The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-14

/ CQulu Walk Qry-SQOu On bue SOIL tnuS eN-
! posed. After 8 o'clock the fire telegraph
system was useless An alarm could not
have been sent in from over a dozen boxes,
and the city would have been
practically at the mercy of the
! flames, had fire broken out. The
| old watch tower system was put into
use. At each engine house sentinel was
stationed In the belfry and relieved at inter
walls. 1t is the opinion of old bay captains
that Sunday night was one of the worst
ever experienced on the Chesapeake bay,
and as the notice Of the storm was so short
there have doubtless been many disasters
which will be reported as soon as vessels
| begin to arrive, No vessel could live in
the bay Sunday night.
BUT LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.
PHILADELPHIA, March Is, IL p. M-There
is but little improvement to-day. The stag
nation of business caused by the storm con-
| tinues. The street car companies have
generally resumed business, and with four
horse teams, succeed in moving over their
routes with slight detention. The
steam railroad system, however, is still
| in paralized condition but every
| effort is being made to run trains
over the roads centering here. Trains
arrived from Baltimore and Washington
during the day on the Pennsylvania road,
and IT, ms left here for those cities at 80
o'clock this afternoon. On the bulletin
board at the Broad street station the follow
ing announcement is made: No trains on
the New York and Central division and no
trains for Pittsburg and the West to day"
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
Reports by special messenger from Will
| mington, Del, say that word has been re-
| ceived from Lewes by the railroad wire
that a number of vessels and tugs have
| been sunk at Delaware Breakwater and
tvra -fxra hoy
already been recovered, and it is believed
that the loss of life along the coast will be
terrible. Geographic communication by
the Western Union wires is not yet estab-
lished.
A WAGON FACTORY BURNED.
COLUMBUS, O., March 13.-The main
building and works of the Buckeye Buggy
Company, located in TIE northern part of
| the city, were burned tonight The build
ing was 62x175 feet and seven stories high.
The flames were discovered in the top floor
and are thought to have originated in the
varnisl room. The wind was high and
the flames spread rapidly, and soon had the
whole structure enveloped. 1t was a total
loss. The company is composed OF John r.
Hughes, Frank Hughes, o. F. and A. Viii
SON The building was worth about $780,
900, and the machinery $4,000, and there
was about 800, 900 worth of stock on hand,
a portion of which was finished work. The
total loss is about $4,000 The insurance
is 100000. The fire SD cad and burned a
few other small buildings. The India a,
Bloomington and Western railroad freight
house was damaged, and the Exchange
Hotel was badly scorched.
A MILLIONAIRE AS A COOK.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, March 13.-A train
which left Rochester yesterday morning Is
stalled about five miles east of here. About
fifty members and Senators were ce board
No provisions could be obtained for the
snow-bound party until this morning, when
they Toasted on ham and potatoes. A
Rochester millionaire and Buffalo states
man cooked for the hungry passengers until
all were provided for This morning re-
| lief train brought the passengers to Schenec-
| tady, where five trains are stalled, with no
prospects of getting out to-day. A stock
train is showed in near Rochester. The
| stock all froze to death last night.
GALE AT NORFOLK.
NORFOLK, VA, March 12.-Early Sun
day morning the wind commenced to blow
half gale from the northeast which con-
tinued throughout the day, accompanied
by heavy rain. At night-fall the wind
shifted to the northwest and blew heavy
gale, the velocity of the wind reaching
damage was done in the harbor. AS the
gale was off shore little apprehension is felt
| concerning serious marine disasters. All
outgoing shipping was detained
ENGINES AS GATHERING RAMS.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., March 13.-Six
heavy engines were sent from the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station this morning to clear
the snow drifts from the tracks. Thew
managed to get half a mile from the depot
when the front engine encountered heavy
bank. and was thrown from the track into
CTR aUf,- G.,
man, and John Mullins a yard master
were seriously injured. 1t is believed that
Whean will die. The engine is badly
wrecked.
OUT OF THE DRIFTS.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. March 13.-
A train with 300 passengers from Jamaica
l.. l. after being in the snow drifts thirty.
six hours, a rived this afternoon, and 800
persons walked into Jamaica this morning
after passing the night in stalled trains.
The drifts in the streets of Jamaica are
thirty feet high. Four passenger trains on
the Flushing Division of the Long Island
road have not been heard from. They are
supposed to be near Garden City.
CAMDEN CUT OFF.
CAMDEN, N. j., Mach 13-This city is cut
off from railroad, telegraph or telephone
communication with all points by the biz
zard, and but for the ferry boats, which
still make irregular trips, 1t would be com
pletely isolated. It's water supplye is prac-
ticaliy exhausted, and there is great danger
Of a conhagration sweeping through the
city. No mails arrived to-day, and there is
but little likelihood that they will arrive.
Railroad traffic is paralyzed
40 INCHES OF SNOW.
SARATOGA, N. Y, March 13-Forty
inches Of snow have fallen here. The wind
is blowing from all points of the compass.
The snow is badly diiited
Railroad travel in this section is entirely
suspended. Not a wheel has moved on any
of the roads for twenty.four hours. Four
feet four inches Of snow has fallen. The
storm is still raging. For sixty hours snow
has been falling, and there are no indica
tions OF its stopping.
STUCK AT SYRACUSE.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 13.--No trains
are moving IN any direction. All trains
from the West are held here with no pros
pect of moving before tomorrow (Wednes-
day. The hotels are crowded with belated
travellers Stock trains on the Central and
West Snore roads are being cared for 1T
stations each side of the city. The officials
Of these roads say that nothing can be done
toward opening the roads till the storm
ceases.
NO TRAINS AT HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, PA, March 13-No train