New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13

wrote tempting bills OF fare which were sent To
their fellow snowbound and hungry Office occu-
pants.
IeicSraph and telephone poles were scattered
all over and telographipg became lost art.
one merchant downtown who had TO communi-
cate with bank in Boston or sacrifice a large
amount Of money reached his New England cor
respondent by way Of London. He teegraphed
to London and had his message repeated from
there to Boston
one OF the consequences of the blizzard was
The SHARP advance in the price Of the necessities
OF lie. i. 7. Wall. Of the Hoffman House. in an
Interview with Tribune reporter said that on
the second day OF the blizzard ne paid 20 cents
a quart for milk Otner food articles COM
manded equally high prices and supplies soon
became exhausted. The Long Island Railroad
was completely blockaded. and hundreds OF pas
senScrs were SnOwbOund for many hours many
local trains were showed under" for days be-
tween New-Y0rk and the Westchcster towns
knowing the facilities for communication in
and near New-York the experiences OF some Of
the people who were snowbound for days within
a few hours ride Of the city sound like eXag
gerations; but the stories were bitterly true. and
many Of those who were prisoners on the trains
Succumbed to maladies contracted al that tine
one train left Croton at a. m. on the 12th. and
after considerable delay along the road reached
point between Macomb's Dam and the juno
ton Of the Harlem road al 10 o'clock. There
the train remained. within five or six miles Of
the Grand Central Station. all day and all night.
Among those on the train were Nathaniel Tut
tie Daniel Draper, G. p Morosini. y. Randolph,
J. II. Colgate j. j. OdCn and a number OF other
Wcll-knOHn people. Mix which consigned
to NewYork was confscated. and in shanty
near the stalled train a barrel of flour
found which the woman who lived in the place
soon converted into bread The bread and milk
sustained the party until relief came. TAe PAS
sengers never lost their good nature. and each
did his share toward entertaining the company.
sUFFERERs FROM COLD AND HUNGER.
There We're hundreds # cases like lie orc in
question. and on all railroad lines leading TO
there were great numbers or stalled
trains on many Of which The suffering from
cold and hung II was intense.
on Wednesday. March II. the storm was
Pretty VII over. and slowly The pulse IF If" DO
gan to throb in the thoroGghfarcs of NeW-YoIiG
\ writer on The Tribune in speaking Of the
passing Of the blockade said: There was
ludicrOus suggestion oi the disentombing Of
Pc1rpeh and herculaneuin from their ava
graves in the digging out Of the snow-hlled
streets. Gangs Of men. the total force Of them
exceeding in numbers any ever before deputed 20
similar tasks in this city. piled pick and shovel
and disintcrred-to strain the use Of that word
here a wagon and there WheelbarrOW. here a
lille If GrcCers' boxes and there an ash barrel.
here a forlO-n hat. Wrestcd from its owners
head in the VIII buster Of Monday. and there
a dead dog cat. Every endeaNor was made
10 force way for traffic, especially in the prin-
cipal streets. In these the snow was piled on
the right hand and on the left and as these
ways were opened tiny stream Of traffic began
to trickle through them. by and by increasing
to at least something approaching the usual
volume that roars through the busy streets"