Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-10

places had drlfted TO the depth Of six or
eight feet. IL Is thought nc Bangor
that q great deal Of suffering will be
brol. h upon the lumbcfuen In
the North woods, where the storm Ia even
more si we're. Tho ice men say the pros
pect Of good crop rs very poor, because
I Name rivers were died with debris
and broken ice by the recent thaw aud
snow. What lllile ice there Is l1s been
covered with deep snow and epoiled
In New Hampshire, from Concord TO
the White Mountains, the highways nre
almost impossible. The water-mains nave
all burst Laconia, and the city ~ With
out protee tiou IN case OF FIRE. All the
railroa1 men agreed that the storm Ia the
worst that they have known for years.
All the trains In New England have
been late to-day, and some Of the early
ones were not run at ali because of the
huge drift. The Boston street ours were
lblJckaded, and everybody was late 10 bust
ness. All the sound steamboats, were de-
ayed, and some of them did not 20
out at all, Dispatches from Eastern
Maine, Halifax and ST. Johns are coming
In every few minutes, reporting great
damage by the storm and numerous dis
astcrs TO the shipping. The storm struck
the provinces from three 10 eight hour
later.
DISASTER AND DEATH.
wnNINGTos, DEL, Jan Blast
nights snow-storm caused the most
serious blockade ON the railroad tracks
here that has occurred FOR years. AHnnt
| 7:45 this morning the Wilmington &
Southern train, which leaves fof
Reading, Pa, sc 8 O'clock, collidrd with
l'two shifting engines that had been sent
out from the station with snow shoyele III
clear the track. The sweeping Crginee
drove the pilot engine of tht
train into the haggnge-clr, telcscopiDg the
cor for one-thrd Of ia length. Thr feas
end Of the car VAS corn inlo fragments.
the Sab OF the engine broken into
pieces, the boiler fractured, AND
the machinery twisted Into all
shapes. On account Of The bllndiu9 sn "
the engineers Of the approaching traiDs
were not aware Of the danger Until th,
collision bccurred.
Superintendent McCnusiand a. the
Wilmington & Northern rnilfoud was
on The train, but escaped with SOME bad
braises. Three men Were Killed outright,
aud another ~ expectrd 70 die
Immediately after the collision 4 pakAen-
ger car took Are from The engine
furnace, aud the escaping steam add,d u
the torture 81 the yitlnn- Imprisoned IN
der the broken debris. The fire department.
hurried 20 The scene aud hogan playing
en- tho burning timbers, Willie others tx.
eried thenselyeato get out the dead and
woanded.
The dead are. The engineer, fireman
and one OF the shifting crew.
They were horribly crushed, maDpieG
ecalded and burned. One body was ideu-
titled as Albert JoDes, engineer OF the
shifting crew; another has been partially
Identified as that Of George w Bfin-
ton, telegraph operator o.
the Wilmington and Northern tower.
Abe LAWYER, hnsman of engine
No. Ii, Is seriously injured, being
frightfully burned and bruised. His loft
| leg has been amputaied. and bis
recovery Is doubtful John CORY,
aysistant yardmakfer suffered concusslou
Of the bralp, and his recovery ~ hardly
possible. Conductor Sam McCullom Of
| tie philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
road and > fiynn received painful bnt
not dangerous bruises THO cQps
diti0D of the Wilmington
NORTHERN c0ndlictor s growing