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Twenty families, llvlnir nlonc a sma'l
tl arrmclifnrp. known n ltnvnor's road.
o i tbe, west bnnk of the Hehuylktlt river
n Maiiayiink, arc marooned In their ,
In uses nnd virtually isolated by Hie rnjj
1 flood of water from the river, which i
has swent over the banks and retaining.
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a iefvinff mis row of ..ohm's totally suir
rounded by water. The lee swept by the ,
trjlftly movliiR waters has torn away
nearly nil the porches of the hout.es
nnd the waters have invaded them, com
pelling the residents to take refuse on
Tbp second floors of their homes.
.The wnter is still rNintt with great
speed arid escape from the houses by
boat is Impossible, because the craft
cannot live in the seething waters with
the enormous cakes of ice plunging
about like nvenclnz demons.
he men of the faml'los, most of
whom arc employed by the renooyd Iron
MVirks nnd Philadelphia Paper Mill,
have managed to get to their places of
employment by tin preearlous means
of n long plunk which they have im
provised, running from the houses to
tho retaining wall of the Fhiladelntita
nnd Reading Hallroad, some distance
away.
The handsome old mansion, of Alfred
Rndolph. n retired manufacturer, liv
ing at the western end of Orem lane
bridge is threatened by the flood, which
has invaded the first floor nnd damaged
valuable, rugs and furniture to the ex
tent of 51000.
The house is 150 feet from the west
ern bank of the river nnd is protected
by a retaining wall, but the waters have
surged right over it and surrounded the
place.
Serious damage was also done to n
row of six small houses in the rear of
the Rudolph mansion. Porches were
hwept nway and the occupants have
fceen forced to seek shelter on the upper
floors of their homes.
FOUR ON LIGHTER
LEAP TO SAFETY
Vessel Capsizes When
Crushes Bow and Men
Jump to Barge
Ice
Four men. bv unusual pressneo of
rnind. escaped with their lives when the
.lighter Kugene. owned bv Porter 011
drslccve. capsized nt the Catharine
itr'ect wharf on the Schuvlkill river
last night, after a hoi? was stove In
the "vessel's bow by Ice.
The men leaped to nn arlinining craft
nftc'Cthc crash, nnd when this was cut
loote bv the impact, made their wav to
the Wharf by a tightrotie-walking feat
on a lone hawser which remained In
tact. Thomas Doyle. 2504 'Waverlv place,
cantata, of the Encpnc; .lohn Bennett,
3240, Sonth Tlilrt.v-fir.tjitrrt, engineer:
PetnfV-Esgrove, lfiOS South- Eleventh
HtreCtJ, jfirpman, ami .Yosepu All. night
watdmiaiTf were Mttlng in the cabin of
the Eugene when they were thrown from
theirtjluiini by n terrific imiiact.
TKer'raade thefr'way to the deck of
the'WdffVT. which was listing. It was
evident that it would capsize The der
rick barge. No. 1, also owned bj Ollder
sleeve, was lying a'nngside It had
been used to load cinders on the lighter.
AH four leaped to the deck of the
barge just as the Eugene took a final
twls.t nnd landed bottom sidp up. The
ronvulslon of the Eugene had broken
the frout hawser on the derrick bargp
and It was evident that it would break
nway from the wharf. The men mude
their- way huri iedlv to the rear of the
barge and reached the wharf by walking
on the one remaining hawser, Just be
fore it snapped
Both thp Eugene nnd the barge drift
ed into midstream Captain Doric and
hla aldeN followed the craft and suc
ceeded in getting u rope on board the
liargo at Christian street, where it was
lashed to a sund company wharf.
The Eugue strut k the Pennsylvania
Hallroad bridge ut Christian street.
tearing off the cribbing of one of the
abutments. The last seen ot the craft
W" when It was turning the bend nt
the Grays ferry bridge, headed for the
breakwater.
WINSTON DODGES ROW
Director Not Seeking Discussion on
Contractors' pi..
contractors Fines
"I do not care to git into any dis
cusslon with Mr Hepburn," said Di
rector Winston todaj, in unswer to
statements made bj the former chief
of the Bureau of Strett Cleaning con
cerning rcmittiinip.s in con tux tors'
fines for the month of February.
