The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-30 00:00:00

A TRAIN IN A SNOWSTORM.

At 6 o'clock on the morning of New Year's-day a train on
the Michigan Central Railroad plunged in an immense drift,
which lay directly across its way. The powerful locomo-
tive pushed ahead right royally at first, scattering the snow
in glittering clouds upon each side, as easily as a ship would
part the foam. Further and still further into the drift and
slower and still slower went the engine. It laboured and
struggled as if loth to give up the contest, but finally
stopped. The engineer then sought to back the locomotive ;
but the powerful engine was now within the grasp of a
giant, in whose hands its strength was but that of a child.
The train, still 7 miles from Chicago was imprisoned in the
snow. There were over 100 passengers, many of them
women and children, with but a short supply of wood. One
by one out into the blinding storm went those who were
able, and digging down through the snow drifts tore up the
fences near the road, and brought them as fuel to the cars.
The boards were broken up, and the fast cooling stoves soon
gave out a generous heat. The wind, as it rushed along,
drew the flames up through the kindling pine, until stove
and pipe were heated red. Then a new peril broke upon the
passengers. The roof of the car took fire from the heated
pipe, and as the wind caught the flames they roared and
crackled and curled downwards towards the passengers, as
if in mockery of their misery. With great exertions the
flames were quelled, hut the car was no lorkzer tenable, and
all the passengers were huddled together in the other. It
was now nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, and appre-
hensions of a horrible death had begun to seize upon
them, when a train on the Michigan Southern line
arrived at a cressing 400 yards off, and was stop-
ped. The work of transferring the passengers was im-
mediately commenced. The distance between the two
trains was filled with a drift nearly ten feet in depth, and to
make the passage from one to the other was a work of great
labour and difficulty. The storm was at its height and the
cold so intense that the faces of the women and children
were frozen almost as soon as they came in contact with the
wind, turning white as instantly as if they had been plunged
in boiling water, Scarcely any one made the passage from
one train to the other without being badly frost-bitten ;
many quite seriously. This newly•arrived train was already
16 hours behind its time. Some wedding cake, the only
food in it, was confiscated to the necessities of the occasion,
This train, with its double load, after starting afresh, was
soon effectually buried in a drift, the wheels clogged with
snow, and the engine frozen up. Another night was com-
ing on. Two strong men were now started for the town,
and reached it after great toil and danger. They made
their way to the Fremont-house, which was full of guests,
and told their story. The alarm was given, and sleighs
started with provisions and blankets, but only two suc-
ceeded in getting as far as the train. After unload-
ing they started at eight o'clock for Chicago, with
several of the passengers. The drivers, however, after
travelling a short time became conscious that they were
lost. No one could tell in what direction to go. They were
in the midst of an illimitable labyrinth of snow-drifts
running in every direction, and some of them of great
depth. In the gloom the presence of a drift could not be
known until the horses were plunging and struggling up to
their sides. Both sleighs were turned over several times,
and frequently both the men and ladies were compelled to
get out into the deep snow-drifts and extricate the horses,
Finally one of the sleighs broke down, and the men were com-
pelled to trudge along through the snow, waist deep in
places, and lead the horses dragging the broken sleigh.
On, on, on they went, one snow-drift succeeding another,
as billow succeeds billow upon the ocean, and still no sign
or trace of the "lost city." About half-past 10 o'clock a
light was seen in the distance, towards which the horses
were immediately headed. Arriving they found it to pro-
ceed from the residence of a hospitable German, who made
them comfortable for the night. Awakening in the morn-
ing, they found themselves just half a mile from the train.
Happily, the beacon light which had been kept burning by
the passengers who were left in the train served to indicate
its locality to the agent of the railroad, who succeeded in
reaching it with some more provisions and blankets about
ten o'clock that night, after having blundered around among
the drifts for several hours. With these advantages the
passengers on the train managed to pass a tolerable night,
considering the prospects before them when evening set in.
Early in the morning they were brought up to the city in
sleighs, some of them severely frost-bitten, but no life was
lost.—Chicago Times.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

(From the Illustrated London News.)

