Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-14

ness, and the man who entered one of them did so/at the risk of life. The police went outffor duty at o'clock. Officers Pagan and McNiff held forth in the blind ing storm in the Brooklyn district and Officers Moore and Ahearn fought the bliz gard on the Abrigador. The rest of the night patrol were on duty about the center There was no apprehension of burglary or murder. The danger lurked on the possibility of fire and strict attention was paid to this matter. The officers had a hard night of it but they did their duty uncomplainingly
 There were many narrow escapes early in the evening, but thus far no deaths hAve been reported. Officer Pagan stumbled onto man in Union street in front of Bennetts' store, dug him out and 1ugged him to the police station, where the fire revived him: Officer Blakely pulled two men out of drift near Apothecaries' hall and gave them warm place by the "scorcher" in the lookup. Officer Sullivan saved the life of young man whom he found on Kingsbury street and many sim liar services were rendered by the police to many ready to drop exhusted in the snow. W. N. Ladd, while on his way home rescued two young girls whom he found almost exhausted early in the even ing. They were taken to his house and cared for until they were, with the aid of an escort, able to proceed home.
 BUSINESS SUSPENDED IN THIS CITY.
 The blockade of streets, the suspension of railroad traffic and the consequent ces- sation of mail service and express and freight traffic naturally paralyzed business. There was no trading on Monday except what was actually necessary and the stores closed. many of them as early as o'clock, and at o'clock there was not one open in the city. The saloons alone continued business. Evening papers issued, but ow- ing to the impossible condition of the streets few were delivered The same state of affairs continued yesterday and the morning and evening papers did not issue. Merchants set to work clearing off the side walks, rendering access to their stores as safe as possible. Many of them had to shovel away huge drifts, and the regular mercantile duties gave place to this class of work, and the trade of the day was not worth mentioning. Last evening people had to get out or starve and trade picked up little, and the merchants were doing fair business.
 The working people who were caught in the storm had to get home as best they could Monday night. Many did not re- turn after dinner. Ralph Blakeslee, with four horses and the big bus Goodwill, dis tributed many of the female employees at their various homee. Yesterday business in the factories was almost entirely sus- pended, but it was partially resumed to- day.
 THE NAUGATUCK BURIED.
 The blockade on the Naugatuck division of the Consolidated road was rendered worse by the continuation of the storm yesterday. Conductor Scott's extra freight out of Bridgeport was fast in snow bank at Derby hill, where it plunged early Mon day morning. Conductor Tolles' freight out of Bridgeport at 4:30 was at Beacon Falls where it had been since Monday morning and the 5:30 and 8:26 passenger trains out of this city were at the same place. All these trains got stalled at High Rock Monday morning, but with the aid of three engines were enabled to get to Beacon Falls with the fifty one passengers on board. An attempt was made to go on to Seymour but the engines got as far as Pines Bridge and had to return. The storm was so fierce that the 7:15 a. m. out of Bridgeport did not start out, and all trains from the north and south were ordered not to move. Superintendent Beach sat in his office all day Monday and did not leave it Monday night Yes terday he was at his post and Clerk Adams, who had remained with him, was at the ticker. There was no news from the stalled trains until yesterday afternoon, all communication having been cut off, It was learned over private telephone wire that the passengers had been provided with shelter at the farm houses and that they were prepared to remain for another night. The previous night had been spent in the cars.
 General Track Master Lane, who went down with the relief train yesterday, began the work of clearing the tracks He hired all the men he could get and last night had got as far Seymour. The engines are disabled at Beacon Falls and it is pro- posed to work on to Ansonia where an en- zine and coal will be procured and the stalled engines and trains pulled out. There are six engines at Beacon Falls and one at Derby, all of them disabled. At the roundhouse in this city all day yesterday there were three locomotives in readiness to start out to relieve the party
 but when word was received that they
 were all comfortable it was decided te
 postpone the trip until to-day. Locomotiv.
 197, which halls the freight to New Haver |