New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-02


with the fakes TIL o'clock nhnr,dsy morning me
anew ZEN pretty leve-but az that time the wind rose ard
las been bowfng ever since almost gale lne snow
drtd in some Of the streets TO The deptn ., ,oas OF nv
feet ard IN other places The ground " qnae us.o
not essy TO estimate the depth TO which has faien on
level .a
Against some Of the sidewalks It has been cut down. and
presents an even wall ranging from three 70 ave iee' IN
tieh Very praiseworthy efforts were made ny many Oh
tie GOOD peore 10 make the walks in front OF their houses
and hoys passsble and this was in some degree accom-
tlifh,d in tie nffal streets
A vigorous attempt made to get Though on the
Boston road train of three locomotives and one or two
cars made its way out seven miles when eneountersds
drift that proved too much for IT, AT hve clock
The drifting the train, the wood ana wafer
exhausted, ard the fire oat.
No attempt was made to get train the Stonington
'''" From The sprinra-ld Republican Of Saturday.
TIE Snow SroRa AT TIE EssT.-The blockade OF
the Boston and Worcester Railroad by the snow storm Of
Thursday believe is without precedent IN severity
certtr il i quite extraordinary But train go.over
tie road between Worcester and Boston either way
Thusdey; that the FIST out of Boston whose arr
val here we have already mentioned The express train
that started only half en- hour A NJ had two engines
bot only reached Framingham, twenty Ave miies q. |
p ~ There IL got additional engine, and proceeded
mile and half further, at which point it S9ck fast in
tg Snow drift ard could go neither forward or back
ward And here with frozen up engines the traln with
over sixty passengers nine Of whom were ladies' were
obliged TO feasin from l T ". on Thursday TIL A. NJ
On Tiiday-twenty hours. The snow was so deep that
il was IMPOSSIBLE without great effort for passengers 10
rart of the m were frost bitten on the journey.
At the hour mentioned on Friday morning the train was
dug out by an extra locomotive and Irish force and came
on TO Springfield arriving here at u p NJ, having been
over 81 hours from Boston TO Springfield
No other trains attempted leave Boston Thursday
The express Friday morning started ont t five
cires aud one car and was an hour getting mile
No train from Boston of Friday had reached Worcester
at 10 Z. NJ.
rs as almost beyond description. II showed heavily all
through lie day on wednesday, while the wind blew
gale and piled the snow up in huge drills IN some places
no less Than 10 feet deep.
From The Rc.cn Transcript sist.
LARGE Snow BAsKs.-A merchant of this city who re-
sides in Lynn informs us,ha be reached Boston by pr
waite anee yesterday the trains did not run upon
The ra;lwaSs He reports immense body OF snow n
lie deep upon the Salem turnpike La many places
in North chelsea the snow full 20 feet deep for dis
ance II 20 rods The citizens of the town had turned
'1' ~ '''"" FIom The Boston Atlas of Friday.
Tue SroRM-In East Boston, Chelsea, South Boston
end de reeibOrhOod j. is orted as high a. twelve AMI
fourteen feet and in streets II is piled up In irregular
lodges from ioOr to six feet in night
Ihe tide rose unusually high in the harbor and over
Gov Der OF wharves causing considerable ineon
yeuisuce 20 the pants Of store houses and cellars
whose properly lay in exposed situations The water ran
over portion OF Long wharf and into the sat stores e
/ hefsrs Bent & Blake, end Edward Cakes & Co, dam
elpg their stock OF salt to some extent Ine grocery
store OF Charles f. Eaton & Co, was oyenOwed to the
deuih Of two or three feet, bat not much damage was
doie to the goods, they had been removed to safe
Ilace The store OF John ehan also suffered from the
/ w6ttr COustiUtion wharf was Hooded with water
number Of cellars IN the different parts OF the city
wee owe flowed by the rising Of the tide, AMI far mp
Mrcheutsrow tie water in some cellars two inches
Above the {, err hut no great damage was dOne.
Seasr was also overlooked. and tor while travail over
i, was impeded TIE Trdrer says the water completely
sUlmerl I'd the Old Colony Railroad bridge at South Dos
ton ard two heavy locomotives were placed upon the
draw to prevent It from being washed away This road
Il If said has suffered severely by the storm and tide.
NE Pro, dfHc, journal of Saturday morning says
train of three locomotives left Providence depot on
the Stonrgon Road yesterday morning and got back NJ
c. IN the evening having accomplished five miles Tue
sow was level with the top OF the for the distance OF
ousrttr Of & mile la several places. The accomnoda-
ton train that lef StoningtOn Thursday arnng with two
locomotives reached Siocums Corner, two and half
miles this tide OF Kingston, at O'Clock. Here stuck
fast in the the forward locomotive OF the track anu
tie wood and water being exhausted, it could not be
moved either way Mr.. jonathan A. Gardner. OF Law
toms EXPRESS started from the train foot yesterday
mornr at clock and arrived at Providence at g. hav
ing waded through the snow, places level with the
fences for "a miles There were but three passengers 40
TIE train. One Of them, gallant man, who engaged 70
be married this evening, walked up with him. lie de
serves his BRIDE be she fair Helen There we're cons
drsbIe rumber of passengers for New York, waiting al
the &c, OF vheNhr Gardner arrived.
"1he train of three locomotives on the Boston road
which Yesterday morning. reported fast in tho snow
seven miles out got back ut o'clock yesterday afternoon
Ala clock another locomotive sent out to meet
train from Boston reported 10 miles from Providence
Gang OF men was sent out with shoyels.
Tie train that left Providence yesterday afternoon on
the Boston road returned at IL o'clock, having gone
within about mile of the train from Boston.