New Britain herald., 1915-12-14
scarcely better than on the unbroken
PIainville Line Open.

roads.
 l PIainville Line Open.
 The Plainville line was the last to l go out of commission and the first to
 open this morning. A car running behind a blow reached Cooks garage l in the town about : o'clock this 1 morning. Only one line was open, however, and cars were not operating on schedule. A Meriden bound car from this city was stalled at Lazy Lane all night and the crew spent the night on boarl
 Narrow Escape From Death. A narrow escape from death under the wheels of locomotive, was wit
 messed last evening by several persons who happened to be on Main street A west bound passenger train was leaving the railroad station and the gates at the crossing had been low cred, when a man whose identity was not ascertained crawled through the
 gates and made for the tracks. The
 gateman shouted to the unknown who
 evidently did not notice the proximity
 of the train. AS he stepped on the
 tracks he slipped and fell as the pon-
 derous engine bore down on him. He
 kept his head and just as the engine was about to reach him he turned a complete somersault to one side as the train brushed by. After this experi- ence he simply brushed his cloths, ad- Justed his hat and quiety walked away.
 R. & E. Short of Coal.
 One of the most serious results of the blizzard is the possibility of tho Russell & Erwin manufacturing com I>;, account of the lack of fuel. The com pany has had large order for coal in for some time, and recently it be- gan to arrive. The railroad officials received two cars yesterday and this was expected to be followed by sev- eral other loads in the next few days. When the seriousness of the storm was realized late yesterday afternoon by the freight officials, one of the first thoughts of the switching crews was to get the coal supply to the company It was with the hardest kind of work that one car was finally placed in the yard. but after this the found it necessary to discon- t1nue switching, and were forced to use the swicthers assisting the dinkey trains between here and Hartford and Berlin. This morning the Russell & Erwin company loaned the railroad | company twenty-five laborers in an 1 effort to get the other car of coal to 1 he plant before tonight. The rail- 1 road officials are badly handicapped l 'or help. offers of $2.50 for snow 1 ,hovelers not enticing any men to ap- ply for work.
 Mail Service Hit Hard.
 The mail service seriously felt the ,ffects of the storm. Up to late this afternoon no mail had been received rom New York or from any point vest Of the city. The Boston mail came in irregularly and the postmen md clerks had a comparatively light lay. Merchants and business men were handicapped to a large extent by his difficulty.
 Theatergoers from this city who entured to take a chance i'll attend 1g the concert of the Boston Sym hony orchestra in Hartford last eve- ing encountered a trying experience vh en they arrived at the depot in the of catching the 11:3O clock dinkey for this city and were informed by the station agent that the ervice had been discontinued on ac- ount of the storm A number were U els. while the less fortunate were obliged to repose on the new seats in he depot until after 8 o'clock this norning.
 Local hotel men report heavy in lux of transient trade during the tight One of the leading hostleries vas forced to turn away number or raveling men who applied for lodg- ngs late at night.
 Shovel the Walks.
 Postmaster w F. Delaney urges all property owners to shovel their walks eading from the sidewalks to the ront doors. Letter carriers reported low travel this morning because many lad neglected to do this
 The funeral of Mrs. Cornelia Bige- ow. which was to have been held to- morrow, has been postponed because f the storm, until o'clock Thursday ,fternoon from the home of Mrs. sigelow's sister, Mrs. H. F. Gwatkin, 1 Burritt street.
 Sleeping in Trolley Cars.
 A scenario, "A Night in Newington' night be written on the adventures of wo carloads of trolley passengers vho left this city at o'clock last vening for Hartford. The cars pro- eeded. or perhaps more properly rawled to Newington Center, but in hat primitive New England village lected to stay the night. They got here at 6:3O o'clock and up to II 'clock this morning when New Britain passenger, who spent the light aboard one of the cars with hirty other disconsolate ones, decid- d to hike it for the junction and take chance on trains, were still there nd no relief in sight. With charac- eristic country hospitality the natives ,rouob+ in hot cOffee and crackers