"He wus present nt all the meeting-.
wun uie conirai-ior except the last two
I understood him then to haw expressed jjlltri wno.se place is located 100 yards
hlmeif UK satisfied with my decision .farther out in the inundated area. The
Jle. himself suggested that I innke na(,,r theu was more thun six feet deep
deductions on a fount of uniform- be- around the resideuies
fore the hcariup begau. I
"There were cletft-ul rrmrs which he1 Plants and Iloatlio- es Hooded
recognized ut one n- oon n thoj were,
mentioned, nmoun'ing to more than
"One of these mi'in-iM iii the rti'C
,of Mr. Vnre. the nnm ,i,t imohed belnc
XI0O, which Mr Heiibiiin said should
not have gone nut I made no allow -
anccs and deducted tull pennltlesi "
Divorced Couple to Revved
A divorced couple Olipeiireij before tin
marriage license Iuii-'hu todav und ob-
ained a licinse to lemanj each other
Thp parties are Trunk A Voelker
forty-six j puis old. and Florence (i
voeiKer. iori-iive wars, hung at .ion
Xansdowne n venue I nisdowne .Mr
Joelkcr Is a bookkeeper and ih,.M nt tilr
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W-ero diorced In N'ovember, llilfl.
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Tied Up by Storm
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branch of the Pennsylvania Hallroad.
the tide became o high It was impos
sible to move trains through. t
Trains from the West and South on
all roads are from three to five hours ,
late. Suburban traffic was greatly Im- '
nptlnl. I
P. It. T. Gets Lines Operating
The P. It, T., announcing nt noon
that curs were running on vcry route
In the cit , issued some figures to illus
trate the difficulties which conftonted
the company. Up to 1) o'cloik this
morning 325 emergency calls had been
received aud 300 cars were derailed and
set back on the tracks.
Pour emergency crews of the operat
ing department have been kept busy in
an effort to maintain normal service.
At midnight the entire forces of the
traction company was called out to
meet the situation. Fifteen hundred
extra men of the operation department
were put into service. Three hundred
of these were used to man one hundred
sweepers, which have been kept busy
since tiie storm began
Considerable trouble was encountered
In the southern part of the city andnnjurcd. They descended to the first
Manoyunk, where the bchuylklll over- flo'or nnd spent the rest of the night
flowed.
fcyery available train was put in A forty-foot sign was blown down
sen ice on the elevated line this morn-int Ffti, nn,i Moin streets,
lug to meet an unprccet ented demand I Trolley service on the Chester pike
for service by passengers from railroad, was ,e,i by heavv snow drifts thU
trains at Thirty-second street fetation.) mornlnff. but the indication was that
ror some reason passengers, instead of I SPrvi(.e wouid be resumed in u few
muni; miu xi nun mriTl. (jot oil at PSl
Philadelphia and took the elevated
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tion was closed for ten minutes for
safcH's sake,
Shipping on the Delaware river was
at n standstill this mornlnc. but vps-
I sels lire moving this afternoon. During
the night many river men risked their
vessels against the terrific wind nnd
the high wnter which swept great piles
of Ice und uprooted trees to the sea.
ferryboats were blown from their
courses nnd made their slips with dlffl- l
culty. The ferry service of the Penn- The storm descended on Philadelphia
sylvanla Raihoad was curtailed. One in the form of n sleet barrage, aecom-
of the three boats used In the service panted bv sharply falling temperatures,
had to be withdrawn at midnight by )t coated the pavements and the tracks
officials, who feared n colllson. There 0f the railroads aud trolley companies
was a resultant jam of passengers on witli n thick glaze of slippery slush that
the remaining two boats. caused manv accidents to persons on foot
The fury of the wind in Phlladel- nnd badly "hampered traffic schedules,
phia streets blew plate-glass windows The high wind that drove the sleet
from their frnmes ns though they had hurled one woman from her feet against
been pnrer. A -woman walking along a trolley pole nnd broke several plate
Market street was caught in the teeth, glass windows in the shopping district,
of a tornado-like drive, und blown our Mrs. Mattie Pelkton. of Elndenwold.
Into the middle of the street against a N. J.. ' ,croR,aluC M"1'?, bt1rcct, at
trolley. Thirteenth, shortly nfter So clock, when
Twenty families, driven to the second the wind lifted her nnd hurled- Her
stories of their homes, were completely against n pole. Slio to .?!?
surrounded by the swollen waters of the Hahnemann Hospital, where it was? said
ScliuvlUl in lt iters row. on the west
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bank of thp river in Manoyunk.
Nine putrolmen from the Sixty-fifth
street and Woodland avenue stalton
under Sergennt McClifferty worked until
oarlv morning to save families threat
ened with drowning in a flood of water
from Darby creek which submerged an
nrea of lowland near Buist avenue nnd
Eightieth street. Fourteen families
were menaced, and It is believed cattle
and bogs in the submerged area have
drowned.
