The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-01-04
AN ARCTIC WAVE.
Intensely Cold Weather in the
West.
Trains BlOckaded by Snow.
60 Degrees Below Zero at One Place.

BANGOR, Jan. 3-The heaviest snow storm for
years last night. The snow is fearfully drfed and
mail and stages all late. The streets are almost
impossible. Snow is still falling.
CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 3.-The snow storm cleared
up last night but higi wind prevails today and the
snow is drifting badly on the railroads and high
ways Trains on all the railroads have been more or
less delayed this forenoon. The temperature is
nearly down to zero.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 3-The storm has been
very here all day and most of the reads are
blocked with drifted snow.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Jan. "A binding snow
storm has ragged in this vicinity all day, and still
continues. No trains have arrived here over the o.
wego, Binghamton aud Northern road. A train was
made up here for Albany, and lett at. 1920 1t was
driven by two engines. When Canastota. the
forward engiue broke loose and darted ahead into a
suow bank, where it stuck, the second engine with
the train ran into the forward wreckng several cars
and throwing them down an embankment The Ex-
press cgught fire and the contentr consumed
also portion of the mails. The engineer and fire
men were injured, also brakeman and messenger.
NEWPORT, r. l., Jan. S.-The cold wave reached
here during the night. At daylight the thermometer
was above, and The wind blows gale.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The North River is filled
with heavy ice blown there by the wind and which
probably extends the whole ZENITH of the river to the
point where navigation is entirely closed. The ferry
boats of The Pennsylvania railway and Courtlandt
street lines suffered the greatest detention during the
day and after $50 p. m. no boats left the slips for
Jersey Between a m. and $50 p. m. only three
trips made, and at $50 p. the last boat left
the Slip and for the first time in 20 years the ticket
seller stopped his GALES in consequences of the stop
page of boats. Between 4.3O and $50 p. IN. the ap-
proaches to the ferry thronged with passengers
for jersey and it Yves difficult to make them UNDER
stand that there was no boat They were carried
over by the Desbrosses street line. This line was de-
iayed that they took 40 minutes to make the trip
The Barclay street line also made long and irregular
trips, one trip being from $40 to 9.15 m. The
Christopher street line met the trouble but the
Chambers street line ran with considerable reguari
ty. At midnight the boats we've rum ing all the
North river lines except the Pennsylvania and
Courtlandt, though very irregulariy.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The telegraphic report of
the frigonfc wave this morning was as follows:
Cheyenne 10 below: Chicago IA below Detroit 10 be-
low; Cleveland Is below; Indianapolis poIow
Pittsburg IL below; Cincinnati below; Milwaukee
16 below; St. Louis below; Louisville below;
Nashville below.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Jan. 3.-The ga IL and
cold continues, and by Saturday every ferry route on
tH0 4A0uso1 itck WALL No duduuoutus EptTyW uere
north OF here the people cross the river on foot and
north of Renebeck teams are used. kilograms to-
night report more serious detentlons on the New
York Central road west of Rochester and all trains
have been cancelled. And west of Utica to Buffalo
the situation Is worse than during the last storm.
Two passengers trains off the track on the Cen
trail to-day, but no injured. No trains have
arrived at Albany from the west since Thursday
night and consequently the through mails are 4S
hours behind and none expected till late tomor-
row. The fast mail for the west which should have
left New York at 1880 tonight discontinued as it
could not have gone through. AL passenger trains
for New York are made up at Albany.
ALBANY, Jan. 3.-No trains have reached this city
from the West since O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
ELIZABETH, N. j., Jan. 3.-Two brakemen are
reported frozen to death on the freight trains last
night from Phi adelphia.
sPITTsBURG, Jan. 3.-The lowest theImoetric
registration during the past "a hours was degrees
below zero. In the more exposed parts of the city
the temperature fell to 10 below. There is great de-
tention Of travel on the railways from the severe
weather, especially the Pennsylvania Central.
VINCENNEs, o., Jan. 3.-Mattie Casey, years of
age was frozen to death going to school in the SUBJ
urbs yesterday.
BISMARCK Jan. Sit is 80 deg. below zero here;
at Winnepeg, 20 below, and fort Reilly, IS below At
Batteford the capita! of Northwest Territory, the
mercury fell to 60 dogs. below zero.