The Portland daily press., 1888-03-15

nome the DlOCkdUeu tdIos All 0ttChReo W
run cars or even to keep the track open by
means Of ploughs, were abandoned before
O'Clock Monday evening, and today all Lhe
tracks in the city lie buried under two teet Oh
solid snow. The company intends tomor-
row to make an effort to open its main street
lines.
The storm also placed a complete embargo
on all railroad traffic. During the day, Mon
day, not single train arrived from New
York, and the last train that has reached
here from Springfield came in Monday morn
ing at IL o'clock. During Monday forenoon
trains between here and Boston on the Bos-
ton q Albany railroad ran regularly. The IL
O'Clock train from Boston, which was the
last to get through, arrived here only few
minutes late. Conductor Daniels's train,
which left Boston at 1.30 D. m. Monday, was
the first TO get stalled. IL reached the deep
cut one mile east Of the Union depot in this
city very nearly on time. At that point. the
water In the locomotive boilers got so low
that the engine could make no further pro-
gress with the train through the drifts In the
cut. The engineer unc0upled and ran down
into the yard for water. He got the assis-
tance Of another engine and returned 70 his
train, which was by that time so firmly
wedged In the drifts that the two lOc0mo-
tives could not start IL, and there 1t staysd.
Five trains were subsequently stalled near
here and the passengers spent the night In
the cars.
Digging Out the Fltchburg.
BosToN, March 14.-The Fitchburg had no
trains running beyond Roberts, two miles
west Of Waltham, until late yesterday, and
wires only as far as the latter place. Within
these limits local trains were running on
time. The division superintendent had
heard Of an accident at Concord junction
which blocked the road completely 1t was
thought that train was derailed. but par
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trains at 10 O'Clock were already from eight
to 10 hours behind Telegraphic eommunica-
tlon west Of Waltham was cut off Monday
noon. Around Greenfield IS inches Of snow
on the average Is reported. and 1t Is drifted
in some places three or four feet deep. The
last outward sfreight train left at o'clock
Monday afternoon, and Is showed up at Lit
tleton. The early "marketmen's" train this
morning got In on time. About noon train
came In from Fitchburg. and from that hour
travel from that city has continued, but TO no
point further west Large gangs OF men
have been engaged In shoyelling. and the
road 0ncials hope 70 have trains run through
to North Adams, and possibly TO Troy, To-
day. The telegraph lines are clear as
far as Greenfield.
The Old Colony road has had pretty good
luck-the best Of any going out Of Boston.
except, perhaps, on the northern division.
South and southeast Of Boston everything Is
in good shape, and trains have run ON time
both days. On the Plymouth and South
Shore branches there was more rain than
snow. The New Bedford and Newport
trains are also on time. The Cape train was
only five minutes late. Freight traffic Is go
ing forward as usual, and has not been inter
rupted. Tho Fall River line ran no sound
steamers, either east or west, Monday night,
but last night boat went as usual.
Fatality on the FItchburg-
FITcHBURG, Mass, March 14.-A Fitch
burg Railroad snow plow going west yester-
day betweed Ashburnham and Gardner. left
the track and was struck by another snow
plow coming east. Engineer Brice s. Nc
Dowell, Of Fitchburg, was fatally injured
and soon died. Brakeman Charles l.. Bor-
den and f. III. Pears0ns, Of Fltchburg, were
badly injured and Brakeman John ID. Kane,
Of Greenfield, had his face cut.
TWO Deaths.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, March 14.-A sad
feature Of the great storm was the killing Of
Peter Rome at Buckland Monday night by
being struck by the snow plow while en-
gagged in his duties as track walker on the
Fitchburg road. Also, the death Of Peter
Horne at Maple Grove. Horne was employed
at Phillips Mills. living on farm some dis
tance from his work. He left the mill at the us
ual time for home and was found this morn
ing only short distance from the mills,
stuck fast in drift on Main street OF the viii
lage. frozen to death. The wind was so loud
that his cry for help was drowned. BE was
married and leaves family.
on the Coast.
HYANNIs, Mass, March lathe three
masted schooner Lulu, Capt. Mcdonald, New
York for Boston. has sunk of this harbor in
seventeen feet of water. She has 450 tons Of
coal. The crew are safe. A second schooner
is also ashore. She Is the three master
Amanda G. Parker Of SomerspOrt. N. j.,
from Perth Amboy for Marblehead. loOded
with GOO tons Of coal The captain said that
Monday afternoon In the southeast gale,
while OF Bass river, he parted both chains.
He tried to make harbOr, but owing TO the
storm could not tell where he was. About
p. m. the schooner went ashore. The
schooner lies In 144 feet Of water, about half
"a mile off Squaw's Island and two miles
from Hyannis harbor. The schooner lies in
a good position, and just as soon as the
weather moderates can be easily gotten on.
The three schO0ners American Team. j. j.
Morse and J. ). Lamphreys, which lay out,
side the breakwater, stood the storm all
right.
FALMOUTH. Mass. March 14.-Fears are
entertained for the safety Of the Nantucket
South ShOal lightshlp.
MARBLEuEAD, Mass, March l4.-There
is anxiety for a coal vessel due here with
500 tons for Humphrey x Twisden.
Fire Engines Unavailable.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. March 14.-Fire
broke out in the wood pulp department Of the
Chemical Paper Company's mill at Holyoke,
at D. m, causing loss Of about $4,000;
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origin Of the fire is unknown. The building
was about 800 feet long. The fire was con-
fined to this last hundred feet az the south
end. Only one steamer succeeded In reach
ing the fire and then only after hard strug-
gle.
SPRISGFIELp, Mass, March 15-The rail-
roads battled vigorously with the snow to-
day and many Of the lines are open. The
Boston and Albany will begin running trains
between Springfield and Boston in the morn
ing. but the western end Of the road Is still
blocked Beyond Westfeld there are some
30 or 40 cars of live stock, which VIII doubt
less perish before released. The New YORK
and New England road between mere anu
Hartford Is impossible ana no Train VIII DC
run over 1t this week.
Latest News-Frozen to DEATH
WoRCEsTER, Mass, March IA snow
plow from Springfield, got through on the
Boston & Albany tonight, having been two
days on the road. The pillow which left here
for Springfield Tuesday, is now at West
Brookfeld Both tracks will be open To-
morrow. West of Springfield the Boston y
ALBANY is still closed. Men breaking out
roads In Shrewsbury today, found the dead
body of George w. Cheney, aged 90 lie
left here to walk home in the storm Tues
day, and the body was found within few
hundred feet of his own house.
The Latest from Boston.
BosToN, March 14-All the northern roads
are now pretty well cleared. Those to the
south are still blocked, but the work Of rem
dering them passable Is still going on. Yer
mont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
towns have been nearly buried, and the ex-
peripnces OF the railroads In those States IS
similar to that In Massachusetts and Connec-