Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-15
Effects of The Storm.

The moro moderate weather Of yesterday
and to-day has broken the back bone OF the
blizzard but the work of raising the railroad
blockade goes on with difficulty, and the
inability of trains 10 get into New York il
causing scarcity OF fresh food in that city
From New Jersey there are reports Of great
suffering. and in that Slate, New York and
Pennsylvania number OF people are sup
posed to have persisted in the snow. AID
ditonal wrecks and loss Of life are reported
at the Delaware Breakwater and other
points. Camden, n. j., is threatened with
water famine on account of low water in
the river. A number of people in Paterson
N. J.. got lost in the streets and were res
cued by policemen AT all points where
the storm prevailed the railroads and coun.
ty 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 accom- lished.
The Pennsylvania road has opened single
track from Newark, and hopes 10 be open
clear to Philadelphia to-day when com.
munication with Washington will be re.
sumed The inability of the railroads to
deliver freight in New York has cut off the
meat, milk and vegetable supply, and there
is danger of serious inconvenience to the
people from scarcity of such supplies Il
is stated that there is 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 yesterday morning.
The cold was particularly severe on live
Pennsylvania freight yard. At South Eliza.
bethport stock train was blockaded on the
siding, and many sheep and cattle were
frozen to death.
There is little Improvement in the con
dition of the telegraph wires. Western
Union officers Gag that 700 poles are down
New York and Washington, and it is not
expected that things will be running as usu-
al inside OF a week at least.
106 gaze Ol Nouuhy uicW Elk NtestlS
high and dry ashore in Hunting Creek, Ac.
comac county. Three large warehouses
were washed away, and a large wharf was
wrecked. One of the warehous-
30 contained guano and phosphate, all OF
which is a total loss.
The latest reports from Chesapeake bay
md its tributaries show that great deal of
damage WAS done to small vessels.
Capt. Delano, of the tug Sampson, while
inside of Hampton bar on Monday. saw
en- ton sloop. which was at anchor mile
southwest capsizs and sink with all on board.
Soon after one of the crew came to the SUR
ace and got On the masthead of the sloop,
.nd remained there until l:30 o'clock, when
lie fell into the water and persisted
1t is estimated that the actual loses to bus
ness by the storm in New York will be not
esq than 81 900 600, and the losses through
ut the state will reach S20000.000. OF the
wenty.nine boats that make up the harbor
eet of that city, but two outFode ID s-sstteern
Vine were wrecked Monday, and eighteen |
ave not been heard from. All the crews of
ne wrecked Vessels were rescued.