Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-14
PENNSYLVANIA,S PLANT.
No Trains Arriving Mail and
telegraph Service Cut Off.

PrrTsBURa, March 13.-Business on
the Pennsylvania railroad between
this city and Philadelphia is com.
pletely paralyzed. No trains arrived
from the East since last night. Every.
thing is blockaded with snow. All
trains are now snow-bound, with lit
prospect OF their getting out for twen-
ty-four hours. At some places the
snow drifted as high as six feet, and
there are miles and miles of freight
trains waiting to get through. The
cold weather will be very severe on
the trainmen and passengers. as the
thermometer at most places is below
zero. No mails have arrived from the
East since o'clock last evening, and
it is estimated that 5000 letters are
snow-bound bet Pittsburg and
Philadelphia. Telegraph communica-
ton is still cut almost entirely off.
There is no trouble west.
RAISING THE BLOCKADE.
The first train from the east in
nearly forty-eight hours arrived over
the Pennsylvania road about mid
night. The crew reported hard ex-
perience. All along the road, trains
are laid up unable to move on account
of the snow blockade. 1t is still snow
ing hard in the mountains and the
wind is blowing a gale.
ADvICEs FROM PHILADE iPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13.-The
severe storm which commenced in
this vicinity on Sunday evening still
RACES, SO far as the drifting OF snow is
concerned, and the herculean efforts
of the railway officials have so far
been fruitless in getting the various
lines into successful operation. The
wind has continued to blow all day,
and thousands of laborers, who have
been digging at the mountains of snow
and ice on the various lines leading
into this city had a disaeartening
task. The loss to the commercial in
terests Of Philadelphia cannot be esti-
mated in dollars and cents, and the
time which will be required to put
railroad and telegraphic traffic in its
normal condition cannot even be esti-
mated. The railroad traffic for the
present is almost entirely suspended.
No wrecks have been reported on the
various roads to-day, but number
occurred yesterday. Fortunately,
none of them were attended with fa-
tai results, although several train
hands
RECEIVED PAINFUL INJURIES.
One party OF twenty-eight railroad
men and passengers have been stuck
in a big rift at Dudley, on the Amboy
division, in New Jersey. since yester-
day morning, and fearing that they
were suffering for food, one of the
train dispatchers organized a relief
party, taking big four-horse team
and sleigh, with provisions. They
.endeavored to force their way
through the country roads, but
their success has not yet been
learned. The blockading of the
railroads, both in this State and New
Jersey, has cut short the supply OF
milk and produce, and the former ar
ticle cannot be purchased except in
very small quantities in this city.
ALONG THE COAST.
Reports by special messenger from
Wilmington, Della say that word has
been received from Lewis that a
number of vessels and tugs had been
sunk at Delaware breakwater and
twenty-five lives lost. Two bodies
have already been recovered, and it
is believed that the loss of life along
the coast will be terrible.
Later reports says that one tug boat
was sunk. The wrecking company's
steamer was sunk, one tug and various
sailing vessels, % in number were