Fury Of The Elements

WIND AND BHOW-SroKMS. Nrw Yoek, Maroh 16.- The snow-bloek" de in this city was broken yesterday, and thesteam and Btreet raüways were onc more running. One of the incidente ol the blockade was the building of immense bonflreu in the middle of snow-drifta Storekeepere liberally contributed boxes, and the big heaps were thus melted away. Boportsare coming in of extensive loss of life. It is believed that twenty persons periehed in Essex County, N. J. At New Haven, Conn., seven persons perished and thers were over twenty deaths in towns adjacent to New Haven, while hundreds of people Buffered trom froelbites. At Milltown, N. J., John Henrinan perished, and neighbors foond his wife dead in bed and nis children ■tarving. Bet ween Sandy Hook and Cape Charles many vessels were wrecked and the crews pêrished. On trains between New York and PhUadelphia that were gnow-bound the passenfers suftered terribly from hunger and cold. New Yobk, March 17.- As New York, ■with its outlying subnrban districts, slowly emerges from ice and snow fnrther reporta of the loss of life from the late blizzard comes in. Jnst how many people have met their f ate in the icy blast of last Monday wUl not be known for some üme. Nearly thirty deaths are however, known to have occurred. The telegraph and railway companles are getting in good trim once mora The posUoffioe officials are busily engaged in distributing the vast masa of mail matter hourly arriving. The milk f amine is a thing of the past, as train af ter train loaded with milk hare been ooming in all the morning. All food snpplie are now plentiful and prices have fallen to the nsual fignie. A Mount Holly (N. Y.) dispateh reporta great loss among sheep and ewine which were canght in the fields when the Btorm carne on. In many inntances whole herds of ewine were found dead in a snow-bank a few feet from the barns. New Haven, Conn., March 17.- The last drift in the blockade between Boston and New York was broken through yesterday afternoon, and communication by rail waa restored. Direct telefrraphic commnnication may not be reetored untü late Saturday, as many poles are down. In Massachusette the storm was feit with great severity in every section, the Cape Cod district beingthe only one where traftïc waa possible. Immense snow-drifte Ifilled the courtry roads, and even in the cities and towns put a long and immediate check on all traffic. The railroads all suffered very much. In Connecticut the storm was severe indeed, the delay to traffic being more serioub in some parta of that State than anywhere else in New England. Beginning Monday the railroads were bloeked and telegraph wires were blown down for long distances. Nob-wich. Conn., March '21- Frank kins, aged 60 yearu, and Mm Emeline Whitney, nis housekeeper. aged 70, were found dead near their house in Putnam Monday. They had perished in last week's storm. Chicago, March 21. -Storm, ice and high water damages were reported from various pointe in the West yesterday. In portions of Dakota and Minnesota the hea viest snowfall of the winter prevailed, and m Western Kansas and Nebraska heavy gtorms of sleet and snow had damaged fruit and live-Btock. London, March 21.- A heavy blizzard is raging in the southeast of England. The Btorm is slight in London. The storms in Franoe and Germany continua In Spain the storm is very heavy, etspecially in the Dorth. In the south of Spain floods are doing enormous damaga Ine rising of the Tiber, resulting from the recent fall of snow, hss flooded the lower quarters of Rome. Floods are reported in Busnia, caused by the melting of the snow. Bections of the Southwestern railway threaten to subside. Trains are compelled U go at half speed. The Emperor of Austria gives 8,000 tlorins to the sufferers from the floods in Gallicia.