Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-24


A CORES :coudent writing from Port
land. Oregon, says The experience OF
the passengers on the suow-bound train
on the Oregon and Navigation Company's
road is probably without 9 parallel In
this country. The train became fast Ia
the snow on December l6, and the efforts |
OF more tina one thousand men, score |
of locomotives and half dozen snow
ploughs have been powerless thus far to |
release it. Snow began falling on the |
10th, accompanied by a high wind, and
before night the Columbia and Wills
meta valleys were completely buried. |
The west-bound train Of the Northern 1
Pacific came along with about $50 pas
sengers on hoard, and had no great trou-
BILE until It reached the Dulles, though
the snow was three feet deep. At that
point snow plough was sent on ahead,
and the train followed. After leavingl
Hood River the plough became stalled
when about four miles the other side of
Wyeth, and the train was forced to come
to = stand. Every able-bodied man on
the train took a shovel and repeated ef-
forts were made 70 clear the track. The
wind was high and the snow dry, and
shoveling was found to be useless Re
peated snow slides from the mountains
soon convinced the conductor that thc e
was imminent danger Of the train b-iI X
buried, aud he backed up 10 trstle,
which had only just been gained " hen
Tremendous sllde occurred, covering
the engines and baggage car almost outoi
sight. The snow storm continued with
unabated violence, and the wind, which
soon became hurricane,w4s intolerabiy
severe. With the locomotives covered
IauA thx. traak h.u IF aud hah nd m IN
buried 10 depth Of forty feet In Ice and
snow, It became evident that long siege
was at hand.
There WAS little food on the train and
great CONSERVATION prevailed for n time
more especially among the women aud
children, OF whom there were many.
The next morning the conductor sent
two trainmen to Cascade Locks for food.
The distance was eleven miles, and the
trip In the binding snow aud cutting
wind was one of great difficulty. When
I they arrived at their destination the meI
n had much trouble In inducing any one t,
I make the return journey with them, bu
they at length found men willing to uo
l. dertake the errand, and succeeded II
reach ing the train the next day at 2 p
a m. with several hundred pounds OF pro
visions on toboggans. In the express ca
h were found q number Of jack rabbits
a two quarters of beef and several cases G
4 Ioysters in cans. These were cooked an
served along with other rations, each pas
IA senger receiving regular allOwanc
n twice day. After this the railroad con
psny organized expeditions at Casead
10 Eoens every wv vi euiee ia1o ~, ~ eai
y 'ood W ''c oelea9uoieu "a'n. ino ~
s,oue 'anen "eie suon oniy 90 eou'u !
20 easily pacheu anu we'e sa'iieu on Po'e
,r "an at ea'h Gnu. IN.
these messengers IN maAn9 'ne tril
.ei were irequehliy "rIioie. several " 'nc'
were overcome ny Ia,'gue anu colu oil
"~u W We ga, 'i.u Wy 'hoIi YIN pa,'oo
IyI Aiter this had been going on ior 10
. u"ys ,he auei,o ho.'uou 'ne pas'a -
no gers 'ha' ioou eouIu no. pe ,uin'suou "
he 80 many III una. "Sy' anu .na' a" au'
oouieu nheu moulu pe eApc'eu " aoa'
d uon .no uh." anu DC. 81. ~, As' az a,
hoch on I"o.. i~'ny n.o a'a, 'et -,
he next morning IN a diN'ng SNOW s'ori
ht anu al maae Tue Lochs that evening
n. eept iour, VINO hau 70 oe '',I ~ ,aI
e. MOUSE MANY sunereu run IIoNon IA.
nd hands ana ieet. Inc next morning tnirt
It. h'e more stareo, anu All maoe .nc Jou
ney saieiy, aitnougn eon9 r. VI .uem VIC
he 10 pluaoiy conaitioh' ine eno~
Ak from nVe 10 my ieet III oePsu' anu ,nu'
Id OF the way the pain lay along hiiIs,uss
IA lcythsta ihissteP wouiu hase e.ueu
n. the river below. In some piaces tne tra a
ey ,heir I hands and feet, and crawl aor
he with the greatest care. ooHe o.ner Si 10y,
70, parties ieil the ua'h a'~i
hi women and children wept pitituily wh'
the men LETT. fpArlnK tnht LltV WtTt W
mt abandoned to starve and freeze but
nd assurance of the conductor that TIL
IA would be safely guarded by the IRA
for hands and the men VINO were not ,houg
he able to make the trip, after Tune
,at them at ease.
m. Thus relieved OF one-haii OF the passe
hit gers the transportation oil 'ood becal
lv less difficult problem. several TIN
IN. during the last two weeks i WAS thoue
a IA that the shovellers auc 8, w pioue
Incl would be able soon to reiieN' the IRA
of ou. ,u's 90 10y a." iap a I'M. f,esb s,o
would set in, and then things would
at worse than before The train Is s.
tod rounded with SLOW, and the track ut &
ar. place for about four miles is covered
rha nany places to II depth of 40 feet W
s.. solid ice. During the high winds
spray from the numerous falls was bio
upon the tracks, and this, freez
Icaused the formation OF bills OF
nd which could only be removed by blasti
In the car the passengers made the
,bo selves as comfortable as possible. Ihus
there has been no sickness, though tb
are scores of children aboard, and
f,ar opportunities for exercise are necessa
limited. When the coal gave out
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