The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-21

Trains were greatly delayed and IN
some instances annulled- The creates
difficulty was experienced within the
city limits. and on the lines leading 20
New York and the seashore. Trains TO
the west and the south from here had
comparatively little trouble and trains
arriving from those sections maintained
the schedule fairly well. The entire
railroad situation Is greatly improved
tonight.
Navigation on the Delaware river and
bay between here and the sea WAS only
slightly interfered with. Thick ice
has greatly impeded h progress OF
vessels during the last week. bat the 81 =
uation in this regard was reported TO
be greatly improved by the captains of
the Philadelphia city ice boats.
Tce-Pack I'm Chesapeake Bay.
Baltimore. February 1.-THE ice-pack
In the upper part Of Chesapeake bay
and the lower part Of the Patapsco riv-
er has practically put q stop to naviga-
ton at this point. None of the boats
Of the regular lines plying between this
city and points on the Chesapeake left
the docks here today.
The oyster schooner Sea Belle. Cap
tain Sol Russell. was sunk off Sandy
Point on Sunday. The schooner was
from Washington. and carried 500 S
els of oysters. The captain and ~
were rescued with some difficulty.
1t was said along the wharves today.
that the oyster supply was far below
h demand and that many orders had
been refused because the dealers could
not deliver the goods. Few Of TIE BIZ
valves have been brought in lately and
the store in port is rapidly diminishing.
The Storm I'm New Jersey.
New York. February 17.-Advices re-
ceived tonight from points In New Je--
sey show that the great blizzard has
been felt from Bergen county to Cape
May and from Atlantic City to Cam
den. The latest advices are that dur
ing the evening the storm abated con-
siderably, the snow having ceased to
fall and the wind having decreased in
velocity.
AS was natural the brunt of the gale,
which approached the dimensions Of a
hurricane, was felt by the seacoast
towns, but the interior cities and towns
did not escape. Travel by road was
almost impossible; cities and villages
not provided with large gangs OF street
cleaners gave up the battle against the
driving snow early in the day. The
railroads were enabled to move trains
street car traffic all over the state was
stopped until the sweeping machines
and plows cleared the tracks about the
middle of the afternoon.
BY night the situation was much i'm
proved and passenger trains on all
trunk lines crossing the state were COM
ing in only thirty minutes late.
Blizzard in New York State.
New York, February 1.-THE eastern
part of New York state from this city
to the Canadian border was swept by a
blizzard such as had not been seen 'or
fourteen years. Up to midnight reports
showed that sixteen counties in the
eastern part of the state had received
in full force the efforts of the gale and
The accompanying fall of snow.
There is a samenesS about the re
ports from the upstate towns. Any
where from four to eighteen inches Of
snow, wind blowing at a hurricane rate.
drifts from 6 to. in one instance. rs feet
deep are among the features while there
is iteration and reiteration Of delayed
trains, impeded or wholly abandoned
troIly service n impassable ountry
roads. The latest reports indicate that
the worst is over, for the wind is abat-
ing and in many places the snow has
ceased falling.