Evening journal., 1899-02-14
IN THE STORM
KINGS EMBRACE.
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are aticrm-stayed here When it was
found that trains cou.d not be run
amy farther they were taken in charge
by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio RAILROAD companies, and some
of the be.ated passengers are board
ing ait the Clayton House and others
lat the Gables. The same circumstances
prevail all over the line
The train which arrives here ait Ais
a. m. attempted to leave Delmar on
Sunday night, but it was found neces-
|sary to put back, as there was no
chance of getting TO this city. The
passengers are now being taken care
of by the railroad company. and will
continue to be until the train is able
TO get through
BAGGAGE ROOM FULL.
The baggage room at the French
street station is literagly turned into
a store-house. Trunks, mail and pa
pers are piled up nearly to the CELL
ing, and the men have just room
enough to gau around. It is surpris-
ing how much baggage has accumu-
lated since yesterday morning.
THE COUNTRY SHOWED UP.
The blizzard has heen as severe in
the neighbomng villages and country
as Il has in Wilmington Farmers are
having their cwn troubles in attend
Ing to their s5colk, everything being
tiled up hard and Fast Paths have to
lbe shoveled to barns, and roads are
tc.ked by immense drifts that resist
all efforts to reduce.
lAt Talleyuliie an roads are block
ed, and 1t lis impossible to ten where
The roads end and fields begin. Not
a vehicle Of any description was to b,
seen on the Concord pike yesterday. In
scme places the snow is as high as the
fences.
STCRM AT THE BiREAGNWATER.
Lewes, Feb 14-AH the vessels IL
the haihor here are ice-bound and can
not move A binding snow storm
ualged sil day and until a late hou
last night
Tho dhree-maeted schooner E.ecta
Captain Bailey, is ashore near the irol
pier. She was pushed on by the ice
Her crew were suffering inteneel.
frcm lack cf coal and provisions an
venured ashore on the ice They ar
quartered at the Marine Hoapitarl.
The United States collier SterIn,
Is lying dangerously near the Break
water and viii be damaged unless tn
gale soon ahates
The suiimen attached to the life
saving stations have been forced 3
abandon for the present their patrc
/ OF the coast.
The stern is equally as severe a
the blizzard Of 1888, which wrough
such awful damage along the ctast.
, LIF'E+SAN-ERS SUFFHR.
The present snap of cold weather
e unusually trying to the men Of tn
e ife-saving service along the coast. Fo
r FIVE days the mercury has not wander
y ed above zero, and the nights hay
+ been particularly severe.
High winds from the north an
It northeast and the binding snow ssor1
g Oh last night inflicted almost unIbeal
!. able sunerings upon the patro-mel
. who, in the fulflment OF their dutie
were compelled To- face it in all its g,
verify An night long they patroEe
n the beach from d.aticn to station, O
+ the lockout fer distressed vessels
- which they might give aid. 1t VIZ
Il ulater.y impossible to keep warm, an
when morning came the brave af
a savers were benumbed.
y ON THE PENINSULA.
{, Dover is in the embrace Of a bh
3 zard The Thermometer has register,
: l3 bClcw zero. which is the co,de
ever recorded on the Peninsula. IN
T. eCLdesk spell on record was in 1Ss
.r waen the thermometer feM to belo
l. zero. Peach and pear trees We're a
e killed. then, and it is Thought mol
4 can possibly survive the present fros
B-Gr&berry and raspberry plants a
- pcsitve.y killed AT Laurel. viii,
.e b the centre "a the fruit belt, ali kim
"a Of game are reported to be killed. La
N year many thousands OF dollars we
's spent in restocking the Peninsula wi
- paIlridgcg. The distros5 among Il
ir poor is heart-rendlng. All the rive
IS and emhl bays are frozen UP, th
a stopping the oystering business.
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