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Show REW YORK SUPPIR6 TO WORK TODAY OVER ICE COVERED ILKS! j Traffic Tied Up by Fierce' Storm, Pedestrians Tumble on Smooth Surface I NEW YORK. Jan. 27. A film or ice covered the city today glnzlng rails, streets and sidewalks, demoralizing traffic on all electric lines and causing tens of thousands to be late for work. Railway officials said it was (he worst storm of the kind since 1902. Scores of people were injured by falls on slippery slip-pery sidewalks. Long processions of pedestrians, forced to walk because the storm had tied up the transporta-j tion systems, forsook the walks and took to the streets. Irregular service prevailed upon all telephone lines and in many Instances was suspended for several hours. Steam railroads reported little difficulty diffi-culty in mbving trains but long delays occurred on the high-powered electric lines. oo |