Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-07

mothers and their jqf4Sts. Tle met found
pastime in alternating between the afence
and khe baggage; car, n nd between the lat!
ter and the several stoves. st5ss5 nsc ku
ai They found comfort alone In the most
vigorous exercise, and In the hope to hear
tho shrek Of Iesc1iug engineS . What had
beGOme of that epgine sent fer aid2 Had
It got through Who went With it Sar-
gent would moi, letdpBa suffer there long -
he wasn't that sort Of q man II the en-
glQe had not gota through, be- must know
that We had passed oalqmet Aud thus
the Chances were discussed And each
moment the cara grew more nncomtortR-
bic, aud the suffering of passeDgeFs in
creased. The day had dswned2hours
hhad passed, since Daylight. and yet no
signs of help. SThen are va going 20 get
to the city Mr. Copductor2" asked a woman
with tearssin her eyes. stI don't know
Madam replied Garter, Nbut if could
draw yon there myself, 4 would. doiiEP-
Aud WeiRll feltth&t he spoke what he felt;
Tor NO man could have been more untiriug
than he was in hiss Efforts 10 render his
passengers comfortable and safe. He
feared the fire from the stoves; and with
such aid astheCouid muster, bad visited
railway building some distance away,
forcedit open and was seeking how be
might best render it tenable, when Michi-
gan Southern train, drawn by three en-
glnes, came in sight. This train was sig
nailed, stopped, aud arrangements were
made for the transfer of the chilled passen .
gers from the! Central train 10 it. A dis
,tance of three hundred yards more or less,
were to be trnversed. The snow was
deeply driIted. The snow and frost laden
wind was sweeping the path like a storm
OF grape. BUTT was annolnced that the e
passengers would be takenlto the city IL
they would instantly make an effort to
reach the Southern train. Haste was ne
cessaryu in order that the engines might
notitreeze up before we could get started.
"Don't a man of you start without taking
woman or a child with ayou,p shouted
Garter. "Wrap up wrap up close" shont-
ed Butterfeld, who ,iu his anxiety for 9TH.
ers forgot himself and iroze bis face, nose
and e0rs-Rnd women aud children UNDER
took the terrible passage! Cold aslitawas
in the car, those who had not had occasion
to expose. themselves to the storm pre-.
Viously, knew little of the ordeal through
which they must pass In order to reach the
other train! Strong men fell by the way
trsil women dropped down Unable to step,
and were caught up in the strong arms of
men and hurried to the cars insensible.-
Children, half-clad, were rescued, half
frozen. 7aiss..l d lgr ggsfu zoo F
Few who attempted the Journey escaped
being ifrost-bitten, White noses, ears,
faces, and hands marked most of the Gem
trail passengers and many rot the Southern
ones, who bad uoblY rendered aid in the
transfer. The scene in those cars, as the
frozen passengers were helped in, beggars
description. Aien with frozen textures
rushed out for snow with which to extract
t0SRg the fees ana bends END faSsg
their own condition suntil made conscious
of it by the painful tingliug which follows
neglect iDasuch cases. Children CRYING.
women moaning and faintiug, men shout.
ing and rushing hither and thither, with
snow and liquors, the rush of cold air
through the open doors, the signal shrieks,
of the engine, the anxious inquiries of
friends for friends, of mothers for children
of children for their mothers, combined to
make an impression that will render the
tirsttday of the new year 1864 ever memo.
rable to those who were present. Two or
three sick and wounded soldiers aud one
or two women were left on the Michigau
Central train, with, two or 4three' train
hands to provide for their comfort. One
woman had given her eidestc child, a girl
of two and half yeaSs, iutoitbe hands of
strong man TO c0rry.u He, had " dep osited.
the child safely in,the train. The mother
attempted to-, follow with babe of four
folded to- her breast She found
she could not endure it and returned
whence hecame. And so mother and
child were separated. The latter su uffered
less than the mother probably, for wrap
ped in heavy shawl she soon fell asleep.
and woke to be- carefully fed and uufsed
during the succeeding night by Mrs. g. of
this CITY, The 3, Michigan Southern train
drawn blythe three engines, started with
the added freight for tho city. b., Few OF us
dreamed that there would be serious de
tsntion further. Hope Of. seeing home and
trieuds and reaching comfortable quarters,
revived the fainting and animated all
But scarcely three miles had been, passed
before the train suddenly stopped. What
is the matter2 "Here arc two Rock
Island engines frozen up, :, was 1.-THE reply.
In q few minutes word came back from the
baggage car that the engineer had said
that seVenty.6ve engines could not draw
that train through to Ohicago--it WAS so
badly, drifted. ssi'rf5S;
Another yigilant person aunppnced that
the three engines had been detached from
the train and gone on to the city totbreak
S4e3 3 ES4Aus Anu .get touF more TO help draw
the train in. Hope Of help and an early
arrival IN the city. did not die ont With this
The care, were not lyenti.e a
lated With Rpttan's yentiiatofs. and those,
Of rs who had been so sentiEated cun4rat-i
nlated each other paithts change, ofatmos.
phere, The hours passed in interchauRe of
experiences among the passengers OF tho
Two trains II MAS reported late in,the af. 4
ternoop that the thFees engines had failed
in the effort to break Fhropgh TO the CITY,
and that Conductor Curtis, OF the Southern
train, and one 6t two other men had gone
on foot to get help. owe are 10 stay here
to4hight," was tirstlooked and Then spo KEN d
by each passenger to The other. There WAS
passing away pt the cheerfulness. The
storHaehs to- Of most Of the passeng were
empty. The children were restless 4 nd
tretfnl." Women were exhausted Win fast
ing freight ana frost TVhatf ,a15o,,t 60,