Evening star., 1896-09-30
RAILROADS BLOCKED.
Trains From the South H,x. yo.
rived.

RAILROADS BLOCKED.
trains From the South Have Not Ar.
rived.
The Stea m railroads entering tb.c c;+,, ~,
per,enced trouble as a result of the storm
Up to O'clock this morning the three
great through trains from the south and
"est' the train arriving from the west over
the Chesapeake and Ohio, from Jackson
vile over the Atlantic Coast Line and fr,,,
Jacksonville over The Southern, all due be-
fore breakfast time had not arrived More
ever. 1t was not known at that hour where
these trains we're. The telegraph wires
were down, and no word could be received
as to their whereabouts.
The train for the west over the Chesa
peake and Ohio, and for the south over tho
Southern, which left Washington last night
were stopped at Alexandria, and were still
there this morning. They could not nro.
coed because train orders could not be CIV
en- them. The northbouEd trains had the
night OF way, were overdue. and no train
could venture upon the single track line
until they were heard from.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad also suf
fered Inconvenience. There was only slight
delay In the running of the trains between
Baltlmore and Washington, as there is :,
double track, and the disablement of the
wires did not interfere very much. The
late, however.
The crews of the incoming trains repor.ed
great damage along the line in the vicinity
OF Washington. Many small houses were
EIoWh Gown ana numbers Of them unroofed
while the woods showed the passage of the
storm by hundreds Of fallen trees
Frank II. Thomas of this city left Balti.
more last evening on the IL o'clock Balti-
more and Ohio train. but did not arrive
here until 2:3O this morning. He saws the
wind blew with such force that at times
the train came to standstill, the trainmen
fearing that the cars would be blown from
the track. distractions We're on the track
which had to be removed, and occasionally
broke limts of trees hung over the track
and would sweep along over the cars and
On the windows. creating CONSERVATION.
Mr.. Thomas says the trip was indeed peril
GUS and the passengers were generally
much alarmed.
The first news from Richmond reached
Washington soon after o o'clock, when the
train from the south over the Atlantic
Coast line came in. 1t was nearly three
hours late. The trainmen reported that the
storm wrought considerable damage in
Richmond. blowing down several church
steeples and unroofing one of the large re-
tail clothing establishments and numerous
smaller houses. At Quant;eo several houses
We're unrOofed and demolished, but as far
as known, no lives were lost. The train
men reported that the storm was severe ali
along the line from Wilmington, N c., to
Washington.
Nothing had been heard from the Chesa-
peake and Ohio train from the west up TO
noon today. The train over the Southern
railway was still unreported, and no wires
were working. The New York train over
the Pennsylvania railroad arrived half an
hour late. Slight damage was reported
along the line. but the trainmen said the
storm appeared to have been more severe
right around Washington than anywhere
else.
South bound trains were dispatched from
the depot here today. as usual. The Rich
mond train expects to get through on time
but the others are not SO certain, and will
probably not move beyond Alexandria until
the wires are working again.
Electric ROad.
The Washington, Alexandria and Noun,
Vernon railroad was tied up for shor;
time last night by the falling Of the large
semaphore signal at the north end of the
Long bridge. which disabled the trolle,
wire. The damage was repaired. however
| and trains were running on time this morn.
ing between Washington and Alexandria
| The Mt. Vernon branch of the road was
! more unfortunate. This line runs through
the woods, and falling trees had damaged
| the trolley wire in several places. A work
| train was dispatched early this morning Il
repair the damage, ard passenger trains
will be run as soon az possible.