Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-03
FRozEN Mlp THE T1AKEs.
Three COrpses Found in the Streets
of New York.

of New York.
LONDON, March 2.-The snow storm
continues unabated in the North. The
mails between Scotland and London are
l2 hours behind schedule time. AT least
l2 trains are imbedded in the snow. The
steamer Missouri, ashore at Holyhead, is
completely submerged.
Many vessels are detained in the har-
hOrs along the. coast. Numerous wrecks
are reported. "
A collision occurred on railway in
Linlithgowshire to-day, owing 70 the
clogging of the Signals by the snow, One
person was killed and several injured.
Arctic weather prevails in Denmark.
Cattegat sound and the Great Belt are
tull of ice and navigation is impossible.
Eleven steamers are adriit on Frederiks-
haven, and most of them are in dangerous
positions.
Intensely cold weather, with heavy
snow, prevails throughout Europe. In
Berlin a eabman was found frozen to
death on his vehicle, while another was
discovered almost dead. No Danish mail
has arrived at Hamburg for three days,
owing to the storm.
FOUND FRozEN 70 DEATH.
NEW YORK, March ?. Michael McCabe,
Patrick Condor, and an unknown man
were found frozen 70 death in the streets
OF New York this morning.
The recent cold sap has closed the
Hudson river again and all local steam.
boats which had started to run from
Peekskill down have had 10 stop. Some
Of them are frozen fast to their docks,
The river is nearly frozen across at Tar.
Tytown. The tide has broken the ice uu
and piled 1t high along the shore and the
channel is full OF floating and disOrdeTed
ice blocks, SO that IL is impossible fol
steamers to break their way through it.
AN AIMS HOUSE, UNROoFED.
NYACK, N. Y. March 9.-During d
heavy gale last night the entire root o
the ROokland county aims house at Me-
chanicVille was blown of. The building
contained many inmates, but no injury tC
person resulted.
BLIZZARD AND EARTHQUAKE,
CoNTooCooK, N. H., March "A bliz
Zard has broken doors and mashed many
buildings here. A sharp shock OF earth
quake was reported in this vicinity be.
tween II and O'CLOCK Yesterday.
THE HARBoR I,RozEN SOLID.
NEWPORT, r. l., March 1.-The harbOl
is frozen solid and travel is suspended
No steamers left here to-day. All the
mails go and come by train via Provi
dence, and this causes delay. The wind
is still nigh for the fifth day. There is nj
prospect of thaw.
RELTED WITH ICE.
Boston, March 2.--The east Bostor
shore is belted with Ice. At the docks
business is almost ata stsndstill. No ves
sells hav6srriSed f0I Several days, Th'
steamship PEDRO reports having sighted
pilot boat No. nearly 200 miles OF thI
shore WHITTIER it had been blown. Thli
morning the Savannah steamer Gate City
while entering her dock. was forced by The
wind and floating ice into collision with
the revenue cutter Albert Galiatin, strik
ing the cutter on her port quarter AMI
jamming her against the dock, thereby
starting her deck frame, denting hel
plates and badly bursting her daYits, The
Gate City was not injured.
REGULAR HURRICANE.
BALTIMORE, March "A heavy wind
storm has prevailed here all day, with in
tense cold. several houses were unroofed
and other damage done. No vessels ex'
cept few OF the larger class attempted tC
enter or leave port, and the wind in Ches-
apeake bay is reported to have blown al
most hurricane. There were but three
vessels arrived, one OF which was inland
and but two sailed, both heavy steamers
COMPLETELY SHOWED UNDER.
QUEBEC, March 2.-Tbe Grand Trunk
railway, between Point Levi and Rich.
mond, is so blocked with snow that
all endeavors 10 get the road in
working order have failed, and east bound
trains tonight have been cancelled.
DRIFTS MOUNTAIN HIGH.
RIVIERE DULoUP, QUE, March -
Despite strenuous efforts 70 relieve them,
the 1nter-COlonial railway trains are In
almost the same position they were on
Friday last. The storm has scarcely
modified its violence for a moment since
Friday. The work Of each day has had
to be recommended on the morrow. There
are cuttings containing Is ieet Of snow,
some Of them half mile In
length. owing TO the height
OF the drifts on Bic mountain each shovel
tull of snow must pass through the hands
of four men before IL can be got clear oi
the track. Besides this aValanches come
down occasionally. Many freight trains
are buried out OF sight. Fortunately all
the passenger trains are at stations, and
the company is looking alter the passen-
gers comfort. II the storm would only
cease, the army of men employed by the
railway company would soon clear the
tracks