The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-28
ALONG MASSACHUSETTS LINES.
Many Trains Unable to Move and
Several Accidents Reported.

BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 27.-The passengers
on the Portland express on the Boston d
Maine, Western Division, due here yester-
day morning, reached Boston about O'Clock
this morning, having spent the day and
night on the road. Every provision was
made for their comfort by the officials of the
road, but the delay was vexatious neverthe-
less. On the Eastern Division the express
due here at $50 last night rolled into the
station at o'clock this morning. A car was
derailed at Biddeford and it was some time
before it could be replaced upon the track.
The workmen were greatly impeded by the
snow, which drifted across the track as fast
as it could be thrown out. The trains
are running on the Boston and Lowell and
Fitchburg lines. The through trains are
from one to two hours late.
The situation at the Boston and Albany
station this morning was explained TO a
reporter in the Division Masters office.
The New York trains are all right to-
day and will run through on time. The
Springfield to Albany. The working of the
road on that portion is actually paralyzed.
The train that left Boston yesterday at 3 p.
m, is resting in the snow near Pittsield,
where the drifts are very heavy, and the
wind is blowing in the snow as fast as IT is
thrown out. The train from the West due
in Boston at 1885 last night did not arrive
until 11.49 this morning, over twelve hours
late. No trains will be started for Albany
or from Albany to Boston until the snow is
cleared away.
Killed In the Snow.
HoLYoKE, Mass, Jan. 27.-The train from
the North on the Connecticut River railroad
due at Holyoke at o'clock last evening be-
came stalled in cut about three miles north
of that city. A gang of men went to work
| this morning to dig it out. The snow was
blowing about so thickly that nothing could
| be seen a few feet distant, and the 7.20 train
| from Greenfield an hour later dash ed into
| the gang, killing three men and inJuring
| another so that his death is momentarily ex-
pected The killed are Martin Griffin, James
| Kennedy and John Shea, and the injured
| man is Michael COnnors. All belong at
| Holyoke. The train men say that they had
not been warned to look out for the gang.
Wreckers at Work.
WARE, Mass, Jan. 27.-The snow drifts
are 10 to 10 feet deep, and the roads are i'm
| passable. The train from Winchendon. on
| the Ware River road, is showed in. Con
ductor Phelps's train from Northampton tc
Ware. due here last night, was stalled in q
huge drift near Amherst, where it still re.
mains. A passenger train on the Central
Massachusetts, road, which left Boston al
| 5.25 D. NJ, for Northampton, stuck in snow
drift at South Am herst, and remains there
herst, on the Central this morning, to clear
| the track, but ran off the iron. Another
| wrecking train came from Boston, and all
are now hard at work clearing the snow
drifts The weather is very severe.
Suffering from the Cold.
| PITTsFIELD, Mass, Jan. 27-Fiye long
| passenger trains are snowbound at the depot
here, awaiting news of the opening of the
road west before venturing further. The
fast st. Louis express, Conductor Cough,
composed of six drawing-room and sleeping
cars, which left Boston yesterday afternoon
at 8 o'clock, reached Springfield all right
proceeding west, they became stalled mile
and half east of Middlefeld, but finally
got as far as Washington Cuts, where it
| spent the night, with about 100 passengers.
The train reached Pittsfeld at 10 O'Clock this
morning. The passengers were hungry, but
ad not suffered much from cold, although
| the thermometer was 100 below zero last
night The fast mail with $50 passengers,
| which left Boston at 7 o'clock last evening,
| left Springfield at 10.45, and brought up at
the quarry between Middlefeld and Beckett.
reached Hinsdale at Las a. M, where it spent
| the night mile from the station. The pas
sengers-many of whom suffered much from
cold in the transfer-including many ladies,
were much prostrated Some of the men
made their way to local drug store, procur-
ed food, brandy and other stimulants, and
returned to the cars to relieve the ladies.
Several young children were frostbitten and
Conductor Fairbanks had his ears and one
/ his hands frozen. Freight trains covering
over mile of track are blocked near Shak.
ers. Much perishable property will be lost
Engineers say that the snow between here
and Beckett is drifted 10 TO 80 feet deep, and
there are miles of track where it is 5 to u
feet Passengers here are pretty much dis
gusted, having spent twenty hours in goine
forty miles.
Vessels In Distress.
CHATHAM, Mass, Jan. 27.-The schooner
j. p. Merrow's anchor caught in something
and holds her just outsidesof Kilpond Bars