The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-02-03
NEW EMclAMo.s TURN

The New England and Other NortheastoRa
States Experieneo the Delights Oe . Biio.
sard-Snowdr That shame Those ID
Dakota.
BosroN, Jan. 27.-Rsports this morning
from various points in Maine, New Hanp
shire and Vermont, state Inst the heaviest
snowstorn for years prevailed Wednesday
night and yesterday. Snow fell In many
pisces from fifteen TO eighteen inches and
travel in greatly impeded. Many trains
are entirely suspended
A dispatch from Bellows Falls, VT. says:
A solid blockade Of snow exists In al di.
rections to-day. There was previously
about two feet on the ground. and last
night heavy fall OF snow added eigateen
inches to the previous amount, and heavy
wind il plling it up in all directions. The
same conditions are reported within .
radius Of twenty Ave miles. All trains
from the North and East are from four to
six hours late, and on many roads all
freight trains have been abandoned.
At Old Orchard a snow plow with three
engines is fast in q snow bank, and almost
hidden from sight The snow Is light and
drifts badly. The wind is high, and about
two feet Of snow has already fallen and
still no signs Of . let up. 1t is the worst
storm in thirty five years.
Bangor. Me-, reports one Of the severest
storms for years, aging all day, blocking
roads and nearly suspending railroad
traffic. Toward the west it is especially
severe. Outgoing trains hare been can
ceIlcd.
Rutland, Vt, reports the storm still
raging, with a high wind, and trains
from and for Boston cancelled. The drifts
at Shelburne are twelve feet deep.
Concord, N. H., reports al trains on the
White Mountain division Of the Boston &
Lowell railroad at standstill. The wind
has increased and traffic will be suspended
several days.
The upper harbor at Boston is full Of
packed ice and navigation is seriously im-
peded.
At Montpelier, Vt, twenty inches OF
snow have fallen and the wind is blowing
gale. Afternoon trains are not expected
to arrive tonight
AT Provincetown, Mass, the wind is
blowing forty-ive miles an hour, with
thick snow squalls.
Advices from the numbering camps tell
of fearful suffering. Numerous sheds have
been unroofed by the blizzard.
AT Highland Light, Mass, a number OF
vessels are in peril on Vineyard shoals.
IN NEW 1OGh.
ALBANY. n. V, Jan. 21.-The wind, which
was blowing forty miles an hour, is abat-
ing. Country roads are impossible from
snow drifts. Suburban street cars have
stopped running and the Delaware & Eud-
son and West Shore roads are blocked.
A Cohoes dispatch says: A violent biz
zaad has prevailed here all day and the
snow which fell during tie night is drift
ing to a depth of four to ten feet. The
street cars on the lines between here and
Waterford, Troy and Lansing were aban-
dOHed.
IN QUEBEC
QUEBEC Jan. 27.-Thc binding snow
storm that set in "Wednesday night Con-
tinued all Thursday. Country roads are
almost impossible, the drifts beng from
SIX to seven feet deep. All trains are de-
layed.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
ALTOONA. Pa, Jan. Z1.-Continued snow
storms, high winds and heavy drifts to-
day seriously interfered with railway
travel throughout Central Pennsylvania.