The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-09
WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS,
Traffic in Many Places Crippled, aud The
Cold Intense.
GREAT SUFFERING AID DANGER
A Number Of Fatal Accidents Resulting
From the Cold-The Mercury Seems
to he Tying ftstlf Everywhere.


PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 8-The entire
ronnsvIvauia railroad svstem from New
-. - ,r..,.t........ T.. a. ret ,,d ,,
YORK 10 washington III ''e EaS'' anu do
far west as FlttsDurS, IS seriously Grip
pied. because Of snow drifts. In some
rtacee narticuIarIv AZ N1ialir forty-nine
HlIeS west VI iiai 'iSou's g. '"c '"0" ""S
drifted as high as the car tops. 4 few
trains ON the various divisions dcparted
,,n-,,.,.t. -. -. ,.,,, .t,
from Phiiadeiphia this morning pul '''e
drifts interrupted their passage at inter-
yaIs on every few miles. Thus far no
accidents have been reported.
The western. southwestern and Pacific
express trains. which left here last night
at so. 1925 and H.l) o'clock. respectively,
were snow bound an night I'm thc neigh
bOrhood of DOWnint own Ihis morning
workmen succeeded IN clearing the tracks
ana me Trans plo'rGi't .lo"fS, az lii'i'l3
AZ ia, ,fi5Durs H"o' 'it p''".1 "'ot' -
ls Ho' peh'Itu ina NY va" '"' ~
W'Sl ,iIah HliIn'l az an t."'''' ,I,.,' ,,rn
Sh""-pound 'l''c nc i"a1 ilI7"' ,.'
snow has driftcd badly on the famous
Horse Shoe Curve which is IN the Ale
ebony Mountains, fve miles west Of ~
toOna, and ireiGht iFhh was slditl
tnore all nlSht. As hpcIdi supply 'I
coal was put on al trains pcipTc intlf H'-
pariurc last niEh', lh'Ic was 10 His
among the beialcd pdSSehset7 oE '4"'n
crews
ON the New York division ana on the
Maryland division. the situation IS pracu-
Caly the same as on the main Inc, as
regards irregular train service. although
the drifts are not so bad. The high winds
blow the snow into heaps on the tracks
almost az fast as workmen clear it away,
and the cold is growing more intense
hourly.
,,I-,,i',y.,,t. i-'..n''y r1od 49,. in fairlv good
fIlIlSS t",l'' .,.i,',, g. ,nse,tIn to direct
.,.o,.o.,o,,te ~ traire from central
'"t NV ~, '',, 49,. ,,it,Iit,. ~ ac-
polhis. ana Ie'Se Il,,E ''r' ~ ,,isc in had
',dehtS. ~ ie.''''s I'm, and in the
shape pdItCui'iI ~ at --''''''s'
coal regions
COVETED Up WITH SNOW.
An oast-bound passenger train on the
I,,qt penns,Ivania road is snow-bouud
naar Lyon'g station. and is almost COM
r;.teIy hidden from view. There are only
n few persons on the train besides the
crow
Tho trains on the main line between
pottsyille and Philadelphia are all more
or loss latr The mail train, which is
due i'm Philadelphia at noon from Potts
vple. is fast in "a big drift near Hamburg
The Wilmington and Northern trains
are AN snow bound. aud traffic has been
brought to a standstnl
The Schuylkill and Lchigh branch is
showed up completely. and no attempt
was made to start trains.
The Reading and columbia branch IS
also snow bound and traffic IS at stand,
There is apparently no let mp in the
storm. ana the air is filled with iiying
snow. Railroad men say the tohalilohs
N.I Ifar.r nd a
March 1883.
,o,.r rms, INV pttz1lrn or ,sS.
- ,,,.,,IH ~ tn. ,,,,,t .,,,,,
W." - -. 49,. T., l,,
'' '''.' 80. ,'t ,,,,,,,,,.i,il bli,,,rd
vi, 'l'"' - tteo 49, - 49,,
g.. W t1t 1t ,,.' r,',i, .,,,l ,,, .fro.tfd
r.,t,, i,, s,,,,. f,Il w. fba storm OF 1NNS
49, ,o,. fban to.J,v.s Tbo wind TODAY
s,.cr,gsd sixty miles an hour AGAINST
fifty in the blizzard of 'Ss. the tempera-
,uIe ,g 'o-I"S G o, '.3u .,'t a, 1'.o & 1aIt
@n -. t,,,l,
.nl nv. ol '"'" ''''' '7''''''
30 ,l,, ..,,-,,, to,,.o,,e, a.
/" '"0 w" -. '''' ''o'! !'' ny
IHe aI'd l'9t uIII 81 'Hce 'JleD. He uii1-
|dIu ,o-u"E S"eP. u'''Ioa. '''e ',i,ile ,i,
lry' lhstead Oh 'he mere i'u'uS vi 50
WlleS dIouAu New loIN tHtH CoNeI'u'
l' Storm S"tPV 10" -" 1"C 'l'S ''ii -
last hshi, ana ny 'hi7 morning "dS i'll
iuli possession IL ana not settle doWh
SCilly ana que,iy lH "IlC' pIs Hdhea' Dl
tnc tohfdi|' u Was nllN'h dlo"S W.
DiHulh5 IoICc py d -uIIo"S "oi''N'Ht
SAFE IN minute pafucies tha' seemed 10
De covered Win ShdIp points AAe iHe emu
OF heedie, ana stuhb 'He races Vl De
la'eu peitSII iaHS as ""'| to'''I a'o"5
thtouH' VIZ u''i'9' - ""9 80 NY ""'
III III lDdl IL Was plIeu up Ih great Htdpa
ana ridges III every SHcItgIea poI"'' LOT
Wherever lhe gaze hdu iuH pay il SNTPt
..' ''''r'9 "'" st'o" ""'N' 'IoIu u@"ci @
49, toi'II'-o.is =. " a. iio "o.'i.i Ia
-. 60 ny " % st.i - 10 ~ 10y
a.. ", .,,,rra. and lio,-,+t 1i,,,', 40,
i-,,,ot,d .arl,s ord 49, 49,, o.,
rsrs,,., u.e,n o,,erco,,n l,, tho cold and
frosthittan nose cars and bor1s u,oro
n1aptir,,,
TRAFFIC BLOCKED IN BhoohLfN'
In Brooklyn but few street cars were
mining. and the elevated roads could
not work as well as usual. OUTLYING
wards and neighboring Long Island towns
were completely cut of in many instances
with the outside world. There were large
fields Of ice In the bay, and several ships
were ught in them. Other vessels were
frozen fast az their docks.
The arrows were BOrgd with ice, and
~ "" mi iO' ",'E ct"i'' Oh vi
,t., IL H. Tr7i -, ne s,ers', s.,e7 S''nI''e
- ,i,,,..i,. - - - 80
a,,J 80 ,i,.ors W., CI1n5 Vii, b,,oa
,,.,,eas of drirt,ro loo and tr, ,,,,,|'7t
,ar. h.d 60 ha avor.i,oJ =, t"Lir,, ~
-. -. - T., a.. 80. -,,' -
If,r,ii,o, So,,tb uaII-etroo+ ana ,rr.a,,
tv-nimtb-etreet ferries stoned rnnning On