Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-16
HAS DONE ITS WORST.
THE GREAT BLIZZARD IN THE EAST BLOWS
OUT ITS FURY.
Warm and Bright in New YOrk-Businsss Again
Resumed, Though Under Great Difficulties.
Many Lives Reported Lost-RspOrs
From Other Cities.

NEW YORK, March 15.-The weather
this morning is again warm and bright.
The prospect is that there will be much
thawipg. Great banks of dirty snow are
still piled up on either side of Broadway
and all the other avenues and streets.
Gangs of men are still hard at work shov-
cling and cartiDg, but their task is stu
pendous one. Railroads leading into the
city are ali moving, and the business men
in New Jersey, Long Island and the upper
part CT the State reached New York this
morning for the first time since Saturday.
Some surface cars are running.
Almost all the New Jersey towns within
fifteen miles of New York now have some
sort of railroad communication with this
city. This morning thousands of business
men made their first appearance since Sat
urday. Over l,100 were showed in at
Roseville, on the Delaware and Lackawanna
railroad, and hundreds were compelled to
stay in the cars over twenty-tour hours,
although their homes were within four
miles. The cold was intense and food
scanty, but no lives were lost at that
point.
The food supply is running very short
in these Jersey towns, and bat little fresh
meat and no milk, eggs or vegetables can
be obtained at any price. The chances OF
getting relief from New York are small, as
the supply here is decidedly short.
The first mail from Philadelphia and
Baltimore since Monday morning came in
this forenoon. The Erie road was the first
to get train 10. At six o'clock this morn
ing the Chicago express, which has been
showed in since Monday at Monroe, came
in. The passengers were all well. The
Pennsylvania hopes to get train through
10 Philadelphia to-day. Business has
once more been seriously attempted, but
the difficulties are still great. The cross
streets are still blocked with huge drifts Of
snow and the street cleaning department
has not vet turned its attention to them.
An attempt is being made to melt the snow
by lighting huge bonfres, but the effect is
MT perceptib!e The sun is shining
brightly and the slush is deep in many
places.
1t is impossible at this writing to esti-
mate tbs extent of the loss Of life. A
great many people are missing and the
snow will have to be cleared away before
the missing ones can be accounted for.
Almost hourly reports are coming in from
the surrounding country of fatalities re-
sultiDg from the storm. 1t is feared that
over twenty lives have been lost in Essex
county, New Jersey, alone.
The following ere known to have per-
ished: Nayier Sewinge, Livingstone;
John Murphy, Newark; John Boyer,
BroOkdalG; unknown man called Crazy
Fisherman" Newark; unknown man,
Newark; John Horan, Battle Row, Of
OfaDge; unknown man, of IrvingtOn; one
man and two children, of HackensaCk;
Alexander Bennett, Staten Island, and
three milkmen, of Orange.
The following are missing; John A,
Carny, of Harrison; Theo. Schmoffsr, OF
Newark; a son of Nathan Croft, Of New
York; Henry Bonner and Jas. Kelly, Of
Elizabeth.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad is now open
| TO Philadelphia, and oil roads ending in
Jersey City are sending trains out about on
schedule time. Albany reports all roads
clear in the West, but the New England
roads are not yet open, although they
hope to get trains through before night.
Grave apprehensious are felt by the
pilots at this point for the safety Of their
| brethren who have been at sea since the
beginning of the recent blizzard. There
are fourteen boats in all, which were at
sea during the storm. Pilot boat William
II, Starbuck, which was struck by the
steamer Japan during the hurricane on
Monday is thought to have been lost.