The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-02-13
BOUND BY
BLIZZARD !
Traffic with other Towns Almost En-
tlrely Cut Off.
GREAT GALES AND HIGH WINDS
Steam Railroad Trains Are SNOW Bound at
Many Points--A Freight Train Twice
Caught by Snow Drifts in Town
Crews Use shovels.

The prevailing blizzard is a full-dedged
competitor for records against those made by
the blizzard five years ago and the town is
almost completely snow bound, and the in
dications are that tonight the town will be
entirely cut off from the surrounding towns
The immense snow drifts and the great gales
with the continual fall Of snow, has com
pletely paralyzed local business aud it was
only the most urgent appeals Of families short
of fuel that induced few teamsters to haul
coal this morning The town is actually
threatened with coal famine One teamster
had orders from twelve families this morn
ing and could only fill three of them.
THE COLLIERGEs.
The orders issued Saturday by the p & r.
G. & l. Co. that efforts he made to operate its
collieries to-day were thwarted by the bliz-
zard, aud not wheel moved. Many of the
men went out, but were obliged to return to
their homes. 1t was absolutely impossible to
attempt work of any kind at any of the col
lieries. The same condition of affairs pre-
vailed at the Kelley Run, Cambridge and
VIM. Penn collieIies, and the officials fear
that the places may be forced into idleness
tomorrow.
SCHOOLS CLOSED.
All the public schools were opened this
morning. but the doors were closed again
soon after the hour for opening the exercises.
There was very slim attendance of pupils
and in several of the buildings the heating
apparatus was crippled.
CAUGHT IN DRIFTS.
At about eight o'clock this morning a
woman who had made her way through the
snow drifts as far as the corner of Main and
Centre streets, became almost exhausted
when a guest at the Ferguson House went to
! her assistance After resting few minutes
the woman was able to proceed on her
journey.
| Dewitt Steedle, one of the clerks at the
Ferguson House, had an unpleasant exper-
| ienGe while on his way from his home to the
hotel this morning. He got caught in drift
at the corner Of Oak and West streets and at
one time was completely enveloped by the
snow. A passing teanster went to his assist
ance. Steedle was prOstrated for some time
after reaching the hotel
! Ali the railroads are more or less demor-
allied by the blizzard and it is with the
greatest difficulty that any service at all is
| kept up with the outside districts.
A freight train on the P, & r. Railway got
into drift at the Turkey Run colliery this
morning and the crew shoveled for two hours
before they got the train through. Upon
arrival at the freight station the train goi
into another drift and the crew had another
| hours work to get the cars to their proper
place. The snow was drifted on the tracks
to level with the station platform.
| The P. 4 r. newspaper train got snow
bound at East Mahanoy Junction this morn
| ing and none of the Philadelphia newspapers
arrived here.
Six car loads of coal consigned to the Shen.
andoah public water works are snowbound
somewhere between East Mahsnoy Junction
and BrandOnville. One car of coal arrived
at the pumping station this afternoon.
The Lehigh Valley passenger train, east
/ bound, leaving town at 5:2s a. m. got through
to Mauch Chunk without accident or great
delay, but the passenger train that left here
eastbOund, at $50 a. IN, got snow bound
| between DeanO and Silver Brook Junction
| No west.bOund trains reached town on this
| line.
The Pennsylvania r. R. passenger train
that left here at 6:10 a. m arrived at its
destination and made its run back to this
town an hour behind schedule time. The
s:15 a. m traiu did not leave until o'clock,
and reached Pottsville at 1OI5, an hour and
twenty minutes behind the schedule. The
noon train reached here an hour late
| The L. V. passenger train due here from
Shamokin at lO:30 a. m, arrived here 80
minutes late, The train was made up of one
passenger coach and two engines.
| Six freight and five passenger trains on
the P. & R. railway were stalled between
Philadelphia and Reading this morning.
| WIRES DOWN
Many of the arc electric light wires in
town were blown down last night and the
streets were in darkness after 11:4O o'clock
The storm prevented repairs to-day and the
prospects for lights tonight are not en-
couraging.
| At two o'clock this afternoon the weather
conditions We're in conformity with the pre-
dictions that the blizzard may continue
another day or two The thermometer reg
stered 2 degrees above zero and the gale.
were sweeping through the streets with in.
creased fury. In many streets there are snow
drifts over nine feet high. The condition OF
the railway traffic grows worse steadily and
the complete cutting off of all trains before
night is threatened.
This afternoon the p. & R. Railway com
pany issued orders annulling all trains on It's
lines between ShamOkin and Port Clinton.