The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-28
SNOW V-BOUNDIN THE CARS
,,1zTs OVER FCRTY FEET HIGH IN
MASSACHUSETTS.

,,1as Of Cars Standing along the
rnoc,ys Unable to Move-Several
Ives Lost in Accidents Resulting
4no,, the Storn-Some of the Block
adad Passengers Frostbitten.
vp,r YORK. Jan. 27--A milk famine is
.,r.atened. The milk trains over many of
.po roads are buried in snow drifts with the
.,.o,,+s of the cans frozen solid. Sixty
.s loaded with milk are showed in near
Middleton. on the Erie road. The milk
.rairs over the Pennsylvania road are the
orlv ones in to-day.
The Chicago limited express over the New
vor, Central. due here at $50 o'clock last
,;rst did not arrive until s O'Clock this
,,o,,,inr. twelve and a half hours late. AT
Il o'clock the Michigan Central train due at
tho Grand Central depot at $3.50 last
night had not arrived, but was
ovnected before noon. The train was
bs'd in an enormous drift between Albany
and Schenectady. The blockade at Hudson
pas hen raised and all north bound trans
are now running through, though on slow
time The So. Louis limited, bound east
aver the Erie road, reached Deposit, twelve
mile, from Middleton on the Delaware
branch. at O'Clock this morning, but at L
o'clock was still snow-bound there.
THREE MEN KILLED.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Jan. 27.--The mail
rain from the north on the Connecticut
Piver railroad due at Holyoke at o'clock
last njeht. became stalled in cut two miles
north Of that city. A gang of men went to
work this morning TO dig it out. The snow
uas hi wing about so thick that nothing
could be seen a few feet distant, and the
;.S0 o'clock train from Greenfield dashed
INTO the gang, killing three men and in
turing another fatally.
SNOW BOUND NEAR PITTSFIELD.
PITTsFtFLD, MASS, Jan. 21.-Five long
passenger trains on the Boston and Albany
road are snow bound here awaiting news
of the opening Of the road before proceeding
farther. The fast st. Louis express spent
last night in a snow drift near Washington
cut. There were over 100 passengers on
board. but notwithstanding the fact that
thetbermometer marked 10' below zero they
did not suffer from the cold. The fast mail
which lett Boston last evening for the West
spent the night in a drift one mile from
Hinsdae The passengers suffered from
cold greatly and many ladies were pros
trated A number of children were
badly frostbitten. They could OBJ
HdlA lll4G W tllf bhO NChAtSi y
drug store supplied the passengers with
brandy Three engines with IA snow plow
are stuck in drift near Richmond Fur
mace Freight trains covering over mile
of track are showed in near Shakers, and
much perishable goods will be lost. In
many places the snow has drifted to depth
Of 40 feet. \ passenger train that goes two
miles an hour is considered to be making
good time
STILL SHOWING.
RICHMOND. QUE, Jan. 27-Snow has
fallen steadily since Yesterday, and it Is
now from TO S feet deep. The mercury is
below zero. The railroads are blocked and
travel on country roads is entirely suS-
pended
BIDDEFoRD's BLOCKADE.
BIDDEFORD, Me, Jan. 2T.-The snow
blockade is unequaled since 1866. From 4
o'clock Yesterday morning till 9 o'clock last
night no train passed through here. AT
o'clock seven passenger trains and one
freight were blockaded within one mile of
this city on the Western division, where the
snow is drifted the worst. But little head
way is being made, and the wreckng train
did not finish its work at Old Orchard until
> O'Clock last night, having spent seven
hours in getting an engine ard snow plow
back on the track. The passengers of all
'-N pOits Ctl u clllio Nbit pa w lhth WIN piC
visions by the railroad company, ami at
Old Orchard they We're taken to hotels,
where many lady passengers are detained.
Al midnight 1t was still showing.
TRAINS IN TROUBLE AROUND TROY.
TROY, n. Y, Jan. 27.-1 he effects of the
storm were felt this morning with even great
erSeyerlty tuan yesterday. The Boston train
out OF here at 10 o'clock last night ran into
zoe rear end of freight train a mile west
OF Wllllamstown, Mass, at 1880 O'Clock
this morning, and Conductor p. Cudmore
Of the freight was killed. He was i'll the
caboose with three of his brakemen, who
we're all seriously injured Brakeman
George Wheeler was also killed The
through night train from Montreal on the
central Vermont road is fast in a snow DRIFT
near Burlington.
ALL TRAINS ABANDONED.
ITHACA, n. Y, Jan 27-Owing to the
Snow all trains on the Elmira, Corning and
Northern railroad at this point are aban-
uoled today. The passenger train on this
road due here at 3:21 o'clock yesterday al
tFnoon was stuck all night in a snow bank
ana did not arrive until $50 o'clock this
morning. The Jennie Yeoman's troupe
pound from Utica TO Ithaca were among
'ne passengers.
BLOWING A HURRICANE.
PLYMOUTH, n. H., Jan 27.-The weather
uefe is the worst known for years. Eight
esl Inches Of snow fel during the past
Mehty-tour hours and the Thermometer is
oe.ow zero, with the wind blowing a hur-
Incahe Seven trains are blockaded between
warren Summit and Ashland, and some
are without fuel and water, and it is impos-
%o'e TO communicate with any of them.
;3o ;,Co mails have been received here since
Wednesday night.
BINGHAMToN'S BLIZZARD.
biNGHANToN, N. Y, Jan 27.--All trains
WI ths Erie road are "laid out" at points
SdSI ana west Of this city. Only one train
naS arrived from New York in thirty hours,
s anu There IS slim chance of another getting
Trough before tonight. The snow has
a. lDed badly in all directions and trains are
nnyIer abandoned or running wild" The
,Eela"are, Lackawanna and Western
Trough trains were snowed-up at Pocono
n,uouutain' Peunsylvaniaa, all night, but
'rTauaged 10 move at o'clock this morning.
-ialnS from the west on this road are also
f+oYllg very slowly. No trains have arrived
ION uon Albany on the Delaware and Hudson
'oI soc,.Sllce SINCE noon yesterday and the blockade
SIX MILES OF TRAINS
ASTON, Pa, Jan. 27.-Snow drifted all
snD and caused blockade of trains on
new jersey Central railroad six miles
~. west OF Hampton. Trains are now
IAS Snow drifts are numerous on al
fre roads centering here, and trains are
IL M On TO two hours late All trains on