The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-02

Item. Of Interest from the FroZen
etc.i0:l> q; the North.

:t~iu. OF Enter"-t from the Frozen
Gfc:ioa> % the North.
NEW YORK, January 2S.-The delay
in the arrival and departure OF the mails
owing to the snow blockade continues
and was worse last night than during the
preceding tNeuty-four hours. Trans
have not been 81 irrrguIar for several
wears. The Chicago express over the
New York Central dnr ut $50 last night
did not arrive untiI | O'Clock this mora
ing. The train due at 80 o'clock did
not arrive until 2.45. The greatest de-
Law WAS on the New York and DunkirK
division. Tne train due here at lO.4I
list night did not arrive until 3.30 this
morning. All trains Oh the Pennsyl-
yania Road bet wrtn mere and Washing
ton are from an h.ur To an hour and
: half behind. I'il" Chicago express New
York CcHtral.) ,iu. here at 6.45 O'Clock
this morning. is five hours late, and
train on tine Lunkirk branch. due at
SIG. is six hours behind time. All
trlius from the West on the Eric Rail-
road arc from luur T., five hours late.
No attempt Is being made to send
freight trains over the New York Cen
| tral Rtiroad One thousand five hum
drcd AID fifteen ca>t-bOund loaded
freight cars are stopped at East SYRIA
| cuse, and about >0J more at West AlDa-
ny. The westbound trains are com
! paratvcly slow.
TIE WORST IN YEARS.
OswEG0. y. y. January 2S.-The
storm ragged worse than ever last night.
! Dcrp cuts on the railroads that had just
been cleared Of SHOW were once more
filled up. The thermometer was 10 de-
| gree> brlow zero and thr wind blew
SiXtv miles an hour. All trains on the
| Rome, Watcrtown and OGdrnsburg
Road have been again abandoned. The
Delaware, Lackawauna and Western
Road i, also badly blocked, and the
trains that are run " I making very poor
time. The passenger train due here
last evening from the West spent the
night about thirty miles west OF here.
The blorka ie is the worst in years. and
every effort is being made to raise t..
but with little effect, as the high wind
| His TIC Gus u Scoil 40 'AN"i SN'
SNOW BOUND PASSENGERS.
AUBURN. y. Y. January 2S.-The
storm shows no si%l;S Of abatement IN
| this section. The hotels here and at
| Canaiohare are crowded with SNOW
bouEd guests and there is but little pros
meet of their being able to continue their
Journeys for some days. Eleven pasSen-
ger trains are stuck in the drifts within
fifty miles on this city. A SNOW plough
with five engines has been sent out by
the New York Genital Road, but its
labors are useless Il. the wind drifts the
! SNOW back OH the track us soon as 1t
passes. The snow in cuts near Cato Is
over thirty feet deep.
SOME ADDITIONAL DELAYED TRAINS.
NEW YORK, January 2S.-The rail-
way mail service from all points IS more
seriously delayed to-day than during
any OF the storm. The greatest delay
is upon rhe New York, Lake Erie and
Western Road. The Duukirk way train,
due at lO.4O O'Clock Thursday night, did
not arrive until half-pas5 O'Clock this
morning. The New York and Chicago
express over the New York Central
Road, which was due at 6.45 A. NJ. to-
day. did not arrive until 1890. The San
Francisco mail over the Pennsylvania
| Road. due al S.l2 \. NJ, did not arrive
until ll.S5. The less important mail
trains were, Oh al averag-, three hours
late.
THE WORST IN 25 YEARS.
WASHINGTON. January 2S.-The dis
patches tonight are again loaded with
details of the trouble occa$ioned by the
cold weather, snow and wind in all the
territory from the north and south line
through the middle Of Pennsylvania
and New York to the northeastern Brit
ish provinces west OF that line. While
the weather i cold and plenty OF snow
and wind prevail, they have not been
severe enough to cause the railroads to
suspend operations or to obllterate rural
landmarks. The storm this afternoon
has undonc about all that had been done
10 open communications in eastern
Pennsylvania, New York and New
England.
The jefferson branch OF the Erie from
Susou.hanna 10 Carbondalr, Pennsyl-
vania. has been abandnedf for two days.
and several trains are showed in. The
Carbondale and HoneSdale Gravity ROAD
!, ,lsn hIorkaded. The worst places are
along the mountains. The Bangor and
Portland, and Lehigh and Lackawanna
p,irn,Is which ruu TO the slate regions
dt'''1 ~ no""sr,,,ni, o,,s, rpn,ain blocked with
Tn;ft, Th,. nsin line of the ReadingRoaC
nar,rn.n phiI,I,lnhia and Reading ha.
been kept open, and trains have made
reasonably goo" '''i'e 'n, t.lI Iiinsy, .S,,
VanEl seems 10 nave ''ao pa1 i':'iI 'uou S,ou
pie Oh the hAl' my ou' 'tle. = pInM.
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