The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-20

cue with all the patience at their command.
Many Of them when brought to Trenton, who
had their ears and feet badly frozen.
While on the train they had no provisions
until Tuesday morning, when farmer brought
sandwiches 10 the cars and asked nifty cents
for them. The drifts entirely covered the cars
The relief party were from o'clock IN the
evening until the following morning IN COM
pleting their task They had four locomotives
to their train, and even then it was almost I'M
possible to force their way through the drifts.
Once they got stuck themselves and an ezra
engine was sent for from Trenton. 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 Tren-
ton. The drifts in many places were mile III
length. and from twelve to fifteen feet in
height. On Monday night and early Tuesday
morning, several trains which had been de-
laycd at Tullytown and Bristol, on the Penn
sylyania, were run into Trenton.
The passengers had spent many hours with
neither food nor sleep, and were nearly
famished. They were at once sent TO hotels in
the city, and provided for at the expense of the
company. All the passengers were cared Tor
III this way, and last night the hotels were SO
crowded that it was difficult TO get any KIND OF
accommodations Some of the trains which
We're snowbOund at Bristol did not arrive here
until yesterday. All had suffered more OF less
from cold and hunger. On some of the trains
ONLY CRACKERS AND WATER
could be provided, and on this scanty fare they
lived for Il day or more. The company did
everything in its power to get trains through
but the wind blew so hard that as fast as they
cleared away it would fill up again. Not until
yesterday afternoon did any Philadelphia train
get through bearing mails and a few newspa-
pers.
EAsToE, Pa. March 10 -Four engines at
tached and drawing two wreck cars containing
100 men left here yesterday morning to
open up the New jersey division of the Lehigh
Valley road Over one hundred drifts were
ploughed through and the exploring party had
good luck until they arrived at a large drift on
short curve below Three Bridges. There
the speed was increased and the four engines
dashed into the drift with great force. The
first engine left the rails, and in less than
minute three engines were wrecked and two
Of them overturned Theodore Apgar, OF
South Easton, engineer OF the first locomotive;
Cooney Dee, Of South EastOn, engineer of the
second locomotive, and Andrew jackson Bell
man, OF Easton, gravel train conductor, were
killed; and Isaac Pixley, Jr., of Easton,
fireman for Engineer Apgar, was frightfully
scalded by escaping steam and water. The
four men were buried beneath the engines.
Engineer Deer's body was not released until
ten o'clock last night. The other two engin-
GERS and laborers escaped injury. Engineers
De6TS and Apgar have large families, and
were among the most reliable engineers on the
Lehigh Valley road Conductor Bellman was
Widower.
Mr.. Shields, general agent of Morris and
Essex railroad, at Washington, n. j., started
east yesterday with four engines coupled to-
gether to open snow drifts on that line. The
engineer ran into monster drift below Hack
ettstown and jumped the track. The en-
gineer of the first locomotive was killed
by his engine being overturned. Two
passenger engines and a pusher were sent out
on the same road from Phillipsburg. They
struck drift twenty feet deep at Stewards
vile, and the first engine was ditched. but the
crew escaped Three engines coupled together,
were sent out on the New jersey Central road
yesterday from Philipsburg to open the east
bound track to Hampton. They struck drift
sixteen feet deep, and the fireman OF the first
engine, John Iayersail was fatally injured by
snow bursting open the front of the cab and
tanning him through the rear part of the
tank. Davis Freyman, of Siegfeld's bridge,
was struck and killed by an engine while
shoVeling snow on the jersey Central road.
CHICAGO, March ia special from Boston
via London says: The storm has now ragged
necessarily for tive days all over New England,
as far as scanty communications could reach.
Every railroad out of the city is bockaded
completely and the only Geographic commune
cation is by the Commercial cable cOmpanys
cable 10 LoclIport, Maine, and thence by cable
to London. Never before was there such n
complete prostration of business, and the dam
age to property must amount to an enormous
sum. 1t is fifty years since Boston has been so
affected 10y q storm. Morning and afternoon
papers OF Tuesday were devoid of all telegraph
ic information. No trains arrived in the city,
and those which were sent out were practically
lost Along the coast terrific sea isreported,
particularly on the north shore. Every tele-
graph wire is down with the exception of one
between Worcester and South birmingham.
There are no telegraph connections west of
West Millyille, thirty-ive miles from Boston,
and but for the recently constructed long dis
lance telephone. Boston would be as far re-
moved from the rest of the world, as far as tel
egraphic communication goes as ii it were sit
uated in the desert Of Sahara
The snow storm now prevailing at Pittsfeld,
Mass, is the worst OF the century. Not even
seighs can pass on any road in this county.
Not train has moved on the Boston andAlbany
road between Springfield and Albany during
the past twenty hours. One passenger train is
stalled twelve miles east with Y passengers on
board, who are suffering extremely for want of
food and fuel. The Fitchburg road, at both
ends of the Hoosac tunnel, is blocked. A
truckman named John o Brien, of Pittsfeld
cannot be found, and it is supposed has been
frozen to death.