Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-03-21
Effects of the Storm.

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last says that the more moderate weather CT
Wednesday and Thursday had broken the
backbone of the blizzard but the work Of
raising the railroad blockade goes on with
difficulty, and the inability of trains to get
into New York is causing scarcity of fresh
food in that city. From New Jersey there
are reports of great suffering, and in that
State, New York and Pennsylvania man,
Der of people are supposed to have persisted
| in the snow Additional wrecks and loss
of life arc reported at the Delaware Break
water and other points. Camden, N. j.,
is threatened with water famine on &C.
count of low water in the river. A number
of people in Paterson, N. j., got lost in
the streets and were rescued by policemen.
At all points where the storm prevailed the
railroads and county roads are in bad shape.
The work of restoring the telegraph wires
is progressing slowly. The government
telegraph lines along the coast are up again
from Norfolk to Cape Hatteras, and no
wrecks along the coast or on the Carolina
sounds are reported.
Several thousand men, aided by horse
and steam appliances, have been hard at
work trying to dig New York out from
under the snow drift. They have made
much progress, but the task is not yet all
accomplished. The Pennsylvania road has
opened a single track from Newark, and
hopes to be open clear to Philadelphia to-
day when communication with Washington
will be resumed. The inability of the rail
roads to deliver freight in New York has
cut off the meat, milk and vegetable sup
ply, and there is danger Of serious ineon-
venience to the people from scarcity OF
such supplies. 1t is stated that there If
less than a weeks supply of meat in the
city. Of the five or six thousand New York
business men who left the nearer New
Jersey suburbs for New York early Monday
morning the majority reached there yester
day morning.
The cold was particularly severe on live
stock. A carload of sheep persisted in the
Pennsylvania freight yard. At South
Elzabethport stock train was biockadeo
on the siding, and many sheep and cattle
were frozen to death.
There is little improvement in the condi
ton of the telegraph wires. Western
Union officers say that 700Fpoles are dowr
along the Pennsylvania railroad between
New York and Washington, ard it is not
expected that things will be running as
usual inside of week at least.
The gale on Monday blew six vessels
high and dry ashore in Hunting Greek,
Accomac county Three large warehouses
were washed away, and large wharf was
completely wrecked. One of the ware
houses contained guano and phosphate, al
of which is total loss.
The latest reports from Chesapeake bay
and its tributaries show that a great deal
of damage was done to small vessels.
Capt. Delano, of the tug Sampson, while
inside of Hampton bar on Monday, saw a
ten-ton sloop, which was at anchor mile
southwest capsize and sink with all on
board. Soon after one Of the crew came to
the surface and got on the masthead of the
s1oop, and remained there until l:3O O'Clock,
when he fell into the water and psrished.
1t is estimated that the actual losses to
business by the storm in New York will be
not less than $1,000, 900, and the losses
throughout tine State will reach $40 600,
600. OF the twenty nine boats that make
MP the harbor fleet of that city, but two
outrode the storm. Nine were wrecked
Monday, and eighteen have not been hearC
from. All the crews of the wrecked Yes
sells were rescued.