, 1890-01-30
THE DELAYED TRAINS,
The California Blockades
Still Unbroken.
A ROTARY PLOW BREAKS DOWN.
Deaths OF Passengers Aboard tho
Snow Bound 1rains--Tole-
graph Wires Down.

SAN fENNCisCo, Jan. 2o.-Thc rotary
plUw which lus teen making tho big
trht I'm the Sierra mountains toward
10 sing the blockade ON the Central Pa
ciiIc, broke down yesterday afternoon in
tho final dritt remaining near Cascade.
Tile pillow has been working for Uflccn
days continuously, and II was thought
that the big machine would hold to.
VtllIcr until the road was cleared, but
the strain was too much, and 1t was
completely disabled when only 200 yards
Of suowbank remained. II was sent
ba0l, 90 Sacramento and an army of
shoNclers remained ut work all night,
under double pay, TO clear the way
thtuugl the remaining snow ubstructiug
thc track. Five cars of delayed mail
were >cut west from Reno Last night,
aud will he the first train through.
John tou3hlin, a telegraph operator
~ Cisco, died at his lonely station In tho
mountains fourteen days ago of pucu-
mOilia Three men, including the doc
tor vino went to his aid ON -uONshoCs,
arrived too late to save his hlc, aud hu
WAS buried in u snuwdrit. His body
was removed nom its mountain sCpul-
che yns culay, aud tah.n to S1cT cTtucntp
ona -rc. ial tralu, whCro has funeral will
occur To day.
Ms McNcnn. the wife of Surgeon A.
{, M'Nenn, OF Jefferson barracks, died
at lruckrs Monday uf diphtherin, while
on one ut the west -bounJ trains ycstor.
day.
1, Lucia Scarcttn, Mexican midget,
slii to he the smallest human being In
tle world, was passenger ON the Same
iain. and died at Truckoc from castle
lever.
Information received this afternoon
shows that the great snow blockade ON
thc Central Pacific is still unhrukcu, al
though, according to tAo latest reports,
the only portion OF the track which Is
now Oh,truCtcd l. between tunnel No.
Band Truckec whore su"wslidcs hayu
covered the track Tor a short distance.
Il Is expected that this will be cleared In
q short time. aud, II no other
slides occur, the railroad officials hope
To- 1ayc the bluckldcd trains moving this
evening. A violent wind storm com.
meuc'd In the mountains. however, last
nIght, and there b danger that other
slides may occur nc any time.
The report. received at the railroad
headquarters IN Sacramento this morn
Ing were not encouraging. The facts that
the barometer was falling at
Summit and that high winds
wcrc rising and sweeping over the snow
clad mountains with driving fury arc
not regarded as favorable indications.
The wind, which arose last night as
lOterunncr Of the devastation, made its
povcr iclt. There j. an unprotected
sttelCh OF track between tunnel No. l8
ana 1ruckcc, which runs along the base
fthe surrounding hills. The hurricane
swept one OF those huge mountains
clonks OF snow into motion and the mass
fell crumhling upon the track, covering
ii completely.
So much trouble has been expert.
cnrcd with the wires that last riigth
II was decided tu make radical
move toward repairing the -ys-
tcm, Lincmon have been sent ont from
TtucScc and other points, but their
lnhprS have had but littlr fruit, and the
wires could not De relied upon to operate
satisfactorily. Accordingly, a suecial
train was made up by Assistant Super.
iuleuUcut OF the section Wright, and a
numlcr ul liuCmeu, supplied with wires
ana all the ucCo shry appliances, wcru
sent 20 the mountains thus mOning to
loonlc the weak spots and make the de-
sized repairs.
The situation In the northern pnrt Of
the SKATE on the lIne of the California 4
OItson road remains unchanged, and
there Is no hope of opening the road for
SOME line to come, High winds are r.,
ported ~ various points along tho road.
Near erOvill" several parties have been
iotmcd, and In different portions OF tho
mountains, 10 visit persons living in tho
outly ing places who haze not been hcau
from since the commencement of tho
storm, In two or three places the peo.
PIE searched Tor have been found diving,
ana several were discovered who needed
rcltti II Is feared that many old min
err, who have lived alone IN the noun.
tulns for years, have fallen victims to the
terrible Weather