Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-16
SLOWLY vlnlSHlne.
The Meuntofn Snow Drifts
begin to Disappear.
Destsa b Ceopletely 0sevea b. srl
Connuniestss with the Rsn Of
the World via LeodoD.

the World Via London.
CulcAoo, M.foh IA special from
Bo-soa VIA L3nooa says thss the storm
has RACED ineesuntly for ovs1 t1o dsys
all ever NeW ENGLAND. Every railroad
o7i Of the city Il elosksded coDplesely
and the cnly tele0rsphie eommanios
tioa ID By the oommeRcial cable ec0-
psny lines to Roekpofs, Maine, and
thence BY cable 70 Louior. Never
before vas there s1eh . complete eros
tration Of business and the damage to
property must amount ts an euoeuous
sun. The mornicR and asternoou pa
pesS Of Treeday we;e deprived CT all
teleRIaphis information and no trains
arrived in the city.
PsOGpTcr OF Muca Tukvrxo.
NKv YcAK, March 15.-Ths weather
this WoeuiGR vas sRsin warm and
fright. The pfospect - that there will
Be n0eh thaVipe. The railroads lead
ing into THE city are all unevinR and the
bnaEness mea In Nsv JefSey. Long
Island and the upper part Of the state
reached NV York shis morning fog the
6rss time since Saturday. Some sus-
face cars are Hunnina.
Almost all Nev yersey towns within
nfgesn miles Of NeU York nov havs
some sort OF railroad communication
With that city. THIS morning thou
sands Of bosiness men made their hrst
appearance since Saturday. Over
elevtn hundred we're showed ia al Bose
vile on tie Delaware 4 Lscksvanna
paS a ka
10 stsy IN The cars ever "a hours. The
cold vas intense aud food scauty.. Toe
foed supply 10 ruonine very short In the
Jersey towns and bat little fresh meat
and no milk, eggs or vegetables Gao Be
obtained 81 any price. The chances OF
setting relief from New York are small
as the supply heRs1 ID decidedly short.
The dfss mail from Ph,ladelphia and
Baltimore came In this forenoon.
raH FIBsr KypaHDo.
The Erie vas the fisst road to Get
western express into this city. At 9
O'Clock this morning the Chicago ex
press, which had been saoved In since
Monday At Muoroe, came In.
TIE Long Island SNOW embargo 10
away and Communication With
Ill parts Of the island is gradually being
Hourly reports are coming from sur.
rounding towns Of fatalities resulting
from the storm. The Eames Of tventy
persons have come In Who pefished and
of several Who are miss;ng, ana grave
spoyehepsions are felt for the pilot
boats. twelve Of which are still ct sea.
PHILADELPHIA oIrs sonR NAIL.
Pn1IADRlParA. March l5.-The block
sde between this city and New York on
he Peunsyivsnia road opened this
BY the arrival Of Q train Of
,f mail cars. The telegraph situation
3oes not seem 10 have improved siuos
asst night. The passengers are oil veil.
The Pennsylvania line hopes 10 Ret Q
ram through to Philadelphia today.
Business has been o1ce more seriously
attempted, but the difbcolties are stiil
,.eat. Tne cro-s streets are still blocked
Eith huge drifts Of snaw.
MILD AND kPBISo LAKE,.
WASHINGTON. March Is. The weather
8 mild asd spripR like, and the effects
II the storm are rapidly disappearing.
md will coon probably be entirely over
,ome. Good progress has been made in
repairing the wires. Mail communioa
ion between WashinRton and Phila.
ielphia 10 nov folly established, but all
.ffosss 10 reach NV York either By
nail OF wire have thus far been futile.
rhe Pennsylvania sailrosd officials be-
ieve that their road viii be cleared TO
New York sometime to day.
TIE BIC DRIlTs AT PIT1sBuRo.
Prr1spusa, March l5.-The 6rst
hroueh tram from philadelphia over
ne Pennsylvapia road reached here
his morpiHR. Another train 10 ex
, scted this evening from New York.
rbe passengers state that between HaT-
,isburR and Philadelphia the snow
irifted to depth OF fisty feet. AZ
many points, many houses were com.
,ietely covered and the only signs OF
,s oiratiou Vas the smoke curling from
he chimpess. In many places tbe co.
.upapts OF house, had not even attempt
d to dig their way out. The weather IL
loW nodefstisR.
Snow Past DIsAPpKnIHo.
NHvAK, March 16.-The suow 10 fast
lisappeauns. The street oars are
gaia rnnrinR. The body Of John Roe
, 10 been found buried IN . drift on
he meadows. No other fatality hs, yet
,esn reported.
rERRiBLK suFFERNo IN ooSsEcTIcuI.
Nsv HAVEN. March 15.-The great
nov storm has severed all commcni-
,ati,ns between Conseciicut and the
Not q train 10 moving on
my railroad throuRhous the state. END
communication Is entirely
"a. od. Rsp,rts are coming In Of terri
Die D. fering throughout the state and
specially on the cosst. Many lives
,ave been lost by accident and exposure
10 he storm.
1le steamer New Haven With twenty
] We passengers on board vas beached
iurinR the gale on the vest shore. The
rev AID psseenRefs we're safely landed
bat the sufieiipes Of the party began