The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-03
BIizzard.swcpt New York.

nave Deen tne suitr-
ings his winter OF the unfortun-
ate resident of the cold. bleak,
blizzard-swept region known as Greater
New York. Piteous are the tales OF
suffering and restitution that are COM
ing in from that distant frontier. II
makes ones heart sick to read OF a
Brooklyn trolley car being ~snowbound
with all it's passengers all night long
hemmed In by the binding storm.
Some OF the men passengers" says
one account. went out for relief. and
after buffeting the gale and snow for
half an hour returned. nearly frozen.
with the Information that an attempt
TO leave the car would be madness"
Persistent pounding OF the gong and
hallooing by the passengers were tried.
I'm the hope OF attracting the attention
Of somebody who knew the country
but h terrific power of the wind
drowned the noise. The car was wet
and grew colder as the drift piled up
around IL and snow sifted in through
the cracks in the windows and doors.
At midnight n mounted policeman
came along and discovered the stranded
car. He advised the passengers against
trying 10 leave, but volunteered TO Sc
cure blankets. At the Bath Beach sta
tion house he got n big bundle Of
blankets. which ne took back TO the
car. The women and children were
wrapped up well and some of the chill
dren went to sleep. The trolley COM
pany sent n sleigh loaded with food 10
the stranded car about s o'clock I'm the
morning. giving the passengers the first
taste OF refreshment they had eaten
since dinner. Two hours later other
sleighs arrived n the stranded peo-
pie were rescued. Fortunately no
wolves were around that terrible night
to intensity the horrors Of the situa-
tion.
A man named Theodore Roosevelt,
said to be the governor of the territory.
was one Of the passengers OF a stage
or railroad or something plying be-
tween New York and a place called
Boston. They got stuck in the middle
of the night and ran out Of provisions.
Morning came but with Il came no.
body with the merry announcement
that breakfast is now ready in the
| dining car" for there wasn't any din
ing car. and there wasn't any break
fast: for all this happened far out
East, where the terrible blizzard rises
and RACES. Luckily there was n mo-
Gerry store I'm the canyon nearby. and
the groceryman was tall, strong and
brave. With fierce desperation this
hardy hero OF the plains. after a silent
praye dug through the snowdrifts 10
the train and sold the starving pas
sengers all his crackers. cheese, dried
behring's and canned goods at -four
hundred per cent profit. And still they
say these wild fasteners have no no.
billty Of character!
There were other sad scenes. \
Brooklyn man named Nelson started
to GO to business. His wife and four
children saw him to the door and kissed
him goodbye. Goodbye he re-
heated. waving his hand to them as h,
began TO descend the steps in the awful
storm. II burfeted him this way and
that way. and while he was endeavor'
ing to preserve his balance his fooi
slipped. and he rolled down the step:
and broke his neck.
The people of the far East, battling
as they are with the elements, are en-
titled TO sympathy IND respect. Wha
possesses them to live in such n cold
od-forsaken. blizzardish country Il
not clear TO a sane mind; but like tn
Esquimaux they seem to be satisfied
with their Iot-they know 10 better.