The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-21
UP 10 THB SECOND STORY.
Snow Piled High in the Streets
Of Old Quebec.
THE UNPRECEDENTED STORM
Along tho Canadian Coast and
Throughout the Dominlon-Vcs-
sells Wrecked and many Lives
Lost-Tamine Threatened.

MONTREAL, Dec. 2O.-Full reports from
the blizzard, which began Sunday ant
only ceased yesterday, are coming in.
The eastern portion of Quebec and thu
Maritime provinces suffered most. The
traffic on the Inter Colonial Railway
was totally demoralized and traffic alonl
the northern division suspended
Tweny trains were laid up at Moncton
Near Melapedia, special train wa'
overwhelmed by snSw-slide and re
mained practically buried for nearly
three hours. The escape Of the passen'
gers was almost miraculous, but fortu,
nately nobody was seriously injured,
and the train is now slowly making its
way to St. Johns.
at McDonald's Point, N. D., Ernest
Wright and Ernest Mcdonald attempted
to cross on the ice. They were caught
in the drift and found frozen to death in
the morning. At iroQuois, Ont, when
the gale had .just begun, three men
named Dickie, johnson and 0Akes canle
over from the American side i'll an open
boat. When they attempted to return
home gust Of wind capSized the boat
and the three men were left struggling
in the icy water. johnson was an eX-
pert swimmer and made heroic efforts to
save Dickie, sacrificing his own life in
the attempt. Assistance was sent out
from the shore, but IL was too late, all
three having sunk. johnson has rep
utation as u life saver and last summer
rescued three young men.
A dispatch just received here tells OF
the wreck OF the schooner Ella. She
was bound from SGckville for st. Johns
and was driven on the rocks at Qnaco,
where the waves battered her to pieces.
Fhe crew got ashore in the morning, al
most frozen, and it is feared that some
OF them will die.
The destruction OF fodder, stock and
Outbuildings caused by the storm has
created almost famine in this section
pf the country, and doleful accounts
nave been pouring in upon Cardinal
raschereau pleading for assistance.
Matters have reached such crisis that
tho Cardinal thought il advisable to
request meeting OF the Provincial Cab.
IuGt, which was accordingly held in the
Cardinals palace yesterday afternoon.
Premier MerCicr and his Ministers were
in attendance. The Government recog-
Hizes the necessity OF taking immediate
action for the relief OF the farmers and
uas promised to do all III lis power.
A collision between passenger and
a freight train occurred on the Inter.
Colonial railroad. The automatic sig.
nals were clOgged with ice aud it was
impossible to see any distance Though
the binding SNOW Fortunately the
trains were going very slowly. The
freight was derailed uud the engineer
natiy scaided, but there were no others
injured.
Quebec is almost entirely cut of from
outside communication. The streets III
Quebec are nearly all very narrow and
the Snow drifts in many places are as
nigh as the second story window, rem
lering ordinary travel impossible. 1t is
the severest weather ever known in the
province ut this time OF the year. The
cold is intense, the thermometer being
twelve degrees below zero. People are
afraid to leave their houses in Quebec
for fear OF losing their way and being
frozen to death. The linemen oI the
telegraph companies are great sufferers
and many cases are reported where they
been badly frozen in attempting to re.
pair the broken wires.
About Montreal, and between here
and Ottawa, farmers have lost much
live stock and demolished barns and