The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 27, 1872, Page 1

(——— " FORTIETH YEAR. THE TERRIFIC SNOW STORM AN EMBARGO UPON THR BUSINESS OF TUE METROPOLIS, Storm tor Many Yeare—The Ea Middle States Winter Cl Yesterday morning, before 3 o'clock, be- fan the heaviest snow storm experten: Now York for many years. The previous @ay had been clear and bracing, and up to dusk there were no signs of an approaching change. As tho night wore on, however, dense clouds and swelling gusts camo up from seaward, and tong before midnight there were indications of storm. About half past 2 o'clock A. M. yester- @ay a fow flakes foll. Presently the fitful guste subsided, and a steady, biting wind began to sweop through the streets and avenues, and the snow descended heavily. The blast grew flercer, and tho snow was drifted into every nook and tranny, When day broke the clty was enshroud- ed. Tho pathways were ankle deep and the roadways were even worse. Drifts from afoot to eightoen inches in depth lay against the sid walks, and wherever there was a projection to Sustain them. All the car teams wore doubled up, and the snow ploughs were at work. The cars ran at irregular intervals, and were crowded even more than during the period of the horse disease. AN OLD-TIME STORM, In the early morning men going down to busi- ess passed along the streets cheerily, with A ruddy cheeks and pleasant words. People down | town made the storm a subject for joke, and called it another cold snap. As the day wore on, however, and the blast grow wilder, and the Snow on the streets deepened inch by inch, faces assumed a more serious look, and people Degan to realize the fact that an old-time storm bad broken over the city. By 9 o'clock the stde- walks in many places were eight or nine inches deep under snow, and the streets were blocked with long rldges thrown up by the track ploughs. ; Po oross the Bowery or Broadway, or any other large thoroughfare, involved a plunge hore and there up to the knees. Twoshundred yards tn any direction from where a person was standing the prospect was cut off by what looked like A BANK OF DENS® FOG. From the steps of the SUN building vehicles on Broadway could not be discerned. Men and Doys wont rushing along with their heads down, trying to keep their faces away from tho drifting snow. At every corner a flerce blast met the j wayfarer, and not a few persons were actually ff their feet and tumbled {nto the snow. who carried umbrellas had to use both to bear up against the storm, and with all ies TR hand their dodging proited little by their flimsy pro- tectors. The pelting flukes were wafted into eyes, ears, nose, and neck, and the sharp wind plastered them down and froze them there, Moustaches were stiffened like porcupine quills, and beards and hair were jewelled with spark- ling specks of ice, At noon so terrific was the storm that the @own-town restaurants were like places desert- on endured the pangs of hunger rather than ] face the biting drifts that hustled round every / eorner. The traMfc in the streets, which had been light all day, fell off early in the afternoon. _Brooklya truckmen plying in New York put up ‘their wagons an) «bem ferries with thetr horses. Draymen refused jobs id got themselves id their animals out of the @torm as s00N as possible, ON THE CITY RAILROADS. On the various city railroads the snow ploughs ,Wers at work all day. The Eighth and Sixth venue lines had eight horses to each plough. ‘In spite, however, of all exertions, the cars were Tun with the greatest difficulty. No sooner é ‘were the tracks swept than they were covered again, and almost every other car ranoff the | rack. Toward dusk half a dozen cars were of ' he truck at one time in City Hall sgu he Dumping of the the rattling of the gear, ‘aud the hoarse hallocing of the drivers rose amid the storm. Early in the afternoon down-town Dusiness men madea rush for the cars, and were fortunate if they secured a seat. In the hurry many persons had severe falls, the coal- tole covers and the iron work on ‘the pave- ments, where the snow lay thin, proving 80 many slippery traps to upset the’ unwary pas- senger, A few slelghs were about town, but the piles of snow on each side the railroad tracks ‘were too much forthem,and many of them were u Not any years have the streets been so