The water began to Inundate the low
land shortly nfter 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon When it had nttnincd n
depth of four fct. Abe Mednlck, head
of one of the families, mounted bis
horse and attempted to ford the creek
to the higher ground. In midstream
his horse slipped and he was compelled
to swim.
Wheu he reached the shore the pollco
wore notified. When the detail ar
rived they commandeered two rowboats
and went to the rescue of other mem
Iipis of the family, consisting of Mr.
Mfdnick's wife and ttlree small chil
dien his mother, father and sister.
After the house was reached the oc
cupants, who had taken refuge on the
0ti,i floor, declined to lenve. Half an
'hour later, however, while the police
' weie looking out for other members of
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for help. One of the boats usee by the
police sprang a leak and several trips
were necessary to complete the rescue
work. Members of the family, suffering:
badlv from exposure, were taken to the
home of Mrs. Mnry L. McMustcr, 8003
Bulst avenue
si.nrtlv after rcidnight the police
lV .WI'UHI-. .... rf ra- .v ...wuk
rescued the family of a farmer named
Mthough Darby creek was nearly
flown to normal this morning, an ex
tremely nigh tide during the night tloou
pi two plants nnd inundated mnny of
the boathouses In thut section called the
"nnw jard."
The Mini mill of the firiswold Worst
h' V .' Ninth nnd Main streets. Darby,
was Hooded, but this morning tho water
withdrew when the high tide receded.
STORM-HIT COMMUTERS SEE
SOME HUMOR IN SITUATION
Passengers Packed Into Delayed Trains Josh Fellow Riders,
While Conductors Are Unable to Punch Tichets
( ommuters wrtualh "blew Into
1 town" today on the tail end of the bite-
Thin is true, for the reason that scores
nt iinuseneerK hud to ride on the
I platform, while fugithe breeps enabled
! he w as doing likewise.
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regarding railroads ; generally and their
n line 111 Iiurtlcll UT. inOSt Of the
clinging couunuters were lu cheerful
rmooii ,
The ruvontc morning puper wus car- nut there was some consolation wltli
rlpd like n roll of music nnd the latest ml. The conduf torn could not "buck tho
reports on the, Pence Treaty, League of nine" of pasengers and many of tho
Nations, prohibition nnd the coining commuters' tickets wcro not punched
baseball season wero not seen until the for tjio ride.
riders renencit wieir oraccs or piuccs 01
cmylormcnt.
EVEKING PUBLIC
kfclNS OP $2'00,000 DEARTMIii
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iiuc, at 2 o'clock this morning. Mrrtuen arrived In time to save row of houses oppnslto the scene of (he
conflagration. The barking of n dog nwnltcncd one of the owners and caused lilm to send In an alarm
Some damage was caused, Emplojes
of the plant were nt work today. I
The steel plnnt of the Norbum En- i
glnecriug Co.. Fifth strict nnd Penn
sylvanla avenue. Darby, was still Hooded I
thls nfternoon. When the men came to
work wooden appnrntus on the first floor
uns afloat. The plant was closed for
t, ,in
the dav.
Home boathouses at Pifth and Kills
streets appeared to be in danger ot
being swept from their foundations this
mornlnr.
Wind last night ripped the tin roof
from the home of Peter Rlttenburg. 1 1
Vnrth VInih trprf. Dnrhv. Itltten-1
N'orth Ninth street. Darby. Kitten
burg, who conducts a shoe repair shop
in the house, his wife and two children
nvn nt Itin GMintllt 4nnf lt till. nlflCP
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there.
hnnrs
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flood stage rapiuiv. ai me inuuiu m
the creek the old building known as
Colonial Castle, the borne of the Phila
delphia Canoe Club, was partly sur
rounded by water. The basement was
The Fnirmount Parle drive near the
falls of Schuylkill was roped off by
guards for three squares between Mid
vale avenue nnd Ferry road. Great
pieces of ice flowed down the river.
There was a jam for n time near the
.k f iVUsithlckon creek.
it .j iiaii id nnr Hurinuu .
ner cona.j.uu - "" nf
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street, blinded by the driving Blect. was
struck by an automobile nt Twelfth and
Chestnut streets. She was taken to Jef
ferson Hospital. John E. Worsley. FJ04
Murlboro Terrace, urivcr oi iuu uummu
bile, was arrested.
Wind Causes Much Damage
Marie Boyle, 21 South Thirty-ninth
street, was blown from the front step
of her home to the sidcwnlk. Her back
was Injured and she was taken to the
University Hospital.
