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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>February 18,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>STORM STRIKES HERE</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Mercury Drops Forty-three Degrees Within Five
Hours</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> At three o'clock this morning every wire
connecting Bluefield with the outside world was down and out as a result of the
terrific snowstorm which is in the west. Train No. 4 left Columbus last
night one hour and forty minutes late, hauled by three engine, and as snow was
falling all the way to Kenova, it is hard to tell when it will arrive here this
morning. Shortly after midnight there was reported twenty-four inches of
snow in Columbus and still snowing. All the way down the Ohio river to
Kenova the snow was reported as falling fast. Cincinnati is tied up worse
than it has been for fifty years, while hardly a telegraph office with Western
Union wires has a connection with any of the larger cities. It is a
complete tie-up. Locally even Williamson cannot be reached on account of
the ice and sleet which has covered the wires, and there was a light snowfall
early this morning. The thermometer fell forty-three degrees in five hours
last night, giving some idea of the suddenness with which the storm struck
Bluefield. Every town in Ohio, Indiana and parts of Illinois report snow,
and judging from what reports have been received, in no place is it less than
twenty inches deep.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Last night about 7 o'clock the high wind tore
out a large plate glass window in the Hearn building, occupied by W. A.
Bodell. Every revolving sign in the city was tearing off a speed of about
2,000 miles per hour and all of the refuse cans on the streets were turned
over. The streets were so slippery that walking was dangerous.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Gordon Hamilton</DIV></BODY></HTML>