The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-15
Trains Stalled All Along Providence Division
ofthe Consolidated.
CONNECTICUT TRACKS WELL CLEARED
Singular Accident 10 Locomotive Engineer While
TTIng TO Break Through Snow Drift al
Cransion-In Want Of Coal.

The work of the recent blizzard Is
rapidly disappearing, and steam trains
and trolley cars ere beginning once
more To resume their trips. although
matters are still moro or less mixed, as
far as the steam roads are concerned,
and New York and Boston trains are
getting I'm and out as well as they can.
The local trolley cars are i'm better
shape than they were yesterday, and
by tomorrow Manager Potter hopes 10
have everything running on schedule
time once more.
The Providence division OF the Con-
solidated road was the hardest hit OF
any Of the train roads running out of
Providence. 1t seemed TO be unable To
cope with the situation. When the
storm cleared away yesterday morning
it was hoped that the difficulties would
disappear. but the stalled trains did
not find their way TO Boston until late
in the afternoon. AT Canton Junction
the New York train and several local
trains were stalled for many hours and
though n big gang OF shovelers and a
snow plow were used In the attempt
To clear the track. il was impossible TO
do so. The passengers grew impatient.
and even sent out a protest, but it was
beyond the power OF the road To give
immediate relief. The schedules ana
time tables of the division We're tenn
porarily abandoned. ana trains went
out the best they could. Some of the
New York passengers We're stalled for
a long time ut New Haven, but reached
here about o'clock last evening.
The principal divisions OF the New
York. New Haven q Hartford railroad
in Connecticut. which includes the New
York division, Hartford and New Lon
don divisions, are all being operated
now, and in view of the heavy snow
good time is made. Some heavy drifts
on the Air line and the Naugatuck and
Berkshire divisions continue To demor-
alize travel on these lines.
Il. q. Young, an engineer in the en-
ploy Of the New England railroad. met
with a singular accident yesterday at
ternoon. Two locomotives were run
ming tandem at Cranston to break down
big snow drift. Young had charge of
the leading engine. After drawing back
to get sufficient headway, the engines
went for the big drift at 30-mile an
hour clip. When the snow was struck
IL was so hard packed down by the
Wlnt lndl III ttuiu nbTuly Dt
and il closed i'm on the forward locomo-
tive and crushed in the cab as though
Il were made of egg shells.
The snow piled in OH top OF the
wreck, and Young was buried from
sight. 1t was necessary TO dig him out
with picks and bars. With difficulty he
was released and taken to a physicians
office. His entire body was bruised, and
one side of his scalp and one ear Sc
verely lacerated. The drift is still there.
The storm has carried much incon-
yenience to many manufacturing estab-
lshments. and the big print works of
the Dunnell Manufacturing company at
Pawtucket are at a standstill. and all
because of coal famine. The works
have a consuming capacity of 30 tons n
day. and they use soft coal. which
comes in barges To be delivered at the
works. The cold snap is the cause OF
the scarcity, for a barge loaded with
coal for the company IS frozen I'm the
ice down the bay, and the coal dealers
have not enough of soft coal To- supply
the demand. The management hopes
to overcome the difficulty I'm "A day or
two, as business Is exceptionally good
just now, and the works were running
overtime.