Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-17

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i New 11r ana q her cities Blocked b,
Deep Snow. rifts-B Business Completel,
at stand III - Much snffer,n,. Re.
ported ivess I.ost ON tho Coast-Train
1ioctnded IN New York. Pennsylvania
i and New ,rsey.
NEW YoRx, March a The Eastern block.
ade from the storm was somewhat relieved
4 yesterday. but the situation was only
q slightiy improved The storm continued
lunabated. 50 that the resumption Of rail.
/ road travel was Impossible. From Albany
lfN. Is. on ths north, to Washington, ID
4 q. on the south, the storm is pro.
ncunced the worst ever experienced. Teie-
i graph poles Ly thousands are down, max.
ling communication between Different
points diff1cult Trains ara stalled along
the var. GUS lines, and railroad-mer
say it viii be several days before
the roads can be opened On &C.
count Of low temperature there has been
much suffering Among the shipping it il
feared there has been q heavy loss OF life
and property. Business in many cities has
4 been suspended. with courts and Legis
/ 10 ures I'D journed
Matters 10 u IS city yesterday afternoon
assumed g slightly better tsp sct, but The
ma jor. TT Of business houses are either closed
or practically 90. Not Q surface rail.
road company made any attempt tc
run cars, while the Elevated rail
way trains ran with irregularity, and
with few sleighs out, were the only means
of conveyance Broadway and the. other
great norIh and south thoroughfaras are
! almost tmpassable with the mount, ms OF
snow shOveled from the sidewalks. The
/ majority OF the cross streets IRE quaem res
OF soft snow from one to three feet deep
No milk b Is been rec lived in this OF the
neigh oring cities Of Brooklyn and Jersey
/ Guy for thirty-six hours. or if re-
ce.ved can not be dislributed on
account Of the impa ssable scond ton OF
the streesa No butchers, milk, grocers'.
or other carts ara visible All provisions
are delivered by hand, m n founder ng
ptnfuly through he drifts Coal, even, is
beng carried IN thousands OF places by
bag. basket and bucketfn. and in he poor
qiartersson the east side the price is nearly
dOu led.
/ number Of restaurants were compelled
to close their doors, Icing IN Bile to get
either fuel or provis ons The hotels ara
compelled to get most of Their fresh meats
and vegetables carried by hlnd, and
some are arranging for relays of men to
bring coal fro n the docks in bags Hack
men asked $50 to $50 for comp ratiyely
short drive, and gangs OF boys and men
we been making their own terms for re-
lieving h0useholders imprisoned behind
snoW-drifts 1t was impos BILE to get a New
York paper yesterday throughout large
portion of Brooklyn and Jersey City. The
public scho Is are practically closed The
ire dep rtmen5 warns people to pe care
fnl. as it is almost mp ossi Dle to get the en-
g.nes ont Preparations are beng made TO
mount them on bob sleds
Few trains, If any, have reached the
diffsrent termini in New York and Jersey
City. Many trains are stalled between
stations on the Hudson river and Harlem
roads. Officials said Monday that forty
trains We're showed in. Efforts to break
through the snow drifts had completely
failed Not a train reached the depot
during the day. Most Of the roads report
q similar condition of affairs p ssengers
suffered great disco mort Ferry-boa5s
are on yrln at long intervals All the East
ern wires are down. Several persons are
reported to have persisted in the CITY Mon
dav night s
At M dnight the snow was again falling
heavily, with every prospect of continuing
Telegraphic communication W tn Phila.
delphia, B fillmore, Washington and other
po. nts south con inues totally Gus off ex-
cept over precarious lines by way of Pit s.
burgh. The lines to New England points
are utterly Frustrated, and no in diligence
Is obtained from that quarter beyond tie
fact that the storm which ragged here Mon
day has broken over that section with great
violence nal
Reports from all par g Of the State tell OF
blockaded streets, snow bound and ;ban-
doned trains, huge drifts, and an almost
general suspens on of business on account
of the storm.
Troy, N. T., March 14-Three men were
killed near here yesterday by snow low
acciden< Two men were found dead in
The snow az arnoldsville
PHILADELPHIA, March ID The wind con-
tinued t. blow all yesterday, and the
thousard rs Of laborers who have been dig
ging 1T the mountains of snow and ice
on the various lines leading into this
ely have had a very dishear. ening tisk.
Aany of the cuts would fill almost as fast
as the drifts were removed The loss
to the commercial interests of Philadelphia
Can not be estimated in dollars and cents,
and the time which wi ! be required to put
the railroad and telegraph IT,; ftic in its
normal condition .can not even be esti-
mate |. The railro.d lines made but little
effort yesterd y to operate their roads
The bsockading of he railroads, both
IN this S ale and New J r*ev, has Gu short
the supply OF milk and produce and The
former artic e can not be purchased except
In very small quantities in this city.
Only five mails have leen rece we'd since
the STORM commenced, and they were from
seven to thirty hours behind time There
are thirty tons OF mail matter at Broad
y rect station ;swaiting transpor tation.
WASHINGTON, March ID, = a M Three
trains have arrived here from Phiiad ,lphil
after long and hard tr:p The trainmen
report that the stormis s6ill r. ging furious
" besweent Phila delphia and Baltimore and
that the track is badly obstructed by snow
drift 9 and telegraph poles
At the signal Office it is said that the pres
emit storm is unpreced ented since the or gin
OF the signal service The temper ture
known at this season of the year Ali wires
betw, en- here and New York are down ex-
cept one to B ltisnore The only other
to egr PHO commune tion with the out
side world is maintained " means of two
wires south and three west
WnM1kGToN, Del, March ID The Della
ware Railroad Company has succeeded in
re-estab lishlng tell graph conmun cations
along its line, and sends the following
dispatch: seni the following ,epor,
from Lewes this morning: One tug boa,
sunk out OF sight; wrecking com.
psny steamer sank near railroad pier
one tug ashore; twenty three sailing yes
sells Of various kinds ashore; he.vie uss
ever occurred in that harhor; it is es. i..flta-
that about twenty five lives were lost; bu
two bodies recovered as yet 2
TRACED AROUND THE WORLD.