Chimneys were blown down, sky-1
lights torn from roofs, scores of
windows smashed nnd damage amount -
ing to several thousand dollars was
caused by the wind.
Tle-nlto the nrotcction afforded by
high office buildings, the business sec
tion also suffered in the storm.
As if to ven its disapproval of spring
ntmosnhere. the wind smashed the
window of Blalork & Bljnn's store,
1J2.S Chestnut street, nnd scattered the
millinery display In nil directions.
Sevcrul windows In the- ne!i,hboihnoil
of Sixtieth nnd Spruco streets also weie
shattered and skylights were ripped off
und carried several squares.
Another large window of the Schulte
cigar store, nt the northeast corner of
Broad nnd Walnut streets, collapsed
before the heavy onslaught.
Tho Simon Central Trunk Co , DOS
Chestnut street, sustained the same
loss, as did the National Enamel and
Stamping Co., 2100 Walnut street, nnd
the Siisquehnnna Rug and Premium
Co.. 1017 Walnut street.
Hundreds of doughnuts were exposed
to the few pedestrians abroad when n
window in n shop at the northeast
corner of Thirteenth and Market
stieets crumpled before the gale.
A plate glass window nt the distrib
uting oHices of the Select Pictures Cor
poration, l.'lOS Vino street, whs blown
in.
The heavy wind struck a mill at
Fifty-fifth street and fllrnrd avenue
'ast night and torn away part of the
roof of the building.
The bulk window of a vacant More at
2fl!l South Fifty -second stictt was
blown in by the wind.
Theatre crowds returning homeward
suffered keenly. Many did not reach
their homes until earl this morning.
Platforms nt every station were
crowded to tho very edge nnd when n
tialn panted In through the wind It was
jammed Immediately.
"Blame It on the blizzard," was the
cheerful suggestion of the conductor
when questioned about the delay. Aud
so the unvil chorus was directed against
the, weather man.
On the Pennsylvania and tho Phila
delphia and Reading lines (ondltlom
were about the same. Trains rnn .-hen
thev crnt the nhnn.-i. Imf i!,a nl.nnn...
1 itw lew- unit iur Deiween,
, Most Inbound trains on the Pennsy
I ,1U,.l,nrr.vI Ihelr tnuii.r,ni '
Philadelphia and from thut tiolnt M,e
riaers taxieu or troucyru into town.
1 auu bo jfuon ill wind that blows no
body good.
: LEDGIiJR-PIlIL'ADiIilL'PBIA,, SATURDAY, '' MARCH "6, lO-O1
Hundreds were delayed through cars
being stalled on many lines.
The Spruce street line, Route No. 42.
ran hlt-or-mlss fashion nfter 11 o'clock
lost night. One carload of passen-
sers wus miihcu m-anj uii umir ut
T.,TInt.J'("'C0!, nml ",n"t "fects. The
JJj"' "'ftf val ,lin? ,n l'n" '"J'1!-!
crippled. After 11 o Clock laBt night
tlieso cars ran iu squadron fashion.
Seeral hundred men and women living
a mile below Market and Spruce streets
were compelled to walk to their homos.
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, "JfV " w'ch
tti 'hough desirous of k
.Many squnds of walkers were passed
n ran in nunenrs
keeping each other
company. .
in the northern part of the city the
wind also wrought gcnerul havoc.
Twelve-jcar-old Joseph Praeger was
blown through the window of a cigar
stfire at Rroad street and Oirard avenue
and badly cut. The boy turned the bliz
rnnl to good nccount by capturing hats
which wcro blown from the bends of
passers-by. lie earned seernl dollars
us the result of his energy and did not
uive up the work until the wind car
ried him through the window.
Taxicabs aud jmtonioblles were In
great demand. Fearing to take chances
en the trolleys hundreds of theatre
goers went home by the auto route and
paid all kinds ot fancy prices for the
uccommodution.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES
AT CONSHOHOCKEN
.
Gas Main Bursts When Tenv-
porary Span Falls None-Hurt
The tempornry bridge ncross the
Schuylkill nt Coushohocken, whlct was
built a short time ugo, collapsed under
the pressure of high wnter and heavy
ice about 8 o'clock last night, and was
washed down the river.
There was considerable excitement
among the crowd of persons who had
been attracted to the scene, as it was
feared thut several pcdentrlans were
crossing the bridge when the piers gave
nway. Investigation, however, proved
there wero no fatalities.
