The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
"A. SNOW BLOCKADE.
The Recent Storm at the East and
It's Effects.
Railroads in Every direction Badly Block
AIDED by SnOw-Drifts and Travel
mpeded-Accidents Among
the Results.

BIG BLOCKADE.
NEW YORK Jan. Z7.-There was one of
the biggest bockades yesterday ever
known on the New York Central division.
Superintendent Bissell had the entire
ing snow, and at six O'Clock last night he
telegraphed General superintendent
Toucey here that the snow blew upon
the tracks as fast as it could be shoveled
away, and that the wind was so
bitterly cold that the Iaborers could not
stand up against it. Under these circum-
stances it was deemed foolish to send out
of the depot the six@o'clock and the six.
thirty west-bound express trans, and
they were held. The depot waiting-rooms
were filed with people, who had expect
ed to take these trains. Superintendent
Toucey told all inquirers that he did not
expect any trains in during the night at
all, unless the weather moderated.
Tho snow blockade on the Erie delayed
all trains about six hours. The St Louis
express, due here at noon, finally plowed
its way through the Orange County drifts,
and pulled into Hoboken at 6 p. IN. The
Scranton express on the Erie, due at l p.
M, arr ived at seven O'Clock. The trains
on the Pennsylvania and the Lackawanna
were all late. The fast Chicago express
on the Pennsylvania, due at 7 p m... was
New YoRK, Jan. 27.eArhe Chicago limit
ed express over the New Y ork Central
due here at half-past seven O'Clock last
night, did not arrive until eight O'clock
this morning. At eleven O'Clock the
Michigan Central train, due at half-past
nine O'Clock last night, had not arrived
! but was expected before noon. The train
was held in an enormous snow-drift be-
tween Albany and SCHENECTADY. The
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all north h-bOund trains are now running
through behind time.
All mails from the II Jrth, east and west,
including those that arrived by the New
York Central, Pennsylvania, Erie, Lac
awanna and New Jersey Central, are de-.
layed by reason of the great storm. The
Chicago mail that should have arrived at
1850 p, m yesterday did not ar
rive until eleven this morning. There is
less delay in the trains due here this
morning, but they run from five to ten
hours late. The drift between Albany
and Schenectady was in several places
from seven to eight feet deep.
FIFTEEN TO THIRTY FEET OF SNOW.
PITTsFIELD, Mass, Jan. 27.-Five long
passenger trains on the Boston & Albany
railroad are snow bound at the depot
awaiting news of the opening of the road
before venturing further. The fast st.
Louis express, composed of six drawing
room sleeping cars, which left Boston yes
terday afternoon at three O'Clock, reached
Washington cut, where it spent the night.
! About one hundred passen gers were
aboard. Fast mail train No. II, with one
hundred and fifty passengers, left Boston
at half past seven o'clock last night and
brought up at HinsdaIe at I :45 a. IN, where
| it spent the night mile from the station.
Many of the passen gers suffered much
/ from cold, and many ladies were pros-
| trated. Some of the passengers went to
/ a drug store and procured food and
| brandy. Several young children were
/ frOst-bitten. Freight trains covering a
/ mile of track are blocked near Shakers.
/ Much perishable property will be lost.
/ Engineers say that the snow between
/ here and Beckett is drifted fifteen to
/ thirty feet III depth.
/ RUN INTO A GANG or SNOW sHOvELERS-
THREE MEN KILLED.
/ SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. 27. The mail
/ train from the north, on the Connecticut
River railroad, due at Holyoke. at 81 x
| O'Clock last night, became stalled in q cut
twomiles north Of that city. a gang of men
went to work this morning TO dig it out.
4 The snow was blowing so thick that moth
| ing could be seen a few feet distant, and
: the half-part seven O'Clock train from
i Greenfield dashed into the gang, killing
4 three men and injuring another fatally
. Il n
I nedy and John Shea. The injured man
I IS named Michael .Conners All the mep
belong to Holyoke.
fH SNOW ON THE READING
- READING, Pa. Jan. 27.-The trains on
| Reading railroad were all ore or less de-
| layed this morning. On the Schuylkiu
| and Lehigh branches the snow drifts are
from ten TO fifteen feet deep, and the Off
cials do not expect to get the line clear
| before to- morrow. A freight wreck at
Rogers Ford, on the Reading road, this
morning, DELAYED traffic on the main line
/ eight hours. Five cars and an engine
we're badly damaged.
EIGHTEEN INCHES OF SNOW. AND THE MER-
Curry siX BELOW.
PLYMOUTH, N. h, Jan. 27.-Eighteen
inches of SNOW has fallen during the past
twentY-four hours, and the tlPernlomete er
is six degrees below zero. The wind is
blowing a hurricane. Seven trains are
| blockaded between Warren Summit and
Ashland, some of them being without fuel
or water, and it is impossible to communi-
cate with any of them. No mails have
been received since Nv ednesday night
BLEW A HURRtcANE. e.
=. CONCORD, N. r., Jan. 2T.-The violence
u OF the snow storm abated about noon. yes-
terday, and BY D. m. the snow ceased
falling, but the wind began to fresheh,
and blew hurT icale until eleven O'Clock,
/ drifting the snow and rendering the
roads almost impassable. The storm Il
the worst experienc I'd for years, and re-
1 ports from all sections tell the same
story of drifting snow and blockaded
railroads ana highways.
AID TRAINS LAID OUT.
BINGHAsrToN, n. Y, Jan. 27.-An trains
on.tlle Erie are aid out east and west oi
here. Only one train has arrived from
New York in thirty hours, and there is
small chance of another getting through
before tonight. Tue snow has drifted
badly and trains are either abandoned OF
running "wild"
4 A Res uIar Vvhopper.