Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-14

mile or two of the trains. Several gangs
 of men have succeeded in reaching the pas
 ssngers and carried with them provisions
 and fuel. There is reported to be no suffer- ing among the passengers. The New York, New Haven and Hartford road will make an l effort to get trains through on their l road tomorrow. The street railroad l in this city is completely blocked and the streets are piled with drifts, rendering travel l very difficult It is estimated that two hun dred travellers are snow bound in this oity | and they are spending their time pleasantly at the hotels which are crowded Murray and Murphy, the comedians, and Hi Henry's min strels are stranded in the city and have given impromptu entertainments at tke hotels. The snowfall registers thirty six inches the largest recorded, the nearest approach being six years ago when twenty-two inches fell in fifteen hours. An engineer on the Fitchburg road was killed.
 The Providence Road open te GrOton-
 Things Get Worse Coming This way.
 PROVIDENCE, March 13.-The New York,
 Providence and Boston road is open to Gro
 ton, although nothing is heard of trains be-
 yond New London. The farther west one
 gets tke worse the condition of affairs be-
 comes. But one train arrived at Stonington
 from Groton late in the day, and it brought
 no news of trains in the showed up land to
 the vest The steamboat trains from this
 city last night had difficult time in getting
 thorough. The first train started out with
 one engine and was several times stuck.
 It reached the wharf soon after mid- night, over three hours late. The second or express train starting an hour later had a still more difficult trip. This also started with one engine, picked up @ second at Wiekford Junction and later still obtained a third Before Wood River Junc- tion was reached the fuel gave out. At En- his Bridge the train made long halt. Fuel was finally procured and the train reached Stonington at 7 a. n. and the steamer Nara gansett left for New York B half hour later. No boat had come on from New York at last accounts and the trains were held there. A single steamboat train was sent down to- night on the chance of 8 boat being there l when the train should arrive. At Stonington 1 the schooner Emma A. Cheesebro was driven | ashore. Her bowsprit forged over the railroad | train and her bobstay was carried away by | collision with 8 freight ear. The Provi- dence and Springfield road was closed all I day. At o'clock two engines with gang of shovelers started down from Pascoag. Drifts ten and twenty feet high were en- countered and shoveling was incessant. The | train reached this city at 6:15 D. m. and i'm l mediately returned. The New York and | New England gent out train late this af- I ternoon for Plainfeld, but nothing is heard | from it. The street car service is still de- | moralized on the longer lines, the Pawtuxet ! route having been abandoned. At Pawtuxet | to-nightC O. G. Boomer & Sons jewelry fac | tory was burned to the ground. It was 8 l wooden building enc hundred by thirty five | feet, one story and 8 half with 8 basement, | and the firm made plated goods, pins, brooches, bracelets, etc. The fire was dis- | covered in coal and charcoal bin near the ! furnace at s:45 o'clock. The school house | near by was in danger, but the flames were confined to the factory structure. Loss esti mated at $3S, GOO; insured for $17,000
 Light Snow Predicted For To-Day.
 BOSTON, March 14.-The signal service ob- server in this city predicts colder weather, light snow, followed by fair weather for to- day. The temperature tonight has been 29 above zero with a very light wind and slight fall of snow.
 There has been little improvement in train service on the railroads to-day and no through rains have arrived in Boston from the west )r south since yesterday morning, Local