The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-26
uEsrERS rRArEh BLocKED.
snowbound Traina On the New York Central
and Erie HRiironds.

ana Erie hnnrondH.
Tho storm blockade on the Now York Gem
tra Railroad still continues. and from all re-
ports received at the headquarters Of the road
in this city it promises to interfere even more
seriously with travel than heretofore A few
persons gathered at the Grand Central depot
little before o'clock last evening to meet
friends on the train due ut that hour. The
one most expected leaves Buffalo at 4:95 A. NJ.
Another which Is also due at O'CLOCK Is made
up Mt Albany
Tho through train did not arrive and tele-
gram was bulletincd saying that its passengers
would arrive at 10 2. NJ. The train duo ut 10
runs over tho Rochester and Niagara Falls
branch OF the Central. This branch has not
yet been blockaded. When II came in last
evening. twenty minutes late. II was learned
that II had overtakcn tho train due hore at 2
o'clock. and that the latter had been dscon-
tinued and its passengers transferred at
Albany to the Niagara Falls train. None
OF thom were from points further west
than Rochester. The train had made slow tmo
on account Of the ice on tho track. Tho 1880
F. NJ express for Niagara Falls and tho West
was not despatched last evening" but was COM
bined with the $3.50 train. Tho II o'clock train
wont out with few passengers. Tho Wagner
Drawing-room and Sleeping Car Company re-
fused to send out any through cars via Buffalo
Their cars have gone out as usual until yes
II Is alleged that the partial destruction OF
two OF them for frewood in the snow-bound re-
Rion has made the company cautious, They
the Central or the Black River or Rome and
WatertOwn Railroads. Telegrams received
late last night at the Grand Central Depot said
that the storm was undated in BufIalo. The
wind was strong, the snow heavy and drifting
badly II was nearly six ieet dqqeh IN t thG rail-
nounced that the storm had reached that point
1t was showing hard in Albany last evening. =,
On the Eastern division Of the Erie Railroad
travel was not entirely suspended Yesterday.
some Of tho trains finally working their way
dcicntions and much dinlculty, The AttIcq and
| Niagara Falls branches were blocked with huge
banks of snow that were piled up by tho nerce
| 3. due at Buffalo at A. VI. yesterday, after n
| detention Of hours and 10 minutes finally got
| through. Since then tho track has been
| blocked. The night cADrcss No. 3. due here at
| 1925 last evening. WAS expected TO arrive by
There has bcen serious delay in the arrival Of
| the through mails from the Wcst since Monday
morning. caused by the heavy fall Of snow In
! reported nj the Post ONCE that the mail trains
| that arrived yesterday on the Eric and tho New
| York Central Railroads were five 20 fifteen
| hours behind timc. Many trains that were un-
| able 20 get through the snow drifts were aban-
| doned. and tho mails were forwarded by such
| WArERrowN, Dec. 25.-An unprecedented
| snow storm has been raging in this section
| since ltst NiluTuhN. anu tl' SNOW Is louI lou
In depth No trains from Rome. on the Rome.
! Natertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, have ar
! rived here since Monday night A train which
! left Rome yesterday morning Is stalled In the
! snow nj Sandy Creek, and n train that loft Utica
| yesterday afternoon. on the Utica and Black
| River road lies at LOwvllle, Al trains on both
| roads have been abandoned. Tho storm docs
not extend rs far north us Ogdcusburg. The
weather is moderate. and no serious casualties
| have been reported.
| OswEGo Dec. 25-The storm has increased
| since yesterday afternoon, and trains on the
| Delaware. Lackawanna and Western ana Rome
| Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroads are
| stalled in snow. No trains arrived from the
| West yesterday
KANSAS CRY, Dec. 25.-The weather for the
| past week has been the seyercst known in this
| region for twenty years. Over two feet OF snow
! covers the earth. and the mercury hns been
| scv raj degrees below zero. Tho Missouri
| River has hceu closed for week. nnd the Ice is
| u foot thick. The entire transportation over
| land H. now transacted by sleiRhs.
! nouGHKEhlSIE. y. T.. Dee. 25.-Railway tole-
| grains show that all passenger and freight
! tr.ilc from poiuts west OF Rochester Is at 4
- lstlll. ana that the dstcntous are generally
ftn most serious character.
II CoLBoENE. Ont Dee 2j.-Tlis section
h"en visited bY the heaviest snow storm foI
/ r.,ay years. The snow lies to the depth o
/ iarr' teut Tor ton miles inland. Railroad TRAM,
il considerably delayed.