Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-04-05
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Terrible s.lfering en- . Railrssd In wesssrn N. u
BUFFALO, March lO.-Here have waited since
Saturday morning, unable to get away: It seems
as though the fates were against me TINS time. In
all my previous travelling never met with such
detention. We were told at first that thes> IN
q freight train short distance fror 70 .ha
two wheels broken, but it work os ,. gu. ~ W. W.
fonnd !. Mace where 80 could pay half dollar
FOR a eun of tea without any milk, piece OF cold
ham and a biscuit. Misery loves company, and
have plenty of that There are ao0us mve mum nd
Children. \ and as long asthey can bear the dsap-
no;ntment patiently 1think ought to. To-day
+ axcess;ve(v cola and so were Saturday and FRI
a., Westerly at sun rise, the thermometer was
dec. beI>~ zero, and at II o'clock 1t was IL
4 .iend nf mine started from Hornelsville,
-1ek ago last Saturday morning for Buffalo, and
arrived here last Saturday evening. The train
could not get through on the New York City road
and the passengers took the Erie road to Dun
kirk. They lay at Perrysburg from Monday noon
till Friday night, where they could get no beds,
and very little to eat. There were 500 passen-
gers and 400 employees, who took in the cars all
the rest they got During the time two children
and one young man ded-not entirely from cold
and starvation, but fatigue and bad air, and be-
ing sick when they started. One lady who was
on board received Geographic dispatch that she
had three children lying i'll of scarlet fever in H.
linois. 1t was impossible to describe her agony
at the constant detentons and long DELAYS. The
cars frequently off the track, and when re-
placed the wind would drift the snow upon the
track and render it impossible. We had the SUI
perintendent upon the train. and fifteen locomo-
tives to draw us-but there were some enormous
drifts. One of them 40 feet deep. One Buffa-
lenan left the cars within fifteen miles of Dun
kirk and walked in, and by that means arrived "a
hours sooner.
At Olean the villagers acted nobly. They sent
their seighs and took FIRST the ladies to their pri
waite houses, then their husbands, and came a
third time and took the rest Of the men, and
charged them nothing. The " Railroad Recess !"
reduced the price Of meals from 40 to 8 cents.
But all were not like these villagers, and some
passengers were reduced to great straits by the
want of funds. The Railroad Company were
Obliged to furnish food at one time, to keep pas
sensers from starving.
The superintendent had no sleep for seventy
two hours, and still persevercd until they reached
Dunkirk. But the doings Of engineers, brakemen
and others, when they found a tavern, battles all
description and if there was an excuse for a
row, it on this occasion.
The road from Buffalo to Lockport is again
blockaded. Yesterday the train from there was
stopped within two miles of Tonawanda, and they
say no train pass either way for three days,
account of the huge drifts, which have to be
dug out. Yesterday, while were sitting in the
depot, the train for Rochester went out at half
past twelve. This morning at O'Clock, it came
back, having lain in the woods all night. | never
saw better time to exercise philosophy.