Cape Cod Canal and Vine
yard Haven We're filled with craft seek
ing shelter. The Fall River Line
steamer Providence. from New York.
hall of ~
night. and today failed to put in at
Newport, continuing her trip in rough
seas TO Fall River
In Boston and many other New Eng
land cities schools were closed because
of the storm. In this city state house
and city hall employees were dismissed
early. In Boston 1900 men worked
throughout the day 20 clear the streets
and this number was augmented to-
night.
In western Massachusetts. where the
snowfall was heaviest, trolley service
was almost entirely suspended and the
bus line between Springfield and Pitts
field cancelled service Pittsfeld had
10 inches of snow by early evening
with the storm continuing.
Telegraph and telephone companies
found most of their difficulties in
southern New England because the
nigh temperatures accompany the
storm in that section made the snow
cling to the wires.
The Western Union reported that
practically all it's poles in the New
Bedford and Fall River sections were
down and that it would take two days
to repair the damage Telephone wires
were pressed into service to meet the
emergency.