The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-03-21

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storm, al telegraph communication shut
of, and street car traffic completely
blocked. No mails received, intense
suffering among the poor in all parts Of
the city. no trains run to the nearest
suburbs, pas sengers stalled on the rsil-
roads almost within sight Of the city
without reach fai;l. a fierce wind blow
ing, making It unsafe to walk the streets
these are some Of the features.
i Trees have been blown down, roofs
crushed in, and the city looks as if cy-
clone had visited it in every part ship
ping circles have suffered dislstrously,
and several vessels are known 10 have
been blown on the shore doyn the Del
aware and along the Jersey coast. Two
steamers Of the Boston Steamship Com
pany are due here, aad grave fears are
entertained fog their safety. The Amer
lean Line steamer, Lord Clise Is also
thought 10 be off the capcs, and the
agents fear she may be shipwTecSed.
Over in New Jersey at least fleen traius
are snow-bound between Mount Holly
and Camden. and half dozen relief par
ties have been sent ont, which have an
I been compelled to return without reach
ing the autfering passengers
WAsHNGrox. March lS.-The Capital
seems 10 have been the centre Of min
iAture cyclone that brought with it
binding succession Of rain, snow, wind
and cold At the signal Office it was
learned that the storm was the result Of
tine splitting OF storm though that on
sunday eqtended south from Michigan.
saturday night it divided, forming two
storm centres. one over Lake Erie and
+ one in Georgia. The southern centre
( then began 10 climb up the coast. striking
I Washington sunday morning. The cen
/ tre itself did not reach here until about
8 O'Clock in the afternoon, when the rain
: changed TO snow
The railroads leading into Washington
+ have been blockadcd by snow. fallen
rees, telegraph poles and wires. 80 that
/ the movement Of trains had been greatly
imPeded If not altogether abandoned
The efforts Of the railroad men TO open
communication with the north succeeded f
at 10 o'clock last night. when the train
which let New York at O'Clock sunday
night arrived after a hard, slow. and
I tedious trip. The train had 10 grope its {
way, the train hands going ahead with
lanters to give notice Of distractions on
the track Telegraph poles were up
rooted, and trees and distractions ot al .
kinds were found lying across the rails
at frequent intervals.
{ CHIcAGo. March I5.-The wires Of the
! ". {. telegraph company, which were
I completely demolished between Chicago
and eastern points by Yesterdays storm,
are still in very bad shape The local
officials have as yet no means OF know
T ing the extent Of the troubles. There
T Is bat one duplex wire to New York tina.
can be used. while Washington, Balii-
more, aud Philadelphia are completely
/ cut of from direct communication with
the west. The storm, it Is reported. has
subsided this morning. The meagre re-
ports Of the Signal Service office Indicate
the storm was very violent along the
North Atlantic coast. sweeping over the
states Of New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio
Very cold weather Is reported at many
+ points AtAlbany the mercury last night
marked - above zero, and at New York
City l0' above. A. Albany and Pitts
burgh the snow fall Is reported as being
very heavy. There is no interruption in
the telegraph lines either south or west. /
JERsEY CRY, March l3.-Six heavy en-
gines were sent from the Pennsylvania
railroad depot this morning to clear the f
snow drifts from the tracks They man f
aged to get half a mile from the depot.
when the rear engine encountered q /
heavy 5ank and was thrown from the +
track into the street Thomas Whelan, (
an extra fireman, and JoHu Mullins.
yartlmaster, were seriously injured. 1t
IS believed Whelan viii die. The engine Z
was badly wrecked.
ALBASY. v Y. March f3.-The storm
is still raging. Its equal has never been F
seen in this vicinity The streets are
completely blocked. Only tweuiy-sour
oat Of one hundred and sixty members
Of the legislature are present, and it will 4
probably be THURSDAY before the session
viii be called. Notrains are running.
DIssSrEEs AT sEA.
Nzw TozK. March 1.-The vessels ar
irving to-day from the southwartl ali had 4
reports 10 make Of some roaga expert
ences, though the news Of the real disas-
tiers that must have occurred is slow in
coming in The steamer Eldorado, Cap 4
tain Byrne, from New Orleans, Narrh :. +
encountered the hurricane of March y .
at An Il was from the northwest and +
lasted "a hours. On the 18th. off Cape
May, she passed through quantity of
wreckage, consisting Of beams, bulwarks
and light s;nf
A-i1 s7tel-r "a Ae-ssc- hit itsiAt+ = tiiiatll--
from Port ROYAL March 10, had heavy
noFth-northwest gales all the passage. /
The NIAGARA, Captain Burns, from Iia-
vana March 5, experienced severe cold f
with the same gales. and reached port
covered Hi;h ice The EdaTart,o. Can
tain Larrauri, from Maian Seas, had "A
hours Of hurricane weather, with thick
snow and intense cold. After arriving al 4
the bar Sunday night. she came in
mass of Ice from the water line to the
height Of the foreyari.
Castle Garden, owing to the blockade
on the rhlroads, Is packed with immi-
grants to-day. al sad and weary looking
and anxious to get TO their destination.
mostly in the West The arrivals num-
bered 5000 for the day
NEw YoRk. March 1.-THE Sen this
morning received the following cable
gram from Boston by way of London,
per the Commercial Cable Company:
BosTox. March Is. via London.
The storm has now RACED for two DAYS
incesantlv all over New England 50 far
as our scant communication reaches, ev- /
cry railroad out Of the city Is completely
blockaded. and the only communication