There is no other means of crossing
between tho two townB, and many
travelers living in West Conshohockcu
who are dally commuters to Philadel
phia, using East Conshohocken station,
will be greatly inconvenienced.
The gns main burst when the bridge
collapsed and the gas supply was cut
off on both sides of tho river, many of
the Inhabitants nnd merchants resort
ing to candle nnd lamp light.
Severnl of the large mills, including
j the Schuylkill Iron Works, employing
j thousands of persons,, were compelled to
cease operations, due to the high water.
The rise, according to Superintendent
Ridon. nt the borough electric plant,
1 along tho river at tho foot of Swede
street, Norristown, was about twenty
feet. There were two inches of wuter
the John Wood Manufacturing Co. nnd
on the office floor of the plant nnd
much damage was done to the Iloscy
Worsted Mills adjoining: in fact, all
I water-front ludustrles suffered loss of
material or time loss because of necessi
tated shutdown.
Tho borough electric plant is usually
operated by wuter power, but this was
impossible, as the wheels und muchlu
ery were covered with many feet of
wnter nnd recourso to clectricul power
from the County (5us and Electric Co.
was resorted to. so that this town
was better off than Reading and other
Schuylkill alley towns, us the street
lights were Illuminated.
Nearly $50,000 worth of timber was
washed away at Norristown.
The snow lias drifted and sleet covers
cross-roads so that traffic Is ot n stand
still. Although llvlug but u few miles
out of town, Charles Johnson, deputy
auditor geneial, could not get in to at
tend a meeting of directors of the Peo
ple's National Bank, of which he Is
president.
400 ARE MAROONED
IN TWO CARBARNS
Four hundred persons were marooned
nil night in two carbarns In Frank -ford
and Richmond, because of the bliz
zard. Most of the stranded passengers wero
either nlghtworkers who IUpiI down
town, or those who had been visiting
In the northeast.
About 200 persons staved all night
in the barn nt Frankford avenue and
Bridge street, and a like number were
unable to get any further thun the barn
nt Richmond street and Allegheny ave
nue. Men, women and children huddled
about the radlatorn In the trainmen's
rooms of tho barns, trying to keep
v arm, while the blizzard spent Its fury.
It was f o'clock this morning before
rny of the stranded passengers could
leave the barn.
Routes a, 'I, P. 01 and 15 were all
shut down nt midnight, and some of
the cars, which hud started for down
town, barely made It to their barns
when they were forced to ubandon their
trips and take to shelter
Neighbors furnished the stranded pas-
Veteran Loph-Tcndcr
Tells of High Water
Wlnfield dies, veteran lock-tcnder
ut Flat Rock dam, said today :
"This Ib tho highest flood sluco
1004, and It was ono of the hardcet
winds I ever experienced.
"At midnight the water was
eleven feet above normal, This
morning, Jt, Vs niou- and one-bnU
'feet."
M
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'TttilEliiE
singers with cofTce and sandwiches. By
'j o'clock this tnornng they were start"
ed on their way home.
Holmesburg wns isolnted from the
city this morning, with no trolleys run
ning. A lone trolley nt rrnnkfoul nvcnuo
and Ashburncr street stalled during the
height of the storm nnd had to be aban
doned. Another trolley wns strundednt
Frankford avenue and Decatur street.
STORM MENACES LIVES
OF POLICEBOAT CREW
Ten members of the crew of the pollce
boat King narrowly escaped drowning
lost night at their station nt Chestnut
street on the Schuylkill river.
As the result of the rnln and snow the
river rose rapidly and the men were
compelled to leave their ground-floor
apartments.
While they were hemmed in a report
was received by telenhone thnt 11 harce
on which were a woman and child had
been torn from its moorings nenr Chris
tian street nnd carried out on the ice
clogged river.
Several members of the crew managed
to reach the police boat, which was
nearby, and groncd their wnv slowlv
down the river.
They made a thorough search and
were almost exhausted when nn em
ploye of an electric light station on
shore Informed them thnt no one wns
aboard the barge. The craft was found
this mornlug by boatmen down tho
river and towed to its wharf.
JERSEY TRAINS LATE;
SNOW COVERS TRACKS
Heavy snow drifts In South Jersey
this morning made nearly all trains on
the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
late In arriving at the Camden Terminal.
At'soine points between Atluntlc City
nnd Camden snow drifts were banked
up on the road bed to a depth of three
feet nnd more and crews nnd passengers;
all got busy with shovels clearing the
tracks.
Most of the trains arriving In Cam
den between 0 o'clock nnd 8:30 this
morning wcrtf from fifteen minuter to
one-half hour late and some were even
further behind time. For somo strange
reason the steam trains arrived further
behind schedule than the electric lines.
