| Show I i I I I I I I I I I I CHRISTMAS STORM PLAYED HAVOC From Maine to Pennsylvania Lo Local Local Local cal Traffic Is Tied Up and Service Disarranged I MANY LIVES WERE ALSO LOST LOSTIn In New York and Vicinity n Persons Perished Xo Street Car Service in Iii Philadelphia New New York Dec 27 The Christ Christmas Christas mas as blizzard the time severest storm experienced j d In the east cast In 20 O Oem years em tied up local ocal traffic this morning morn In InIn in cities clUes from froni Pennsylvania to Maine and antI disarranged train schedules schedule throughout half halt a dozen states Conditions however ore are rapidly im improving improving proving and railroads and municipal municipalities are today bending every over effort to tomoo move moo Intercity and local traffic There is reason to believe bellove conditions will wilt bo ha normal again by night when another storm is expected from the time west westA A number of or persons have hao perished through through exposure or accident five e In Philadelphia nod and IS In Now New Now York and vicinity Tho The final reports of the fa ta fatalities in New England have not come cometo eo me meto to hand handIn handIn handIn In Philadelphia general business this morning was practically at nt a stand standstill standstill still sUII All through trains were late ate only one street cur ear line lino was running and the time city is suffering from a short of or milk did not suffer severely severe but communication with Boston is J maintained only with The Tho 0 storm in New England seems to have been bean worse In iii the vicinity of ot New Kew Bed Bedford Bedford ford Providence Fall Fail River Newport Pawtucket and Woonsocket In New N w York city men are arc at work cleaning the streets EIGHTEEN PERSONS lE IX NEW YORK yom New York Dec 27 Eighteen pet per persons sons In and near New York perished sn lim inthe the Christmas storm or from accidents caused by b it Six died from uro after aCter being caught In snowdrifts lifts Others were welo di owned and several were w re killed by trains Today See Nen Ne York was rapidly digging itself from the tho cover of time the 10 inches snowfall By B afternoon traffic condi conditions approached normal as a result of or the th labor of oC nearly men alert In Inthe Inthe inthe the employ of or the time city and antI tho the trac traction tracI traction tion lines while steam railroad nd condl condi conditions I U also were rapidly Wg Improving o I Wire 11 n i which was g Sad Lad Ladi i Jy hy y interrupted during the tIme worst of the ti blow was vas again fairly good today ex to New England points Blockades on railroads created a shortage o of ot food supplies s and a con on sequent Increase In prices pric which ton ron contributed d to the time hardships JS of o the poor Shipping felt rett the th storms effect crt ft seri sari seriously er 0 1 While noi noh nn loss la its from any anyone one wreck many small craft cf suffered sulY H d damage their thick an and ani being ashore wrecking Wf kl of ot tho tl f freight steamer yr TJurman man amen off Toms Tom liver N J I rand and th tho sinking of ot tho thin schooner sch onor Mary Ann AnnI I Long Island sound s unit were ere vero I he worst worM wrecks wr but neither a attended wl i While incoming transAtlantic Hn un uner erg er ard none seems to havo harm beoni badly l delayed d I ed iN Z GRIP GiRL GiRLis l ihl p c Ta 7 Philadelphia Is 1 NUll In hn th tho thih blizzard rd which d upon Ul Uila I section of t time ci rl d dir B Is tIed up th nIt lu lii that it ii will be several JaY C become Railroad traffic and street car ar service Jerl o s1 5 In bad shape The snowfall t greatest eat st stIn In the history hl tory of tire the weather w bureau b tIn and coming coining almost unheralded d caught railroads railroad street car companies arid t 1 other othur public concerns condoms unprepared With Ith the exception of or time the th Market M street et subway liway line IIno thero J practically no street car CiU service In Inthe Inthe Inthe I the city during the tho morning TOSS LOSS IN AND Nj AROUND Q I FIVE ON 1 Boston Mass Dec 27 Five million I dollars loss Joss Is the tho made mad to toI I day da of ot tho the havoc wrought In and around Boston by b the blizzard which yesterday esterday swept New England awl ani drove a record tide over oer the tIme coast con st No fatalities have been reported be besides betides tides sides tho time four known to have hove occurred yesterday esterday In Chelsea where a tidal wave wae bursting through the tIme dike along alo Island End river ller flooded homes and forced 2500 persons to nee lice The Time storm was easily the this greatest that Now England has had in 11 years All along the coast phenomenal tides ps were reported In many places sea walls walla were battered down boulevards razed and curbs and houses along the tho I shore destroyed In Boston the tide swept sept over the I across Atlantic avenue ani anias and andas andas as far inland as tho time chamber of oC corn com commerce morce merce It la 13 estimated the damage damasa in inthis Inthis inthis this section will reach The worst damage wrought was In Chelsea and antI Everett Everott where it is ha be believed b d It will 11 be bo several sever 1 weeks before beforetime time the tide gates gatos on the Island End river can elm be bo repaired and the flooded district reclaimed Having escaped d through the tIme snow sno scantily clad and many of them bare barefooted barefooted footed tooted the residents of at the submerged section of or Chelsea had to stand for hours In the time blizzard waiting for wag wagons wagons ons ens to take them to shelter Hundreds of or homeless were taken care of oC In relief stations established in public schools and churches AT R Gloucester Mass Dec 27 This city suffered severely In Jim yesterdays s storm It Is estimated the damage will be COO Much apprehension is felt Celt for tho the wifely safety of ot the Gloucester fishing lied fleet which was off shore when hen the storm began and had lied not been heard from up to 0 daybreak TRAINS BEGiN TO MOVE IOE IX IN WESTERN ESTEn PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburg Pa flee cc 27 After a night of ot tho the greatest activity on the part ol ot of the tho railroad trains east cast am and west of Pittsburg on main lines hines were wera moving slowly sow today toda Although a light snow continued to fall all and the tho roads were badly bad congested with rolling roiling stock through trains were straggling into tho the Union station hero from S SO 30 minutes to S 8 hours late hate Branch lines throughout this district wore were out or of commission All AH efforts of oC tho tIme officials were wore di dl directed directed towards opening up through facilities the branch lines being tem toni temporarily abandoned MEN LOST THEIR LIVES LIES IN NEW ENGLAND J Boston Dec LIce 27 Up to noon 13 IS lives lIes were tere known to have been lost In New Nen England by b yesterdays storm three In Chelsea and Everett and 12 through tho tIme wrecking of ot tho time Davis Palmer off oft Boston The Tho loss Joss of ot tho the Davis Dals Palmer Painter with all nil on board was the thO first ot of the fatal tatal marIno marine accidents to be reported ported 1 Wreckage from the vessel was picked up on tho the beach at Hull Shill |
