Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-03
Additional Details OF the Greai storm Ia western
York

TIE RAILROADS BURIED UNDER sNow-DsIFTs
SERIOUS ACCIDENT NEAR BUFFAlo.
The snow storm which commenced at
Buffalo Sunday evening scontinued. with an
occasional lull. until tuesday evening, the
wind blowing a gale during iss closing
hours. Over thres fee. of snow fell, piled
in immense drifts by tn. wind which attain
| ed velocity of - miles an hour at noon
Tuesday. In some places on the New York
| Central road the snow was from to 5 feet
deep. and on tho Erie 2osd there were i'm
mense drifts.
Travel on tho Central road was entirely
blocked. Betw sen the city ard the Forks,
| distance of some five or six miles it was
impossible to run locomotive or snow
plow, owing to the snow drifts. Even in
Buffalo, locomotives could scarcely be moved
from r0und house to turning table. A ter
rible accident Occurred at the Forks, on Tues
day. The ST. Louis express train which lett
| Rochester at 9:ll O'Clock Monday morning
was combined with the Western accommods-
! tior "r the rear end of which was an employees
who had been home to spend Sunday. The
train reached the Forks about three D. m
The New York mail. which left Rochester at
ll:iS, followed, drawn by two locomotives
The engineers of the latter could not see
six feet ahead through the thickly- falling
snow and the dense clouds OF steam arising
from the locomotives. Without moments
Warrington the wind and storm combined
prevented the sight or sound OF the sp-
preaching danger the locomotives Of the
mail train came crashing down upon
the car containing the employees. Azel
Gray. OF Rochester, experimenting carpen-
ter Of the Butfilo shops, was killed Another
resident OF Rochester. employed in the same
shops. was also killed. George Wick,
another emplove OF the Central railroad
company at Buffalo. residing in Rochester,
had one of his legs broken and was other
wise seriously. if not fatally injured. Other
employees OF the railroad were also injured
to q greater or less extent.
Owing to the storm it was quite impos-
sible either to convey the many delayed pas
sengers or any OF the wounded or dead to
the city. The two trains remained as they
were. all the while being buried more deeply
in the snow drift Only these passengers
who could walk to Buffalo (as some Of them
did. through the deep driits) were Fable to
move from the scene of the rccident until
the trains could be dug out or the storm
should cease. One snow plow, drawn by
about dozen locomotives, started from
push through, if possible, to the scene OF
the accident, open up the road and rescue
the snow bound passengers. But the great
pillow was itself stalled and showed in before
1t had lett the suburbs OF BUtf4l1, and it
remained in the solid snOw-bsnk until
Tuesday. On Tuesday night most of the
passengers were still AT the Forks. and they
could not have enjoyed very merry
Christmas
Early Wednesday morning snow again
began falling at ButfalI. the wind blowing
As miles an hour. drifting it badly.
No trsIns have arrived in New York by
the New York Central or Erie roads from
points farther west than Rochester since
last Sunday. The palace car companies
refuse to send out any more of their cars,
as in former times several o: them have
been destroyed for frewood The storm
continued unabated Wednesday night. and |
extended finally to Albany. At some sta
tions the snow is hyo feet deep.
At Watertown, n. there was another I
terrific storm on Tuesday might. West of 4
Sioux City the Thermometer was 30 degrees /
below zero at Chicago from 10 - below /
The weather IN lllIaais, Wisconsin and I
Michigan. was also intensely cold, Tuesday |
and great trouble was experienced from I
snow drifts.
A LETTER OF Bayard TaylOr's. Published .
since his death, relates Il somewhat remark
able interview between the Empress of Ger
many and himself Ii was while General 4
Grant was at Berlin The Emperor William.
being still confined from the wounds receiy-
ed in the last attempt to assassinste him,
could not receive Gen. Grant. but the En-
press sent tor Minister Taylor During the
interview, says Mr. Taylor
The EupTeIS took OCCASION 10 cAursSs to
me the Emperor interest ia ten Grants
history, his desire to meet him personally,
and his great regret that this was now i'm
possible. Her words and manner implied m
that should repeat these cx-
prcs>iOns To General Grant. She then spoke
very freely and l-eliugly OF the disturbances
by the distress ui the ldhoring
classes, declared her belief that period of
peace would be the best remedy, and finally
said The Emperor knew that | should see
you to day. lie has the peace of the world at
heart, and he desires nothing 81 much ~ the
of friendship between nations
ask you to make 1t your task to promote
the existing friendship between your country
md our1. You cannot do a better work,
md we shall most heartily unite with you
m doing it, Thi, is the Emperor's message
10 you. and he asked me to give it to You IN
ms name ~ well ~ my own. She bowed
md left me
The deep, earnest, pathetic tones Of her
iOice impressed me profoundly. kept her
words carefully in my memory. and have
epcated them only with such changes as the
makes necessary"