The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-23
RESUMING BUSINESS.
New York Getting Back to Her Former
Condition-Cidzens Turn Their Atten.
ton to Cleaning the Streets-Reports of
Loss of Life Coming In

New York Getting Back to Her Former
Condition-Ciiizens Turn Their Atten-
ton to Cleaning the Streets-Reports of
Loss of Life Coming In.
New YORK. March 16.-The sight of the
rising sun yesterday made glad the hearts
OF countless poor many of whom were
without food and almost all without fuel.
Yesterdays warm light made the latter un-
necessary, and hundreds of attic ami tene-
ment windows were thrown open to the
soft air.
During the night the railroad employees
had not been idle. The Erie was the first
to win. Yesterday morning at 5:45 the
Chicago through express rolled into the
depot Other roads followed, and mail
trains left the city on schedule time.
On the Jersey Central no rains are run
ming above Bound Brook, where $500 men
are working a way through deep cut
Central trains are now running nearly
upon schedule time. The New York, On
tario & Western is clear and has brought
in 5000 cans Of milk, ending the milk
famine.
One of the incidents of the blockade
downtown was the building of immense
bonires in the middle OF snow-drifts
waste boxes and the big heaps were thus
melted rapidly away The sun did more
good work than all the efforts of the labor
ers combined. From severy snow-heap ran
little riils, which in turn went into
the piles of snow and undermined them.
The streets in many places We're ankle
deep in slush. Business is resumed but un-
der great difficulties The 5000
I11foa 1ah
tracks on the avenues, Iut left
the snow at the sides of the road in great
mounds Trucks and cars were blocked IN
all the streets in an apparently inextr.ca
BILE mass, Only about half of the telephone
wires are working. and the rest will not be
in order before Saturday.
The shipping arrivals gave the first de-
tailed accounts of the Storm at sea. The
pilot fleet has suffered terribly One at
least has gone down with several men
This was the William II. Starbuck, No g.,
which collided with the steamship
japanese. Ice in the bay still clogs navi-
cation.
One of the surprises of the blizzard was
the formation of an immense ice-bridge on
the East river, and thousands Of people
crossed during the three hours it lasted.
Meat has gone up two cents a pound and
most OF the large dealers have refused to
sell to any but regular customers
The mayor has issued a proclamation
calling upon the citizens 10 aid in the work
of removing snow from the streets and sug-
costing to proprietors of steam boilers the
feasibility of turning their steam upon the
snow piles in front Of their places OF bust.
ness.
LOSS OF LIFE.
How many lives have been lost in the
storm in this vicinity will not be known
for days. 1t is known that many farmers
started for this city with milk and produce
and have not since been heard from Sew
eral teams have been discovered in snow
drifts in the suburbs The horses were
dead and the drivers had disappeared.
Repor of extensive loss OF life are COM
ing in from all sections covered Ey the
storm. 1t is feared that over twenty
five lives have been lost in Essex
County, N. j., alone. The following are
known to have persisted: Xavier Zwinge,
of Livingston. John Murphy, of Newark,
John Doyer, OF Brookdale, an unknown
man called the scrazy fisherman" of
Newark. an unknown man in Newark,
John Koran Hattlerow, OF Orange, an I'M
known man in Irvington, one man and two
children in Hackensack, Alexander Ben
nett, of Staten Island, an unknown man of
Staten Island, and three milkmen of Or
ange. Six others are missing
NEWARK, n j.. March 16.-The body of
John Roe has been found buried in DRIFT
in the meadows. At Snow Hill, near Cam
den, Edward Sheppard, an aged colored
man, has been found frozen to death in his
shanty.
New BRUNSWICK, N. j., March LEON
Monday John Herman left Midtown to
walk to R:,ritan He has not been heard of
since. Neighbors found his wife dead in
bed and his children starving
sTREwN WITH WRECKS.
LEwEs, Del. March 16.-The story of the
shipwrecks and loss OF life between Sandy
Hook and Cape Charles between Sunday
afternoon and Monday noon can not be tod
in full for many days, if ever
The hlrbor is filed with wrecks of I'M
known vessels, in some cases bottom up
ward The probabilities are that the crews
of many of these craft have persisted to
man Among the vessels lost was the
barge Hazeltine, Captain Van Kirk, and
crew Of five men. The bark Briminga had
crew of twenty-three all told twenty wo
Of whom were lost. A number of bodies
were washed ashore. The tug Simpson is
sunk in the harbor A corrected list of the
vessels ashore includes two barkentines,
seveeteen schooners, two pilot-boats and
two tugs Three men are known to have
been lost from these vessels.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16 - Cam
bridge (Md.) letter reports the Savenia
North caps zed off Hill Point and the only
two men on board drowned Several YES
sells were ashore in Creamery bay. The
Julia Cook, of Cambridge, is reported lost
with all ON toard. The General Logan is
reported wrecked at Castle Haven, and
Captain G. r. Eaton and crew of six were
drowned
IRA OK CLEARERs KILLED
EAsToN, Pa, March 16.-A horrible acct
dent by which three men lost their lives oc-
CURED Wednesday afternoon on the New
Jersey division of the Lehigh Valley road
at Three Bridges, N. J. Four engines with
two wreck cars containing 100
men, left here in the morning
to open up the road Nearly
100 snow-drifts were plowed when
they arrived at large drift on short
curve below Three Bridges. Their speed
was increased and the four engines dashed
into the drift with great force. The first
ClSiuO lcAU tuS lduS anu LII lcSS Cudu u IlIlu
ute three of the engines were wrecked and
two of them overturned. Three men were
killed.
William Shields, general agent of the
Morris & Essex railroad at Washington,
N. J., started east Wednesday with four en-
gines coupled together to open snow-drifts
on that line. The engines ran into mon
Eter drifG below Hackettsfown, and jumped
the track Engineer Baker, of the first To-
connective. was killed by the engine being
overturned.
Presbyterian Union.
PHILADELPHIA, MGrch 16.-The proceed
figs of the special committees Of the