Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-14
Telegrams to The Star.
THE WORST SEEMS TO Be OVER.
Sunshine Promising to Subdue the Blizzard
Suffering in the Snow Bound Trains.
A DECISION IN THE WABASH CASE
Many Incidents of the Great Storm.
SUNSHINE AFTER THE BLIZZARD.
New York City Roads Running, bat
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Telegrams to The Star.
THE WORST SEEMS TO Be OVER.
Sunshine Promising to SubdQe the Blizzard
Suffering in the Snow Bound Trains.
A DECISION IN THE WABASH CASE
Many Incidents of the Great Storm.
SUNSHINE AFTER THE BLuzzARD.

SUNSHINE AFTER THE BLIZZARD.
New York City Roads Running, bat
the Blockade still Continues in New
Jersey-fearful Experiences of Pas-
senxers On stalled Trsins-Perishing
from Cold.
NEW YORK, March l4-The sun is shining
brightly this morning and the weather Is moderat-
ing Travel on the elevated roads is fully resumed,
but the surface roads are stin impossible. There
Is still no Improvement I'm the condition OF the
telegraph wires. The South and East are stin cut
on, ana there Is little IL any communication with
the West.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF NEW JERSEY PASSENGERS.
Meagre reports received show that the people
living IN New Jersey towns who started for New
York Monday had dreadful experiences. Many
trains We're showed In few miles from the city,
ana passengers were compelled 10 sleep on them
or wade through the snow TO look for shelter in
the villages. number OF persons IL is asserted
perished from cold and exhaustion.
Al EllZabethport a dozen employees OF Singers
Machine works started for their homes several
OF them were badly frozen. one man named Ellis
soon died.
BY strenuous errorts the PENNSYLVANIA road got a
Single track clear % Newark. Trains were kept
running all night between there and Jersey city
10 Keep the track open. None OF the other roads
nave been able To move trains
Above New York, on the roads OF the New York
central system the situation is unimproved.
Ihe chicago limited vestibule train ON the Penn
"A
Harrison on the New Jersey meadows. reached
Newark last night. A relief car OF supplies had
been sent out In the morning with three locomo-
oNeS puiiing and three more pushing.
SHEEP AND CATTLE FROZEN TO DEATH
Al south Elizabeth stock train is blocked on a
siding and many sheep and cattle are frpzen to
load OF sheep perished.
NO MILK PRoCURABLE AND MEAT GETTING SCARCE
Ihe milk famine is becoming alarming IL is
nne p1sS,o,e hS, 10 get ANYTHING but condensed milk
last nfty gallons dealer had. The meat supply
Is getting short and prices are adv ancng: S,5 per
.Sn @ Delng paid Tor coal There is plenty OF II IN
tne yards In New York and BROOKLYN but The. tifi-
culty Is TO deliver IT. Two thousand business men
from Mott Haven were showed 10 near Pelham
vile, suburb or New York since Monday morn
ing.
BUILDINGS UNRooFED AT READTSG-A MAN KILLED
hEADiNG, PA, March l4-The snow storm
which mas ragged In this section is the seyeest
known here: The storm blocked up all country
roads, filled railroad cuts, prostrated telegraph
poles, and was unprecedented In its fury. All coal
trains are at a standstilL Between here and
Allentown thirty telegraph poles are down. All
communication between this city and the outside
world either by telegraph or team was cut on. In
the Vicinity OF this city houses and barns were
unroofed. Geo. Christian, a Reading Railroad
signal-tower watchman, walked into a drirt and
WAS blinded by the storm and train crashed into
MIN anc ground him 10 death Telegraph COM
muncaton after being entirely cut on for twenty
four hours was partially restored again last night.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, March 14-The storm has
been the most severe this winter The country
roads are drifted badly, and no malls received uu-
I'll last evening, and that only a small one.
WORST OF THE SEASON AT PoTTsy7rILK
POTTsyIILE, PA, March l4.-The worst storm of
the season has been raging since SATURDAY night
throughout this region. The telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down In all directions, and not a
train has reached this city time within the past
forty-eight hours most or them being hours late
and the interruption extending to all the roads.
THE GALE VERY HEAVY CAPE NAY
CAPE MAY, n. j., March 14.-The gale here has
been very heavy. The smokestack OF the Electric
Light Company went down Monday morning A
great many trees are uprOoted. The old Knicker-
portion OF the roof OF the large building carried
away. Engineer Daniel FOcer in attempting 10
cross the meadows 10 the engine-ho became
bewildered, and almost perished before finding
shelter ~--e