Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-15
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Better Prospects for Travel-De
tails of a Journey.

IN PENNSYLVANIA.
BETTER Prospects for Travel-De-
tails of a Journey.
PrrTsBURa, March 1.-THE snow
blockade east OF this city is over, and
from indications trains will be running
this evening. The mail train which
left New York on Sunday night ar
rived at midnight, and the Pacific
express will reach here about l 80
o'clock this afternoon. The railway
officials say that the tracks are now
clear, and that they will be able to
move trains as usual within the next
twenty-four hours. Passengers and
trainmen on the road last night report
having an eventful trip.
AN ExPREssMAN's STORY.
Expressman Collins, OF this city,
said: "We left Philadelphia at 8
O'Clock Monday morning in terrible
snow storm. We got along the best
we could till about 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon, when we arrived at Lemon,
place fifty.seven miles this side OF
Philadelphia. There we were COM
pletely showed in. The gale blew at
the rate of fifty miles an hour, and it
was showing as hard as it could snow.
1t was like fine powder, and it soon
covered the ground all around and
under the train until it treached up to
the door of my car. 1t must have
been four feet deep. We had to stay
there until o'clock yesterday after
noon, when four engines pulled us
out OF the drift. Mr.. Michaels, a
young man from Stonington, Colora-
do, was the only passenger who came
from New York. He had left there at
~ O'Clock Sunday night. Michaels
was on his way to Washington. The
train lett Philadelphia on Mon
day morning and soon came into
A TERRIFIC sNow-DRIFT.
Il never saw such BLIZZARD said
Michaels, in my life, and 1 have been
living out west for the last ten years
right on the plains The train pulled
slowly along until we got to Chester.
There we're nine trains lying alto.
gether, each blockadins the other.
Snow was surrounding and partly
covering them, and where the drift
lhad been pretty strong you could not
tsee anything of the cars at all. There
was nothing to be done but to stop
The wind blew a hurricane. The
snow was binding. Although the
fires in the cars were rec
hot, yet it seemed almost al
cold as if they mad not burned
at all. We lay there for about ten
hours. Many of the passengers be-
gan to get hungry soon, and new
complaints began, of course. There
were some of us that had sandwiches
and such things, but they did not last
long. l don't think that any man car
eat while he sees somebody starving
Then men had to get out and buy
bread. In all our misfortune, how
ever, we retained good cheer
Through the snow we went near
lily up to our waists
| HUNTING UP BAKE-sHoPs.
i Some of the passengers did quite 1
business selling what they could no
eat themselves. The uewsboy on the
train sold one loaf of bread at 10 cent
slice, and made So out of the loaf
In the afternoon, at last, the broker
telegraph poles, trees and other oh
structions, were got out of the way
and got to Washington all right"
Brakemen suffered intensely from
the cold. They report that old noun
taineers say the storm was the wors
known in many years.
READINGS REPORT.
READING, Pa, March IA Train
south Of here have been blockadet
since Sunday. Fifteen trains ART
snow-bound between here and Bridge
port, but are expected to be released
to-day. The East Pennsylvania
branch is entirely cut off, as is tht
, Schuylkill and Lehigh branch. Th,
bridge at Albany station on the latte
branch, is entirely demolished by TIN
storm. Several wrecks are reported
, on the Reading and Columbia branch
Dispatches from Allentown. Bethele
hem, Maush Chuck, Easton, Sha
, mokin, Pottsville, York and Lancas
) ter report the storm unusually severe
Il Trains are snow-bound in all direC
. tons and the telegraph wires are a.
, down.
Il Snow drifts are from six to ten fee
! in depth throughout Lebanon, Dat
phin, Lehigh, Bucks, Chester an
Burke counties.
al wOEFUL SITUATION.
oil On the Wilmington and Norther
o road there is train in a snow dri
: near Dupont, which has been ther
4 with six passengers on board sine
g II O'Clock on Monday night. Thei
8 sufferings from hunger and cold ca
t better be imagined than described
Q Several other trains on the same roa
are showed in, and the passengers an
crews have taken shelter in TIE farr
houses. Terrible stories of sufferin
> are told by men engaged in openin
. the roads. The dead bodies of thre
men have been found between her
]. and Pottstown. Many cattle hay
Z perished. The farmers are still III
< able to reach the city, and milk an
q country produce command
= premium.
PHILADELPHIA ADvICEs.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14.-Captai
. Burns of the brig Startle, which r,
9 turned from Delaware Cape to-da,
y reports having had a terrible tim
. during the storm. He feared tn.
Q nearly all the schooners which passe
= through the Cape since the begiI
u ming Of the blizzard, have been los
y He saw several vessels go down nea
j the iron pier at Lewes, one with q
y on board, but he was unable to rend,
: any assistance.
= WRECK AT CLIFTON.
3f A wreck is reported at Clifton, q
K the Philadelphia, Wilmington ar
+ Baltim re road. A snow-bound trai
10 was rum into and number Of passel