Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-02-15
Latest from the Frozen Trains Great suffer
ing and Privation = Distress of Passengers.

Ing anu Hll'atlOn Dlstress OF passengers.
We converSed this morning with q gentle
man, a citizen from St. Louis, who came down
last night from Springfield, aud who gave us
some information OF the condition Of afr,irs on
The railroads. Our informant left Blooming.
ION last Sunday, and by dint of severe labor
III winch all The passengers toiled hea lilly and
laOorOusiy, The train succeeded in making
ltS way through. AT one drift the snow was
so deep mat 1t over topped the cars, and the
lraln had to root its way through completely
md from view, and developed in the bleak
Shroud To aid the engine the passengers
turned out, and having a lot Of shovels pre-
pared for an emergency WORKED for severa
hours IN throwing The snow Off The track. The
intensity OF the cold may be imagined whenij
is stated that the thermometer indicated thitty
degrees below zero. Twen'y-seven miles be.
yond Bloomington a train of cars were frozen
up IN a drllt, not able either to proceed or re.
treat IN consequences oil a lack of fuel. The
cars were filed with passengers, many Of
whom are women and children, and their Suf-
lerihgS may be conceived when we state that
they had torn three cars to peices for fuel.
While our informant was at Bloomington an
Effort was made TO reach the sufferers
SlelghS were started of 10 the spot, but after a
DAY o. weary labor, in which the horses were
broken down nd exhausted, they returned to
Bloomington, having gone only twelve niles.
The great depth of the snow, the difficulty oil
getting through the huge drifts lying at fre-
quent intervals along the p%rairies, the terrific
iorce OF the wind, which filled the air with
whirling snow, and the almost insulrerahle Sc.
verify Of the cold, made The ATTEMPT to reach
the cars with sleighs a hopeless and futile
task. SO much for the suffering on the Chi.
caeo and Mississippi railroad.
On the Illinois Central, affairs are worse
StIl' A train is frozen up near Decatur, and
me wretched passengers Snffer not only for a
lack OF iuel but from want or food, and, shock
ing 10 relate, were compelled by the bittel
necessities OF their condition 10 eat dogs Il
keep from starving. This fact is reliably sta.
led IN the Bloomington and Springfield papers
and Is further confirmed, says our informant,
by the testimony Of individuals in Bloomington
Indeed, it was a subject OF conversation in tina
city. We can imagine how deplorable mus
De me SITUATION OF persons, and TO what ex
tfemltieS they are reduced, when they have M
other alternative than to eat dog flesh 10 drive
oil the demon of starvation.
WI. morgan, nephew oil the Superintend
emf OF the Chicago and Mississippi Road, haC
both his legs frozen, and it is feared manl
have suffered similar calamities. A like con,
dltion OF things prevails on the Rock Islam
Railroad, though no detailed accounts from
there have reached US. Gov. Matteson hat
sent dispatches to Bloomington to have tn,
track cleared, that the trains might com
through, at any expense. 1t was supposed
Yesterday in Springfield that a sufficient NUN
Der OF the absent legislators would 60 in to
day 10 constitute a quorum in both houses.
81. Louis Euening Ne,cs, I'd