New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-13
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blocked with the exception Of the New:yor and
Ncw-Jcrsey to and from Havcrstraw. Inc oiock;
| ade was below the tunnel and was occasloneo no nco
by. snow drifts, but by the freezing up Of 'aS
switches switch had been opened early "A
the morning for the local from Haverstraw, wn1cn
consists Of a snoking-car and one coach. Ihls
train got through all right, but when an attempt
was made TO turn the switch so as to shunt
in the other tracks converging there. there.
it was found to be impossible None
Of the trains on the main line, the Northern Ok
be run through the tunnel on account Of this mis-
bap The passengers from all the trains had TO
walk across to the New-York and New-Jersey
tracks and jam themselves into the two, litt,e
coaches. After several Of these trains had made
their way nearly to the Jersey City station. one
of them stalled, and coud not be moved. A
arrays OF passengers waded to Jersey City, a dis,
tance Of threequarters Of q mile. number OF
them had their ears frozen, and no one was IN
'''"' MsRING TIi! TIE BEST OF IT IT At HoBoKEN
The Delaware LaclSawanna and Western fell
into line with the rest The wires were all down
early in the day, and with the increase Of the
storm communication was made impossible.
Nothing could be learned from the officials about
as no one wanted 10 take the responsibility. The
passen ger agents were making themselves comfort
able during the afternoon; smoked cigars, dis
cussed incidents and answered questions, which
The West Shore and all other railroads with
termini on the North River were completely
blocked, and no trains were arriving or leaving
All the roads mentioned above have sent out gangs
of section hands on special construction trains TO
try to open the tracks. but with what success
% was mot not known at late hour Inc S,a men snrpcS
with luncheons, so as to enable them to WORK
during the night.
FLUSHING TRAVELLERS IN HARD LUCK
| Passengers the Long Island Railroad,
which is blocked from Hunters Point TO Mcn-
tauk had dismal experiences The train which
left Whitestone at 5:15 O. m. managed to get
through to Long Island City. Not many people
| travel on this train. The majority Of those who
do business in the city and live out on this branch
of the road use the train which leaves Flushing
at 7 a. m. When this left Flushing yesterday.
| however. 1t consisted of only one ear and an en-
gne. The distance from Flushing to- Hunters
It started the solitary car, loaded with passen-
| gers. had got within n quarter OF mile OF funt-
| er's Point. The morning had been spent buttlng
! deep The engine would unhook from the car,
| plunge into the drift, cut q passagcway or Few
feet then 90 back. hook on TO the car and pull
IL along When within a quarter OF n mile OF
the Point the conductor said that they could run
no farther: the rest Of the way must be walked.
| The passengers tumbled out into the great drifts
and after an hours struggle reached the Ferry
! Then an hours wait followed for the ferry,boa3
which ultimately landed the hungry, cold ana
| fatigued Fushingitcs Mt Thirty-fonrth-st.. where
| those who had business downtown found that tn9
elevated road was not running and they woua
have to walk the distance-four miles
| PRESIDENT CORBIN ON A BELATED TRAIN
| No trains. except one TO Rocl<away and one 70
Jamaica. left Hunters Point during the day to
20 out on the road The Sag Tarbor train COM
| ing east reachcd Babylon without much delay at
8 a. m. Among those who climbed on board NJ
Babylon was Austin Corbin. From Babylon
progress was slow At o'clock p M the train,
| with Mr. Corbin still on board, was stuck fase
| in q drift just outside OF jamaica tnsncc"ss-
full efforts were made to reach the stalled tram
| with snow ploughs from the station. There WIS
| no news from this train from the mail trains
on the Greenport and Port Jefferson branches
which are also stuck in the snow somewhere ths
gers on these three trains, but they must have
suffered from cold and lack Of food, unless thfy
| Hundred peopIe are whiting at Hunters Point Tor
a break IN the Long Island road blockade; whlrh
the officials think cannot come for at least twenf
| four hours. Telegraph and telenhone commune
cation is abandoned on the island