Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-14

Peters, The mail train left this city Monday
morning at 7.30 and the milk train arrived
at $40. The $50 train went north Monday
afternoon, as did also a train ut A. 40. This
will be about the schedule for day or so.
Superintendent McCansland says the
drifts along the route in Pennsylvania are
something terrible There is u stretch OF
road six miles in length beyond Waynes-
burg Junction that has been abandoned
entirely for time. There is deep cut
where three big locomotives were over
taken by the storm, and the only thing
that could be seen of them Sunday was
the tips of their smoke stacks. They were
completely buried. Mr.. McCausland says
that the snow in which the engines are
buried is full of sand. The snow would
blow from one side and pile up against the
locomotives, and then from the other side.
and in this way were soon buried out oil
sight. The enginemen have been keeping
up the fires by digging down TO the cabs
and sliding into them. The tenders, or
tanks, are kept full of snow, which is
melted by steam. The company sent
force OF men up the road Monday morning.
IN GOOD SHAPE on THE D. & o.
The Baltimore & Ohio main line is clear
between Philadelphia and Washington and
ell local trains are running on nearly
schedule time. Some through trains are
delayed, however, as the western and
southern connections are still very bad.
The Delaware river was frozen up tight
Monday morning and people were walking
across at various points The ice boats
came down Monday and succeeded in max
ing narrow channel. The Wilmington
Steamboat Co. did not make any attempt
| to start and most likely will not for day
| or two.
The Charles Warner Co. and the George
| w. Bush & Sons Co. each had . barge
| frozen in tight Monday morning at Marcus
Hook, They had been in tow by the tug
Meteor, which was also frozen with them.
People walked across the river in Phila-
delphia Sunday as it was safe and the
ferries were frozen up. George Sorden, Q
colored man, living in this city, told re-
porter of THE GAZETTE Monday morning
| that he walked across the Delaware from
South street wharf in Philadelphia Sun
day to Camden, and that there were lots ol
other people doing the same thing.
The ice was SO firm in the Christian'
Monday that boys were seen skating cleai
to the Delaware river.
There IS plenty, of coal and flour in tht
city and there is no danger of any wan
existing in that direction.
THE COUNTRY ROADS.
From Glaymont station on the Philadel
phia turnpike for a distance of two mile
this side OF it, no vehicle has passed TO
three days. The road is a mass of snow
several feet deep.
The Concord turnpike, either side o
Talleyyille, has ~ feet of snow for severa
hundred yards. John Talley, who reside
there. in order to reach Wilmington Sun
day morning had to go down to du Pont'
and get pass there through the powde
yard. He brought into town two sieigl
loads of milk which represented thre
days milking. The dealers Of the city
who were very short of the article wer
very glad to get it.
! Turkey buzzards were seen at Delawar
avenue and Tatnall streets on Sundn
lowering low, just over the trolley wires
looking for blizzard tlotsam and jetsam.
William du Pont has a gang of shoveler
ouL OH the Philadelphia turnpike Monda
morning along which there are som
enormous drifts.
Many farmers itl Brandywine hundre
are unable to get their sleighs and wagon
out of the barns, which in most instance
are surrounded by 10 or II feet of snow.
ON THE RIVER OFF NEW CASTLE.
The steamers Saxon and Parthian passe
UP the river for Philadelphia Monda
. morning. ~
The tugs Albert NJ. and Eva Hughe
/ lying at New Castle, have been ordered
! proceed to the Delaware BreaEwater.
J PILOT BOAT TuNNELL.
5 The pilot boat Ebe w, Tunnel of Lew,
5 has not been heard of for the past fol
. days. Seafaring men think she is driftil
5 in the gulf stream, Secretary b. Fran
Townsend of the PiIoG Commission SAY
she is a new strong boat, and there nee
| be little fear for her safety,
3 Ex-Congressman Beriah Wilkins, ownt
s of the Washington Post, was one OF Il
e storm.stayed passengers who stopped
the Clayton House Saturday night.
Among the passengers from down Il
: State who were held in this city by Il
snow blockade on the Delaware railros
. was George Brown OF smyrna. Mr.. Brow
Y made himself comfortable at the Merrl
/ House and pleasantly greeted old frien
who called upon him.
1t is stated here that the child whiC
was sick on one of the delayed trains
: Mt. Pleasant has died from exposure.
. The Norfolk train is the first train
. come down the road since Friday NOR
ing, ana at all the stations were crowds
people anxiously waiting for mail
friends who have been snow-bound.
% STORM NOTES.
I, Harry ,Motherall, detective officer of b
q Security Trust and Safe Deposit Co., hi
/ his right hand badly frostbitten Saturd
while shoveling snow from his doorway.
Frozen ears are common complain
| Inc nDpllGaIlOu Ul ndtlu.ul OF SHOW
= the best medicine for the ailment.
y There was not a single vessel in sight
; II o'clock Saturday along the De
l. ware river front from Edge Moor to belC
the harbur's mouth. From the top of L
l. Equitable Building the Delaware riv
n looked like an unbroken sheet of ice.
L, Every one admired and probably envi
If too gentleman on the streets Saturd
le who appeared in q full bearskin su
a, ua clad i'm fIra from, baad t,. f,,i
ID gauntlets and all. People stopped to lo
r ut him and thought the costume just t
right one for tins blizzard weather.
Aaron Taylor of Pike Creek, Mill Gre
T. hundred was one of the few out-of-toy
4. people in the city Friday. But it to
Of four horses to his dearborn to get in
Wilmington.
n There was but one market wagon on
n King street curbstone market Saturd
re morning. This alone is an indication
the condition OF the roads in the contis
Gus hundreds.
The Street Department had seven ca
~ at work on the streets Saturday. Iii
4, dumped the big loads of snow at Sixteen
~ and Walnut streets and at the foot
~ Orange street.
~ The Delaware railroad had flat.cars ri
IL ming Friday from points below the C
laden with snow taken from various dir
ie tions. The snow was dumped in
~ Brandywine at the cutoff bridge.
ne THE STORM AT NEW CASTLE.
Is Special Correspondence of Gazette and Jour
Ie NEW CASTLE, Feb. 1.-THE storm
in this vicinity was something territ
The snow has been piled In drifts to
depth of 12 to Is feet William d. Bt
as contractor and builder of this city,
n company with Charles V. Wise, wall
he over from Wilmington on Friday, taxi
ay 81 hours to walk over. When they
re- as far as Rogers woods, within II mi
no Of this city, they found the bank