The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
AT THE UNION STATION.

because Of the "dreadfulIy mean"
snow storm were at liberty at last.
With the exception of the paper train,
which managed TO pull through early
in the morning. these trains were the
first to reach the city, and whether
there was really any cause for joy or
not. the people made it so. Several in
terestng sights were noticed by The
Spy man as opportunity was offered to
gaze at those who alighted from the
trains Like a mob OF bowling maniacs,
as it We're, the crowd made a rush for
what they had an idea was the depot
restaurant, only to be halted by the
closed doors, The people did not have
TO starve. however, as a husJling vend-
or of sandwiches and hot coffee was on
hand to satisfy everybody's appetite.
At 2.55 o'clock another batch of de-
layed trains came putting into the
train shed, this being the first install
ment Of rolling stock from the west.
These trains came in on the regular
east bound track, and managed to land
after a fierce struggle with the snow
drifts between here and Springfield.
Both of them left Springfield at nine
o'clock Saturday night and they were
among the list which figured in the
shut-out at East Brookfeld. The flrst
train in from the west was the mai
train. and the one following it was
western express. This last train had
two big engines hauling It, and also
carried seven cars. These trains, too,
we're glad to get to Worcester, and
when they finally reached the depot
the Messengers made a grand rush LOT
the temporary lunch counter.
Long delays were all that resulted
from the arrival of the trains which
reached Worcester at this time, and
during the period. Union depot pre-
sented a lively scene. Crowds of travel
eTs wearled from their long seige IN
fine cars between Boston and Spring
field collected in the waiting rooms ana
corridors Of the depot and discussed
the storm. While the effects were NOT
by any means to be considered equal
n some of those in years gone by, il
completely paralyzed the railroads all
over the east, and as approaches to the
west were made there was even more
disaster to be noticed.
Renewed effort after much schemins
on the part of the railroad men got the
DELAYED east bound trains ON the way lc
Boston. The first one pulled out OF
Union station at sos o'clock. Inc
others followed in intervals of five
minutes and they were passed over the
line to Boston as fast as possible,
reaching the Hub in only a little longer
time than it takes to make the schedule
run. .,,,,7
out after the Boston trains We're our
of the way, two of them going to Al
bany and the other to New York. One
east bound express, due in Worcester
at | so o'clock, passed through at
local 1sT1nninp between
Springfield and Boston, followed shortly
after. out of Boston, the train leaving
at O'Clock. was the only one during
the entire day which reached Worces-
for an time. This train reached the
depot at 7.S0 o'clock, and brought home
several people who had been in Boston
and MANY of those who We're stranded
along the line from other trains.
The Boston and Albany tracks were
called open, at least, between Worces-
ter and Springfield after the first IN
stallment of trains was sent out at
o'clock. and from that time the different
trains passed through in fairly good
shane. The midnight express, passing
throue,h Worcester at 1926. which was
stalled on account of the accident al
East Brookfield, remained on siding
there nearly all day, reaching Spring
field early in the evening.
Several Worcester people went out on
this train yesterday morning, and after
waiting for hours they returned in
large numbers on the first available
trains passing by East Broolltield. The
Worcester people who We're boxed in
the cars at East Brookfield had not a
great deal to say about their experience
and. in fact, they wasted no time in
securing the first available conveyance