The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-03-22
STORM ECHOES.
Reports Cf Unparalled Suffering
and LOSS of Life.
Scores OF Vessels Lost and Their Crews
Drowned-Numerous Persons Frozen
In New York and New Jersey NH
Hons OF Dollars OF Damage
Done To Property In the
Eastern states.

NEW 1Ohk, March l4s-featorday tho
blizzard was funny to New Yorkers, but
to-day many smile was checked as the
hand went into the pocket 10 pay tho dc.
mand made for food and fuel supplies.
Tho seriousness OF the situation becomes
more apparent hour by hour rs the wires
arc being picked M and send In
tales OF suffering and death from
outlying points Tha Incoming lido
brings on Its surface bits Of wreckage
that are nnxiouHly scanned by shipping
agents whose vessels are missing. Tho
railway situation continues hopeless. Ths
New York Central is hopelessly blocked,
aud relief parties have gone out In an en-
deavor by some means TO feed aud water
the unfortunate live stock In the stalled
trains. On tho Now York and New
Haven Road hve trains are
Lost and can not be located for
want OF telegraph facilities. The Erie is
doing nothing Owing 10 no arrivals OF
trains famine threatens this city. There
iSno milk In the city and condensed milk,
which was n good supply on Monday, is
hard TO be bad ut any price Vegetables
haye quRdruplod In prices. Eggs jumped
from eighteen 70 thirty cents per dozen.
Meagcr reports show that people living in
New Jersey towns who started for Now
York Monday had dreadful experiences.
Many trains were showed In
fow milci from the city, aud passen-
gers were compelled 10 sleep
on theni or wade through tile snow TO look
for shelter In the villages number OF
porsons, tits reported, perished from cod
aud exhaustion. ~ ElizAbethport dor
on employees OF Singers sowing machine
works started .ar their homes. Several Of
,hom were badly frozen. One mnn named
Ellis was picked out Of the snow stiff and
brcatblosA He was carried into the rail-
way station, where he soon died. An nafter-
noon paper estimates the business loss, con-
tingent loss and actual pecuniary out
lay which the storm will occasion in New
York City ht not less than S7,Oo0,O00, and
the loss 10 the state involved at so, 900, 900
or tho tv eniy.ninc stanch boats that make
up the harbor fleet OF New York, two arc
safe Ia port, having outrddou tho storm;
nine were wrecked Monday. aud eighteen
which were out In the open sea remain ut
tcrly unheard of The experience OF tho
men on boats wrecked was something tor
riblc. Twenty funerals en- route toCal.
vary Cemetery are stuck in snow-drifts on
Borden avenue The corpscs had To DO
iakcn into houses near by over night.
Some Of the mourners, drivers and horses
had 10 DO dug out. nearly frozen TO death.
PATERSON, n. j., March "a Tho snow.
storm which set 10 Sunday night was the
greatest over known here. Atoarful gale
piled mp enormous drifts and did great
l.sr 81 t..e h. "a a. q
teen and twenty feet high. The inmates
Of many dwellings wero completely shut
IN. Business and traiiic Is completely at n
standstill. No news from the outside
world has been received since Monday
morning
NEwAnK, N. j., March l4-Thrce persons
IN this vicinity arc now known 20 have
frozen TO death In Mondays blizzard. A
milk, meal and coal famine Is threatened.
BosroS, Mass, Marchl4 via LONDON
The storm has now ragged inccssantly for
two days all over New England, so far rs
our scaniy communications roach. Every
railroad out OF the city is blockaded COM
plctcly. and the only telegrnphic communl-
cation Is by tho Commercial Cable Com
pany's line TO Rockpot, Me-, and thencl
by cable TO London. Never was therc
such compete prostration Of busi-
ness, and tho damage TO property must
amount TO an enormous sum. II is fifty
years since Boston has boon so affected by
a storm.
SCRANTON, Pa, March l4-Snow-drlfts
IN many places on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna aud Western railroad over tho Po-
como Mountains are forty feet in height