The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-28
BLocKADED IN NEW YORK.
Accounts from a State Where 1t was
Storming Last Night.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-There was one of
the biggest blockades yesterday ever known
ON the New York Central railroad. Divis-
ison Superintendent Bissell had the entire
working force of his division out shovelling
snow, but at o'clock that night he tele-
graphed to General Superintendent Tvucey
that the snow blew upon the tracks as fast
as 1t could be shovelled away, and that the
wind was so bitterly cold that the laborers
on the tracks could not stand up against 1t
Under these circumstances it was deemed
foolish to send out of the depot the 6 o'clock
and $50 west bound expresses and these
trains were held in New York city. The
depot waiting rooms were filled with people
who had expected to take these trains.
The snow blockade on the EIie delayed all
through trains about six hours. The ST.
Louis limited express about which many re-
ports reached New York during the day and
which was due here at noon finally ploughed
its way through the Orange county drifts
and pulled into Jersey City at 6 O'Clock last
night. The Scranton express over the Erie
due in New York at p. NJ, did not get In
till a. m.
Trains over the Jersey Central. Pennsyl-
vania and Lackawanna roads were all sew
eral hours late.
A despatch from Bnghampton this morn
ing said that all trains on the Erie road are
snowbound at points east and west OF that
city. Only one train has arrived from New
York in 30 hours and there is small chance
of another getting through before tonight.
The snow has drifted very badly and all
trains are either abandoned or running wild
Three Delaware & Lackawanna west
bound through trains were showed up. at
Kokomo Mountain, Penn, all night, but
managed to move at o'clock this morning
Trains from the west on this road are also
moving very slowly. No trains have arrived
in Binghampton from Albany on the Della
ware d Hudson since noon yesterday, ana
the blockade is complete.
The Chicago limited express over the New
York Central due in New York city at $50
B last night, did not arrive until o'clock this
morning At IL o'clock today the Michigan
Central train due at the Grand Central depot
at $50 last night had not arrived.
The st. Louis limited, bound east over the
Erie road, was sn0wbound at Deposit, 20
miles west of New York.
Still Storming.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 27-The storm has
increased the past 4S hours, and tonight
seems at its height. The Rome, Watertown
& Ogdensburg road, running north, is snow
bound, and all trains are aband oned. The
last train to reach this city ON that road ar
rived at noon yesterday. The last train
from here left at 615 last evening: That
LTdll LOOK Il uOuIS W dCCOlupilon JOuAnCJ
usually made in an hour and half. The
train on the Auburn, due in this city at 4.30
p. M, is snowbound near Seneca Falls and
abandoned.
A Blockade Raised.
SARATOGA, N. Y, Jan. 27.-The Delaware
& Hudson road raised the snow blockade
here at $50 p. m. 1t lasted almost thirty
hours. The Fitchburg road is still block
AIDED.
Nine Locomotives Not Enough.
ITHACA, N. Y, Jan. 27.-The wind is
blowing furious gale tonight. Almost all
of the various roads in this section and Gen.
tral New York are blockaded A snow plow
on the Elmira, Cortland & Northern, with
nine engines behind 1t, ACCOMPLISHED little.
Tie Jennie Yeaman theatrical company left
Utica yesterday morning and spent all last
night In the cars between there andCortland
They arrived at o'clock this morning.
Nearly all the trains on the various roads
are behind tonight.
An Accident.
Troy, n. Y, Jan. 27.-The effects OF the
storm were felt with greater severity this
morning than yesterday The Boston sleeper
out of Troy at 10 O'Clock last night ran into
the rear end of a freight train mile west OF
Williamstown, Mass, at 1870 this morning
and Conductor p. Cudm0re, of the freight.
was killed. He was in the cab0ose with
three brakemen. George Wheelock was also
killad and tWn 0fharS spriOuSlV iniural.