deserted on a regular business day as they were yosterday from the effec storm. Most Of the draymen kept their horses in their stables, Many business men, especially those living the suburbs, oF dependent on horse cars, did Hot get to their offices; others did not even leave home. ‘The high wind and blinding snow made transportation nearly as dimoult by water as byland. The blockade of the railroads caused Digh prices for highwines, whiske ‘outting off the needed dally supplies. ‘THE ROMANCE OF THE STORM, Atmid all the severity of the storm Mr. J W. Ebringer and Miss Kitty Beach of Sarat were married in Trinity Chapel, Twenty- aireet, by Bishop Potter. Only # few persons, -howover, attended. ‘fhe scenes at the ferries and the various rall- bed at length by the Sun's Feporters elsewh y few boats ran, and ‘the deep-toned alarm bells were heard all’ over ' the city, booming up through the snowy mist. ‘All the railway trains were either delayed or @tuck, and thousands of passengers were hud~ died together at the stations, bewildered and asking for information, By 6 o'clock the down- town hotels were crowded by business men who bad given up all hope of getting home to spend the night, and by travellers delayed. THE STORM AMONG THE POOR. poor of the lower wards were, great suf- ferers from the heavy snow storm. The streets Wore noarly all deserted, though here and there could be seen @ half-clad boy oF girl, laboring through the snow, with some coal or' wood, or d. anne Covers t and oats by The g In the nelghborhood of the Five Points, Cherry, Roosevelt, and other streets in the Fourth’ Ward, w w nothing but misery fall around, Some of the more venturous men tarted out with shovels to earn a few shillings y clearing off sidew In Worth street, near the Points, a woman stood in the street asking alms for her starving children. Not far off, un- der old awning, was blind man with a fiddle, golog his best to produce a discordant sound, The Italians seemed to feel the cold much, Many could be seen moaning over the bad weather because they could not go, out with thelr hand organs. Roosevelt street was impas- sible, and the people living in the basements ‘were snow-bound, Near Water street a leg was Be sticking out of a heavy drift. A man waa pulled out of the snow by OMcer Kelly. He Proved to bea One-logeed cripple who had got drunk and fallen into the snow. He was carried to the Oak street station, where he gave his pame as James Reilly. The shop girls, many of whom live In this ward, had a hard time of it. They had to make their way through the stora,and many could be seen falling, as they veturned from their work in weary condit'on, Persons living in the attics of the large tenement houses were in constant fear that the buildings would fall, 80 Btrong Was the gale. Cherry street, where the Inhabitants are very numerous, was a spectacle of woe, The snow drifts were high, and mat parte of the sidewalk were impassable, The suf Fering here was of the worst type. The people living in the big alleys were ui le to reach 1 street. A WOMAN AND CHILD LOST IN THE BTORM, At 4:30 P. M., while it was still light, a woman entered the Franklin street police station. Bhe about five years of age. that she left home in @ morning to look for work. Being unsuc- she wandered about, and at last, be- ed, lost her way. Bho sald that she lived udiow street, but that she was exhausted ould not proceed further, Capt. Kennedy food for the suffering woman and child, nigh in the wi fee? and three children but that she preferred lodg Station to facing the pitiless s A MAN FROZEN, At245 yesterday afternoon H Irish laborer, of Twenty-six! avenue, was found at Becom Boventh street with both bam taken to the Fifty-ninth where, after he was actend Tuomas, he remained asa Mi. BERGH DOING A GOOD WORK. Ei Refore five o'clock yeaterda: f Moers were out In reply to tel . feo ti adquarters, relieving horses j y nine o'clock five had been condesnned by veterinary surgeons and they were destroyed. 