, 1888-01-28
THE EASTERN STORM.
The Worst Weather Known in
New Hampshire.
Railroad Traffic at a Standstill
in New York.
Serious Gable Car Accident in
st Paul.
The Greut Storm.

A'AN ShAA AtDAhAOhNN al q AitililS VII
the Hudson river division at q o'clock last
night on account of the snow blockade.
The wind, which blew at sixty miles all
hour, swept the light snow across the
tracks in such quantities that resistance TO
it was useless. The snow Sas no sooner
cleared away by the gangs of laborers
than it covered the tracks again. There
were three passenger trains stalled in the
snow between Albany and New York and
fully a score of ir. light trains.
The Chicago limited, over the New
York Central, arrived this morning thir-
teen hours late. The st. Lois limited,
over the Erie, at noon was in u snowbank
one mile east of Deposit. The snow has
drifted badly in all directions and trains
are either abandonei or running ,gild. -
Three Delaware Il l1tckawanna through
trains were showed up at Kokolno noun
tain all night, but managed to move this
morning.
BIDDEFoRD, Me, Jan. 27.-lhc snow
blockade is unequallcd since 1886. From
/ O'Clock yesterday morning till 9 last
night no train had passed through here.
At 9 last night seven passenger trains and
one freight were blockaded within a mile
of this city. On the western division,
where the snow has drifted worst, but
little Roadway is being made and the
wrecking train did not finish its work at
Old Orchard until 9 o'clock last night,
having spent seven hours in getting the
engine and snow plow back on the track.
At midnight it was still showing,
ALBANY, Jan. 27.-This morning finds
the storm cleared away. The thermome-
ter Is about zero and n strong wind makes
cold intense. The railroads are in a
worse condition than Yesterday. No trains
whatever are being moved. The Della.
ware 4 Hudson railroad tracks west of
here are all ~blockaded and trains from
New York and Boston are moved with
the greatest difficulty. No freight trains
are being run in any direction. A mag
niticent sun dog is visible here this morn
ing.
P~rTIsFrELD., Mass, Jan. 27.-Five
long passenger trains on the Boston IL
Albany road are snow bound here await
ing news OF the opening of the road be-
fore proceeding further. The fast st.
Louis express spent last night in n snow
drift near Washington cut with 100 pass.
engers on board, but Notwithstanding the
fact hat the fast mail which left Boston
last night for the West spent thenight
in a drift one mile from Hinsdale, the
passengers suffered greatly from cold, and
many ladies were Frustrated, and a num-
Der of children were badly frost bitten.
They could obtain but little to eat, but
the country drug store supplied the pass
engers with brandy.
Fruit trains covering over a mile of
track are showed in near Shakers, and
much perishable goods will be lost. in
many places the snow has drifted to a
depth OF forty feet. A passenger train
that can go two miles an hour is consid.
cred to be making good time.
The mail tram from the North on the
Connecticut river railroad last night be-
came stalled in a cut two miles north of
Holyoke. a gang of men went to work
tins morning to dig 1t out, but the snow
was blowing about 30 thick that nothing
could be seen a Jew feet distant from the
train, and the train from Greenfield
dashed into the gang killing three men
and fatally wounding another.
PLYMOUTH, n. H.. Jan. 27.-The
weather here is the worst ever known.
Eighteen inches OF snow fell during the
past twenty-fOur hours and the thermom-
eter is G. below zero, with the wind blow
ing a hurricane. Seven trains are block
AIDED between Warren summit and Ash
land, and some are without fuel and water
and 1t is impossible to communicate with
any of them. No mails have been re.
ceived since Wednesday night.
ITHACA, n. Y, Jan. Glowing to
the snow, all trains on the Elmira, Corn
ing Il Northern at this point are aban-
doned to-day.
TROY, N. Y, Jan. 27.-The effects of
the snOwstorm are felt this morning with
greater severity ever than yesterday. The
Boston train ran into the rear end of a
freight train one mile west of Williams
town about midnight, killing Conductor
Cudmore and Brakeman Wheelock and
seriously i%njuring three other brakemen.
No trains are moving on the Delaware &
Hudson railroad, and the express from
Montreal on the Central Vermont is fast
in the snow.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2G.-Advices from the
East continue to tell of the effects of the
great snow storm. The railroads in New
York, Pennsylvania and New England
states are blockaded, but no casualties
are reported.
MLLBANK, OAK, Jan. 27.-The situa.
ton here is growing serious. The road
was opened to a blockaded train between
here and Big Stone yesterday and the
train was brought in. The train with
the eastern mail is stuck at Ortonville
and the one FROM the West at Twin
Brook, west Of here. This city will
soon be short of food and fuel.
READING, PA, Jan. 26.-In Berks.
Lebanon, ~Schuylkill and Lehigh counties
the snow has driitcd so that the public
roads have been abandoned. Farmers
are turning out in bands from fifty to 100
to open the roads.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-Latest advices
last night are to the effect that the storm
has been steadily increasing throughout
the northern part of this state for the past
fortY-eight hours and was at its worst last
night. The temperature is falling, the
giRd is blowing q gale and the snow is
drifting upon the railway tracks and couu-
try roads, laying a general embargo on
getting abont. The freight blockade,
both on the Hudson River and New York
Central rD11s sinre Wednesday, ia tbn