Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-15
SUNSHINE ONCE MORE.
osDs IAsa e the Lsss al Life ana
PTeps1ty Daying tAs stoFn-Stories
Of Bleakaded Passengers.

PsepsTsy During tAs stsrn-ssor,es
Of Blsakaaea Passengers.
NBv Yasx. March 1l.-Of the twenty.
nine stauneh boats that maze Up the
hasoeF 6eet Of Nev York tvo are safe
In port, having outsiddeu the stnrn.
Nine vere wrecked oc MoUdsy and
eighteen which we're cot in sas open
80 remain utterly u1heArd Of. TIE
expeeiecce OF the nen en- the beats
wrecked vas something terrible. II
scene almost miracalocs t5ss there
should have been no loss Of HE.
A. the Western Onion ofsice il 10 said
Ihat 100 telegraph poles are dswn slous
tte Pennsylvania rosd between New
York and ashiug.on. aud it 10 Eot ex
pecsed that trains viu bs running ss
usual before q week az least. Ne
through mails have been recsivsd siuce
Sunday. Ine Fourth Aveuu. Eorse car
lines have esms cars running.
wEA1nrR nopEnarfxo.
The sun vas shining brightly this
morning and the weather vas modesst-
inR. Travel on the elevated railroads
Uas fully resumed, bot the surface
roads were still impasssb.e. There 10
20 improvement 10 the condition of the
telegraph wires. The south and east
are entirely cot o6. and there is little II
any Communication With thc west
The neagFe reports received show the
people living 10 New Jerrey towns Vho
started for New York on Monday had q
dreadful expsFisace. Many trains are
anoWed In o few miles from the city
and passengers we're compelled 10 sleep
on the tfains or to wads through the
snov to look for shelter IN the VILLAGES.
A number OF Per soma are reported
peri-hed from cold and exhaustion. Al
Elizsbefbport dozen employees Of the
singer sewing machine works started
for home aud several we're badly froxsn.
A ;uan named Ellis vas clicked no oat
of the snow stid and breaihless. He
vas carried to . railway station where
he soon died. The party walked ever
{ rec miles thtough the deep snow and
in face of the terrible gale.
By strenuous tdssts the Pennsylvania
road got q single track clear to Newark. |
Trains Were kept rnnninR all night be- |
tvetn there and Jersey City to ksep
the track opep. None OF the other |
roads have been able to move train
above Newark. The roads of the New
Yeek Central are uuimpfovsd.
The afternoon papers estimate the |
business loss. the contingent lose aud
the actual pecuuiary OUTLAY which the |
storm vili occasion in New York CITY st |
notices. than seven millions and ths les
% the states involved twenty millions. |
scSPLIIs GETTING sHozT.
Nnv voRK, March A.-The Chicago
limited u the Pennsylvania road.
,tsIled for a Fay ON New Jersey Mead
,vs. reecbed New York last night. A /
relief car With Supplies vas sent out 10
he morning, with t1Iee locomotives
quilting and three more gushing, to In |
,ure the passengers against starvation.
Much Of the live stock on tbs stalled
lrsius are peFisbinR vtth cold. The
milk famine is becoming alarming
One botti yesterday paid 60 cents q
quart for the last 80 gallons that one OF
Ibe dealers had. The meat supply 10
getting short and the price is advancing.
Fifteen dollars per ton 10 being paid for
soal. There IL plenty Of IL in She yards
Of New York and Brooklyn. bat the
difficulty 10 10 deliver 1t. Two thau-
9and business men from Motthavsn
have beei showed 10 near Peihamville,
! suburb Of New York. sincs Monday.
HIaH pBIyIs AT TRoI.
TRoY. d. Y, March 14.-There 10 over
four feet of snow on the level and the |
arifts 30 high in some pl,css ss to
reach above second story windows OF
houses.
onxArKUr KNOWN N NEW JERSEY.
PATERSON, N. j., March IA. - The
spov storm which set in on sonday |
night was The greatest ever Known here. |
A fearfnl gale piled up enor nous drifts |
and did great damage. The drifts 10
the streets we're Is or 70 feet high. Ihe
OF many dwellings are com
shut IN. Hundreds OF people
Who left here foF New York ON Monday
morning weHe snow bound In the cars
N two days few miles away ar d could
N Get either way or communicate with
he,.- families. Hundreds of narrow
scar, 9 from perishinR IN the streets on
Jonda>- night are reported. The po.
,cs resen ID scores Of men, women aud
,hilSren =. >o had TO sleep IN station
,ousee. MA ny buildings wsre dam
,eed bv the .. md. The Market stree;
Nethodis, chn rob spire and several
mills vere unroot. d and huge trees were
slovn down. Several persons are re
ported here az m!ssit. 9 and are perhaps
iost In tie suow. Tnsye are fears OF
, at loss Of life 10 tbs country dis.
Z ic.s. Coal and milk arr scarce and
poor peopie are snfering TO- sne neces-
sas,es OF i,fe.
BLecKApE AT PIZrsBuRo RAinp.
P,rrssuno, March 1.-THE SNOW
bloch ade east of this city Ia ever, and
frs present indications trains will be
roupi pR this evening. The mail train
which left New York on Sunday night
arrived at midnight and the Paci1c ex
press will reach here about 1.So o'cloek
this afternoon. The railroad officials
think that the tracks are nov cleared
and that they will be able to move trains
IS usual within the next ~ hours.
Passengers and fsainmen en the msii
that arrived last night report an event
fol trip.
Expressman Collins Of this city said:
I'VE left Phiisdelphis at o'clock Mon
day forenoon IN sefsibls snoE storm.
We got along as best We could fiIi
about o'c,ock In the afternoon when
ve arrived at Lemon Place, nfty sevet
miles this side OF Philadelphia There
ve we're completely showed in. The
gale blew at the rate Of nfty n;lss ap
boar and IL vas showing as hard as si
could. The snow vas like 6ue powde,
I'd soon covered the ground all srauDd
an 3 under the train, until u reached up
10 fhe door Of my car. Ii must have
beep icur feet deep. We tad 10 ssay
! there till three yesterday afternoon
when foar engines pulled Us cut OF tie
drift"
xYFxEYENcz OF PAssFydFR.
Fred Ai-hseis. a youue man from
stoaiucton, Colorado. waa the oniy pas
| s-nssr Who came from New York. h
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