The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
The TOWN IS SNOW-BOUND
Several Passenger Trains Stranded
Along the Railroad Lines.
ONLY ONE VERY SHORT LINE is OPEN.
Commercial Men Held Prisoners at the
Hotels, and Their Prospects Of Early
Release are not Encouraging.
A PaymaSter'S Plight.

Well, here we are snow-bound on all
sides, just as effectually as if located in
the snow attitudes of the West. The
present storm is forcible reminder of
the great blizzard of the spring of 1888,
when we remained for three or four days
cut off from the outside world. The
present condition of affairs are not as bad
as they were then, but if the storm con-
tinues as it has been the past twenty y-four
hours the old billiards. record may be
beaten. Up to date we are still in the
enjoyment of the telegraph and telephone
privileges. All other means of commune
cation are cut off. The letter carriers
reported at the post Office this morning,
but had very little mail matter TO deliver,
as no trains succeeded in getting into town
after eight O'Clock last night
Ali the steam and electric railways are
snow-bouni. No trains are arriving or
departing in any direction--east, west,
north or south. All lines are badly
crippled and no connections can be made
at any point. Three trains on the Lehigh
Valley railroad have been snow bound
between Delano and Park Place since ten
| o'clock last night.
The Lehigh Valley train due here at
six o'clock this morning from Shamokin
arrived two hours late after a most diff
cult trip. A Pennsylvania train helped
the belated arrival from Shamokin to Mt
Carmel by serving as snow-plow, and
from Mt Carmel 10 town the train made
the journey alone. The trip was a slow
| and tedious one and several times the
train narrowly escaped leaving the tracks.
Some of the cuts the train plowe
through were filled with snow to heigth
of about fifteen feet. This train brought
the crew and two male passengers, who
become stranded here, telegraphic orders
having been issued by Superintendent A.
P. Blakslee, from the Delano Office to
allow no train to run east of Shenandoah
until specific orders were issued,
A train at Delano Junction that tried
to breast snow drift ran off the track
and remained stranded all day.
Orders were issued from Delano early
this morning annulling all trains, and not
one from any direction was run after the
train from Shamokin arrived.
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was as badly crippled as the Lehigh road,
The passenger train that left here at pos
this morning got as far as MahanoY City
and stranded Two engines with one
passenger coach succeeded in getting
through from Mahanoy Plane to this
town at ten o'clock this morning The
same train made return trip TO Maha.
nov Plane at half past ten, but all con
nections with the main line were cut off.
Even traffic by road vehicles was cut
off this morning, and none of the residents
e of town employed at VIM. Penn, Lost
Creek, Delaho, Mahanoy Plane. st. Nicho
las or Mahanoy City were able to reach
, their places of employment. The general
tie-up had lively effect on the telephone
system and it was kept busy all day.
AFTERNOON REPORT.
The situation of affairs on the Lehigh
Valley railroad remain as they were this
morning. The train that arrived here
from Shamokin at a. m. is still at the
depot and there is no pro .pect of it getting
away,
The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company is running a ombination pas
senger coach, drawn by three engines
irregularly between Shenandoah anC
Mahanoy Plane. The train left here al
1245 p. IN, and made a run to Mahano,
Plane after driving through five foo
drift ut Kohinoor
On the first trip from Shenandoah TO tn,
Plane this morning the three engines ant
one car were one hour and thirty eigh
minutes ON the line. A run was mad
from the Plane this afternoon in thirty
eight minutes, The schedule time
twenty-five minutes.
The passenger train that was scheduled
to leave Mahanoy Plane for Philadelphia
at As a. m. left at about / o'clock thi
afternoon. 1t consisted of four engine
and three cars 1t is feared the train will
not be able to get as far as Tamaqua.
The north bound Buffalo express (NC
III was last heard of at Pottsville. Sh
got there about p. m.
Passenger trains Nos. IA and 2 are snow
boupd at MahanOy City. They have bee
there all day.
The train that was intended to take tn
Scheifiy funeral from Shenandoah