The Portland daily press., 1888-03-16

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reached by one wire by way Of Albany and
points In the West by way Of Chicago, Pitts
burg Cincinnati and Buffalo. 1t Is expected
that things VIII be in good shape tomorrow.
Great difficulties are met with In transport
ing linemen by rail to points where the lines
have to be repaired.
Today produce, milk and live stock trains
began to arrive ayerting famine In many
Of the articles. Meat is, however, one or
two cents pound higher than 1t was before
the storm, while vegetables are too high to
be considered anything but luxuries. The
coal supply has been increased and there Is
less suffering for lack Of fuel.
One of the most stubborn blOckades is that
on the New YORK & New Haven railroad.
Today the line was opened as far as New
Rochelle and a large force OF men were
pushing east as rapidly as possibly, No tel.
egraph wires are working beyond Mount
Vernon, but connection with New England
has been established by way OF Albany.
At Albany and Troy.
ALBANY, N. Y, Mar. 15.-The Boston 4
Albany railroad. the worst blocked of all the
roads running into Albany, was partially
cleared this afternoon.
A train left Pittsfeld, Mass, this morning
for Albany and another was ready to start.
On the Hudson River road. The newspaper
train from New York came in 80 minutes
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ears left at 1890 a. m. The Central road
from Albany to Buffalo is perfectly clear. On
the Delaware & Hudson road nearly all the
trains are running on time. Regular railroad
communication with Troy was had today Tor
the Hrst time since Monday.
TROY, N. Y, Mar. 15.-The Fitchburg rail-
road was cleared yesterday afternoon. A
train was started at 1923 p. m, for North
Adams and Boston. Trains went north over
the Delaware & Hudson Canal road yester-
day afternoon. OF all the roads entering this
city, the Fitchburg suffered the least. The
trains which left this morning were expec-
ted in Boston this evening.
Up In the Dominion.
MONTREAL, March 15.-Today a Grand
Trunk train from the West arrived on time
and train from Boston arrived 81 minutes
late. No trains from New York are expect
ed today. All Delaware and Hudson trains
are snowbound. The Intercolonial passen-
ger and mail trains of the 18th and 14th ar
rived at IL o'clock this morning.
Something Terrific.
CLAREMoNT, N. f., March 15.-This is the
most terrific snow storm in the memory Of
the Oldest inhabitant. 1t commenced here
Sunday night and showed hard until Monday
noon. All the while there was strong
wind from the northwest. This caused the
snow to drift very badly. Business of all
kinds was suspended, and hundreds were un-
able to leave their houses All travel on the
railroads was stopped by drifts Is to 20 feet
high. The town roads will be impossible
for several days.
Sunshine for Little Rhody.
NEWPORT, r. T., March 15.-The sun is
shining in Newport to-day for the first time
since Sunday. Steamer Providence OF the
Old Colony iline, came through from New
York this morning but stopped only few
moments and then proceeded to Fall River.
She had but few passengers as telephones
were not working in New York and people
at the hotels could not be notified that she
was to leave. There was but little freight
either, as the streets were impossible.
Six pouches Of paper mail came on the
steamer but there were no letters. few of
the early weekly papers were also received.
The steamer made her usual time last
night. Regular trips will be made from both
ends tonight and the mail will probably be
forwarded each way by the steamers.
Steamer New Haven Missing.
BRIDGEPORT, Ct, Mar. Is. Reports Of
great damage begin to come from all direc-
tions. At Trumbull. "a church spire was blown
down. In the vicinity of this city, several
valuable greenhouses were destroyed. House
and factory chimneys in every direction have
been blown down. The shafting Of the
Wheeler & Wilson factory is so badly sprung
owing to the weight of the snow on the roof,
that the factory is unable to run.
The steamer New Haven, which left New
Haven Sunday night, Is reported missing.
Mrs. Derry, residing in the outskirts of
Stratford, was found dead yesterday, having
perisned in the cold.
James Langdon, employed on the Cons0li-
dated road was killed Tuesday by the blow
ing down Of the signal tower.