The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-28
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THAT
ARCTIC REGION.
A Milk Famine Threatened in New
York City.
a Record which 10 Scarcely Surpassed by
that Recently MaAs by the
Great Northwest.


snow blockade is unequalled since 1865.
From 4 o'clock yesterday morning till
last night not train passed through
here. At last night seven passenger
trains and one freight were blockaded
within . mile Of this city. On the west
ern division, where the snow is drifted
worst, but little headway is being made,
and wrecking train did not finish its
work at Old Orchard until 0 o'clock last
night, having spent seven hours in
getting an engine and snow plow back on
the track. Passengers on all delayed
trains were provided with provisions by
the Railway Company, and at Old Or
chard they were taken to hotels, where
many lady passengers are detained.
At midnight it was still showing.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Troy, N. Y, January 27.-The effects
of the storm are felt this morning with
even greater severity than yesterday
The Boston train out of here at 10 o'clock
last night ran into the rear end Of a
freight train mile west of Williams
town, Mass, at 1870 o'clock this morn
| ing, and Conductor p. Cudger, of the
freight was killed. He was in the ca
boose with three of his brakemen, who
were all severely injured Brakeman
George Wheeler was also killed. The
through night train from Montreal on
the Central Vermont is fast in a snow
drift near Burlington
ALL TRAINS ABANDONED.
ITHACA, N. ", January 27.-Owing to
the snowfall trains on the Elmira, Corn
ing mad Northern at this point are aban-
doned to-day. The passenger train on
this road due here at 3:2Z yesterday af-
ternoon was stuck all night in a snow
hank and did not arrive until 1:30 this
morning. Jennie Youman's troupe,
bound from Utica to Ithaca, were among
the passengers.
i NO MAILS SINCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PLYMOUTH, ". H., January 27.-The
weather here is the worst known for
years. Eighteen inches of snow fell
during the past twenty-four hours, and
the thermometer is six degrees below
Seven trains are blockaded between
Warren Summit and Ashland. and some
are without fuel and water. and it is i'm
possible to communicate with any of
them. No mails have been received here
since Wednesday night.
TRAINS ''LAID OUT"
BINGHAMToN, N. ", January 27.-All
tIains on the Erie Road are ''laid out" at
points east and west of this city. Only
one train has arrived from New York in
thirty hours and there is small chance
of another getting through before to-
night. The snow has drifted badly in
all directions and trains are either aban-
doned or running wild" Three de-
layed Lackawanna westbound through
trains were showed up at Pocono Noun
tain, Pa. all night, but managed to
move at Z o'clock this morning. Two
trains from the West on this road are
also moving very slowly. No trains
have arrived from Albany on the Della
ware and Hudson Road since noon yes
terday, and the blockade is complete.
BLOCKADE SIX MILES LONG.
EAsToN, Pa, January 27.-The snow
drifted all night and caused blockade
of trains ON the New Jersey Central
Railroad, six miles long west of Hamp
ton. Trains are now moving. The
snow drifts are numerous on all road:
centering here, and trains are from one
to two hours late. All trains on the
Bangor and Portland and Lehigh and
| Lackawanna Railroads have been aban
doned owing to the many deep cuts.
FOUR MEN KILLED.
SPRINGFIELD Mass, January 27.-
The mail tarin from the north ON th'
yoke at 8 p. m. last night, became stall
ed in a cut two miles north of that city
A gang of men went to work this morn
ing TO dig il out. The snow was blowin
about 80 thick that nothing could b
= seen a few feet distant. and the "a
train from Greenfield dashed into tn
gang killing three men and injurin
another fatally.
SNOW DRIFTS FORTY FEET DEEP.
PIrTsFIELD, Mass. January 27.-Fiv
long passenger trains on the Boston an
Albany Road are snow bound hei
awaiting the news of the opening Of th
road before proceeding further. II
fast st. Louis express spent last night
" snow drift near Washington Gu
There were over 100 passengers on boar
but notwithstanding that fact that Il
thermometer n,arked ten below they d
not suffer from cold. The fast ma
which left Boston last evening for Il
West spent the night in drift OIL
Il mile from Hinsdale. The passenge
suffered from the cold greatly and MAJ
aides Were Frustrated A number
children were badly frost bitten. Tn
could obtain but little to eat, but a cou
try drug store supplied the passenge
with brandy. Three engines with
snow plow are stuck in a drift ne
Richmond furnace. Freight trains &C
ering over q mile of track are showed
near Shakers and much perishable goo
will be lost In many places the sns
has drifted to depth Of forty feet.
passenger train that goes two miles