Throughout South Jersey all the roads
were blocked by heavy snow banks aud
there wns little or no traffic this morn
ing. Unable in the blinding storm to sec
nhend of blm, the driver of nn nuto
bus, running between Camden und
Noreg Village, Gloucester, nnd carrying
a dozen passengers. droe full Into one
of the coaches of the (irenloch accom
modation trnin nt Broadway and Sulcni
street, Gloucester, at nildulght.
STORM THREATENED
CITY WATER SUPPLY
The wnter supply of the northern nnd
western parts of the city was threaten
ed when several pumps nt Belmont
Queen Lane nnd Rhuwmont stations
were stopped by the ovcrflooding of
water due to the storm.
Conditions at Belmont station wcro
the most serious and for n time it was
thought that tho residents of thut sec
tion would be denrlved of the water
today. An extrn force of men wus nut
to work by Chief Davis at ull the sta
tions nnd the pumps were workiug again
nt 8 o'clock this morning.
To add to the seriousness of the sit
uation the reservoirs' supply was short
but hnrd work solved the piohlem.
Belmont statlou pumps the hunnlv to
West Philadelphia, while the Queen
lano nnd Shawmont simply Falls of
Schuylkill. Manuyunk und Roxborough
Am Kah rt r iiaimllu L 1
fl . thh Imn f ,i,p"r",.m),?r "f!.his morning to l.nrn the bltnatlon In
lice In the northern niirt n( 11,. . n.
especially in the mill district, would
have been most critical.
BLIZZARD STARTED MONDAY
Left Pacific Coast and Was Felt In
All Sections of Country
The bllrzaid was fell from Ontario
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Its eastward progress from San
Francisco Monday is truced ncross the
continent in the shupe of a spreudlne
funnel. "
Pensacola, Fin., reported n temper
nture of 28 this morning.
The blizzard was first detected over
California on Monday. Tuesday It
had moved as far as Utah, and on Wed
ncsday was sweeping across tho plain
stntes. By Thursday, it hud reached
tho Mississippi vallej, and early ics
lerduy morning was moing rnpidli
over the Great Lakes, gaining In fury
as It ndvanced.
With a suddenness that caught even
the weather officials iinawnic, it then
spread past, north and south, envelop
ing the whole continent east of the state
of Mississippi.
SNOW REMOVERS ON JOB
1000 Men and 400 Teams Get Busy
Early In the Sixteen Districts
Not to be caught napping as in tho
last storm, snow- removal contractors
were on hand with their men removing
the snow lu the various districts of the
city two hours after being notllled this
morning,
One thousand men with 100 terms cot
hiisy in the sixteen districts of tho city.
It is estimated that the entlro center of
the city from Vine to Pino streetn and
from the Deliiwnro to the Schuylkill will
bo cleared within a short time.
'RAiLROADSFEEL
FURY OF STORM
Traffic Conditions Said :to' Be
Worst in Many Yoafa.
Tracks Are Flooded
DELAYS NEARLY ALL TRAINS
Buttling against the elemental fury
of n fortv-twn mile. nnle. necompntilcd
by drifting snow nnd turbulent streams
nnd n high -running tide, tho railroads
laceu -ono of the worst summons w
TPAfn tlila timi-nfnir.
Ddrlng .the night passotrgcr traffic
was nil but paralyzed, ami tno morning
1 wns well ndvanccd before even the mib
1 urban trains wore being operated with
, any pretense nt schedules,
1 The Baltimore mid Ohio Rallrond
tracks wero comp'etelv Inundated nt
1 wenty-tlUrd untl I'hestnnt streets, une
Norristown branch of the Rending Rail
ivuv wn rnvereil with TTnter nlona the
Schuylkill, and no trains were runulng.
The Pennsyhnnln Railroad reported
that Its wdist trouble wns in the im1
mediate vicinity of this city.
Trains on the New York division ate
running from thirty to forty minutes
late, the delay being chiefly due to the
high 'winds. On the Trenton division
traffic wns moving very slowly nt 0
o'clock, nnd nt some points flooded
streams were over the tracks,
A terrific gale lashed the coaRt with
an elemental futy, driving the tide in
nnd ncross the tracks ot the Freehold
and .Tumesb'tig branch to Sen Olrt. At
times the tide became so high that it
was impossible lo get trains through.
