The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
In VERMONT.

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gradually subsidized. Fully feet o
snow has fallen and it is likely to con
tinue showing through the night
The drifts in the village are even Will
the caves of houses, and business il
. entirely at a standstill.
Montpelier, March 14.-The storm
was the heaviest of the winter, % in
ches of new snow with what alread,
lay on the ground making a tota
depth of nearly four feet upon level
Where the wind had full sweep, some
drifts assumed enormous proportions
Waterbury reports drifts Is feet deep
Montpelier was for AZ hours cut of
from communication with Boston and
New York. No mails arrived from
the south since Monday. -Four Bos-
ton and couthern mails are now long
past due. Two days mails from the
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north have yet to arrive. Mondays
| O'Clock express from Boston reach
ed here on Tuesday evening, "a 1-2
hours late. This is the only through
team from tic 5N 9'nce the one
.eaymr Gosun al s3J on Monday
morning
Bellows Rails, Mach 14.-The
line q c.l red d0n last night be-
,rEesa here and Wlue River June
ton. There have been no trains in
any other direction. The Cheshire
and Connecticut River roads will be
cleared tonight.
Springfield, March 1.-THE storm
here was the worst ever known.
Over two feet of snow fell. Every
road is blockaded. There have been
no mail trains or stages SINCE Mon
day. An effort will be made to es-
tablish communication with the out
side world to-day.
Vegennes, March 14.-The worst |
wind and snow storm ever known has
been raging since Sunday night. All
travel is suspended, and no mails
have been received. All the country
is blockaded.
ELSEWHERE.
New York, March l4.-Reports
show there were 40 trains blockaded
yesterday between New York and
Albany, and Is between this city and
Yonkers. Only one train was moved
this side of Utica, and that was the
st. Louis express, which was pulled
out of a bank of snow near Spuyten
Duyyil last evening, and hauled down
over the old river road.
keene, N. H., March l4.-The
blizzard terminated this morning after
60 hours. II was the severest ever
known. Three feet of snow has fall
en-.
Exeter, N. H., March 14.-The
streets are nearly impassable and on
main street the snow is piled over 10
feet high.
Bridgton, Me-, March l4.-The
snow fall in this region was immense. |
The roads are all blockaded; and
there have been no mails since Mon
lay night.
New Haven, Conn, March H.
The New Haven railroad officials
made q vigorous effort to open the
'oad to-day, but failed. 1t is very
doubtful if the New York division
will be cleared before Friday.
Worcester, Mass, March IA /.
snow pillow from Springfield got !
through on the Boston q Albany {
'oad tonight, having been two days j.,
IN the road.
Peterboro, N. H., March IA
This is the worst drifting snow storm :
or 40 years. Highways are impass-
,ble. No trains have arrived since
Bridgeport, Conn, March H.
The storm is the severest known in
his vicinity for 60 years. The
streets are filed with snow to depth
If from five to 20 feet.
Lewes, Del, March 15.-The re-
ult of the storm at the Delaware
,reakwater is summed up as follows:
More than dozen lives have been
ost. Twenty-six vessels are either s
otally or partially wrecked. Two :
Philadelphia tugs are given up as
laving foundered. A British bark
nj lioi BUS % sea nd has not :
zen haar IRON "a four lays.
a nmr Of lives s lost in New
ofE. Pen0slvell ~. New Jer-
e. rgincigall among tgainmen. n