New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-14
NEw-ENGLAND sNOwBoUND.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE DELAYED -

RAILWAY TRAFFIC EvERYWHEhE DHA" IL -
THE HEAVY SNOWFALL
BOSTON. Feb. ls.-Bostoa's largest storm since
February % last year has abated considerapi| anu
though snow is still falling 1t Is evident .'a' '''e
storm has spent its fury in this nelGhporhool'
About seven inches Of snow fell in this city Dut
seventy-fve snowploughs running all hlshl hep'
the electric sreet-car tracks fairly clear' INC
Boston and Maine trains are arriving "D'"' I'm
minutes late The storm Is severe all over the
system especially In Maine. The throush ua'l'
on the Fitchburg road are all late Inc .>e"-i YIN
and New England withdrew some OF IT'S local 'rai''
The New York. New-Haven and Hartlord reports
twelve to eighteen inches Of over'its whole
territory Local trains ten to thirty minutes
late, and through trains forty-ive 10 SlN'y mn
utes late All freight trains are cancelled ana
passenger trains have two locomotives '"'"' i''
Fall River Line boat left Fall River al CLOCK
last night and Newport at 4:3o o'clock this morn
ing The New-Yorl mail on the Boston ana Al
bany road was more than three hours late
The heavy snowfall and drifts have IN several
of the smaller cities In this part of the state mace
many of the streets impossible, and caused part"ii
suspension OF business. Drifts ten 10 HltceH icct
high are in country roads, and travel by highway
IS seriously interfcrcd with. An electric car "h'ch
left Salem at o'clock last night ran into DRIFT
Just beyond Marblehcad Crossing ana reha'hch
there all night with the motorman, conductor ana
one passenger who had n rough time OF IT, ana
escaped freezing only by keeping In motion all
night. Their plight was not known until ths morn
ing. when the car was dug out
The British steamers bound To this port from
across the Atlantic are making longer passages
than usual Among the number due and overdue
are the following: The Furncss Lines Otran;o.
from Antwerp January q. now twenty-cght days
out and the Mllanose. from London January a.
twenty days ont: the Ncssmore. from London Jan
uary .. nineteen days out; the Francisco, from
HUI January p. seventeen days; the British En-
pire from London January %. fourteen days, and
the Carthaginian, from Glasgow February j.
New Hampshire points report the Storm the heav-
lest Of the winter. With the gale pinc the snow
into huge drifts. badly delaying trains. blockndng
highways and dcmor-!lzing $trectcar traffic in many
cities and towns.
Worcester Mass. Fob l2-Thc saowstorm RACED
all night. with a high northwest "ini. wAich Piled
il in huge drifts all over Worcester County. There
are nearly II not quite twelve inches the level
Electric cars are ted up both in the cify and on
the suburban lines. \ Boston and Albany locpmo-
tive ran OH the track in the deep cut mile north
east Of the Union Station. arl Two freight and two
passenger trains Were stalled there uau! ABOUT l0
O'Clock
Greenfield Mass. Fob ia dead horse harncssed
t. a sleigh was found in Sunderland meadows this
morning Tho team is supposed to hoipng - on"
Dcvcra. a farmer I'm North Hadley. II is supposed
that Devora pcrishei IN the storm
this city early last nirht. sine" which tim" nearly
eighteen inches OF snow have fallen. Traffic ~ the
streets is llght and the strcet-car Uaihc IS sls
pended Reports indicate heavy storm in 'h-
northern part Of IN" state. AMI trains from Nom
trcal several hours late. Freight traaic over
the Central Vermont was suspended this i'''-
noon. The storm has been the most severe OF this
winter.
Newport Feb. l2-Ncwport has had blizzard
lasting already about tWenty-iour hours. Ih'i'
has been heavy wind. which has causcl ~" snow
to drift. The storm has brought shipping 90 a
standstlll and trains are delayed.
The steamer Pilgrim Iff.N,l n'f" A. "an "r"'t
this afternoon tweivH hours late after t.a itfe"-
ab'c Tip through he sound.
Noonsocket r. I. Feb. l3.-On the Central Div
sion OF the Ncw-York and Ncw-EIglani ron1 tTtvel
many trains have been laid on on branches
Providence. Feb. l2-Thc snow is min" inches
deep a level Electric car lines are at running
except the long ones to tho suburbs Trains and
boats delayed
New London Conn. Feb. l2-No Now-Yor, boat
came through the Sound to Eastern ports last night
Hartford Feb B-trpIn ten to Twelve inches oi
snow fell between o'clock Xesierlti Mtr.n "a
ana O'Clock this morning. The wind WAS high,
causing heavy drifts IN the country. The storm
has intcrfcrel materially with railroad travel.
on the Philadelphia. Reading ana New England
at Boston Corners this morning IN empty passeu-
ger attached 10 the rear of train was
blown over while rounding curve. All trains on
the road are badly delayed rs ar" also trains on
the New York and New England Railroad
Mer.dcn. Conn. Feb. H-Thc storm IN this city
was unusually severe NOR" man twrlN" inches
Of snow having fallen during the night The street
car service WAS SUSPENDED this morning. South
bound passenger AMI freight trains were from
four to six hours late