Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
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dressed, are reported found between this
city end Pottstown. Cattle have persisted
i from cold ia different parts of the country
and teams had to ee abandoned on the
roads. Farmers ere still unable
to reach this city, and milk and
/ country produce command premiuR.
Barns were unroofed, fences blown down
and mighty forest trees leYelied by the
storm. 1t will take weeks to repair the
damages. Passengers on trSIn on the
East Pennsylvania road after having been
snowbound twenty four hours were res
cued half starved and nearly frozen to
death. Among them were three ladies.
BOSTON COMPLETELY CUT OFF.
CHICAGO, ILL , March Is "A special
dispatch from Boston, Wis London, says
the storm has now ragged necessarily for
| two days all ever New England, az far as
scanty communications could reach.
Never before WAS there such complete
prostration Of business, and the dsmaee
! 10 property must amount TO an enormous
sum. 1t is fifty years siuce Boston
has been so visited by such storm.
The morning and afternoon papers Of
Tuesday were devoid of all telegraphic
information. No trains arrived In the
city, and those which hal been sent out
we're practically lost along the coast. A
terrific sea Was reported, particularly on
the north shore. Every telegraph wire is
down with the excep ION Cf ore between
Worcester aud South birmingham. There
are no telegraph connections west of
West Millville, thirty Eve miles from Bos-
ton, and but for q recently constructed
long distance telephone line Boston
would be as far removed from tbs rest
Of the world as far as electric comnuni-
cation goes, as If it were situated In the
desert of Sahara.
REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.
WASHINGTON, March Is The weSther
is mild and spring like to-day, and the
eject of the storm is rapidly disappear
Jog and will soon probably be entirely
overcome. Good progress has been made
In repairing telephone and fire alarm
wires, and both systems are now in fairly
good working order. The experience of
the last few days, however, has taught
the district authorities valuable lesson
and it is proposed to put ali fire alarm
wires under ground. Mail COM
uunication between Washington and
Philadelphia is now fully re-established.
The Western Union has quite a number
of wires to Baltimore, sixteen between
Baltimore and Havrs de Grace,
and sixteen between Pnila-
delphis ami Wilmington. Several
construction trains are moving between
Havre de Grace and Wilmington aud
linemen are steadily pushing their WORK
with the prospect of opening wire COM
municstion with P1ilSdelphis. Tele-
graphic service with the south and Wsst
mas been restored and all business ID
being handled with dispatch. Mails
south and west are arriving with their
usual regularity.
THE FIRST TRAIN.
PITTsBURG, Pa March 15,-The first
through train from Philadelphia over the
Pennsylvania road reached here thi.
morning 1t carried only thirty pounds
Of mail matter from Philadelphia and not
pound from Nav York. The passengers
who had been on the delayed trains tell Of
sufferipgs One said that q number of
Congressman were en- route to Washing
ton and when fOuUd they were showed
rp. They INDUCED in game Of
poker and drank whisky until their
supply WAS exhausted. At points be-
tween Harrisburg and Philadelphia the
snow had driited to depth of fifty feet.
Many houses were completely covered
snd the only signs Of hAbiEation WAS
smoke from the chimneys. In many
places the occupants Of the houses had
not even attempted to dig their way out.
There are sbous 125 tons OF mail matter
due In this city from the esst. The
weather is bright and moderattng.
TRAINS MOVING.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 15.-The
blockade between this city and New York,
on the New York division Of the PennsyI-
vauia Railroad, wss opened this morning.
A train consisting of an engine and
SIX msil cars, which left here
yesterday, arrived at Jersey City
at Z this morni0g. THREE train loads of
belssed passengers which arrived here
from the south and west during the past
few DAYS we're sent on 10 New York this
morning. From jersey City three through
| trains were started west this morning
The road is we'll opened and those
| trains will, TO dozbt, make rapid
progress toward their respective
destinations. The tracks Of the company
On main lines westward and soethward,
and on suburban branches, are in good
condition, end trains are be rg moved
| with something lik. regularity. The tel
eersph situation does not seem to have
imoruved much since last night. The
5extreme eastern poFtien Of the state is
Tstlll shut Of from Philadelphia. Terri
tory In the neiehborhood Of b .rTi-burg is
being rspidly opened up. The facilities
10 Plttsburg are meager, and the wires
are heavily crowded. Ia the direc ion Il
New York everything Is down aud direci
telegrsphic com il unicstion with thai city
| is not expected Until to.moIr1w morni
Frustrated polts sre scattered along Fari-
Gus routes; large gaps in wires are fount
every where. The only felegraphic com,
municstiou this city has with the esst snd
south Is through Plttsburg. TIE ice and
snow On the streets here is rapidly dis.
appearing 10 day uudef the effect of
warm sun, and business is once more as
suming its normal condition.
MANY LIVES LOST.
INV YORK, Marcn l5-Tne Erie Road
was the fist 10 get train in. AT Q
O'Clock this morning the Cncsgo express,
which has been showed in since Monday
81 Monroe, came in, the passengers ell
well. The PENNSYLVANIA hopes TO get
train through to Philadelphia Business
hiss once more been seriously attempted,
but the difficulties are still very
great. Cross streets are still blocke d.
win huge drifts OF snow, and the stree
cleaning department has not yet turned
IFS attention TO them. An attempt Isl