The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10

~ a'.iiiss ~ illnlnglon and Northern roads
TINS morning. The Reading road was still
snow bound on the Valley and East
branches, and no trains have been run
since yesterday morning.
Halifax, y. S., Feb. 9.-The storm was
general yesterday all over the province
and along the South Atlantic coast 1t
showed until 1 o'clock and then turned to
nail and rain. The snow drifted badly.
Al Yarmouth there was an unusually high
tlde, which overfiowed the wharves The
roads are badly blocked in the western
and eastern parts Of the province. and
some places have been without mails for
three days.
Lancaster, Pa, Feb. 9.-The snow block
ade on the Pennsylvania road is practic-
any the same as yesterday. Several trains
got through during the night, but the
cuts have again drifted shut.
Cumberland, Nd, Feb. 9.-Passenger
train No. S on the West Virginia Central
railroad, southbound, together with eight
engines, are fast in a snow drift eight
miles from this city at Black Oak Bottom.
Train No. 3 is the regular afternoon pas
senger train to Elkins, w. Va, and left
here on schedule time yesterday after
noon, but could proceed no furthersthan
the above place. The passengers were
sent back 10 this city at once, and four
engines went to aid train No g. They, too
became disabled, and this morning four
more engines were sent to the scene with
ike results. The eight engines and the
coaches are at this writing stuck fast
in the drift Assistance will be brought
from the Elkins end of the road. 1t is
bitter cold, and the snow is still drifting
Trains on all the roads entering the city
are several hours late.
Chicora, Pa, FNb. 9.-The Pittsburg
and Western railroad is blocked for 100
nHNa 4.
north passed here yesterday, and stuck
in the snow two miles out. and Is stin
there. The passengers were brought back
in farmers bob sled. Three engines at
tached to the stranded train have been
showed in, and will probably remain until
the weather breaks.
Pittsburg Pa. Feb. 9.-Arl through
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
are late to-day, none having arrived at
the Smithfield depot up to noon. The
New York and Washington express is
snowbond east of Cumberland, with no
indications as to when it will arrive
The Chicago express, already four and one
half hours overdue, has not yet arrived
at Wheeling. The Uniontown express is
the only through train on the Pittsburg
division, and 1t will be two hours or more
late in arriving. The greater part Of the
company's telegraph wires between Pitts
burg and Cumberland are down, and com
munication is seriously interrupted.
Freight traffic has been entirely aban-
doned. Perishable goods are being shipped
as baggage or express, while live stock
is positively refused. The officers hope
TO resume regular traffic by the first Of
next week.
Annapolis, Nd, Feb. s.-This city is
snow bound to-day The morning train
for Odenton, connecting with the Balti-
more and Potomac railroad, was caught
fast in a snow drift three miles from
Annapolis and three engines were unable
to pull the cars out. No more trains Will
leave Annapolis to-day.
The damage done on the Chesapeake
bay and its tributaries by the storm is
very great. North Point and the Kent Is
land shore are strewn with wrecked oys-
ter boats, and loss of life is feared. The
heavy snow wind and almost unprece-
dented formation of ice cut off from all
succor the smaller craft caught in the
blizzard, and their crews, unprovlded
with fuel and food for the wintry siege,
are suffering many hardshps
The ice boat Latrobe started out this
morning to relieve distressed vessels and
rescue crews from disabled or sinking oys-
ter boats. The gales that swept the bay
yesterday according to Capt Carter, who
has for forty years sailed on the Chesa-
peake, was the worst he ever experienced.
The ice was everywhere, the cold was Bit
ter, and the wind was so strong that a
man could not stand on the decks of the
Latrobe. The pilot house, 80 feet above
water, was swept by the seas, and clouds
of freezing spray enyeloped the entire
vessel
Baltimore. Nd, Feb. 9.-There has been
no Improvement to-day in the train ser
vice of the various roads centering here.
The suburban trains have moved with
some degree of regularity, but the trunk
lines are badly crippled as yet. Communi-
cation with Washington has been uninter-
rupted, and the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road has maintained a good service as
far north as Philadelphia, but there has
been no through trains.
The Pennsylvania is in bad shape around
Perryville and a New York train due here
early this morning was lying In a snow
drift at Perryville at noon to-day A
mail arrived from Philadelphia at noon,
but none from New York or the west had
reached here up to 6 o'clock tonight
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad aside
from its valley division, is getting back
into shape.
All traffic has been temporarily suspend
ed on the Maryland Central railroad
on the Western Maryland business is al
a standstin. Only one train was sent out
from this end of the line to-day.
The Baltimore and Lehigh is showed
I'D and all trains abandoned.
No vessels arrived in port to-day, and
the steamships scheduled to sail to-day,
with one exception, were unable to leave
their piers on account of the ice and low
tide caused by the strong westerly wind,
which carried the water out of the har-
Dor.
Mavor Latrobe will send an ordinance
10 fine city council on Monday, asking for
q special appropriation Of $4,000 to clean
the snow from the streets of Baltimore.
st. Louis, Mo, Feb 9.-Milder weather
nrevailed to-day and street car and rail-
U,av travel was resumed. Accounts are
heing received Of suffering and loss Of
stock at points west.
The two Missouri Pacific trains showed
IN at Yates Center, Kan, were released
to-day after delay Of sixty hours. The
train stranded at Waverly, Kan, was
moved as far south as Mason, where 1t
was again blocked.
A passenger train was showed in near
salina. Kan, for Sc hours. For the last
ID hours the passengers subsisted on gro
cerv samples carried by commercial
traveller. His coffee samples were ground
in the shovel with the poker and cooked
II, n can Of melted snow. The men took
their turn carrying coal over the high