The Great Eastern Snowstorm
DURING the week past the papers have given extensive details of the snow-storm which prevailed in the Eastern States, beginning Sunday, March 11, and continuing for nearly three days. In the hands of the storm the great centers of business and traffic were utterly powerless. Railroads and telegraph lines became inactive. Boston communicated with New York via Liverpool by cable, and Washington with New York via Chicago over two solitary wires remaining. Business men perished in New York City on their way to or from their offices. The price of provisions ran very high, and a temporary famine was threatened. Over 500 corpses in New York awaited burial. The loss of life and property by land and sea is very great. Dakota is foremost with words and gifts of comfort for the suffering.