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Show I of tho anthracite coal rog'ons U mow. ' bound at Delano, one ot the highest points In that region. HaiTlsburg. Lancaster, uilliamsport and other points west of Philadelphia aro cut off from all wire communication. communica-tion. SMinokln. Pa., Nv'. 1. A 21-inch snow fall resulted from last night's torni In th's section. Snow is I'J falling today. Colliers In the reclon were compelled to shut down. Dinjrhnmton, N. Y-, Nov. I -r.inghatu ton awoke thh morning to find IS inches cif snow on the ground. Trol'oy carg aud rollroad trains ur dobiyed. ST11 1! THE EAST Twenty-One Inches of Snow in Shamokin, Pennsylvania New York, Nov. 4. A storm of midwinter Intensity, which came bonm ing up the Atlantic coast last night, bringing with It sharp gales and heavy-falls heavy-falls of snow and rain, hit today a broad trail of broken win- communication communi-cation along tho sci board. Telegraph oompanle were beset with d.ftknltles In nil direct Ions. Tbo storm was apparently sevi-rest between Ilaltinioro and Washington, all wires between those ct e being elown. Pennsylvania sufTeied from a --eggy, (linving Mieiw and wiie s acro-.s ihe state wii' either down or work-I work-I lng only Intermittently. Early communication with Chicago was obtained by way ot Boston, the-nco tee the west. Five steamships duo at Quarantine th's morning were still unreported at '.:..ri. The .steamers are evidently detained de-tained by the high Rales ;.nd menu-talnous menu-talnous :a-. Washington. Nov. I. Tho national capital communlcat'-d Intermittently with th" outside world today. Wires In all dheotlon were blown down by a se vor). i-torm. nro.mionll by rain md snow l.i't n-ght. N' direct eom-munlcation eom-munlcation between hero nnd t'o-north t'o-north could be' had. while ce.nd tlons j In other directions were almost ni bad. altbou-.h a llniitr nutlet and In-1 b t fer ne ws veus had by way of th" ; w . tt. Phlladel;h!3. Nov. 4 The north-j east ale. which eaino In from lh-i (coan ye-ti-rJay. devcioj.ed during the right lnti ' of the worst Novein'-or storm :n vears. In tho mountain ells-J ttlet-e of pe-nnsylvnn.a. sneiw f- to a, depth of twelve Ineh-! anil In some-plBC-s drlf.l badly. Railroad and trT.lIev service In these r.-ctb'iis Is lnideel. The storm was aceomianb-.l by a hl--b wind, wlikli pl.iyd h.ivc with telegraph ..Cd te-.-lphono Wires. Part' |