Two trains from Norfolk were live
hours late reaching Philadelphia. They
are feirled from Norfolk to Cape
Charles and delay wus caused by the
high wind, which tore loose a barge
and smashed Into the Cnpc Charles
ferry slip.
Congestion nt Broad Slrcet
At Brond State Station the conges
tion became 2b great after tho delayed
trains began nrrivlng simultaneously
that most of the steam trains were
halted at the West Philadelphia station.
Passengers were there transferred
from the steam trnius to electric tralus.
The transfer caused a further delay of
from twenty minutes to half an hour
for Hpmmutcrs on their way to work.
Trains from Pittsburgh, Chicago and
the West are from one to three hours
late. One causie for the delav on tho
through trnius wns the derailment of
an engine at Altoona, Pa,
High water at Reading, Pa., last
night, forced the Pennsylvania to an
nul a train which left here nt 8:10
o'clock for Pottsvllle. When the train
reached Reading it was unable to con
tinue, nnd' the passengers had to spend
the night stranded in Reading.
West Jersey and Seashore branch
traffic wns nlmost normal, Pennsy offi
cials reported.
On the Germnntown nnd Chestnut
Hill brnnrh of the Pennsy only two
trains hnd left Chestnut Hill this morn
ing before J) o'clock. Because of dam
age to the electric system steam trains
hud to be used on this branch.
Where trains from Chestnut Hill
usually ran every ten or fifteen min
utes they were running oucc nn hour at
1) o'clock. Some of the trains discharged
their passengers nt West Philadelphia,
being unable to negotiate the distance
to Brond street station.
New Hope Branch Crippled
The New Hope branch of the Phila
delphia und Reading Railway was put
out of commission by tho storm this
morning.
Trains from New Hope were reported
snowbound at Jolmsonville, Pa., the
drifts being so deep ulong the tracks
that the engines could not plough their
wny through. Roll truffle was tied up
Indefinitely while gangs of shovclcrs
were set to work clearing the tracks.
The Schuy'kill river, overflowing its
banks ut Spring Mill, Interefercd seri
ously with traffic over tho Norristown
branclr. It was necessary to run all
trains over the northbound track be
tween Spring Mill nnd Lafayette, as the
southbound track was so deep In water
that it was not safe to run tialns
over it.
Tracks Inundated
One train which left the Philadelphia
and Reading terminal here at 5:28
o'clock lust night ran Into the worst
of the flood near Spring Mills nlong
the Schuylkill. h
Tho waters surging from the banks
of the river rushed ovpr the trucks and
reached tho loner steps of tho couches.
Ice, railroad ties und other floutsam
lodged between the trucks of the couches
nnd completely stopped the train homtuI
tlmei.
A train which left the tcrminnl nt
8:38 o'clock Inst night did not rench
Norristown until 1 :!I0 o'clock this
morning.
Suburban traffic of the Reading also
wns delayed, passengers having to wait
from live to llfteen minutes for trains
at Wayne Junction und other poiulv
nearby.
New York Trains Lato
New York trains were nrrivlng nt the
Reading Terminal, but three hours be
hind time. New York trains departed
fi,om the terminal this morning ou their
legular schedule, but with poor pros
pect of arriving at iinvthlng like their
usual time in New York. The Hog
Island train was annulled from Wny in
junction, and many shli.urd workers
I were held up for hours.
Itendlug oihciais sent out couriers
Nt w Jersey, on their srashoie and still.
urban lines. Wire service between the
teimlnal In tills cit and the tirminul
und ferryhouse lu Camden wus com
pletely out. It wiih reported that the
htnnn had done comparatively little
dumage in untl mound Camden.
STORM KING IN N. Y.
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
New York, Murch 0. (By A. P.)
The storm king puld another unwel-
rome islt to New York Just as the
city was commencing to recover from
the effects of the S.1.000.Q00 blizzard
of u month ago. Within twehc
hours the metropolis struggled with
a peltlni! ruin, a driving sleet storm
and a biting snow squall. As. the tem
ptrnturo dropped steadily during tho
night the wind Increused in velocity un
til during the early morning hours If
I nil readied an unofficial e-'oclt of
slxt miles an hour, which bodes ill
for hipping off the const.
Tho tompaiatively warm rain wus
at first welcomed, but the gutters soon
were turned Into miniature mill rneh,
spwers were clogged, cellaro were flood
ed, small streams In tho outlying sec
t'ons overflowed their banks, roads were
washed out und tho high tides contr.lb
II led to damage, along the wnterfront.
The sleet also mude a successful at
tuck on the transportatlop system.
