Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-13
HswIt Blocked the Railroads.

The last train that arrived in this city from the west on any of the lines centerine here was shortly before o'clock yesterday morning, and from the east at about 6:33 when the Guilford accommodation train
 pulled into the depot. The only train leav. ing New Haven which reached it's destina. ton was the $50 a. m. accommodation train for New York.
 It pulled into the Grand Central depot an hour behind time.
 On th0 Shore Line branch of the Consolidated no train passed Tin bridge junction after the Guilford scoot ' in the early morning. The 9;25 a. m. train from New London reached Fair Haven where it plunged into a huge drift and became
 stalled. The 11:15 express reached Saybrook at 1:21. It too became showed under. In charge of this train was Conductor De Wolf. He did all that was possible for his passengers. and they were cared for at the Saybrook depot, where there is @ restaurant. Some of the passen- gers were taken in by those residing near the depot The express train which should
 have left New London at 3:45 D. m. did not reach the Thames. It was stalled near Gro- ton. It remained there at the last report Engineer Smith and Conductor Kenyon had charge of the 8:15 g. m. accommoda-
 ton on this line, which made an effort to get to New London It left the depot half an hour behind time and got stalled near Fair Haven, facing the train from the east The train men gathered at the station and swapped experiences. The passengers on the two Fair Haven trains were cared for by the people residing in the vicinity. A few of them ventursd out and came to the city All other trains on this line were aban- doned.
 On the Air Line road the train due here at
 9:15 a. m. got here at 10:27. It was in charge of Conductor o. B. Clarke and Engineer
 Allen. The SOS 8. m. train left New Haven at 8:45 and got as far as Portland when it be- came stalled. All day long the train men. assisted by gang of shovelers from Port land, made desperate efforts to get the train
 back to Middletown. They succeeded in get ting it near the Miadletown bridge, when all hands abandoned it, and the passengers were cared for at Portland. Engineer Hewitt and Conductor George Clarke were in charge, and they worked like beavers.
 All other trains were abandoned on the Air Line.
 The Northampton line was the only one on which an accident was reported. Luckily it was not very serious one. A freight train left this city at 5:10 a. m. and succeeded in getting as far as Cheshire. In endeavoring to plunge through a snowdrift several of the freight cars jumped the track and blocked NAO AhoAh AlA0 AOE UuO 4OSG OL L-1C IAOIbS were made to get a wrecking train to Cheshire, but they were unavailing. Engi- neer MeCenville and Conductor Hart were in charge of the freight They, together with the remainder of the trains crew, partook of Cheshire's hospitality last night. The train due here at 11:26 on the Northampton got showed under at Plainville. Conductor F. R. Smith and Engineer Brown were in charge. Everything possible was done for the passen- gers aboard. Eatables were secured from houses in the vicin ty.
 No other trains on this line were sent out.
 Travel was completely cut off on the Naug- atuck and Derby roads. On the Naugatuck two trains started out of Bridgeport, but when they reached High Rock Grove became stalled.
 Superintendent o. M. Shepard remained on duty at the Union depot all night, as did Sn- perintendent Wallace and other officers.
 Train dispstchers Beers, Penney, Giles and Smith were at their instruments all of yes terday and all last night. One after another of the stations along the line were cut off by the breaking of the wires, and at p. m. they could reach nowhere. Superintendent Shepard said that after the attempt