The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-27
Tp,1yS BURIED IN SNOW.
WORST STORM IN 50 YEARS
- RAGING IN THE EAST.

u.oaG Trat1c AlnOSU dI u SIdilO-
.n,r New England, New York and
T, pornsvlvania-v Vessels Going Ashore
Long Island -Baltimore's Water
wovs Still frozen Over.
y,srov Jan. 26.-Reports this morning
~, ~. yorous points in Maine, New Harnp-
i,g.. w. and Vermont state that the heaviest
1.r stor7n for years prevailed all night,
f., most places it was still showing,
c.an s.,1 fell to a depth of from fifteen to
''btosn inches, and travel was greatly I'M
Jaa MANY trains are entirely suspended
SJ +5s highways are practically impassa-
Sia 4 disnatch from Bellows Falls, VT,
~. that solid blockade exists in all direc-
.ors today. There was previously about
..o feet on tho ground, and last night the
s,ovv fall of eighteen inches added to the
lsa,J sa.,;,nS amount 1t was still showing this
po,1ng mo.,T, and a high wind was piling it up
NV, NH directions No trains have arrived or
~. an apv of the roads. The same condl-
:a.e r., ,ro renorted within radius of twenty
n'S All trains from the North and East are
f.or, four TO eight hours late, and on many
rosds all freight trains have been abandon
ad Al Old Orchard snow piow with
tbrae engines attached is fast III a snowbank
and almost hidden from view. The SLOW Is
Tirbt and drifts badly. The wind is high,
and about two feet of snow has already
faien and there are no signs of let up. 1t
is the worst storm that has visited New
England in thirty-five years.
Bddeford. Ne, reports that the roads are
everywhere blockaded and up to II o'clock
today no trains had passed there over either
JvIsion OF the Boston and Maine road. The
morning express, which left Portland, was
showed in near Old Orchard. Help was
teegraphed for and engines and snow plows
were sent from Portland. The streets
about the city are almost impossible and
none Of the schools are in session.
SEVERE IN NORTHERN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-Reports from East
ern and Northern New York show that the
storm is almost as severe in those sections
as it is in New England. 1t began last
night. aud 10y morning a foot of snow had
fallen A high wind then set in and the
snow IS p.ling mp IN great drifts. A
dispatch from Albany SAYS that all the rail-
roads centering there are in bad condition
and trains are many hours late. The high
wind is making matters worse each hour.
The Associated Press correspondent at Mid
detoun reports that the limited express
from ST. Louis on the Erie road is fast i'll
snow drift one mile west of
that city. Tie track at that
place crosses low, fat meadows, and the
hgh wind has drifted the snow until it is
higher than the cars. The limited had
been in the drift over three hours when the
Dispatch was sent, and, as the drifts were
growing larger. the prospects for its getting
out soon were poo. Three other trains are
stalled at the same place.
DRIFTS AT PORT JERvIs.
PORT JERvIs, n. Y, Jan. 26.-Snow
began falling at o'clock yesterday even
ng, and continued this morning, inches
being added to the mass already on tie
ground. Early this morning the wind
began blowing furiously from the west,
mixing huge drifts Travel on the
h1e railroad is almost suspend
ed No traits from New York
have reached here, though some have got
within few miles OF the village An ex-
press train from the west, which passed
through here at 10 o'clock this morning, is
Stalled in a snow bank. With the aid Of two
Engines it made but six miles all day. More
Than dozen engines on the mountain side,
near this place. are making efforts to get
through aided bv all the men possible to be
secured All freight trains have been aban-
loned The drifts on the railroad in many
places are ten feet deep. 1t is the worst
oock since 1851.
ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
WHITEHALL, N. Y, Jan 26-A terrible
NOW storm is raging along the west shore OF
Lake Chomplain. It's the worst storm that
OaS visited this section in years. Two feet
snow has already fallen. 1t is drifting
uauiy and trains are many hours late.
THE GALE sUBsrDING.
ALBANY, n Y, Jan. 26-The wind was
blowing at the rate of 40 miles an hour to
Gay, but at II o'clock tonight it is going
down. Snow has drifted IN all the country
IVaQS, making them impossible. Telephone
qIiu pI telegraph wires are down or crossed.
morse car tracks are drifted full, and
lournan cars have not run since noon.
az az that hour all traffic on the
pela"are and Hudson railroad
s"Pped' and between Binghamton
qlu p houses Point not a wheel is moving
o.s oVsVoh on trains reached here several hours
% a.e IhiS @ afternoon, but none have come in
Wpe' WLVe' lney are stuck in drifts in Western
asSachusettS. Several have started
lonSard Pttsfield. On the Central railroad
,.. trains are hours behind, though
t.s sA are trying to keep the
acAs o., open. The train due here
Stn,, ~ O'Clock this afternoon, got
oI- ,ueA III ll-foot drift few miles west of
M :, loquiiing nine engines to move it out.
nv u ans ans nave como from down the river
aul u.e hghtlail. Several are tied up between
bss ssT L., ana Poughkeepsie. The West Shore
oeeu ted up since noon.
READING BURIED.
,a.-. an.EAlD,fNG, PA, Jan. 26.-The worst snow
sro u lnat has visited this section for sew
mir years prevailed here to-day. 1t was
i1lS rl.sJ a9out a foot deep on the level, but it
snisg 70 such an extent and was accom-
H. SID'eu oy such violent wind that some Of
Trai 1ountry roads are simply impossible.
.ol3 .au4 on the Reading railroad aud its
~ tr,tS leS were all late from thirty minutes
o,o uouIs, and on the Reading and Co
N S'od abroad train which was due here
rno-t9 -'y3 o'clock this afternoon is not
befyooa fF,ecou IN tonight, as it is lying
nso,jeu jeu two snow drifts at Marietta
nod ,p W. AT some places along the rail-
laa,, 'ue snow has drifted 10 and II feet
6ri similar state of affairs exists
eoyo' 5nout the coal regions, and in con-
on ~ lGe not single colliery was in opera
81 Ls Lous afternoon, and not ton of coal
ba ?n rs: ,Snlpped since yesterday. Two of
eh.Iu SIu Coleman furnaces at Cornwall,
hear tto4 I,,I county, and one at Chestnut Hill,
be o~oo1llllmbia, blew out to-day because of
"e scarcity of coal
~ TRACKS IMPAssABLE.
rsio sGioNCoRD, N. H., Jan. 26--A freight
nal .t f plt the track on the Northern rail-
be 'to.Ist a. last Andover. This in addition to
Ma trotIul, III, VIII effectually block the road