The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-01

N0W EU8ta1as
BosroS, January 26.-Rerorts this morn
ing from various points in Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont state that the heav-
lest snow storm for years prevailed all night
In most places il is still showing Snow fell
from fifteen to eighteen inches and travel is
greafly impeded. Many trains are entirely
suspended and highways are practically ina
passablc.
A dispatch from Bellows Falls, Vt. says :
A solid blockade Of snow exists in all dircc-
rions to-day. There was previously about
two feet on the ground, and last night
heavy fall Of eighteen inches added to the
previous amount. 1t is still showing and
high wind is piling il up in all directions.
No trains have arrived or left on any OF the
roads. The same conditions are reported
within radius of twenty five miles
Biddeford, Maine. reports roads are every
where blocked and up to eleven O'Clock to-
day no train has passed there over either
division of the Boston and Maine. The
morning express which leff Portland at 80,
Is showed in near Old Orchard. Help has
been telegraphed for and engines and snow
plows sent from Portland. Streets about the
city are almost impossible and none OF the
schools are in session.
THE WORST IN THIgTY-FIyE YEARS.
All trains from the north and east are from
four to eight hours late and on many roads
all freight trains have been abandoned. At
Old Orchard snow -plow with three engines
attached is fast in bank and almost
hidden from view. The snow is light and
drifts badly The wind is high and about
two feet of snow has already fallen, and still
no sign of let-up. II is the worst storm
that has visited New England in thity-fiye
years.
A freight train is off the track on the
Northern Railroad at East Andoyer and
wrecking train has gone there. This, in adj
dition to the storm, will eiiectually block all
traffic. No train has reached Concord, y.
H., since last night over the white Mountain
Division Of the Boston and Lowell Railroad
and none has been sent out The snow still
continues and the wind has increased in
force.
IN NEW YORK STATE.
New YORK, January 26.-Reports from
Eastern and Northern New York show that
the storm is almost as severe in those sec
tions as in New England. 1t began last night
and by morning over foo, of snow had
fallen 4 high wind then set in and the
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A dispatch from Albany says that all rail
roads centering there are in bad condition
and trains are many hours late. The high
wind is making matters worse each hour.
A correspondent at Middletown reports the
limited express from ST. Louis on the Erie
Road fast in a snow-drift one mile west of
that city. The track at that place crosses
low fiat meadows, and the high wind has
drif,ed the snow until il is higher than the
cars The limited has been in the drift over
three hours already, and, as drifts are grow
ing larger, the prospects for its getting out
soon are very poor. Three other trains are
stalled at the same place.
a terrible snow storm is raging along the
west shore oil Lake thamp!aln. III is the
worst storm that has visited this section in
years Two feet of snow has already fallen.
Ii is drifting badly and trains are many
hours late.
Travel on the Erie Railroad is almost sus-
pended. No trains from New York have
reached Port Jervis, though some have got
within few miles of the village. An ex-
press train from the West, which passed
through there at 10 O'Clock this morning, is
stalled 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 there are making efforts to get through,
aided by all the men possible TO be secured.
All freight trains have been abandoned.
Drifts on the railroad in many places are ten
feet deep. II is the worst block all since 1857.