New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-17
NRwxoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1889

not wrecked Tho schooner Easton Light fonndered,
| and four Of Ter crow wero lost On Monday Hun
garian boy Of tho pungy Molly was drowned Tho
Molly, which had out of provisions, was lying
near by. Tho boy got in . yawl-boat to 80 ashore
for provisions. Tho boat soon capsized and he was
| drowned on tho schooner Joseph Allen four men
lost and three rescued Tho provisions and gen.
eral supplies Of tho Ocean Bird having given out,
tho three board succeeded In getting ashore
They were about half frozen and nearly exhausted
They had to leave tho boat breast deep They
finally reached the beach and then dropped from ex
haustion. They picked up and cared for by the
people living the beach
All north bound trains ON the Delaware Division
had any number OF rescued dredgers from tho Della
Brcakwater, Crislcld and other places The
little town OF Crlsfeld Is built piles and oyster
shells. The blizzard nearly swept It away. Oyster
vessels that had stood many hurricane topped over
and sank. The sails though furled, we're blown
into shedS. The inhabitants thought their time hao
Of the vessels sunk Is the Leading Breeze Three OF
her supposed to have been drowned In the
peak They were seen on the P1gy on sunday
of Somerset County are flied with beached and snnhen
we've flooded by the high tides. Tho low lands In all
the Bayside necks were covered with from four 10
Of onancoch Creek was Completely submerged by
tide, and no animals can now be seen there. III Is
coasts arc said to be strewn with the bodies Of dead
cattle. Seven largo sch0oners we're washed ashore Ia
Hunting Crock and left stranded some OF then iuiy
600 yards beyond the ordinary highwaer marx
Reliable information has reached here rom New.
Church, In the northern part OF Accomac County 'has
twenty five oyster dredging boats wore cap,zed II,
Chlncotcague Bay and cast ashore there, ana INA,
fourteen bodies OF drowned seamen had been washed
ashore, six of them dashed to the rigging Oh the cap
sized vessels.
CLEARING OUT THE SNOW AT BOSTON.
THOUSANDS or HORSES AND MEN Busy FOR DAYS
THE HEw-YORK NEw-HAyEN ANB HARTFORD
ROAD STILL BLOCKED.
BOSTON, March 16 (Spccla-As far az Boston is con-
cerned evidences OF the great storm are fast dlsap
pearlng and 1t Is only by the snsh at somc neglected
crossing by tho piled In side streets that ono
Is reminded Of What has occurred Even these re-
ndcrs fast disappearing, and another day OF bright
sunshine will restore the streets nearly to their normal
condition. In tho suburbs the effects OF the STORM
Will be felt for longer time than in the city, but many
signs of a return to good travelling may be found
Active work by the West End Company has kept all
its lines in operation, and by noon yesterday they
were enabled to return TO two horse time To clear
the tracks and streets has, however required constant
work since Monday afternoon. end In this labor 1,5Oo
900 horses have been employed on the snow poushs
and neatly a thousand the sleds that were
used to carry of the snow. Extra horses and sleds
hired and the men worked checrfuly under the
stimulus of the extra pay offered Tho weather has,
however, been In the roads favor and cold wave
would have grove usy impcdcd all efforts at keeping
tho tracks open.
Tho blockade on all the roads has been raised
except the Massachusetts Central and hc only do
lays caused by tho stalled trains at Bridge
port on the York New-Haven and Hartford road
As all NewYork trains on the Albany, New ] ork and
ali these are aGected by the block upon It. and
do nothing until 1t is broken. Enough mails are
lively While Telegraph wires are being pvt shape
fast possible. All danger Of milk famine In the
city avcrtcd by tho arrival yesterday OF cars
from all points though full supply VIII not be re-
The Ieeisainre TO d.v defeated the celebrated
Beverly Division bill II passed the last Legislature,
but was vetoed by Governor Amcs.
came to-day by the steamer Parthian thus beating
both mail and telegraph lines. Tho parthlan brought
arrival in Philadelphia of the Norman
RENEWING TRAFFIC IN CONNEC1ICUT.
MEAT AND MILK WELCOME IN MORE THAN ONE
TOwN-DRIyTs As HIGH As TELEGRAPH POLES.
New-Iiaven, Conn, March 16.-Rallroad commnm
cation between this city ard nelglboring points IS
being resumed gradually. As yet no telegraph wires
In order but the linemen working hard to re-
pair them. Ono track Of the New-Iaven and Hartford
road is open from this point to Springfield and Mcrden
passengers stalled trains have arrived here In
large numbers. Railroad communication has also
been re-established between here and New London.
Business is rapidly revivlng. The snow Is re-
moved as fast horse and OK teams can draw IT,
Coal and groceries are delivered regularly. Mr. Trow-
bridge, of Milford, here steam tug and re
ported enormous drifts the New-York Railroads
tracks.
Some OF the street running to-day. On
the Fair Haven road bargcs runners were used
1t IL estimated that to remove tho from this
company's tracks Mayor York has directed will
cost 10000 One hundred men of Orange Centre
cleared road from that point yesterday and brought
to the city ZOO quarts of milk.
The only word received from Bridgeport was
brought yesterday by =. 7. Ward of this city, and Z.
A. Kelsey, who made tho journey on foot. AT Manga
tuck Junction the signal tower was wrecked. In Its
fall 1t smashed box house full Of section men, and
killed of them.
Reports received from Ansonia state that tho
Naugatuck trains stalled at High Rock Grove got in at
IL p last night and tho passengers wcro taken to
hotels. Trains arc running between Ansonla and
Waterbury and the road to Bridgeport WIN soon %
not be open before tomorrow. In Ansona the supply
Of provisions Z about exhausted and there Is Little coal
From Merlden the report was received that at
a Sonda hsd Ssd Sa Of
locomotives mall and three passenger coaches,
and stalled at Berlin on Wednesday night, both
engines SsaE s The the ra si:h H. the
in Springfield things resumed their normal CON
OF their routes and the railroads wore open TO Boston
and Albany. The Connecticut River road operated
Traffic was resumed on the New-York and New
England road from Hartford to Waterbury yesterday
bu3 no trains Will reach Danbury or Brewsters before
tomorrow or SUNDAY. Malls for NowYork left Water
bury via the Derby boat and the Housatonlc River
road. ,.
side world from Monday until yesterday. Little meat
was on hand and mono could be procured The milk
supply entirely Ont of.
There was great loss OF live stock on the Boston
and Albany road. OF thiry- five carloads of hogs,
cattle and sheep at Pittsfeld Junction. 1t is doubtful
II hundred animals VIII survive The loss Is est
mated at $4,000.
TRAINS RUNNING ALONG THE JERSEY COAST.
Long Branch, March 16.-The trains OF tho Penn
sylvania and Central NewJersey railroads began run
ming regularly down the coast 10 day For much OF
tho dstapco only track can be used because of
tho immense snowdrifts In many places the trains