New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-03
TEAMS STILL IN THE DIR 49,
r,,,n,n HELD FAST UNDER SNOW AND
1Cr. NEAR RIvERHEAD. LONG lSLAND'

sxou pIorGHs CAUGHT BEHTNp THEM AMI
trss-rHE PASSENGERS BEN"
urrr, PROVISIONS FROM THE NEIGH
pop1ye raRMHovsEs UNTIL THE
CARS CAN BE DUG OFT.
,,,.o-.,od Long Island. Feb. 2-Three ram , o..
fNerns1u' 80 with seven eight engines
w. .a,Iod he,veen this point and Greehpo''
- ht, ,Iourb left here tonight VIII" VI" 10y
-, d,cping out the first stalled plough wan.
+c,dont Potter. who has been on u"'2 -, ,,,or
49,. r,or,irc almost without sleep. going OUT upo"
- A large number OF men has aiso '''"
Md and shovelllng will be resorted 10. .,,,
~ .,,ross witch left Greenport az -" D c''NN
.,a,a,, roornlng for New-York Is s'ucA ~
io,orv snot near Peconic. Drawing II "c 49,
,ocor,otives At Mattituck four niles ives. " ~,
noint where the wesbound tram II a"
,ro,n which left Long Island CITY AT o,o0N
ter!av morning is also hard ana ias' !" .. noor
The resaenrers from the latter train nave
- TO- ~ neichboring houses, but those OH ''''
,os,hound train are still on board, ana are "'''e
L.,t supnlied with provisions By relay % "'''"
hands -, o.,,o &c
V-b,t IS most CALLING TO the railroan p'o'
that behind the imprisoned weatpouhu '"' 80
&c tho most powerful snow plough on the me po'
-. a., ,,,,o any aid IL left here at midnlsht on
No,d,y ripht and tore its way through 10 rioo"
MR., IN omen the way. Presumably the Vao" ~
hind II remained clear. or nearly So anu tue az.
star,ed leaving the snow plough 10 coal O'"e,
ordi,arv circumstances two stalled trains cou'"
havo GOT through as n result OF the night Tip OF
,ho ,,,ougb hut the cold wave changed conditions
suddenly. - man
When the p,ough made It's trip the sno" was
solder. owing TO heavy rain which followed the
first fall OF snow. The rising WIND winch a'Co'"
named the fall IN temperature blew the snow INTO
the passage forced by the plough. and the "e'
e,ou became solid ice before it covered with
the dry snow Now there about six inches OF
almost solid ice on the tracks. Above TINS IL inc
soft snow but the ploughs and engines cannot
make any impression on the icy stuff at the po'-
tom.
One OF the useless poughs was caugh- IN pc
culiar manner and cannot work backward or 10Y
ward 1t encountered n drift higher than the knHe'
and the snow which toppled over upon the ensih'1
and plough as they tried to force the knife through
melted When the engines had TO stop the water
froze and the engines are now covered with Ice
several inches thick and almost buried in the snow
The third train 10 he caught l"ft here abort noon
with instructors 10 run as far AZ Mattituck ana
return II got six miles on It's way and then was
stalled 1t is not badly stalled, and VII. he brought
back tonight With It's aid Superintendent Potter
homes to reach he first stalled train before morn
ing and send the passengers on her. II any re-
main and want to come back TO this place. They
will then be SEM to the hotels here The cars VIII
then be pulled out ono at time. II necessary, md
shunted out Of the way, ana the pouShs WIZ tur !
their attention 10 the four miles or solldly packed
snow and the underlying leo which are hey ond.
All the other Ines OF the Long lsldnl railroad
open and the trains are running on time