Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-01-25
The storm.

day caused great deal OF detention and
damage to the railroads, in many places and
the eonse 4ueat detention Of mails was
greater at New York on Friday than was
| ever before known. -Four trains from Wash-
iugton we're blocked up at New Brunswick,
n. j and four miles from Railway, the
combined train. drawn by two engines, was
stopped by broken rail, one engine thrown
from the track, and smashed. No tram
from Philadelphia bY the Camden ami Am
boy reached New York Friday. TN the
Long Island X. L. all trains we're stopped.
and on the New Haven r. 2. all Western
bound trains we're stopped. The Hudson X.
Z. z trains were several hours behind time,
AID freight trains were entirely stopped.
Oh the Erie X. K. there was not much de-
jen;ion. bat all the New jersey railroads
Suffered severely
On the Pennsylvania Central R. R., the
de.,n,ions were Eo.ss shan any known in
-e,cn years, the drifts being from one to Eve
feet deep and all freight trains were taken
If Thursday. Only one train got through
lr m New York to Harrisburg that day, and
.ixtc.a hours late e: that
in Massachusetts, and New Hampshire the
delays N,Te even greater. 4 tram reached
Worcester from Boston Friday, having been
thirty .,urs on the road The Norwich aut
Worcester road was completely showed
uui,r, I'D all trains stopped. No trains
'iom B.ston over the Fitchhurg road got
fur.a-- than Fitehburg on Friday OF Sltur-
day and none have come through from Bos
Ton TO tais city since Thursday night.
Tie Western r. Il. vas blocked up vest
OF ?iu.E-ld ior the third time this winter,
and l trains lett Albany eastward On tri-
dsy Three trains lay showed under, at one
tine, ,aat day, between Troy and Greenbush.
The y. y. Central r. 4. was no, much in
rea.d.
Tin ris. aul So.th gi,ers were nearly
Impassable ou Friday, at New York, and the
grcate-t inconvenience occurred, the ferry
tos.- .,.as -'prrej One beat was two
hours and half getting across the East riv-
er. and several times boats that started out
v,rc compelled 10 return.
Another furious snow storm began at New
York Sunlay night
lac Storm ha. not been very severe in
Vermont, ami our roads are comparatively
clsar. Toe New York mails CT Saturday
morning reached aere On Sunday.
The depth OF suow varied from one to three
icct 10 df,Teu, localities, and the high
wind caused 1t to DRIFT very badly. At Bos-
ton, 1t Is said no storm 50 severe has occurred
since Isj1. TIC horse cas- aud almost all
The steam cars were stopped, and hundreds
nuld u imT4,sihiy to get out OF the city to
their homes. Oac man offered hack-driver
S75 TO axe Inn distance Of four miles,
which was refused. \ child l. years of age
perishei in the storm az South Boston. A
man in the employ OF one of the ice compa-
nies, while eudeavoring TO make his way
across Fresh Pond, was so badly frozen that
his lie ia dcspaiEed d. Two young girls
were taken INTO the East Boston Ferry sta
ton by the police, completely overwhelmed
snl exhausted by the storm. A little girl
named Mary Nolan, aged II years, while
returning from school WAS smothercd in the
snow. Commodore Geo ;. Blake was lost
in the storm thursday afternoon, in Brook
line, and up to O'Clock Friday morning
nothing bad been heard from him. CommO-
dorc Blake was about - years of age, AZ
years Of which he served IN the United States
Navy, and be Is at the present time mem
her OF the Light Hcu-c Board. The police
or rhursday assisted To their houses q
children and over loo Wcmcp, who otherwise
would probably have pcrishod IN the snow,
The pab.ie schools in Cambridge, Chelsea
aud Chsrlcstown were closed for the res: Of
the week.
AR. Oscar v. Willis, a telegraph opera
tor, lefs tie cfi-c OF the Western Union Co.,
in New York, on Thursiay evening, for his
home IN West lloboken lie ioll from *
haussion and exposure when within sight Of
his residence and never rose again alive. His
remains were found On Friday afternoon
frozen stuff.