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Show BLIZZARD TIES UP TRAFFIC-IN EAST EIGHT DEAD, THIRTY INJURED AND PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLIONS MIL-LIONS RESULT OF STORM. Railroad Service Brought to a Standstill, Stand-still, Wires Down and Commuters Com-muters Unable to Reach Places of Business. New York. Five dead, fifteen injured, in-jured, demoralized railroads and millions mil-lions in property damage was Tuesday's Tues-day's toil in the first big storm of the winter. This brings the total dead to eight and the total injured to thirty. It was the worst" storm that has vis-ied vis-ied New York and the eastern states since the memorable blizzard of 1SS8. The New York Central and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroads rail-roads were almost tied up. Only a few of the most important trains were moving Tuesday night. All wires were down on both railroads. rail-roads. The block system was out of business. Not more than a dozen commuters' trains were run by either road during the day. Trains upon the Erie, Lackawanna, West Shore and other roads wero still blocked in snowdrifts Tuesday night, twenty-four hours after the blizzard broke. Thousands of commuters com-muters were unable to reach the city Tuesday. Untold damage was Inflicted on the equipment of telegraph and telephone companies. Many cities within a radius of 500 miles of New York were isolated. Six inches of snow fell in New-York New-York City. In sections of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, northern New Jersey, upper New York state and Connecticut it reached a depth of from two to three feet. |
