The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-22
BADLY FROZEN.
Terrible Suffering Of Steamer Passen.
gers Bound for New York.
After Reaching Shore Nothing to be
Found but Deserted Cottages.
Those Who Bravsd the Storm for
Food Terribly Frozen.
The Remainder of the Party Sixty
Hours With Nothing to Eat.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March I5.-
Many lives have been lost by accident
and exposure to the storm. Snow has
been falling constantly since Sunday
morning. The steamer New Haven of
the Old Colony Line left her dock in
this city 3 O'Clock a. m. on Monday,
bound for New York. There were
twenty-five passengers on board, two
of whom were women. The storm be-
came so furious that Captain Post let
go his anchors ten miles out in the
sound. The anchors were kept out
until 4 O'Clock Monday afternoon,
when the strain on the steamer
became so great that the cabins were
shipped. The captain then decided to
hope for the safety of those on board.
The engines were kept going and the
steamer struck at about o'clock on
Monday evening on the West Haven
shore. The boats were manned and all
hands were ordered to make for the
shore, which was about three hundred
yards off. The terribly frightened
passengers huddled into the boats
and made safe landing. The
real sufferings of the party
began after they reached the shore.
The thermometer was down to zero and
nothing but deserted summer cottages,
a mile off, could be seen. One of these
was reached and the half frozen men,
carrying the women in their arms,
found a temporary shelter. The fires
were started but no food could be OBJ
tanned and twelve of the strongest men
volunteered to brave the storm and OBJ
tain help and food from the city. They
Travelled three miles in the heaviest
part of the great storm. The en-
tire party was completely pros
trated when they had reached
a farm house near the city. Ten of
them had their hands and feet so badly
frozen that amputation may be neces-
sary. The other two escaped with
frozen faces and ears. No one would
venture to the relief of the remainder
of the party. They have now been in
the deserted cottages for sixty hours,
without food, and their condition must
be deplorable. A party of men will
start for the shore to-day with pro-
visions.
THE STORM ONLY LOCAL.
New YORK, March 15.-Reports at
the central Office of the Western
Union Telegraph company this after
noon, show that the late blizzard was
comparatively local in character. It
did not extend further south
than Alexandria, Va, west further
than Pittsburg and Buffalo, north
further than Saratoga, and east further
than Boston. Boston can only be
reached by one wire, by way of Albany
and points in the west by way of Chi
cago, PittsbuTg Cincinnati and Buffalo.
1t is expected that everything will be
in good shape by tomorrow. Great
difficulties are met with in transporting
the linemen by rail to the points where
the lines are to be repaired. This diff
hculty will, it is expected, end to-mor-
row.
DEATHS AND ACCIDENTS BY THE SNOW.
EAsTON, Pa, March ia horrible
accident, by which three men lost their
lives, occurred yesterday afternoon on
the New Jersey division of the Lehigh
Valley Railway, at Three Bridges,
n. j. Four engines attached and
100 men left here yesterday morning |
to open up the road. Nearly 100 snow |
drifts were ploughed through, and the |
exploring party had good luck |
until they arrived at large
drift below Three Bridges. Their |
speed was increased and the four en- |
gines dashed into the drift with great |
force. The first engine left the rail, |
and in less than minute three of the |
engines were wrecked. L. o. Apgan, |
of South Easton, of the second lOcomO-
tive and Andrew Jackson Bullman, of |
Easton, a gravel train conductor, were |
killed, and Isaac PiXley, fireman for |
Engineer Apgan, was frightfully scald- |
ed by escaping steam and water. The
four men were buried beneath the en-
gines.
William Shields, general agent of |
the Morris & Essex railroad |
at Washington, n. j ;, started east yes |
terday with four engines coupled to- |
gether to open snow drifts. The en-
gines ran into the monster drifts be-
low Hacketts, and left the track. En-
gineer Baker was killed.
Two passenger engines and a
pusher were sent out on the same road
from Phillipsburg; they struck a drift
twenty feet deep at Stewartsville, and
the first engine was ditched, but the
crew escaped unhurt.
Three engines coupled together were
sent out on the New Jersey Central
yesterday from Phillipsburg to open
the east bound track to Hampton.
They struck drift sixteen feet deep,
and the fireman of the first engine,
John Haversall, was fatally injured by
snow bursting open the front part OF
the cab and jamming him through the
rear part of the tank. David Freeman
was struck and killed by an engine
while shoveling snow on the Jersey
Central road.