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Deep In The Drifts

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Day
15
Month
March
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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BUBIED IN SNOW. New ïobk, March 13. - The heaviest snow-tïtorin of the year rnevailed in lilis city yesierday, large drif ts forniing, which caused a suspensión of trufiic. Colusión occuried on the Third Avenue Klcvaied and on the Brooklyn E.evated roads, in the former case the engineer bting killed und a nuinbcr of passengers injiired. The blizsard increased toward mght, when all trains, smei-cars and ferries were stopped, The hotels were filled with people from the subnrbs, who were unable to .net home, nnd of the fifty mail trains duo, but two urrived. A woman abBolutely fruze to doaih last niglit at the corner of Broadway and Fulton Btreet The storm was general in the öüate, and aieo severe in Pennsylvanla, New Jersey, Oonnect ent and pointe Bouth. New Yobk, March 14.- The Eastern blockade from the Biorm was (omcwlut relieved yesterday, but the Bituation was only slightiy Maproved. The storm continued unabated, eo that the resumption of railxoad travel was impossibie. From Albany, N. Y., on the norlh, to Washington, D. G., on the sonth, the storm is pronounced the worst ever experienced, Telegraph polce I y thousands are down, making commumcation between different pointe difficnlt Trains are stalled along the var.ous lines, and railroad-men say it wiil be ecveral days beïore the roads can be opened. On account of low temperatnre there haa been much suffering. Among the shipping it is feared there has been a heavy loss of life and property. Business in many oities has been suspended, with courts and Legialaiures adjourned. Matters in tbis city yesterday af ternoon assumcd a slightly better uspeot, but the jnajor.ty of business housesareeibherclosed or practically so. Not a surface railroad couipany made any attempt to run carü, while the Eleva&ed rail way trams ran wjth irrejiularity, and, wkh a few sleighs out, were the only means of conveyance. Broadway and the other great nordi and south thoroughfares are almost impassable with the mountains of enow shoveled from the sidcwalks. The majority of the cross-streels sre qaacrmires of solt snow from one to three feet deep. No milk has been received in this or the neighloring cities of Brooklyn and Jersey City for thirty-six hours, or if received can not be distributed on account of the impnssable coud tion of the streetR No butchers', milk, grooers', or other carta are visible. All provisions are delivered by hand, men fioundenng painfuily through 'he drifts. Coal, even, is being carried in thousands of pl;;ces by basr, basket and bncketfui, and in ihe poor quarters on the east Bide the price is neariy douUed. A number of restaurants were compelled to close their doors, being un ible to get either fuel or provisión, The hotels are compelled to g". jiowt of their fresh meata and vegetable carried by hand, and some are arranging for relays of men to bring coal fron the docks in baga. Hackmen asked $30 to $50 for a comparatively short drive, and gangs of boys and men have been making their own tams for relieving housrholders imprisoned behind snow-drift. It was impossibie to get a New ïork paper yenter Jay througbont a lurge portion of Biooklyn and Jersey City. The public Kcho la are practically closed. The lire dep.rtmenc warns people to oe careful, as It is almost impossible to get the engincs out Preparations are being made to mount them on bob aleda. Honday night was the worst ever experienced along the banks of the Hndson and along the Westchester Bhore of the Bouud. The mercury at 2 o'clock yesterday morning at Dobb's Ferry, on the Hudson, and Port Chester, on the Sound, marked zero. The gale swept with fearful velocity. Bailroad traffio on Long Island is eatirely blocked. Thousands of men are at work digging out the urackB; enow plows can not be uged. At midnight the snow was again falling heavily, with every prospect of continuing. Teleeraphic communication wth Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other pomts south con.inueB totally ent off exoept over precarious lines by way of Pittsburgh. The lines to New England points are ntterly proBtrated, and no imelligence is obtained from that qnarter beyond the fact that the storm which raged here Honday bas broken over that section with great violenoe. BeportB from all paris of the State teil of blockaded streete, snow-bound and abandoned trains, huge dritt, and an almost general suspension of business on account of the storm. PHmADELPHiA, March 14- The wini oontinned to blow all yesterdjy, and the thousands of laborera who have been digging at the mountains of snow and ice on the Tiirious linea leading into this city have had a very dishearening tisk. Many of the cuts wonid nll almost as f ast as the drifts were removed. The loss to the commercial interests of Philadelphia can not be esümated in dollars and cents, and the time which wil be required to put , the railroad and telegraph tr fflc in its normal condition can not even be estímate 1. The raili o d linea made but little effort yesterdiiy to opérate their roads, Wasbihoton, March 14.- The fieroe windetorm which atrucii Washington last Saturday night and which has continued nninterrupted smee that time shows no signa of abatement. ïesterday was doudlisa, but the force and iciness of the wind has kept indoors all except thoee who were compelled to brave it. At the signal office it is said that the present storm is unprecedented sinoe the origin of the signal service The temperature yesterday was lower than ever before known at this season of the year. AU wires between bere and New York are down except one to Baltimore. The only other telegraphic communication with the outside world ia raaintained by meone of two wires south and three west Camden, N. J.. March 14- This city is ent off from railroad, telegraph and telephone communication with all points by the blizzard, and but for the Jerryboatw, which stilt make irregular trips, it wouldbe completely lsolateJ. The water supply is practically exhausted and there is grave danger of a confligration sweeping through the city. No mails arrived yesieiday and lallroad traffio is paralyzed. ■Wujiikoton, Del., March 14.- TheDelaware Kallroad Company has suoceeded in re-establishing telegraphic Communications along its line, and sends the following dispatch: "I send the following report from Lewes this morning: One tug-boat snnk out of sight; wrecking company steamer Bank near railroad pier; one tng ashore; twenty-three sailing vessels of varióos kinds ashore; hcuviest loss ever occurred in tbat harbor; itls estimated that about twenty-tive lives were lost; but two bodies recovered as yot"

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