The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-10
I'm the Adirondackx.

SARANAC LAKE, n. Y, Feb. 9.-Not
since the great blizzard of 1888 has the Adj
rondack region been SO completely showed
under. Yesterday the railroads abandoned
the idea of running trains, and severa'
freight and passenger trains on the Cha
teaugay railway, the Adirondack & ST. Law
renee and the Northern Adirondack were
stalled for hours by the tremendous banks
of snow. Snow plows, pushed by two Oh
three engines, were without effect, and were
themselves stalled, and were unable t
move one way or the other; The sitnatior
hundreds of men who were sent to the
scenes OF the delay to dig out the trains
have ensued. After a great deal of arduous
labor the trains were shoveled out. They
are arriving to-night at their various des
Saranac Lake, with three railroads, has
been almost entirely cut off from outside
communication for three days, and scores
of winter tourists and commercial men have
been unable to get away from town. During
the height of the storm the mercury wen
down to 40 below zero, and for five days it
was not above the cipher. Thursdays New
York papers arrived tonight.
New Winter Resort.
TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 9.-For three
weeks the Puget sound country has enjoyed
most delightful midwinter weather, of which
balmy sunshine and budding flowers have
been the chief features. In two weeks ii
has rained less than half an inch, and the
temperature has ranged between 40 and 4s
been unusually fine throughout western
Washington, Rosebuds are beginning to
appear. and buds on fruit trees are swelling.
The country has never set up it's claims as
a winter resort, though several parties of
tourists from Minnesota and Illinois are now
visiting this section to remain until the
weather moderates at their homes.
Train Walled In.
CIT JnCEyDIJ Mitch Lroh O 1~r,o o
w. NJ. road is blockaded by the blizzard,
and hardly a wheel has moved for nearly
twenty-four hours. The mail train which
left here for Chicago yesterday is still
stalled in the snow one mile south, with
snow walls from fifteen to twenty feet high
n mot sves a aftacbed' sI Was s u tn ni dig i tbe t lpe6,
out, but could not get within half a mile
Of it,. TIL passengers We're brought TO st.
Joseph. Drifts near Holland prevent the
passage of any trains at that point. The
Big Four and Vandalia lines are blocked.
Train Hidden by Snow.
RED ANk N. j., Feb. 9.-The train
service has not improved. Two mails only
from New York and one from South Jersey
were received to-day. New Jersey Southern
railroad trains from Lake Wood go north
now by way OF Branchport because a train
is stuck in a drift at Patterson's cut The
train is completely hidden by snow. The
mercury has risen five degrees. but the
wind is blowing a gale. The roads in the
suburbs were impossible and the residents
are forced to travel through the fields.
Through Trains Delayed.
CLEVELAND. o.. Feb. 9.-Owing to the
heavy storm not a through passenger train
from the East arrived to-day over the Erie
road. One passenger train on that road was
vile, n. Y. and other trains were aban-
doned. On the Lake Shore and other roads
leading into the city many trains were
abandoned and those running were hours
behind time.
Two Killed and one Fatally Hurt.
TORONTO. mt. Feb. 9.-Two men were
killed and one fatally injured last night
from the East on the Midland division of
the Grand Trunk road, near Agincourt, and
q snow pillow sent to relieve it. The engineer
fireman. Callahan. were killed. Conductor
Riley is fatally injured. No passengers
We're hurt.
The Blockade Raised.
PERRY. Q. T., Feb. 9.-For the first time
in four days trains passed through from
Kansas City on the Santa Fe to-day, the
blockades having been raised. The town
received the first mail and express from ne
north since Tuesday to-day. For three hun
dred yards snow, ice and sand were banked
from four to eight feet deep in a long cut.
Three to Ten Hours Late.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. AT the Penn
sylvania and Philadelphia & Reading rail-
road stations all through trains are from
three to ten hours late. The roads, how
ever. are being cleared up and trains are
morrow. The situation IN the country dis
tricts Is practically unchanged.
New Method OF Suicide.
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