Milford chronicle., 1895-02-15
From Gulf TO LakeS Zero
WeathGT Prevailed.
10 Kali REACHED Milford UNTIL The
F0UdTH DAY AFTER The STORM.
All Travel, Even Over Country Roads
Suspended.

a.u noon, aud no trains we're moving betMee
III here aud Philadelphia
, After the snow ceased, a bowling gal
W. OF wind tnat reached a velocity Of sixt
lgni miles an hour, blew continuously 70
IA "a, iorty eight hours, while the mercury hov
'uI, cred IN the neighborhood of zero all th,
oud time.
Snow drifts from five to fifteen fee
blocked the country roads, aud the usna
Saturday crowd was absent to a man
II These conditions prevailed until Monday
Oi when the weather moderated and the
not I blockade was raised.
ou' On Friday the D NJ and v railroad
~ was bIockaded between Lewes ana Mas
d AZ sau and four engines worked two DAYS
ue to yet the snow hound train of that morn
us ing out Of the DRIFT.
lat The train from Chiucoieage came
~ through to Georgetown on FRIDAY morn
MS ing with Two engines but little behind
'u' time and went through to Harrington
e That aiIernOon-but did not get back un
'h. III Mondal afternoon
The railroad authorities at Clayton tel
su egraphed to employ all men who wanted
a To shovel snow a 81 IS per day and board,
So ana about hundred reported at the de
~ pot Tor service, but the company was un-
~ able to get train to Milford TO take
them 10 the places they we're wanted
m Many persons had their ears frosted
4 and the train men had an awful hard
IL lule OF II Two engines took up the two
cars from Franklin Civ on FRIDAY after
noon to Harrington aud they bore the /
marks OF rough usage. The glass from
tue CAP windows of each engine were
smashed, and the engineer aud 6remen
were mutt1ed to their eyes. vet the blasts
OF snow and ice chilled them and cut the
skin until their faces looked like pieces
, of raw beef
Inc cut commencing at South Walnut
street and extending down past the farm
: OF b. Gllchrist was drifted nearly even
d tull, and people walked over the hard ,
packed mass. This was broken through
E oy the ald OF four engines and a hundred /
shovellers on Sunday A requisition for /
large shovels was made and Pierce & Z
Carmean' hardware store supply exhaus- ,
led. Between Harrington aud here there I
was rot much trouble. n
Out on the Delaware road the trouble a
was almost insurmount4ble, because the n
: wind blew the snow back as fast as it was II
shoveled out The train that left Har- s
nngton on FRIDAY morning did not get \
any further than Viola, where it was snow (,
bound. ~
Constant efforts from CLAYTON and viii. A
mington were made to open travel on IL
Saturday and Sunday, and not until Mon re-
day was anything accomplished perma- tc
nently The EOeHy EVeHiNg last Mou- cs
day speaks of the efforts from that city m
! as follows: Vi
The relieftrain that went out on Saturday til
with Conductor W J Johnston in charge, ye
returned to this city last night and the men
were allowed to 90 to their homes to be fresh 81,
thls morning Nothing was accom- plished fo
yesterday BY the men on this train, as it was ~
unable to reach any of the trains that were ~ -,
showed in. -
With car load of fresh men and a guam M
uty OF provisions, the train again started out ga
at 7 O'Clock this morning, aud although at IN
noon nothing had been heard from it, the fri
presumption is that It reached the FIRST train int
and that by constant work the blockade res
would be raised in short order. This belief as
is strengthened by the fact ofthe superinten- ite
dent ordering out the train which left at b,s
noon. ~
This FIRST train out was drawn BY engine ios
No, 43. run by Engineer Harrison and Fire
man Ford. Conductor Hitch was in charge. ~
Details concerning the operations of the wa
relief crews and the people of the stalled but
trains were very meagre All the iulorma fer
ton was telegraphed to Superintendent Hol. reti
iiday at Clayton, and the people here are in +
ignorance as to what is being A.
done ~
All the baggage and newspapers which o.
have accumulated since the blockade, bound 80
south on the Delaware road, and which have So
become piled up here, were put aboard of ~ q
he noon train. There was a big truck full
lt newspapers and almost a car load of bag
rage No guarantee is given BY the rail
Dad company to with what dispatch the
baggage and papers can be delivered N
One casually has occurred a direct re- G
ult Of the blizzard. Michael Griffith FIRE
nan on one of the locomotives, which was 'tau
nRsged near Dover yesterday in clearing bon,
be tracks, was so badly scalded in an acci. COVE
lis injuries Nc
Three Of the locomotives engaged in the time
YORK at Dover were wrecked y sterday and cato
'r'hl'h and the engineer. Benjamin W Con- Ciob
or were scalded Their engine upset, -,
reakiug the steam pipes Iii thought that Viiie
ounor will get well. Grfiths remains will tate
e taken to New Castle where his family re Lode
des. Connor lives in this city. ;,e
It is known that the train which was N
allied at Mt Pleasant was liberated vester to tia
ay and went far as Middletown The from
ain reac- ed Dover some time this morning, Snss
nd the belated Legislators were enabled TO ~
" convened. road
KIEKwooD Feb. 1.-THE Norfolk ex- Ad
ress in charge Of Conductor Hitch, which
# Wilmington at Il O'Clock is held here
wing to the drifts between the canal and no
Z. Pleasant. -Four engines and 800 men SP'
e at work trying to get through this drih, from
sbs y 10 b1ocssd 's1 =; sne HoIos @ srain WI" fe
The traiH here consists of three passenger Int
aches and two mail cars 5000
Conductor Hawkins, who left Wilmington bv "A
St Friday morning, in charge of train No. -,
/, only succeeded in leaving Middletown cnild
is morning and is proceeding slowly owing ehapi
the drift "of r,
II II Is s,sseG Ire ns, me eallo waics i was the
t bas died from exposure. the N
The Norfolk train is the first train to come Pas
wn the road since Friday morning and at Mccs
1siv ws;tipS for mail ~Ss oT eUdi NJ bo have & s in
en- snow-b bound town
The drit which the engines and men at Pas
e canal are now at work on is from 10 to r,.,.t
feet deep and nearly mile long.
The first train stuck was the north Loog'
und Norfolk express, and at Mt. Pleas Ihon
It it was stalled early on Friday morn Rea
&. On it was a Hungarian who was and
to Chicago Friday he showed ,.h,;s
ms ofinsanity. Taking $3.50 in notes -,
,p his pockets he tore them in six
eces and threw them from the car. He
50 dashed his head through a window Inc
ass but he only slightly cut himself. ness
ith difficulty he was overpowered and only
d. Before he was bound he destroyed Int
Q or three car seats and tore his cloth throul
3. He is about as years old. Domes- -;
trouble is believed to have caused him J~u'"'
become a maniac. Tie pieces of an un
,uey which he threw away were recov- the h
ID. tute f
There were few passengers on the train Rep
d they were comfortably ensconced in an act
G Pullman cars The maniac was kept ..--t.
oard until tue first train went up when ''4s'e
was sent to Farnhurst. KEEP
Hon. George V. Massey, who walked act to
m Clayton to Brenford, was picked up govern
freight This trein became block. The
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