The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-16

New York on Monday morning was stopped
by an immense drift fifteen feet deep about
mile from Princeton Junction. There
the train was obliged to stay f. ON 10 O'clock
Monday afternoon until II o'clock yester-
day morning, when relief party succeeded
In getting the hungry and half frozen pas
sengers back to Trenton.
AFEARFUL EXPERIENCE.
The experiences of the travellers were
fearful. During tie thwo nights they were
obliged to walk up and down through the
burning IN the stoves, but the wind blew so
tiercely that they did not warm
the cars. Several of the men
attempted to walk to Princeton Junction,
half mile. and nearly perished in the
drifts. They returned TO the cars with
great difficulty and decided to wait their
rescue with all the patience at their com
mand. Many of them when brought to
Trenton, had their ears and feet badly
frozen. While on the train they had no
provisions until Tuesday morning, when a
farmer brought sandwiches to the cars and
asked SOC. q piece for them.
CARS BURIED COMPLETELY.
The drifts entirely covered the cars The
relief party were from o'clock in the even
ing until the following morning in complet-
ing their task. They had four locomotives
to their train, and even then it was almost
lmposslblet to force their way through the
drifts. Once they got stuck themselves
ana an extra engine was sent for from
Trenton. The water in the locomotives
gave out and the men were forced to throw
snow into the tanks to keep sufficient water
IN the boilers to reach Treuton The drifts
III many places were mile in length and
from II to l5 feet in height. On Monday
night and Tuesday morning, several trains
Whlch had been delayed at Tullytown and
Bristol on the Pennsylvania road were
drawn into Trenton.
NEARLY FAMIsHED.
The passengers had spent many hours
with neither food nor sleep and were nearly
famlshed. They were at once sent to hotels
IN the city and provided for at tie expense
or the company. All passengers were
cared for in this way and last night
the hotels were SO crowded that it was diff
cult to get any kind of accommodation
some OF the trains which were snow-bound
at Bristol did not arrive here until yester-
day. All had suffered more or less from
cold and hunger. On some of tie trains
only crackers and water could be procured.
and on this scanty fare they lived for day
or more. The company did everything in
It's power to get trains through, but the
wind blew so hard that as fast as they
cleared the way it would fill up again.
NEWSPAPERS AT A PREMIUM.
Not until yesterday afternoon did any
Philadelphia train get through, bearing the
mails and few newspapers. The latter
sold at a premium, bringing in some in
stances as high as 75c each.
The Philadelphia and Reading road is ter
ribly blOckaded also.
The Legislature has not been in session
this week. This is the first time such a
thing has occurred in the history of the
State. On Tuesday there were only three
members present and few more arrived
yesterday on the morning trains from South
Jersey. Reports from all sections of the
State, which begin to come in slowly,
show that the country roads are
entirely filed up, and travel is next to an
impossibility. Milk men and produce deal
ers were unable to get into the city for two
days, and there was great dearth of these
articles