Evening journal., 1909-12-27
RAILROADS ARE
RECOVERING
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baggage car broke. The passengers we're
shaken up, but all escaped injury.
1t was six hours before a wrecking crew
could right che overturned locomotive and
six hours more before the train proceeded
on its way to Washington. The hungry
passengers were fed by restaurant men.
who made their way to the stalled train
with difficulty, owing to the snow drifts,
carrying baskets Of provisions.
Not Mishap on p, B. and w.
Superintendent Barnard. Of the p,
3. and w. r. r. said to-day that not
one mishap had happened on the divi-
sion. and that not one train had been
held up on the road over night. All
delayed passengers were furnished hot
coffee and sandwiches The most SER
ious delays were I'm the railroad yards
it having been impossible to use the
sidings there because Of snow-clogged
switches
Digging Trains Out.
The troubles Of the Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington did not be-
gin until after o'clock yesterday
morning. but when the troubles did
begin they came i'm a perfect stream
until late last night and no less than
seven trains were stuck in the drifts.
Three sections travelling under No. so,
trains Nos. 79, IA and "A were all STALL
ed within distance of ten miles be-
tween Stanton and Iron HILL while
others were stalled between here and
Philadelphia and below Havre de
Grace.
Train No. 6fl, Perryville and Balti-
more local, stuck i'm a drift at Swan
| Creek. south OF Havre de Grace. Train
/ No. 80. southbound. stranded between
| Edge Moor and Bellevue for five hours
and then managed to release itself and
! proceed to this city.
Men Dig.
At noon yesterday a special trair
with 35 men with shovels was sent tC
stanton to dig out one of the south.
bound trains so that il could b,
brought back to this city and aftei
the train arrived there and the work
men started their work the engine wa.
cut loose from the cars and sent on L
make an effort to plough out thi
tracks. After making a vain effor
TO get a sufficient hole. the engine triet
TO return to the train. but found tina
so much snow had blown in behind i
that it was cut off from the cars. Thi
was at noon. The train was gottei
out later I'm the afternoon.
Last night about 300 men from tn
New York division under the direction
of the boss carpenter of that division
arrived at the French street station
and were ordered at once to Stanto
to begin showing They soon had tn
drifts removed.
as Perryville was destroyed so tina
messages had TO be sent by circuit
Gus route. some by the way of Harris
burg 1t is not damaged betwee
] Perryville and Baltimore and train
! are able TO run there owing TO the fac
, that the snowfall was much lighter.
, Telegraph communication on the De-
aware Railroad was also interrupte,
but gangs Of wire men are now restoi
ing the service.
only three P., y. q W. trains fro
Wilmington got into Baltimore yesterda
The first was a train that should ha,
I reached Baltimore at $40 a. m. IT e
( In about o'clock IN tho afternoon.
was followed shortly afterward by al
other train that should have reache
there also early in the morning III
II passengers had been snowbound nearly
hours at Iron Hin. They had suffer,
from hunger in number Of cases. Whi
steam heat remained turned on in Il
4 trains, some OF the passengers said tn,
suffered from cold in cars.
Stalled Near El<ton.
4 The cuts in the road between Nor
4 East and Iron Hin seemed TO be the Gel
a ter OF the trouble. Some OF these Gu
} are deep and the drifting snow nn,
4 them to such an extent they were impa
N sable.
At . o'clock a train vas sent from Ia
q timore with 100 men on board TO ASST
n ia relieving the conditions. This was fc
a lowed by another train carrying the san
4 number Of men at O'Clock. All the mi
8 were armed with shovels 10 remove Il
\ snow from the tracks and open ira
hc
A third train. which left Philadclph
q at 1i.25 o'clock Saturday night. arriv,
< at Baltimore at 5.a O'Clock yesterda
y afternoon. fhs train had experience,
v considerable difficulty IN fighting its wa
4 through the snow The passengers hi
q also sufferd from hunger. A train whi,
q left Philadelphia at 635 o'clock In n
81 morning was snow bound at Iron Hin.
8 A train which left Baltimore at
4 o'clock yesterday morning was sno'
3 bound up 20 a late hour at night at Nor
II East The passengers were reported su