The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-03-09

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hm1s q ito issue Of Feb. eott dssertR uv
fof accidents. incidents. etc., et@. come fted
with tie recent blockade on the Union lP*'
lci6c. The staiemsnts ore from periYctlk
SeisbIspersons, and shows planlS she tie
Of Mi,n along the Roed bad nj beep
sA>essptsd' sor had hpa HE .uasr bsen
::s'As.%~f j e:y. .t's'~ epN fot ffs" e.
Ye.'e;a, s,sn: hunap, Of passenger.
arrived in this city by two trains, after
-ercster suffering en- route than any .railroad
pVssspAs hsve evsr JbeeH olleo hpon to
endure. Thirty one days from Omaha 10
what many of them can say, and those few
words convey great deal Of meaning, even
u the .raveijss sIas hAqhlLd - Inly
thirty>one hours in car. What they sui.
Sfret pp3 Vh)t they endured, will be seen
by the statements 1T the passengers intet.
=. Sjewed by our repertess. y Itnav, parhaps,
not be ods Of place here to give i short
HISTORY OF TIRE BL0ckAD29 a'''
The first Union PaEi6c bloHkade occurred
80 the l5ih Of October, aAr Rawlins, and
since then there have been .eonstans f4d %.
we're storms Of snow apd wind, the latter
hesping the snow into tie cuts, and raising
erest mounds wherever the slightest OF.
.fotssJctiouD occurred. The second blockade
took place, and was serious one, both In
yieyJ 0f the suffering entsiled upQp palsen.
gers, the damage 10 commerciaf interests.
s16tlAlolssto thS jhilfoad compauies A
desperate effort was made with twelve inef
ss6cient ''snow plougts'' TO bresk through
this blockade, and ip the attempt - many q
tksnV i've looomniiicS txMs bSdly dam
ged. Then the slow and expensive method
Of shovftilg itla sqow. Aviy by naaual
labor had to Be resorted to. and seyep ''work
..lrAfbi, ylach kafsyih& te&euy: 6ve laborers,
were fitted out aud sent, Nj he fpont; Bra Apd
finally, after several days detention, the
passepgeSe 60, through, Tbis, third block.
ale, just nov broken. Of partly broken,
9. found the company equally sunprepa,sd y
make effec,ual beadwsy ssainst bshs asnaseS
81 tile storm king. '' " '' - ''' ''''. .~oi,
10 TIKI At1t train .foll Of drsts chm pAissn,
gers arrived In this city asu1s:so r; ~ yss.
.1erdeY.. md the first train full of second,
ElA AsGkgGssG e3O r. MI fhs .4afner
looked comparatively fresh, the latter looked
much exhausted and tr.vel;stained. The
'tdferings Of tho first. class passengers were
considerable, hut thoss Of the esecnnd class
without beds, crowded together
in badly ventilated cars, without adequate
hYsttite stores of provisions, many, Of tAem
hut poorly provided with money-wsre ter
1bls. The, f999ls of these cars were inches
deep 10 slush and filth Of oil kinds, but 20
tired out were many Of the travel!ers that
they lay down in the midst Of it and slept
were III ssSy . 8t?S ssts bfpv t s"
were scarce they were like neglected hospi
tails, the groans of women, the cries of chill
cn9r " nrs1lso> tP9 a1kEl 7 ftlf III
of men, at times making = most dismal and
distresai0g cou,bilatbe '0f soppdN.
STATEMENTS OF RELIABLE PAssENoERA
7 u gentleman whose naune and adurtSs. We
.hsye. stated that he left 0mahs, oy. ~ 29fh
hSf Vsnuavy. end reached Aste3ops on ijAe
eth, ~ G30A. T. The train rsnlaincd ut this
station twenty -four hours. with the yster
A63hln the eAf& M frJs- Sutl EAdlkhs
thermometer twenty.four degrees below
zero. The passengers were without food,
but finally received . supply Of avcksrs,
cheese and dried beef fsom lie Company.
At0A. NJ, January 2stI,, the train started
again. reaching Cheyenne the same day.
'Nhefe good food was obtained. Left that
city 1t p X. on the ?0.h, and passed Sher:
man at AS r. n, the same day.
At $50 A. NJ that day collision occurred,
which resulted direc,lys'fromo earelessness.
The tram of which re are speaking NJ
near Laramie, when locomotive and snow.
plough ran Into it. lifted the two epigspt
Tkh IRON the truck Aud damaged Vhe Pun,
ma deepins cas- ',RASlnAR osA hussu Of
nftssn pcEsqn: ysFs iRjYYsedr Ap4 .Ppe poor
fellow, famed Lyons, was compelled 70 an.
s.ytx6, SmpIh, Iop.i the lea:T,I a 1The ,Gsin
astss6sd LassmicAs two oscloek "a thenosn.
,ng Of January soth and istt there 4 I pQon
M next day., It VS. again stopped 'by
eAaY4e3S Cooper Lake, where Tie paaSSeen-
:xen shoyclled SNOW. and assisted iu-ssistng
the @Qane q ~ t4la6a9 thk nay IVES be,
.eweeu BNck cfeek.pt WILCOX. rqf daring
tit day advanced ntmile. On rhas e1eu.
ing meeting 6frpasSensess w held in The
CT I'm xfspc hRHaaekelste SRs'dsrsl
liSp the charming state q alNir. AlYpt
my RchvISihen were present. Dr.. ConEsr
of Salulsans An.eAtstubFts land W. !
RIRasriis4a Secretary. a1hs,aeasaai foFt>e
meeting ia ie ~ # lhe YPrk tts.ire had I'd
vancsd dfty miles In front of he passenger
'slhaitss lh4 Inf. tp1,1ii' no .aSg'Eslsso
1Gsap6asd cutoff Ill communicates. } The
-mostiug drew mp telegram dsaAaA.sf 4hatl
tbe hrsh ts6ns b rsaAe1eds 0aDntNR OF
the passsnges trains, aad eelteibr provisiops'