The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-06

vision Of this road. on which train lies stalled
at Hannibal. twelve miles from this city Its
Tered at the hotel aud farm houses. and all are
comfortable. Mr. sheldon. passenger on this
tho storm in which they were stalled 10
have been the most terrific he ever saw.
There were about thirty passengers. in-
made their way to neiRhboring farmhouses or
tho village hotel. When he started. twenty-five
sleeping on The door and packed ike sariines..
but thankful for any sort OF refuge from the
storm. Mr.. sheldon was twelve hours ia max
ing his way TO this city. He struggled along
the railroad track wherever possible, taking to
the fields when tho walking appeared more in
s waY aons the "hI Fence % teps oI fbe train Mhh he
deserted will nA be released before the middle
Il will thus bc seen that tho snow blockade
will not be raised before Wednesday night
under the lest Of circumstances. md should
and snow will bottle us up tighter than ever.
ALREADY The sSns,SalsRrSs Asys been 1l9sl ysrl,
bound frcighis Is even more serious. Various
kinds Of supplies are giving out. Condos
knitting factory. employing 100 hands. has sus-
pended operations until the blockade is raised.
the supply OF cotton having failed. Tho Oswego
shgse cloth rsioTy SppIy Of the same %n
blind works. In the southern part Of the city.
have stood suspended since Friday. their mon
being unable to reach the works. Al PhUnix,
on the Oswego River. eighteen miles south VI
Oswrgo the water stands even with the banks
having set back SO that the big dam il not visi-
bic, there being not ripple on the surface 10
show where II Ia. All the mills there have been
obliged u suspend. This Is unprecedented In
the history OF the town.
The cessation Of the storm IL n relief here.
Last night marketmen reported that their sup
plies would not hold out longer than Tues
day night aud unless the storm abated they
could not replenish or course the opening Of
probable tina, the markets will be resiocked by
Tuesday Another grave feature OF the storm
has been the blockade OF tho roads leading 10
the cemeteries. all OF which lie out OF town.
Many bodies lie unburied in houses OF mourn
ing. special effort has been made to-day TO
open the highways to the cemeteries. but none
of them had been reached when night closed in
@. ". Painter and w W. Wallace. passengers
from the train embargoet at Hannibal on the
| Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad.
arrived here at 10 o'clock tonight, having made
the distance. twelve miles In nine hours on foot
| At Oswego Centre four miles from the city.
/ they gave out from exhaustion and exposure.
but amer resting revived and pushed. on. They
| 70 fifteen feet. and the cuts packed full They
/ had 70 abandon the railroad track and
| take to tho fields. often n1undernE In
the snow up 10 their armpiis. the storm
| bound passengers are doing very we'll except
that some Of them are out OF money. There are
nine ladies at the hotel. ono Of whom has
not n cent The engine drawing the train
| had coal enough 10 last until 10 or IL o'clock
Another train Is stalled mile further west
! The passengers have abandoned Il. Puel
/ Iuh klNtu OUT anu Thll ltutth uTt D.
RR torn aSSa av end thu Tfwn nSn hGsp
Count Judge. and his wife and children were
on this train. and were assisted 10 farmhouse
some distance away with great difficulty He
offered q large sum of money ~ any man who
would take them 10 the hotel at Hannibal. mile
away. \ farmer attempted Il. but had 10 give il
| W. These men say nobody can imagine the
desolation Of al the surrounding country.
SYRACUSE. Jan. 5.-Tne Atlantic Express.
evening from Rec6ester. the way being pilcisd
| nv IA rt1affyf A. thu EufrnNrt
preaching train could not 30 hailed in time
precpitaied into the ditch. down an en-:
bankment ten feet high. The engineer OF
tho forward engine WAS killed on his engine.
