The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-14
The Great SnOwstOrm in the
Eastern States.
CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.
gfneers Frederick III.-Can't
Accept Protec tion-Etc,
The Big Storm

Is DlOCKaQ6Q Win snow. All trains are
snowbound, and there is little prospect
of their getting out for twenty -four
hours. At some places the snow is
drifted as high as six feet, and there are
miles and miles of freight trains wait
ing to get through. Never before in the
history of railroads has there been such
| a blockade. The cold weather will be
very severe on the train men and pas
se1gers, as the thermometer at most
places is below zero. No mails have ar
rived from the east since 6 O'Clock last
evening. and it is estimated that 10000
letters are snowbound between Pitts
burg and Philadelphia. Telegraphic
communication IS still cut almost en-
tirely eff There is no trouble west.
CHICAGO, March 13.-The wires of the
Western Union Telegraphic Company
which were completely demolished be-
tween Chicago and eastern points by
Yesterdays storm, are still in a very
bad shape. Local officials have as yet
no means of knowing the extent of the
troubles. There is but one duplex wire
to New York that can be used, while
Washington, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia are completely cut eff from direct
communication with the west. The
storm, it is reported, has subsidized this
morning.
Meagre reports of the signal service
Office indicate the storm was very VIC
lent along the north Atlantic coast,
sweeping over the States of New York,
Pennsylvania, and Ohio Very cold
weather is reported from many points.
at Albany, the mercury last night
marked four degrees above zero, and at
New York ten above. At Albany and
Pittshurg, the snowfall is reported TO
be very heavy. No interruption on tel
graph lines either south or west.
BALTIMORE, March 13 For the first
time in the existence of the telegraph,
Baltimore was cut off from communi-
cation with New York and Washington
for over twenty-four hours, from Sun
day night. Not only were the wires
down, but hundreds of poles also. The
wind blew gale, and the thermometer
fell twenty degrees in ten hours. The
tide was lower than known in the mem
DRY of the wharfmen, being at least
twelve feet below the level of ordinary
low water. No vessel could live in the
bay Sunday night, and doubtless there
have been many disasters which will be
reported when the vessels begin to ar
rive.
New YORK, March Is There has
been only partial resumption of traffic
in this city. Elevated railroad trains
are running only at intervals, but they
are wholly inadequate tor the require
ments. The wind is still blowing furi-
ous1y, and the snow is badly drifting,
being piled in many places from six TO
nine feet high.
New YORK, March 13.-Several per-
sons, it is reported, persisted in the city
last night. Communication with Wash
ington and all points south of New
York is still entirely cut off. No sur
face cars are running. The snow is
frozen so hard that ploWs cannot be
used, and gangs of men with shovels
and picks are cndeavorlng TO clear the
roads. East River is frozen hard this
morning and many Brooklynites
walked across to New York. Few
trains, if any, have rescued the differ
ent terminals IL New York and jersey
City. Many trains are started between
stations on the New York Central.
Officials said yesterday that forty trains
were showed in. Not train reached
the Central depot during the day. Most
of the roads report q similar condition
of affairs. Passengers suffered great
discomfort. Ferry boats are only run
at long intervals. All eastern wires are
down. A communication from Phils-
delphia last night said the storm there
was the worst in over thirty years. No
trains are running. Many are snow
Chicago limited on the Pennsylvania is
showed in seventeen miles from the
city. Business is suspended. All tele-
graph wires are down.
UTICA, N. Y, March 13.-The storm
has abeted but the extraordinary fall of
snow completely blocks travel. The
fast mail and Atlantic express due in
New York early this morning are at
the depot. No trains arrived to-day
and none is expected.
Most people who got to business
yesterday were unable to get home last
night. The hotels were strained
to their utmost. Stores and offices
were converted into sleeping
apartments for the benefit of
employees. Many girls were COM
PEELED to accept such quarters. The
majority of the theatres closed last
night. 4 milk famine is threatened If
the blockade is not cleared soon. A
tenement house on " est Forty-thlrd
Street burned early this NOR Ing
Twenty families had to run for then
lives, most of them sCantilY dressed.
| They were given shelter in nelghborlng
saloons. The building was entirely
burned. The produce, coffee and cotto q
exchanges all adjourned for the day
Last night was the worst ever expert
enced along the banks of the Hudson
and along Westchester Shore Sound
be mercury at 2 o'clock this morning
at Dobbs' Ferry. on the Hudson, anc
Portchester, on the Sound, marked
zero. The gale swept with terrific
velocity. Railroad traffic on Long
Island is entirely blocked. Thousand;
of men are at work digging out track
Snow-plows cannot be used. President
Austin Corbet is snow bounc a.
Jamaica. He left on train for Brook
Ign yesterday morning. George D
Barrymore, the well-known importer
and dealer in hops, at No. 3 Waite
Street, was found frozen stiff in snow
bank on Seventh Avenue. Barrymore
lived with his wife and family in Osborn
Flats, Fifty-frst Street and Broadway
He started for his Office down town yes
terday. 1t is supposed that he became
exhausted and dropped by the way I'M
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