The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-03-21

huge drifts and trains were fairly buried
from sight. At New Haven there were
twelve engines disabled or off the tracks
On the Naugatuck division all trains were
stalled. Hartford was completely cut off
for several hours from the outside world
and all the country roads were eifectualy
blocked.
New York city and state were completely
paralyzed so far AZ railroad and telegraph
service was concerned. There was abso-
lutely no travel in the state save for short
distances The drifts on Broadway were
in many places six feet high, and only a
narrow space between the shop fronts and
the drifts were left for the people bound to
their places of business AT times for
nearly whole block only the tops of their
heads were visible above the snow, and
now and then they could not be seen at all
The storm compelled the withdrawal of the
and surface roads. On account of high
winds no one was allowed to cross the
Brooklyn bridge and the ferry-boats sus-
pended their trips. The wires were down
between New York and Philadelphia and
Washington. The East river was frozen
over and thousands of people crossed on
the ice. Many streets were blocked up by
immense drifts. A few hacks or other con
veyances were seen, and the drivers charged
$50 to carry passengers from Madison Square
to Park Row. All the station-houses were
filed with tramps and nondescrpts who
fled in terror from the fearful storm. The
suffering among the poor was intense. Coal
Selling at Sl5 a tom, fresh meats and milk
were in short supply, and the last fresh
milk sold for fifty cents quart. Eight
pilot-boats were lost off Sandy Hook. Forty
trains We're blockaded between New York
and Albany. The drifts were fifteen feet
deep on Coney Island. The damage to
property of all kinds in New York and vi
cinity is estimated at several millions of dol
lars. Mayor Hewitt received several dis
patches from Dakota and one from st. Paul
expressing sympathy with the blizzard suf-
terers in New York and rendering aid
The dispatches said the weather in the
Northwest was mild and beautiful 1t is
said that the damage to railroads leading
out of the city will not be less than one
million dollars. At Albany the snow was
four feet deep on "A level and at Saratoga
six feet. Snow-bound passengers on stalled
trains suffered much from cold and hunger.
Op railroads in New Jersey many trains
were stalled. The Legislature was adjourned
for three days. Much loss of life by freez-
ing is reported. 1t is feared over twenty
lives were lost in Essex county alone and
numerous fatalities are reported in other
counties. All trains on Pennsylvania roads
were blockaded. Thirteen postal cars with
half a million letters were stalled between
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Nearly all
traffic in Philadelphia was suspended
Many vessels are reported lost at sea The
storm was severe in Baltimore and Wash
lngton. The latter place was never so COM
pletely cut off, even during the rebellion.
1t had but one train from New York in
three days. The mercury stood at 10 above
zero, the wind blew gale and miles of
telegraph poles were Frustrated. One train
which arrived stopped three hundred times
to remove telegraph poles from the track.