New Britain herald., 1915-12-14
" CITY STORM BOUND,
 TRAFFIC PARALYzED
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 When the officer arrived the man ha.
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 100 Sleep in Depot.
 The local passenger station las night was a veritable Mills hotel There were upwards of 100 people <. who were compelled to remain there all night as the traffic on the Hartford Plainville and Bristol line was com. pletely tied up. The last train for the west pulled out at 10 o'clock and aft. ter that hour there was no way for residents of the nearby towns to reach their homes.
 , Storm Prevents Funeral.
 The funeral of James Sheehan of Terryvi1le, which was to have been held from that town at o'clock this morning, was postponed until tomor- row morning at the same hour be- cause of the storm. The remains will be brought to this city at l o'clock to- morrow afternoon.
 Many Wires Arc Down.
 The fierce wind and the heavy snow broke down many electric light and telephone wires about the city, badly tying up the services. At the corner of Park and Elm streets Off, cer Murphy found live trolley wire down at 3:35 o'clock this morning. The Connecticut company was noti- fled and repairs were made at once.
 Only Three Trains All Night.
 The steam lines were almost as badly rhlocked as the trolleys. Between Bristol and Hartford but three trains had passed in both directions up to 10 o'clock this morning and it re- qulred between one and two hours to make the journey. The officials could give little promise of relief and ad- vised all would-be passengers to give up the idea and go home. Some took the advice at it's face value and jour- neyed homeward and others remained around the waiting room and took a chance that train would come along some time.
 About g o'clock the first train from Waterbury came into the station, but no promise could be given when there would be another. On the Berlin line conditions were better the dinkey hav- ing made every trip scheduled during the forenoon but main line trains were reported hours late. Train men talked 1 of little but stalled trains and locomo- t1ves and the operator at the depot l did nothing but answer teleph hone in- quiries and the information given was invariably of an indefinite or negative character. The s:1O express from Waterbury to Boston was cancellel as l were many other trains. In fact no l attempt could be made to follow ] train schedules and the officials were l satisfied if anything could be got through regardless of running time.
 Cars Stalled on All Lines. |
 It has been years since the trolley company experienced such a tie-up l as existed when dawn broke today. l Weak power and the fierceness with Which the storm developed at dusk last night put the trolley men under a hopeless handicap. The power went weak shortly after o'clock last night and from that time on the troll ley people were up against it hard. Cars became stalled on all lines and as the wind increased in fury and 1 heaped t1e snow before it in huge | drSfts the problem of keeping the lines open became a hopeless task.
 Between here and Hartford a half dozen cars were reported stalled. The 1 Berlin line was hopelessly tied up and
 
 Between this city and Newington cen- ter four cars were reported ma rooned. One was stuck at the end of l the double iron west of the railroad l trestle. There was another off the rails at Robbins station and two cars were stalled at the center. The tan- gle on the Berlin line was ccmplicat- ed about o'clock last night when snow blow bucked into a drift, left 1 the irons and turned broadside to the highway. This was on the sand bank" hill. Between East Ellis and !, Ash streets two more cars were stalled, one off the rails and another car was reported in similar predica- ment on Pennington road opposite the fair grounds.
 The north end line went out of com mission when the power waned about 1 5:3O o'clock, the car stallng near M. | P. Leghorn's place. Passengers bound l fors the terminus abandoned the car 1 In twos and threes and waded the 1 drifts for the remaining distance. The l car managed to get back to the crest l of the hill opposite Allen street and l there spent the rest of the night and l seemed good for all day today. The other city lines went out of ] business at the same time. The Arch street car refuSed to go Iartner when | stfA power weakened between Hart | and Winthrop streets. An East Main 1 street car died on it's own street op- posite the head of Center street Two cars went dead on the South Main ! street line within the city, one at Elm and Park streets and another al l Park and Maple streets The Chest 1 fnut, street car stopped at the switch cast of the railroad crossing and de- cided to remain there for the night | and as much longer as it took to dig