St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
new ENGLAND STORM
Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont Deluged With
the Beautiful.
Two Feet of Snow on the
Ground and Still Showing
Hard.
Railroads ALI BlOckaded and
Railroads ALI BlOckaded and
Travel Almost Entirely
Suspended.
New York Gets a Touch Of 1t,
Too, and Sends Up a
Wall.

BOSTON, Jan. 26.-RepOrtS this morn
ing from various points in Maine, New
| Hampshire and Vermont state that the
heaviest snow storm for years prevailed
| all night, and in most places it is still
| showing. Snow fell from fifteen to
! eighteen inches, and travel is greatly
| impeded. Many trains are entirely sus-
pended and highways are practically
impossible. A dispatch from Bellows
| Falls, VT, says: A solid blockade of
| snow in all directions to-day. There
was previously about two feet on the
ground, and last night heavy fall Of
| snow added, eighteen inches to the pre-
vious amount. 1t is still showing, and
a high wind is piling it up in
all directions. No trains have
| arrived OF left on any
| of the roads. The same conditions are
reported within radius of twenty-five
miles. Bidford, Me-, reports roads are
| everywhere blOckaded. and up to IL
O'Clock to-day no train has passed there
over either division of the Boston &
| Maine railroad. The morning express,
which left Portland at 7:30, is showed
in near Old Orchard. Help has been
telegraped for aud engines and snow
plOws sent from Portland. All trains
| from the north and east are from four
| to six hours late, and on many roads all
| freight trains have been abandoned.
At Old Orchard SnOwplOW with three
| engines attached is fast in SnOWbank
and almost hidden from sight. The
snow is light and drifts badly. The
wind is high, and about two feet of
snow has already fallen and still no
| signs of let-up. 1t is the worst storm
in thirty-fve years.
The following additional adviceS are
| received:
Bangor, Me-, reports one of the
| Severest storms for years. raging all day,
blocking roads and nearly suspending
railroad traffic. Toward the west it was
| especially severe. Outgoing trains to-
! night were cancelled.
! Rutland, VT, reports the storm still
raging, with high wind tonight, and
trains from and for Boston Cancelled.
| The drifts at Shelburne are twelve
| feet deep.
Concord, n. H., reports all trains on
the White Mountain division of the BOS-
ton q Lowell railroad at a standstill :;
| the wind has increased and traffic will
| be suspended several days.
The upper harbor at Boston is full of
| pack Zee, and navigation seriously i'm
| peded
Hyannis, Mass, reports four IN
| known SchOOners ashore on Point Gam
| mon.
| At Chatham, Mass, the winds have
| been switching about alternately, driv-
| ing the ice away from the shore and
| bringing it back again. carrying a num-
| Der of vessels with it. One large three
master has been making signals of dis
tres5 all day, but she could not be sue
| cOred.
At Montpelier, VT, twenty inches of
| snow have fallen, and the wind is blow
| ing gale. Afternoon trains are not
| expected to arrive tonight.
At ProvlncetOwn, Mass, the wind is
! blowing forty-fve miles an hour, with
| thick snow squalls.
Fairlee, VT, reports the severest
| storm ever known i'll that section, and
| extending all over the state. Freight
| trains are all Cancelled, and passenger
| trains are either blOckaded or from five
| to fifteen hours late. AdviceS from the
| numbering camps tell of fearful suffer-
ing. Numerous sheds have been un-
| rooted by the blizzard.
DenniSpOrt, Mass, reports several
| wharves demolished by the gale. The
schooner John f. Morrow is drifting
| rapidly upon MOnOmOy shOal, and two
| unknown SchOOnerS are flying signals
of distress. and apparently leaking
badly.
At Keene, N. H.. the railroads are
snOw-bound. 1t is blowing hard and
drifting badly.
AT Highland Light. Mass, number
| of vessels are in peril on Vineyard
shoals. A tug has gone to their assist
| ance.
Franklin Falls, N. H., reports the
worst storm for twenty-five years.
| Travel of all kinds is almost suspended.
| Twenty inches of snow has fallen, with
the wind blowing gale and the snow
| drifting very badly.
At Great Darlington, Mass, there are
| drifts ten feet high and one hundred
feet wide. Trains have been aban-
| dOned.
Dover, N. H., reports a high wind
blowing and trains either greatly de-
layed or entirely abandoned.
North Adams, Mass, reports street
| way travel greatly impeded and country
roads impossible. The temperature is
| falling rapidly.
At Mechanics Falls, Me-, over two
| feet of snow has fallen; strong wind
prevails; all roads are blocked; five
trains are stalled within a distance of
| ten miles; no mail has been received
| since w edneSday.
Three trains are stalled on the HOusa-
tonic road near Pittsfeld, Mass.
THE WORST IN SEVERAL YEARS.
READING, Pa, Jan. 26.-The worst
snow storm that has visited this section
| for several years prevailed here to-day.
| 1t was only about loot deep on the
| level, but it drifted to such an extent,
and was accompanied by such violent
wind, that some of the country roads
are simply impossible. The snow was
as high as the fences, and some of the
country stages which carry the mails
and large number of passengers were
| unable to make their trips. Trains on
the Reading railroad and branches were
all late from thirty minutes to two
hours, and on the Reading 81 Co
lumbia railroad the train which was due
here at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, is
lying between the SnOwdriftS at Mari
| eta junction. At some places along
| the railroad the snow has drifted ten
| and fifteen feet deep. A similar state
| of affairs exists throughout the coal re-
| giOnS, and in consequence not single
colliery was in operation this afternoon,
! and not ton of coal has been shipped
since yesterday. Two of the Bird Cole
man furnaces, at Cornwall, Lebanon
county, and one at Chestnut Hill, near
Columbia, blew out to-day because of
the scarcity of coal and to make repairs.
| AND NEW YORK.
| NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-ReportS from
| Eastern and Northern New York show