Evening journal., 1895-02-11
ATLAST A Train.
Norfolk Express Sent Down
the Delaware Road.
PASSENGERS, PROVISIONS
And Papers for Every Station in
the State.

The First Relief to the Isolated Towns
of This State Came with the News
Sent Out at Noon To-day That the
Delaware Road was Clear-No Power at
This End. But Engines Expected Hourly
from Down the Road-Othor News
Of the Storm Kings Havoc-s scaIded In
Their Engines Cab-FiremRn michael
=Grihith Deed at 4 O'Clock This Morning.
In the Storms wake.
Monday bright sunlight brought little
rslief to the shut.in people and railroad
trains in this little state. Delaware and
Maryland are as completely isolated from
the rest Of the world as if they were
ocean islands. The people are struggling
heroically, and are digging themselves
out.
Passengers who lett here on Friday
morning for points down the Delaware
rsilroad are still showed In st Mt.
Pleasant, a settlement consisting OF
railroad station and about four houses,
twenty miles from here Relief train after
relief train has been sent, but none so far
has reached the snowbound train.
Among the passengers on the i'm
prisoned train are Representative
Frederic Pyle, of Wilmington; Adjutsnt
General Samuel A. McAllister, State
Comptroller F. Marion Smith. of Mary
land; Sheriff Sterling, of Somerset
county, Md. City Editor II T. Price, of
the Wilmington Morning News, Clerk
of the State Senate e. B T. Springer and
about fifty other peraons from Philadel-
phia, WilmiDgtod and Baltimore.
North bound train No 40 on the Della
ware railroad has been showed in since
Friday morning at Woodside, but the
passengers have been taken from the
train and comfortably placed in neigh
boring farm houses. Northbound train
No. 49, due in this city at o'clock
Friday morning, is in a snow drift at
Townsend. The passengers have been
cared for by the people Of that town.
The train which was stuck at Middle
town was run around siding 20 night
and taken to Middletown, where the
railroad provided the passengers with
accommodations at the hotels This
morning an unknown Hungarian on
the train went crazy and tore np SEES In
bank notes and threw the pieces on
the snow. He was overpowered after a
struggle and given into the care Of q
physician. The two trains at Glnns
Crossing we're moved to Clayton to night
and the passengers provided with hotel
quarters, after being on the train two
nights with scarcely thing TO eat. The
road is still blocked, and the officials
think 1t will not be open for travel for
several days.
Railroad Man scafded to Death
The most appalling accident Of the
storm occurred at Wyoming last night.
Three engines were hooked together,
trying to break their way througha big
snow drift. The s6rst engine in charge
Of Engineer Bsnjs Connors and Fire
man Michael Grthtbs, WAS derailed and
then toppled over pulling the others
with it. Connors and Griffith were ter
ribly scslded by escaping steam, but the
engineers and fremen on the other
engines were not injured.
Griffith died at o'clock this morning
in q comfortable house at Wyoming
where everything had bsen done to save
his life all to no avail. He was trusted
employe of the company, only "a years old
and the son of a railroad man at New
Castle. A number Of friends, his
physician, and Rev Miles McManus, of
the Dover Catholic Church, were with the
young man when he died.
Engineer Connors lives at No. S21
Shipley street, Wilmington, with his
wife. he has also bsen In the employ
of the company number OF years.
He will recover and will be brought to
his home here tomorrow.
The Small Boy Got Clear
While attempting to board passing
sleigh at Fourth and French streets SRtur
evening q 13-yeAr-old boy was throw
TO the ground and run over by carriage
His name could not be learned and be
was not injured.
Rough Experience or Relief Men.
The relief train, drawn by fvl
engines that started for Mount Pleasan
Saturday afternoon, got as far IS Beai
Station, little more than half way, at
o'clock yesterday morning. Then
return to Wilmington for fuel wa
necessitated After ooaling up the trail
started again at o'clock 1t reached
Mount Pleasant last evening, and th
stalled train was taken to Mlddletown
The relief trains head locomotive is tn
celebrated 130 compound condensin
engine Of the Washington division
BY the time the train reached the Ne'
Castle north block Office the entire steRr
power gave out. The only way th
boilers could be refilled was b
forming bucket brigade an
breaking through the Ice Of the nsrro'
dyke. In this way the boilers of tw
engines we're filed. The men gave on
and the other two engines had TO
rehlled with snow Ia order to secur
enough water for the boilers to let theI
run safely over night.
This Beats MIR. Massey's Record
Chief Justice Lore related circun
stance in which he was the hero, whic
casts the nineteen miles walk of Hol
George V. Massey in the shade. While
member of the State Legislature I'll
railroads were blocked with snow
he walked to Dover from Middleton
and answered to his name on time.
Both Ears Frozen.
John Pepper, a sailor on one Of Il
craft which came into port since Il
storm, WAS taken to the Delawal