Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-28

the trans on the Erie road are " lald
ont at points east and west of this city.
Only one train has arrived from New
York in thirty hours, and there Is small
chance of another getting through be
fore tonight. The snow has drifted
badly in all directions, and trains are
either abandoned or running "wild.
Three Delaware and Lackawanna west
bound through trains were showed up at
PocOno mountain, Pa, all night, but
to move mt 7 o'clock this morn
ing. Trains from the west on tins road
are also moving very slowly. No trains
have arrived from Albany on the Della
ware and Hudson road since noon yes
terday and the blockade is complete.
Troy. n. Y, January 27.-Ihe effects
Of the storm are felt this morning with
even greater severity than yesterday.
The Boston train out of here at 10 O'Clock
last night ran into the rear end of a
freight train n mile west Of Williams
town, Mass, at 1870 o'clock this morn
ing, and Conductor CudmOre, OF the
freight, was killed. He Was in the ca
boose with three OF his brakemen. who
were all seriously Injured. Brakeman
George Whcelock was also killed. The
through night train from Montreal on
the Central Vermont is fast in a snow
drift near Burlington.
ITHACA, y. y, January 2L-Owing to
the snow all the trains on the Elmira,
Corning and Northern railroad at this
point are abandoned to-day. 4 passen-
ger train on this road due here at 1921
Yesterday afternoon was stuck all night
ia a snow-bank and did not arrive until
7:30 this morning. Jennie Yeaman's
troupe, bound from Utica to Ithaca, We're
among the passengers.
PIrTsFIELD, Mass, January 27.-Five
ong passenger trains on the Boston and
Albany railroad are snOw-bound here
awaiting news of the opening OF the
road before proceeding further. The
fast st. Louis express spent last night IN
, SNOW drift near Washington cut.
There were over one hundred passen-
gers on board, but notwithstanding the
fact that the thermometer marked 10,
below they did not suffer from cold.
The fast mail which left Boston last
evening for the West spent the night
in a drift one mile from Hinsiale. The
passengers suffered from cold greatly
md many ladies were Frustrated. a
number Of children were badly frost
bitten. They could obtain but little
70 eat, but country drug
store supplied the passengers with
brandy. Three engines with a snow
plow are stuck in a drift near Richmond
furnace. Freight trains covering over a
mile of track are showed III near Sha-
ker's and much perishable goods will be
ost. In many places the snow has
drilted to the depth of forty feet. \
passenger train that goes two miles an
lour is considered to be making good
time.
MILK FAMINE THREATENED.
New York, January IA milk
famine is threatened. Milk-trains over
many of the roads are buried in snow
irifts with the contents of the cans
frozen solid. Sixty cars loaded with
milk are showed in near Middletown, on
the Erie road. Milk-traiHs over the
Pennsylvania road are the only ones IN
.o-day.
DELAYED TRAINS EVERYWHERE.
New YORK, January 27.-The Chicago
limited express over the New York Cen
raj. due here at 1880 o'clock last night,
lid not arrive until 8 o'clock this morn
and a half hours late. At
II o'clock the Michigan Central train,
lue at Grand Central depot at $3.50
o'clock last night, had not arrived, but
was expected before noon. The tram
was held in an enormous drift between
Albany and Schenectady. The blockade
1t Hudson has been raised and all north
pound trains are now running through,
though on slow time. The st. Louis
United, bound east over the Erie road,
cached Deposit. fifteen miles west of
on the Delaware branch, at
J o'clock this morning, but at IL o'clock
vas still snow bound there.
THREE MEN KILLED IN A sNow-FILLED
CUT.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, January q. The
nail train from the north on the Con-
lecticut- River railroad, due at Holyoke
It 6 o'clock last night, became stalled in
cut two miles north of that city Il
yang of men went 10 work this morning
o DIG it out. The snow WIS blowing
bout so thick that nothing could be seen
. few wards distant, and the 1880 train
rom Greenfield dashed into the gang,
yilling three of the men and inIuring an
timer fatally.
PUBLIC COUNTRY ROADS ABANDONED.
READING, PA, January 27.-In Berks,
lebanon, Sehuylkill, and Lehigh coun-
les the public roads have been almost
.ntirely abandoned because of the i'm
nense snowdrifts, and teams pass over
,pen fields regardless of fences which,
II many places, are not visible. Farmers
ire turning out in bands of fifty and one
hundred to open the country roads.
MI railroads in this section are much
mpeded. No attempt is being
made TO open the short lines to
he cosl-breakers. 1t takes all the
orce the railroads can muster
O dig out passenger trains from snow
lnfts. where they are constantly sticking.
On the Frederick division Of the Penn
ylyania railroad travel has almost en-
irely ceased, andto-day workmen are en-
aged at Littletown in digging a passen-
Ter train out of a snow-drift. Between
lancaster and Columbia three freight
rains are snow-bound and fires we're
lrawn from the locomotives. The Read
ng and Columbia road is completely
blocked.
ALL FREIGHT TRAFFIC STOPPED.
HARRISBURG, Pa, January 27.-Travel
N the railroads centering in this city
las been greatly impeded by the great
,now.banks that obstruct the tracks.
The Cumberland Valley railroad has
nnulled all freight trsins and is direct
ng its attention to the running of pas
enger trains. Two or three locomotives
re attached to each train, and even with
his additional power trains are all late.
COAL AND wooD-FAMISE.
MIssEAPoLIs, MIMI, January 27.--A
dillbank (Dakota) special 10 the Jour
,ai says The situation here is growing
erious. The road was opened TO block
'ded train between here and Big Stone