The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-22
SEVENTEEN WEST SHORE TRAINS DELYED.

SEVENTEEN WEST SHORE TRAINS DELYED
The 10 O'Clock train on the Wes,
Shore road due at Weehawken Mon.
day night was 50 delayed that it did
not arrive until last night. 1t wa.
blockaded on the other side of the On.
tario Tunnel, about thrifty miles up the
river.
Not single train has left outward
bound on this road, and great efforts
are being made to reach the snow.
bound trains between here and Pough
keepsie. Telesraphic communication
is completely destroyed and little
hopes are entertained Of reaching the
blocked trains for several days, unless
favorable weather enables them to push
through.
Seventeen trains are overdue, all OF
which are supposed to be located about
thirty miles up the river. Coal and
milk trains are among the number de-
layed, and the loss will be something
enormous.
TOWNS ALL OVER THE STATE PARA
LfZED BY THE BILLIARDS. ICY GRIP.
ALBANY, March 13.-The storm
which set in on Sunday was still raging
at noon to-day. Its equal has never
been seen in this vicinity. The streets
are completely blocked and it is i'm
possible for teams to get through.
Pedestrians experience great difficulty
in getting down town and only those
who are compelled to be at their places
Of business are seen out doors. The
snow is drifted shoulder-high in some
places. Ne teams came in from the
country, as the roads are completely
blocked. There are but twenty-four
members out of 100 Of the Legislature
present and it will probably be Thurs
day before 4 session will be called.
There have been no trains on any
road since yesterday, and travelling
men who happen to be in the city arc
unable to get away. The street cars
are unable to run. The public schools
are closed.
SCHENECTADY, March 3.-The train
which left Rochester at 1910 yester-
day morning has been stalled by snow
four miles East of Schenectady since
5 p. m. yesterday. About fifty men,
bers and Senators were on board. No
provisions could be obtained until
morning. The nearest house was
about forty rods away, and nothing
could be had there except ham and
potatoes. A Rochester millionaire
and a Buffalo statesman cooked for
the hungry passengers until all were
provided tor. This morning reliei
train brought the passengers to Schen-
ectady, where FIVE trains are stalled
with no immediate prospects of getting
out. A stock tram is showed in ahead
of the stalled train. The stock was
all frozen to death last night.
SARATOGA, March 13.-The snow
fall, which began here in earnest at
: 10 o'clock Sunday, continued with but
little intermission for thirty-six hours.
The snow is forty inches deep. The
wind blows furiously from all points
of the compass and whirls the snow
into piles of fantastic shapes. There
was no getting into or out of town and
the cleaning Of the sidewalks was
abandoned. The last train through
town was the Deleware and Hudson
southbound mail last night, one hour
late, drawn by two locomotives, after
which all trains on the road were
abandoned. The schools were Off
cially closed for the day. The tenn
perature is but few degrees below the
freezing point.
AMSTERDAM, March 13.-The snow
here is nearly five feet in depth and in
some places in the streets the drifts are
twelve to fifteen feet high. Many o.
the streets are impossible and but very
few vehicles are out. The street rail
road is abandoned. No trains have
come in on the Central since s O'Clock
last night. Snow is still falling fast
and the wind is blowing hard.
BINGHAMTol, March 13.-The
storm increased in fury last night and
the wind piled the snow up in irnpass
!. able drifts. Street car traffic wal
abandoned and very few people were
on the streets to-day. Three trains
are stuck on the Pocono Mountain and
only one train has come through from
| New York on the Lackawanna since
, Sunday night. The last train from
New York on the Erie arrived yester
day morning.
SYRACUSE, March I3.-Up to moor
to-day not a train had been sent ou
East on any Of the roads on account
Of the fury Of the storm. All train.
from the West, on both the CentraI
and West Shore roads, are held here
with no prospects Of moving them be
fore tomorrow. The hotels art
crowded with delayed and vexed trav.
elsrs. The officers Of the Deleware
and Lackawanna and Western sent ou
bulletin this morning to all station,
South advising people to delay trav
cling till after the storm abatss
, Officers of the Central and West ShoE,
roads say that nothing will be don.
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