The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-11
BLOCKED BY SNOW
The February Blizzard Greatly
Impedes Railway Traffic.
FATALITIES OF THE STORM.
Snow Shovelers Run Down by a
Train Near Harrisburg.
FATALITIES OF THE STORM.
FOUR OF THE MEN MEET DEATH.

Another So Severely Injured That His Re-
covery Is DoubtfuI-several Frustrated
by Cold in other sections-A Snow Storm
in Tampa, Fla, for the First Time on
Record--The Loss to Florida's Fruit
Crop VIII Reach Millions of Dollars.
The Storm General East of the Rocky
Mountains.
HARRISBURG, Feb O. While digging
out a snowbound train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad near Lucknow yesterday
afternoon ten men were run down by a
section of the Pacific express Two were
killed instantly, two injured so badly
that they lived but q short time, and
fifth is at the hospital with fractured
skull, his arm broken in three places and
severe Commissions OF the face. The dead
are: John X. barr, Noah Nye, George w.
Stroup and John Crosslcy. Injured: Ben
jamin Otstot. All the dead leave families.
The snowbound train was on the east
bound passenger track, with the men,
armed with shovels all around her. As
fast as they cleared snow away wind
would drive 1t over them and on the track
on which the imprisoned cars stood. The
air was full OF it, making it difficult to see
IN any direction. Suddenly one of the
workmen cried, Look out" Coming up
the west bound track was one of the sec
tons of the Pacific express, which was
scheduled to arrive at 0 o'clock in the
morning but which had been bclated al
most twelve hours Before tho men could
get ont of the way the express bore down
upon them. Darr and Nye were instantly
killed. Stroup was SO badly hurt that he
expired on his way to the hospital, and
Crossley died from shock while on the
operating table.
Reports from other sections of the state
show that the storm is almost ms severe as
the memorable blizzard of 1858. Follow
ing is a condensation of the Associated
Press dispatches from cities and towns in
Pennsylvania:
Rcading-Passenge trains are stuck in
snow drifts mt Lebanon, Prescott, Pad
lnyra, on the Lebanon Valley branch; one
at Lyons, on the East Penn branch, and
another ut Bernie station, on the Reading
main line. The Reading main line trains
were all late, and some were not sent out
at all. Not a train arrived from Philadcl-
| phia over the Pennsylvania road. Isaac
! Long, q Philadelphia and Reading snow
shoveler, was run into at Lecsport and
! killed. No less than thirty tramps are in
/ the hospitals here, all expected to die from
| exposure. Street cars are tied up.
Accommodating to frozen pipes q range
| exploded at the home Of W. X. Calvert, in
! this city. The range was broken into
| pieces and the kitchen was wrecked. Jacob
| Daniels, aged - years, and Lionel Calvert
| received the full force of the explosion.
| The former was fatally injured and the
| latter had leg and arm broken. Edwin
| Calvert, aged years and Laura Hicks, a
| domestic, were painfully bruised and
I eculdcd
| Lancaster-Intense suffering has been
| caused here by the prevailing cold and
snow. Several cases have been reported
at police headquarters of persons succumb-
| ing to the cold. j. f. Hoenningcr, baker,
| was overcome and fell unconscious into
| snowdrift, where he was found sometime
| later. He is 90 years old and physi-
| clans say his recovery Is improbable. The
| Thermometer marks Zero.
| Carlisle-The Cumberland Valley and
the Philadelphia and Reading railroads
! have annullcd all trains Two trains are
stuck in drifts between Carlisle and Har-
! risburg, and several engines have been
abandoned No trains from the east have
arrived in twenty four hours. The tenn
pcrature is ut zero The town Is cut off
from all surrounding places,
Bcthehem-Traflc on the Lchirh Val
ley, North Penn and Jersey Central roads
is blockaied by the blizzard. The thcr-
mometur is below zero. No communion
ton can be had with any Of the towns In
the slate regions This is the worst bliz-
zard in thirty years. The greatest anxiety
Is felt for a slGiRhing party which left here
Thursday evening for the slate regions.
Sunbury-rhe blizzard has tied up
business here, and traffic on the Pennsyl-
vania and Reading railroads is democrat
lied. Passenger trains are being run with
two and three engines and all are from
two to ten hours late. Fireman Bert
Welker and Conductor Bowsur both of
this city, were frozen while running from
Williunsport to Sunbury
ChambcrsburS-T Cumberland Val
ley, the Baltimore and Cumberland Val
ley, tho South Penn and the Mont Alto
railroads are shut up by the snow. Five
trains on the Cumberland Valley are now
in drifts, with fires drawn The schools
md shops here are closed and the coun-
try roads are impossible
ScrantOn-A Delaware, LaekawGnna and
Western passenger train from New York
was thirteen hours late Two brakcmcn
were badly frozen. All trains on the
MontroSo branch We're abandoned as WAS
Buffalo train here. Street car traffic
stopped. Wind blowing ttrccly and the
mercury below zero.
Clearileld-Thc worst storm ever known
IS raging here. All trains on the Beech
Creek railroad have been abandoned. Tive
passenger trains on the Pennsylvania rail,
road We're stuck in the snow all day The
Beech Greek railroad has sent four en-
gines out on the road to bring passenger
trains In TO tleartleid.
Erie-TEe continued cold weather has
caused much suffering and Inconvenience
here. Fully 0nchalf The buildings Of thi.
city arc heated by natural gas, pipet
eighty miles from the gas regions. Th,
low temperature has Injured the How O
tho gas, Us well us increased the co4suInp
tion.
Wellshoro-The famous blizzard of 1ss
WAS nothing compared to the cold wi,athe
which was experienced in this region yes
tcr,lay. The thermometers registered /
dogs below zero IN the morning, and "a
noon D bplaw, Tho drifting SHOW ha
~ Z l>ad AL the country roads
- E.-nsburS The EbeHsburg branch 0