The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-05
OUR MAUDE AND ROOSEVELT.
They Were Caught In New York's
Big Blizzard.


a New York exchange says: Not
since the blizzard of 1893 has the sur
face-car system of this city been so
badly Daralyzed as it was Saturday
night and Sunday. Hundreds of per
sons who started for their homes spent
dark hours of suffering in them, I'M
til exploring parties who had seen
them start and had heard nothing of
them thereafter dug through drifts
Sunday morning and rescued them.
Cars were found buried under great
hills Of snow and in them the pas
sengers shivered and starved. Heat
gave out soon after the snow i'm
prisCned them, and there was nothing
to do but hope that when daylight
came relief would come with it. On
one Ger in New Jersey the fuel gave
out early. but resourceful men made
more from the interior woodwork and
managed to keep uD warmth for an
hour or two for helpless women and
children.
On the trolley line that runs out
from Long Island City the snow was
in complete possession at 10 o'clock
Saturday night Not wheel turned
on the line till late Sunday night. Be-
tween those times forty crowded cars
were buried, none knew where. Tele-
phone communication was cut off and
the few hardy ones who took a chance
in the storm dug their way to nearby
villages had their suffering for their
effort. Railroad managers tried by
every means to find out where the cars
were stalled, but in vain.
Two snow Dlows We're sent out, but,
like the cars, they vanished from hu-
man ken. Two sweeDers were dis
patched as a forlorn hope. The snow
-engulfed them also. They were not
Nheard of until they were uncovered
Sunday morning. Part OF one of them
was seen barely above q mound of
snow and excavation revealed them
both. Further work resulted in the
uncoVering of thirteen trolley cars.
Soon it became known to the resi-
dents of the neighborhcod that women
and children were suffering in these
cars and relief parties were organized.
With great difficulty men drawing
sleds reached the cars and took away
all the women and children, who were
soon under hos1itable roofs for the
night The dozen men, for whom ac-
commodations could not be found, were
fairly comfortable in the car, which
was kept warm and lighted all night
Then five men stated out to get help
The snow was UP to their necks and it
was dark, but at last they reached the
engine house. almost exhausted
y Il e,
called out the engine company and,
with Foreman Marx, led them to the
rescue. They took hot coffee to the
imprisoned passengers.
Governor elect Roosevelt De Wolf
Hopper, the comedian, and Miss Maude
Adams, the actress, and a score more
Of theatrical people had a thrilling eX-
Derience in the snow storm. They had
been snowbound for many hours in a
| train which they had boarded at Bos-
ton, had fought against hunger and
cold until several members of the
party had to forage in the snow driven
country for food and were finally com
PEELED TO walk through the binding
storm to New London, a distance OF
half a mile.
The journey lay over high, long
! trestle which vibrated threateningly in
/ the gale
Wrapped from head to heels in what
ever clothing they could pile on, the
passengers started out, in face of the
warnings OF the trainmen, who said
the journey would try them sorely Mr..
| Roosevelt, De Wolf Hopper and Miss
| Maude Adams We're among the first
who started out. The snow flew in
! binding clouds and the wind cut mar
row deep, but the passengers tramped
on and gained the trestle
There the full force of the gale
struck them and made the trip across
a dangerous one. AIufiled up. they
! tramped on, the women fighting with
their unruly skirts, and at last came
in sight of New London. Then the rest
of the journey was gone through with
more hopefully.