The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-17
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DEATHS IN THE DRIFTS
THIRTY OR FORTY PERISHED NEAE
NEW YORK ALONE.

Sun Melting the Snow and the Streets
Becoming Passable-Fou ,. en- Killed
and Four Badly injured by an Acct.
dent to a Snow Plow-Trains Reach
| Boston.
New YORK, March 16, II M-As New
York, with its outlying suburban districts,
slowly emerges from tie ice and snow fur.
ther reports of loss Of life from the late
blizzard come in. just how many people
met their fate in the icy blast of last Mon
day will not be known for some time.
Nearly thirty deaths are, however, knowp
to have occurred. The victims included
| alike the warmly clad merchant aud the
thinly clad tramp who gave up his life while
wandering an outcast in the storm II is
cloudy but warm this morning and tha
snow is fast disappearing. The main thor
oughfares have been cleared and all but
few side streets are now passable.
All the missing pilot boats have now
| been heard from, and are safe. News was
received this afternoon that the Caprice
survived the storm and will DO in in few
| days.
DEATH ON A SNOW PLow.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, March l6 1T has
| Just been learned here that snow plow
drawn by four engines, which left at 8
o'clock this morning, jumped the track at
| Sharon, N. Y, this afternoon. The killed
are as follows:
Thomas Feeney, conductor, Of White
Plains.
George Fowler, engineer. of White Plains
| Charles Orbon, brakeman, Of White
Plains.
Thomas Reilly, fireman. of Dove Plains.
Four men are badly injured.
Roadmaster 1ator arrived at the scene of
the accident on wrecking train a few
hours after it occurred.
Tho four engines and the plow were COM
pletely demolished.
Engineer Fowler's body has not yet been
taken out of the wreck
Conductor Feeney's head was severed from
| his body.
The latest reports are to the effect that
| Engineer Gates will die.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER's DISASTERS.
PHILADELPHIA, March l6.-Ad lttionaI
details received from incoming vessels and
from Delaware Breakwater regarding the
firm the reports Of the extent
Of the disaster II is learned that addi-
ton to the los of the crew of the British
bark Brimiga that two pilots have been
| Alp"AlNb. iAk u Ahpb may
| pilot, belonging to the Pennsylvania pilot
boat f. c. Knight, who brought the Brim-
| iga in Delaware Cape on Sunday for
| orders, is believed to have been on
| board, as well as a New York pilot from
the Sandy Hook boat James Gordon Ben
nett, who was taken on to the pilot vessel
TO New York, she having been ordered
| there upon the day the gale struck her.
THE FIRST TRAIN DITCHED.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, March 16-The
| first train through on the New Englsnd
| railroad was ditched near the Armory Hill
| depot in this city this afternoon. Two en-
| gines left the track and the steam pipe in
| the forward one burst, fatally scalding Con-
ductor Hinett, Fireman William Nichols
and Brakeman Jerry McKune, who were in
| the cab.
THROUGH THE DRIFTS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. March 16.-The last
drift in the blockade between Boston and
New York was broken through this after
| noon and railroad communication is re-
established Telegraphc communication
may not be restored until late Saturday.
SNOW IN ENGLAND.
LONDON March l6.-The snowstorm has
greatly interferef with railway traffic in
the north Of England ard Scotland. Sew
eral trains have been buried In s'ow-drifts.
The passengers on a staied train between
Sunderland an Hartlepool were compelled
TO spend the night in the cars.