Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-03-24
THE WHITE TERROR
COVERING EVERYTHING IN THE
NORTHERN STATES.
Terrible Stories of Suflering-Driffs
Reaching the Second StOriOs of Houses
Trains Fastened Between Stations.

| Terrible Stories of Su0eFing-Drifte
Reaching the Second StOriOs of Houses
Trains Fastened Between Stations.
The sun is shining brightly in New
York and the weather is moderating.
Travel on the elevated roads has fully re-
sumed, but the surface roads are still.
The telegraph wires south and east are
still entirely cut off and there is little II
any communication east. Meagre
reports received show that people living
in New Jersey towns who started for
New York Monday had dreadful expert
ences.
Many trains were showed in a few
miles from the city and passengers were
compelled to sleep on them or wade
through the snow to look for shelter in
villages. A number of persons, it is as
serted, peTished from cold and cxhaus-
tion.
At Elizabethport, N. j., a dozen en-
ployes of the Singers machine works
started for their homes. Several were
badly frozen. One man was picked up
out of the snow stiff and breathless. He
was carried into the railway station where
he soon died. BY strenuous efforts the
Pennsylvania road got single track
clear to Newark. Trains were kept run
ming all night between there and Jersey
City to keep the track open. None of
the other roads have been able to move
trains Above New York on roads of the
New York Central system the situation
is unimproved.
The Chicago limited express train on
the Pennsylvania road, which was stalled
for day near Harrison, on the New Jer-
sey meadows has reached Newark. Relief
cars of supplies had been sent cut with
three locomotives pulling and three more
pushing. About Elizabeth a stock train
is blocked on "a siding and many sheep
and cattle frozen to death. In the Penn
sylvania freight yard car load of sheep
perished.
The meat supply is getting short and
prices are advancing, $15 per ton beng
paid for coal. There is plenty of it in
the yards in New York and Brooklyn,
but the difficulty is to deliver it,
Snow again fell heavily at Phila1el-
phia, but the temperature is decided
ly warmer, and the snow melted as fast
as it fell. The situation so far as the rail-
roads are concerned are much more hope
full. Pennsylvania railroad officials re-
port their main line to the west open, but
that the New York division is yet closed.
The Chicago limited express which at
other times is started from New York
was made up here and left for the west.
The fast express for the west left about
half an hour later and in addition to
those for father points also carried pas
sengers for larger way stations. Travel
has also been opened with the south, and
trains arrive from and departed for Balti-
more and Washington during the fore
noon. The situation on other lines, cen
tering here, is also improved, and with
the continuance of moderate weather,
the officials believe that travel can he re-
sumed to all points by tonight or tomor-
Tow. Telegraph communication with
New York. Baltimore and Washington
is still interrupted. and the only way to
reach those points is by way of Cincin-
natti and Pittsburg, over very precious
wires.