The will of Major-General Sir John Campbell, K,T.S.,
formerly in the Portuguese service, late lieutenant-colonel
in the British army, retired, was proved in the London
Court by the executors, Richard Onslow, Esq., of Wands-
worth, and Lieut.-Col. Wm. Campbell Onslow, late Hon.
E.1.C., of Crescent House, Southsea. The personalty sworn
under £B,OOO. This gallant officer was the son of the late
W. Campbell, Esq,, Commissioner of the Navy Board ;
had served in the Peninsula; was formerly aCaptain in the
7th Hussars; and commanded the 75th Foot, 1821-4. Sir
John was twice married—first, in 1816, to Donna Maria
Brigida de Fari e Lacerda ; secondly, in 1842, to Harriet
Maria, widow of General Sir A. Dickson, K,C.B. The
testator died in December last, at the age cif 83, having
executed his will in February, 1862. After making a few
bequests, he leaves his property, real and p3rsonal, to his
daughter Elizabeth, wife of Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq.,
and to her children.

The will of the Rev. Francis Minder lincllys, D.D , In-
cumbent of Fitzhead, Somerset, Fellow of Islagdalen Col-
lege, Oxford, and Domestic Chaplain to Lord Ribblesdale,
was proved in London by the sole executor, E. J. Western,
Esq., solicitor, Great James-street, Bedford-row, to whom
Therie of the Clergy and Curates'
he leaves a legacy of £7OO. There are liberal legacies left
also bequests to the four
followingtoservants
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Aid, each £5OO ; the Society for the Propagation of the
so their families,
nd
Gospel in Foreign Parts and the Tithe Redemption Fund,
each £l,OOO. He has appointed his brother, James Ed-
ward Knollys, Esq., residuary legatee.

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w The will was executed in November, 1863, whereby
Martyr, City, and Samuel M'Caul, Esq., the acting execu-
tors.he bequeaths the whole of his property to his wife for the
benefit of herself and their unmarried children.
The will of Thomas Deans, Es,-.y.„
Parliamentary solici-
tor, Abingdon street, Westminster, was proved in the
London Court under £50,000 personalty.

Attempted Fraud on the Underwriters.
Scuttling a Barque,

Intelligence has been communicated to Lloyd's of
the detection and conviction ofizaCtitatseptentratiinonnndJinoohwLanonenn:
at
astivtinliego
of £13,000.
Mattheas Albero, a German, late
of the Peruvian barque Maria,
Supreme Court, on the charge of h
and other ports
Theto case, defraud
t hwhiche underwriters
excited of
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layHedammbuuerhg,
od
no Lon-
don, „he
Continent,
Liverpool, Bremen,d isp
cunning on the
part of the accused. In 1862 the Maria went from
placeCarcl on ifftoseßpt ahi7. s
a withhe coals, arrivingeds,charterat the latter
for
a voyage
to London, and while the cargo was being shipped,
the crew, for some unaccountable reason, were
allowed three days' leave ashore. It was stated that
aon
greater
board h
quantity t
an she o
of cargocul
d receive,
to have been
pute ,
and
the ship,
freight, and cargo were insured in London and other
places. In the course of the voyage from Bahia
the name of the ship was painted over ; and on Dec.
18, when the vessel was reported to have sprung a
leak, supposed to be in the captain's cabin, he re-
fused the crew an opportunity to search for it. On
the following day the water had risen 10 feet, and
the captain gave orders to abandon the ship. The
boats were lowered, and the captain, in going over
the ship's side, let fall into the sea a packet of papers.
In the protest he declared the parcel to contain two
bores of diamonds of the value of £3,900, for which
amount insurances were effected in the Royal Ex-
change and other offices. One boat, containing the
mate and five seamen, was picked up and taken into
St. Michael's, and the other boat drifted about seve-
ral days before it was fallen in with. Inquiries were
then instituted, and the result tended to show that
the ship had been wilfully scuttled, and that there
were no such diamonds and other property on board
as alleged. The facts also implicated the shippers
at Bahia.

attempting
After a protracted trial the Court convicted the
prisoner of issuing false bills of lading, and of
condemned to three years' imprisonment, and then
a fraud on the underwriters, and he was
tc) be dismissed from the country.