The times., 1898-02-02

tangled up in a mass of wires, with the
snow drifting over him.. No one dared
go near the body for fear of the wires.
Providence. r.. l., Feb. 1.-The bliz-
zard has succeeded in cutting Provi-
dence off from all telegraphic or tele-
phonic communication with the world
at large. The street railways are tied
up and there is a general cessation OF
traffic.
AT II o'clock last night a passenger
train for Worcester ran into snow
ploueh about mile south of Cxbridge
and was derailed. There We're ten pas
sengers aboard, most of whom were
badly shaken up. Several ladies were
prostrated. and Mrs. Benjamin Raboln.
of Worcester. was badly bruised. En-
gineer Thomas Loynd was thrown
through the cab window and badly cut.
Electric light wires are down all over
the city. and the power has been shut
off. The city viii be lighted by gas,
if at all. until ii is safe to turn on the
electric current
Last evening at Horizons Grove. on
the line of the Consolidated Railroad 10
Pawtucket, Foreman John Anderson.
in charge of the snow gang. while step
a freight train. was struck by a passen-
ger train and killed
The flre department is busy tonight
lighting small fires caused by electric
light wires.
In The Blackstone valley the blizzard
is thefworst since 1883. and the damage
resulting the greatest ever known.
Most of the manufacturing compa-
nies closed down because the help could
not reach the mills.
Nashua. n. H. Feb. 1.-The snow
storm which struck New Hampshire
Yesterday morning and continued until
II o'clock today. has tied up the rail-
roads. buried the street railway sys-
TENS. and practically demolished the
telegraph and telephone systems. The
local weather station gives the snow
fall here as twenty-six inches on the
level. four inches less than fell in the
1855 blizzard
Burlington. Vt. Feb. 1.-The Mont
real express. due here at 4:20 O'clock
this morning. is stalled near Middle
bury. while the mail train sent south
at 9io'clock this morning did not reach
ShelhuFne. Trains coming from the
north at noon We're abandoned here.
The electric cars have not been run
since last night. Fully twenty inches
of snow fell. drifting badly. All bust
ness was suspended today. James
Walsh. aged eighteen. was instantly
killed by a train. He could not hear
the train because of the high winds.
New London. Conn. Feb. Fifteen
inches is the average snowfall in this
city. All trains north and east were
stalled from midnight until noon to-
day. including the colonial express to
Washington.
Portland. Me. Feb. 1.-The storm was
the worst Maine has experienced since
1883. Eighteen inches II snow has
fallen Not a single train arrived or
left this city over any of the five rail-
roads converging here between $3.50 a.
m. and u. IN. Grand Trunk freight
trains were stalled at intervals be-
tween here and Gorham n. II.
The city and suburban street cars
were completely tied up. and two ear
loads cf passengers spent the night in
the big drift at Deering.
Albany. Y. Y, Feb. Robert Kenni-
colt was found frozen to death tonight
in Rennsslaer.
ST. Johns, y. f, Feb. IA steamer,
supposed to be the Jamaica, nipped by
an ic. Foe off Ferryland, is flying sig
nals 0f distress. A number of fisher
men in quest of seals are adrift on an
ice doe in Trinity Bay. They are like
ly to perish.
Halifax. N S. Feb. 1-All over this
province a storm RACES hercely. This
city is in darkness. Trains are delay
ed and wires are down. The lightship
in Darlington harhor dragged her an
chOrS and drifted q considerable dis
tance. At Hubbard Cove the schooner
Lucille went ashore.
Cleveland O.. Feb. IA full-fledged
blizzard has been raging in northern
Ohio with great fury for twelve hours.
In this city street car traffic was great
~ impeded today. and business men eX-
periencad great difficulty in reaching
the downtown district. All suburban
electric lines We're compelled to Sus-
pend operations. Steam roads were de-
laYed and trains ran from two to five
hours late.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-The temperature
dropped 30 degrees in twelve hours yes
terday afternoon and last night
Throughout Michigan a blizzard is rag
ing. In the northern part of the State
freight trains are abandoned. In Wis
consin the storm is the worst of the
year. The snow is piled up in immense
drifts and there viii be a heavy loss of
stock. Indiana also has a fierce storm.
Baltimore. Feb. To-day is the cold
est of the winter. AT O'clock this
morning the temperature recorded by
the Weather Bureau was fourteen de-
Srees.
Troy. y. Y, Feb. 1.-The snow storm
was the worst this section Of the State
has experienced since the memorable
blizzard of 1883. Passenger train No. 2
WestDound on the Fitchburg road, ran
into the tender of an engine attached
to a snow plough near Shelburne Falls
last night -Four men were seriously
hurt.