New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-12
that twenty-one vessels were wrecked and sixtyhye
lives lost during the recent storm there.
REsCUlNG RAILROAD TRAVELLERS.
REACHING THE HUNGRY PEOPLE IN THE BLUE
RIDGE-wEATHER AT THE SOUTH.

REACHING THE HUNGRY PEOPLE IN THE BLUE
| RIDGE-wEATHER At THE SOUTH.
BALTIMORE, Jan. IL (SpecidO.-There welt
seveny-fve passengers on the express train on tht
Western Maryland Railroad, which was showed In OF
| Saturday night at Horseshoe Bend, ono Of the mos
rugged points in the Bluo Ridge Mountains The third
relief train sent from Baltimore succeeded with five
locomotives and snow plough in reaching the snow
bound train last night
The passengers walked rom the imprisoned cars
through the way between great walls of ice and
snow fifteen twenty fee. high to tine relief train
Big hampers filed with sandwiches and hot coffee had
been provided by the officials and the relief express:
bounded on It's way down tho mountain back to Bati
more. the cold and hungry passengers warmed them
selves aud ate heartily. There we're number OF ladies
on the snow bound train. The who had berths In
the sleeping coach cheerfully gave them up to the
women and children. When daylight came on Sunday
1t only visible through chink here and there In
the ventator windows OH the car tops. The snow was
piled up even with the tops Of tie on both sides
There breakfast for anybody and the fuel was
giving out Tie tranmen ard the male passengers then
work. dug through the snow to lot OF brnshwood
and obtained plenty OF fuel. About midday foraging
party from the train reached farmhouse and the good
farmer and his wife loaded mp baskets OF provisions
Meantime the train had been sighted by
sOmo OF the mountaneers and soon thero
good comfortable meal provided for all.
Tire road was cleared to-day as far as WiIliamsport
over the worst part OF the mountains.
On the Hanover and Gettysburg road train Ia snow
bound but the passengers taken of after having
rough experience. The East bound mail train on the
Western Maryland. which caught on Blue Ridge
summit Saturday night also relieved last hgni.
The u2ssengSrs suffered considerably from cold. The
conductor states that the wind blew hard that they
were afraid the coaches would he overturned.
Stock trains arriving to-day had many dead cattle In
them. In fifteen sheep were frozen to death.
The Baltimore on saturday afternoon on the
Maryland Central Narrow Gauge road stuck Ia the
drifts and the passengers had 10 remain ali saturday
night and yesterday on the train, cold aud hungry.
AUGUSTA Ga, jan I1.-This section IL experiencing
the coolest weather in uty years This morning at
o'clock the Signal Office reported the mercury NJ 63o
The temperature for three days lS the
lowest record the signal ONCE here. Tne liver Is
filed With fields OF floating ice Tho signal Olico reports
colder weather this morning at Augusta THIS morning
than Phi iadelpnia NewYork The canal H. frozen
and the Atlanta factory shut down on account OF
the ice clOgghg the water wheels.
WiNCnEsTER, Va, Jan. 1.-THE first train from
Baltimore and the East since Friday arrived here at
O'Clock this The passengers were greeted
cheers by large number OF citizens rs the train
up the depot The weather is Intensely cold to-
night and the snow In the country roads badly drucd
The star mall rOuto has been temporarily aban Ioned
CHARLESTON. g c., Jan. 1.-THE present cold spell IL
one tic most severe ever known In South ChroIhs
The mercury in tho upper part Of the state ranges from
zero - below This morning Alfred Logan. colorei,
near AGbeyile 10 get wood and on rrturLin.
To his house fell dead from the cold. In CharcstOu
Yesterday Robert Stevens coored was found frozen TO
death near his home