New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14
JERSEY ROADS STILL BLOCKED
4 FEW TRAINS GET AS FAR AS NEWARK.
TRAVELLERS OBTAINED IN ALL THE hAiL"Ai
srArIoNs-MANY ACTORS STRANDED

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TRAVELLERS OBTAINED IN ALL TUE RAILWAY
srArIoNs-MANY ACTORS STRANDED
| The blockade on tho Pennsylvania Ra'iroao con
| tnuod yesterday to q most monotonous ucsroo'
| Jersey City station looked like gypsy camp ior
| largo number Of would-be passengers had maze tho
best of tho dsagrceablo situation in the waiting r"'m
for entire day. Their number was angmen'ed
YESTERDAY morning By NsSaas o. M DO
/ witt Talmsgo and hsr daughter among the vio-
| tins. Two theatrical companies are also enjoying
| tho Inequalities viii, the station a.ords. because
they cannot help It. They arc tho Madelon Company
and the boston Theatre Company. Roland Reeds
woman Halter" company, which was to open at
wilamsport, Pa, on Monday night, has been badly
scattered BY tho Pennsylvania blockade. Alice
pany are anywhere between hero and Philadelphia
asaml Of Possn' and his, support are at Taylors
rubbing their eyes red with vcxaton In Jersey city,
| TIE CHICAGO xxrRKss REACHES NrwArK
train consisting Of two and four locomotives,
and covered with beautiful designs In congealed
water arrived from Newark last night, and brought
| the good that the Chicago Limited Vestoulo
train which stalled for q day near Harrison, on
| tho meadows, had pushed through to Newark 70
lief Of supplies had been sent out In the morne
ing to insure the passengers against starvation Tho
Pcnnsy lvania Railroad Is therefore Tee now AZ 1
up to the city Of Brotherly Love ,
| The present disastrous storm which caisea -, 80
record at aSou noon yesterday. a snowploush
drawn by six locomotives had been sent out to clear
nS one po Of locomotives was sent at fail
speed against The bank The dritt was so hard
instead Of through it, and was forced from the track
by the other engines. Tho locomotives demolished
1 telegraph pole and soion Of railroad fence. and
stopped with It's pilot not more than three feet from
Ss s d. and
tho four men mounted on The engine were baoy nut
Jumping. Edward Nuans a iireman, sustained frsci
Of both ieST and Of his s9 ana vii pIgedC Cg
confused, and Thomas whelsn, an extra fireman. re-,
coved compound fracture Of the thigh The wounded
| gno remains standing In the middle Of Railroad ave.
FEW PASSENGER TRAINS OUT
train consisting Of four coaches and three locomo
| tivcs, started for Newark at about o'clock,
to tho qualification Of several hundred passengers,
among whom were mcmbers Of tho Joe Bowling and
| Sadie nasson company. 1t reached It's destination.
and tho first train for Elizabeth left At o'clock At
10 o'clock another train arrived from Newark, and the
s: As + s t. o be foot R'" Of sH
city, great deal Of suffering among the catilo IS
ass gang Of the n S'y
but experienced untold difficulty 10 moving the cars to
the sheds. large number Of the catto were frozen
All Other roads With iermini on the Jersey side of
mSer snd a'S s are
lessly blocked No train either LETT or arrived yes
to-day.
NO COLLISION ON THE CENTRAL
| Reports of a terrible collision OF two trains tho
| Central Railroad Of New.Jersey Cranleld In
which injuries sustained by engineer, nremen
| and several passengers received with surprise
by the officials of that road. Tho fact that Com
sufcient to warrant the officers Of the railroad in
denying tho truth OF it; At President Maxwell
statement, because II the had through TO
New York 1t would certainly have reached some of
reported to my brother, the president of tho road.
was present when the controller of the road was in
that no accidents had boen heard Of on tho line"
At the sompany's lsrry at the foot Of LlSofy,s
and snes the
WITH notices posted at the ticket oss Dd
" All trains abandoned until further notice" Among
tho beated traveller, at ComInuppaw we're the mem
who boarded tho cars on Monday morning In tho hope
Of opening in Reading, Penn on that evening From
tho limited accommodations of the cars with every
prospect Of staying there for some time
SLEEPING IN THE FERRY HOUSE.
On Monday night tho superintendent OF the ferry
provided himself with some comforts In tho shape of
pillows and blankets and determined to camp out IN
his Office. Among the passengers In the icrlyhouso
were and woman. The man, finding that be
| accommodations In New-York presented his case to
tho kindheartcd official with such sollcitudo for his
fair charge that the pillows and BLANKETS wero
hurried over to tho woman and she slept during the
night at the superintendent private office, leaving
for Union Square yesterday morning In hack. for
| which she had to pay $40 The crowd who were
confined In tho ferry house all night passed the time
In dancing and singing and their unpleasant poslion
was lghiened by much meriment.
| Tho steamer KIN Won Kul mado two trips between
here and Elizabeth yesterday at II a. m. ard p. m,
the morning papers being taken on the first trip
The OF the companys ferries SAID that
In the course Of twenty eigh: years experience on
| the North River he had never seen such severe
| weather.
munlpaw, for Newark Oh Monday morning early got
as lar as sne M cu. 81
whom 1t was dug out and started again. but when 1t
latlon Large numbers of men and engines with
ploughs, were engaged all day 10 trying I" Ont way
scy side but up to late hour little success had been
achieved and all hope OF running trains last night was
line to Newark and hopes entertained earlier In
the day that communication would DC opened with
AT the Erie Railroad station. at the foot of Pavonis
ave- Jersey City bpsines. wa; at sfsnds MS
made regular trips until half past six after ths! tho
train Left the station during the day, and ,,l The only
ones In were The locals that had been stalled since
express from the west. which should have reached
ess f ssween and Monoe
sengers were well provided for Three Other fast
Port J G%s and p. CITY
At A O'Clock message was received from Buffalo
| other end Of the road for thlrty-six hours. No
munications received from intermediate stations
lions except one Tha left Jersey. city at 7 p. M
Monday and Is fast In drift Just west OF the
| tunnel At the station last night a large number
| OF passengers for way stations were waiting for
trains to fake them their homes, hut there
| trains Tho company did everything in its power
| TO make patrons comfortable A number OF Pull
man sleeping Into the train house and
the berths were made up for the OF ladies' Abon
forty coaches were also kept lighted and heated for
| the comfort OF passengers. The company also pro
vided free meals for their Diet aimed patrons at the
station restaurant both yesterday and Monday
The road officials said that they had ahont Q 900
men at work on the line with shovels and that they
hoped to get trains started this morning but acknow
edged that there was considerable doubt
Of their ability TO do so. The men
had a hard time of IT, but fortunately there no
serious accidents. James Met 1oskey, one Of tho en-
ploycs while tending the lamps the end OF the
| nicr slipped and fell down between tho bnlwarhs
| He was pulled ont in n half frozen condition, but
soon recovered Brldgeman GreeDeaf was at his post
all night Monday night, and had his nose frozen