Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-27
GREAT SNOW STORM.
A BIG BLOCKADE IN INV ENGLAND
ARD 0IHER PLACES.
The sevnrest Storm in Many Yeafs-Rsil-
roads Practically Impassable-The
Worst since 1887.


morning irOm various points IN Maine,
New Hampshire, and Vermont state that
the heaviest snow-storm for years pre-
vailed ali night, and in most places 1t is
still showing. Snow fell from fifteen TO
eighteen inches, and travel is groatlyim
pedod. Many trains orc entirely sus-
pended. and the highways are practically
impossible.
A dispatch from Bellows Falls. Vt,
says: a solid blockade Of snow exists in
ali directions to-day. There was preyi-
ousiy about two feet on the ground and
last night a heavy fall Of eighteen inches
was added to the previous amount. II
is still showing, and q high wind is
piling it up in all directions. No trims
have arrived or left on any OF the roads.
The same conditions are reported within
radius of twenty-five miles.
BOsTOS, January 2G.-All trains from
the North and East are from four 10
eight hours late, end on many roads all
freight trains have been abandoned. At
Old Orchard a sn0w-piOw with three en-
gines attached is fast in a snowbank
and almost hidden from view. The
snow IS light and drifts badly; the wind
is high, and ABOUT tso feet Of snow has
already fallen, and still no signs Of let
up. 1t IS the worst storm that has visited
New England in Jhirty-iiye years.
BDDEFoHD, Ne, January 26.--lt is
reported that the roads are everywhere
blockaded, and up 20 u O'Clock today
no train has passed there over either
division OF Boston and Maine. The
morning express which left Portland at
1870 IS showed in near Old Orchard.
Help has been teiegraphcd for. and en-
Gines and snOw-p.ows have been sent
from Portland. The streets about the
city are almost impossible, and none Of
the schools are in session.
THE STORM N NEW yOBK.
New YORK, January 2G.-Roports
from Eastern and Northern New York
show that Tue storm is almost rs severe
in those sections as il is in New England
1t began last night andby morning over
foot OF snow had fallen. A high wind
set in and snow IS piling up in great
drifts.
A dispatch from Albany says MI rail
roads ceDtering there are in bad condi-
ton, and trains are many hours late.
The high wind is making matters worse
each hour. The Associated Press CORE
epondent at Middletown reports the
limited express fiom st Ions. on the
Erie road, fast in q snow-driit one mile
west of that city. The track at that place
crosses low fat meadows, and high
wind has drifted the snow until 1t is
higher than the cars. The limited had
been in the drift over three hours when
the dispatch was sent and as tine drifts
are growing larger the prospects for its
getting ont soon are poor. Three other
trains are stalled at the same place.
POBT JERyIs. January 25.-Suow be-
gan falling at p VI. yesterday and CON
timed this morning. eight inches being
added to the mass already on the ground.
Early this morning the wind began blow
Ing furiously from the west, makinghuge
drifts. Travel on the Erie railroad IS
almost suspended. No trains from New
York have reached here, though some
have got within a few miles Of the vii
lage An express train from the
West which passed through here
at 10 o'clock tins morning Is STALL
ed in a snow-bank. With the aid
of two engines it made but six miles
all day. More than dozen engines on
the mountain side near this place are
making efforts to get through aided by
all the men possible to be secured. all
freight trains have been abandoned.
The drifts on the railroad IN many places
are ten feet deep 1t Is the worst block
since 1857.
WHITE HALL, =. Y, January ga
terrible snow-storm is raging along the
west shore OF Lake Champlain. 1t is
the worst storm that has visited this sec
ton in years. Two feet of snow has
already fallen. Ii is drifting badly and
trains are many hours late.
ALBANY. y. y, January 2G-The
wind was blowing at the rate OF forty
miles an hour to-day, and at IL o'clock
tonight il was going down. Snow has
driited in all the country roads, making
them impossible Telephone and tele-
graph-wircs are down or crossed Horse
car tracts are drifted full and suburban
cars have not run since noon. At that
hour all traffic on the Delaware and
Hudson railroad stopped, and between
BinghamtOn and Houses Point not
wheel is moving. Boston trains
reached here several hours late
this afternoon, but none have come
in since. They are stuck in drifts
in Western Massachusetts Several
have started toward Pittstield. On the
Central railroad all trains are hours be-
hind, though men are trying to keep the
tracks open. The train due here at / 30
this afternoon got stack IN an eloyen-fOOt
drift few miles west Of here. requiring
nine engines TO move it ont. No trains
have come from down the river since
nightlall. Several are tied up between
here and Poughkeepsie. The West
Shore has been tied up since noon.
THE SNOW IN PENNSYLVANIA.
READING, Pa, January 2G. The worst
snow.storm that has visited this section
for several years prevailed here TO day.
II was only about a foot 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 Trains on the Read
ing railroad and branches were all late
from thirty minutes to two hours, and
on the Reading and Columbia railroad
train which WAS due here at half-past
O'Clock this afternoon is not expected in
tonight, as it is lying between snow
drifts at Marietta junction. At some
places along the railroad the snow has
drifted ten to fifteen feet deep. a SINH
lar state of affairs exists throughout the
coal regions, and in consequence not a
single colliery was in operation this al
ternoon and not ton OF coal has been
shipped since yesterday.
THE LAND az FLOWERS.