CONDUCTOR John Holmes and Rosdmsster
| Clough were both seriously hurt. as were two
aremen and five passengers. On board the
NICK. TwomSiy. son.in.lSW Of President Van n
d-rbit. and his wife. A wrecking train despatch
! ed from Rochester. drawn by eight engines ar
rived at the same cut and was also thrown
- th1yes-k <eedsy sasother v.e,sing Re pI
port. whore 4 arrived this evening. 1t is pro;
vided with all implements and large gang Of
mem sum cent to ci%earahe % & &J2ad Ne trains % ar
teen passenger trains for the West are waiting
| IN THIS city.
train bound north from Syracuse at l;l0
! I. NJ, on Jan. 2. arrived a Clay. eleven miles
rom 3yra,cGse; al yiSo r. NJ aisT ha',ns had
After leaving Clay Station Il experienced
no trouble until reaching what is known as
DaVdzOns Cut where u ran into very
deep snow bank. Although running at tho rate
OF about 35 miles AN hour. It could succeed only
IN passn part way through the cut Men were
set At work a. soon as possible TO clear away
the snow, which was rapidly drilling over
the train. but were unable to clear II away IA
fast as II driied in. and It was i'm possible to re-
lease the train, The weather was so cold that
the men could endure the storm for a short
time only without perish hing. and all that could
be done was 10 keep the fires in the engines
alive and make the passengers ~ comfortable
ceasine until Saturday night Tne train con
sisted oi two engines. a baggage car. and one
| coach. There were about thlrty-hve passengers
aboard. Of which nine We're women. The
| Passengers wero provided with provisions by
tha neightorng farmers. who contributed lib
| ernlly to the comforts OF all on hoard A large
gang Of men was sent out to liberate the tram.
and succeeded in getting the train n Brewer
ton. n distance Of two mles. after two days
on on SUNDAY evening Every ~ efior IS being mad,
70 clear the road. Snow ploughs and large
the road will DO entirely cleared In two days.
and all trains running Oh time. II no interVeR-
fAMsoS'ss. s. \. Y. Jan. 5.-The afternoon train
| on the Delaware. LackawRnna and Western
Railroad left Syracuse on Friday for Oswego in
one OF tho moet furious snow storms ever
| known IN this section. with two locomotives
! ahead. When half a mile north OF lamson 6
Station the train ran into snow driit three
| feet deep. The wind was blowing gale. The
passengers consisted OF about an equal number
OF men and women. with q number OF children
! and babies. IL soon became evident that
no progress could be made. for the snow
! driited in faster than II could be shoyelled
| out The stoppaRe ot the train prevented the
| stoves from drawing and Il was plain that II
the passengers were obliged to stay where they
| were. they would be very cold before morning.
! Things were beginning 10 assume serious
! aspect when "a locomotive from Syracuse made
! its appearance at the rear OF tho train. Alter
| much difficulty the rear coach. with the assist
! guce OF fifteen OF twenty shoyellers. was slowly
drawn back 10 the station N the great relief ot the
| passengers. The proprietor OF the hotel and
] his household did their btsst 10 make AL COM
/ fOrtHhle. Morning broke upon them with tho
| storm still raging with increasing violence.
! Nine O'Clock found the Dtsseugers seated
/ around tho table thankful enough. A telegram
| WAS received from W j. Phelps. Suporntrnd-
| eut of the road. sympathlz,ng with the passed.
gers in their detention. aud tlilng his con-
/ ductOr 10 make them us comfortable as pos'
! slhe.
The storm continued raging with undated
| violence until this morning, when II began 70
| slack. The shoyelers We're Immediately set 10
work on both ends Of the road. aud al each sta
| ton along the line.
BALrMoRR. Jan. 5.-The severely cold
! weather Of the plst three days has caused
| much suffering among Oystermen on the Ches-
! aprake. A number Of oyster pungles are
/ frozen in the riFcgs and creeks emptying into
| the bay. and some have teen abandoned by the
! crows. who were IN want Of provisions and
] badly frnstlItteu Tho temDerUluTo tonight