The rising wind unloosened signs, top
pled over chimneys nnd smuslutl great
plate-glass window sin fushlonahle shops
along Hfth avenue, caublug thousands
of dollars' damiiKC.
New York Central trains were threo
to four hours late, The Baltlmoro nud
Ohio Rnilrond reported that Its service
was almost completely tied tip by the
storm. At 0 o'clock this morning tho
rcnniylvanla Rallroud reported that no
r
Bli'zzqrd and Floiids
. Cause Heavy Damage
. Tub blizzard 'l11 fu'a V.'.0-out
lnutlo coast last night Is ijmjI '8 out
to sea today, but the full -f
the storm is being felt In VI'"?
land. The cold wave PWb,WXlovrl"
continue for scleral day-. & Ur m
reports hnvO been received from tuo
following places :
NEW YORK City storm-swept 1
trnliiB delayed for hours.
WILMlKGTON-Trafljc united I
ninny families marooned by lioou
resetted .
HEADING Heavy foods and
blizzard: car service halted i man
industries closed.
LANCASTER-G'ounty swept by
blizzard and flood 1 '"" l'cons
marooned : traffic checked ; Safe Har
bor inundated.
BALTIMORE Mar) land in grip
of blizrnrd; Potomac overflows.
ItAHRE, Vt. Trains suspended
trolleys blocked; embargo on busi
ness: twelve Inches of snow.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Business
dnd trnnsportnlon at standstill
throughout state,
ALLENTO WN Wi thou t water
for hours; Lehigh rltcr aud tribu
taries overflow.
IIAKKISBURG Traffic tied up
by storm. '
train hnd arrived here from Its southern
division since 10 o'clock last night.
FORTY ILL AFTER RESCUE
Men Who Leaped From Burning
Boat Confined to Beds
As a result of their harrowing ex
perience when they had to jump from
the burning lnunch Olbsou nnd swim
200 feet in the icy Delaware to reach
shore, the forty men from Camden and
Gloucester who were passengers on the
bont were confined to their homes today,
suffering with colds.
Soaked to tho skin after their chilly
swim, tho men were forced to remain in
their wet clothes for five hours before
thev were nble to rench their homes.
The charred hull of the Gibson,
driven by the wind, drifted to Eagle
Point Meadows, where it is now firmly
Imbedded in the flats. Edwin Baldyin,
of Gloucester, owner of the launch, es
timates his loss at $.1000. He has an
other launch, the Reposn, which he
expects to put In operation next week.
Edward Duirati. who lives in Glouces
ter, had the nairowest escape of the
forty. In th" rush to escape from the
burning craft he was knocked overboard,
some distance from the boat. He re
moved his overcoat while struggling in
the water and threw it away, at the
same lime calling for help. Two of the
men came to his nsslstnnce and helped
him to the Pennsylvania shore.
CHARGE COUNTERFEITING
Man Is Accused of Raising $10 Notes
to $50
Following uu investigation made by
Captain Matthew Grlftiu, chief of the
secret service In this city, Leon Ten-
Inkls, of Dltmau nnd Mercer streets,
was arrested today charged with making
counterfeit money.
Tcnlakis, it is said, raised !1U bills to
S50 by cutting the five from 11 $5 hill
and pasting it over the one of n $10
bill. The work was done artistically
and only close Inspection disclosed the
fraud.
Tcnlakis, it is nllegcd, gave one of
the bills innde in this manner to Bene
dict Borozccki. Tbe latter, nccordln"
to federal agents, offered n raised bill
to Joseph Felnsteln, of Ninth nnd
Spring Garden streets, in payment for
merchandise. Felnsteln became sus
picious nnd cot in touch with the se
cret service department. Borozccki was
licit! ana through information obtained
from him Tcnlnkis was arrested. lip
will have a hearing later.
TREE ENDANGERS TRAIN
Engineer Stops Engine in lime to
Avert Serious Wreck
The forty-two-mlle gale blew n lurge
tree across tho tracks of the Norris
town branch of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway last night, and the
wreck of a Norristown local was nar
rowly averted.
The local train left the Philadelphia
terminal at 11:.18 o'clock.
As the train neared the approach of
the high bridge over the Wlssahlckon
creek, just above School lane, the engi
neer discerned an obstruction nhcad.
He reversed the throttle and brought
the train to n halt u few paces from
the tree. The crew chopped tho tree
lu two, nnd the trnin proceeded) nfter
almost an hour's dcla.
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girls' conference at the Germnntown y,
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the Holman School India and South
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India who were merely household
drudges; of starvation conditions in
Serbia and of tho place of women in
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