4 ‘They had fallen and ily injured thems elves, By ten o'clock every car line in the city bad ‘ doubled up the teams. During the day many lockades occurred, from horses being unabi drag the loaded cars. Several of the stages om the Broadway and viin, an Ninth itty . He was station, loe Surgeon Fourteenth, Street Line had four horses attached each vebicle, midday this line withdrew their stages. ir Bergh rote to each stage company's that four horses should Fequost la aot sompltsd withihe eset aaye that mpl I ir, Bergh says he will stop the runing of the stages, “About alx o'clock Me, Bergh walked up Brond- yray and sent back ev with two horses, Fhe poor beasts were biowing and struggling. ‘The proprietors stood wateh'ng without Inter: fering. ‘They only remarked, "How are the people to got homer” “Tat them walk,” was e reply. MAN'S INHUMANTTY. Car 29 of the Bleecker street road got snowed up In Beck: treet, ‘Sullivan,on ita; journey down town, and all the frantic struggles of the four horses failed to move it. There were twen: ty-four passengers sitting and ni Inside, bosides fourteen on each pl ; ‘Tho driver and Bergh’s superintendent asked the men to step out and give a hand to start the car, but not a single man stirred, The team were unhitched and ordered back to the stable, and the men had to get out and walk. Several other cars were blockaded In a similar way, but the male passengers got out every few blocks and putting thelr shoulders to the wheel assisted the teams along. Car 51 of the Broadway and University Line was brought to astandstill in Greene street, noar Fourth, Seventy-one human beings were crowd- ed Inside and out. Bergh's superintendent would not let the car go on until every man and oy got off. The women were allowed to stop in, and the toam moved off with its freight. With much improper language, the men com: menced the trudge homeward, THE STORM A BLESSING TO HOTEL KEEPERS, ‘The influx at the hotels was unprecedented, At the Astor House were 250 extra guests, all of them detained in. the y by the storm, the Common- 60; Brandreth, 50; Continental, 25; St. Nicholas less than the usual number on account: of non-arrivals; Prescott House (having few but regular customers, and taking none but those known), 10; Metropolitan, 200, with orders by telegram for 200 more ‘who wero detaine: by in-bound trains; Grand Central, tra; New York, 80; St, Denia, n Dorée (late Union Square ler, 15; 8t. Geor 20; 5 ‘e + 80; St. Germain about the same. Bt. James, Libby's, and the Grand Central depot were crowded with persons Glssppointed in getting accommodation on Hudson River, Harlem, and New Hayen Kail- roads. During the forenoon those in charge of trains on these lines made frantic efforts to reach their destinations, but after 12 o'clock the trains Virtually ceased running, and passengers in the oe as well as those en route gave up all hopes, and submitted to the alternative of resorting to the nearest shelter, The New Jersey residents suffered most, and every hotel down town was Dlled to overflowing. In many of them cots ‘were put up in the parlors and dining room ; in fact, every available spot was put in requisition to accommodate the sturm-bound Jerseymen, THE SEVEREST STORM FOR THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS, Several old citizens say that the storm of yos- terday was the severest since that of January, 1836, when the snow remained on the streets un- tl the beginning of May, and there were seven- ty-two days of skati d sleighing. ‘The thermometer showed the temperature yesterday morning at 7 o'clock to grees above zero, Wednesday the A.M . COP M M WOPLM,, ‘The record of the temperature of the 2 Decomber, extending back as far as 1868, is as follows TAM. 2M. OPLMSP.M, 188 % 1 ro 1°69. % “ ri 1e7". iB a » Pi i811 2 7) a 8 The City Railroads Crippled. On the street railroads only half the usual number of cars were running during the entire day. No attention could be paid to time, and each car made its trip as soon as it could. The Belt and the Ninth aven lines stopped run- ning before dark, and the Dry Dock and the venue B lines only ran an occasional car after Solus oFu lok 9 SemmPoporter visited the startin, points of several of the railroads, ‘The storm had somewhat abated, and the cars were running more regu- larly, The Broadway, the Sixth avenue, th Seventh avenue, and the Bighth avenue lines though running only half their cars, were mak. Ing pretty regular trips. ‘The Second avenue an jird avenue cars were running very regu- larly. ‘The Fourth avenue and the Bleecker street cars were running at very irregular inter- vals, Broadway at this hour looked more com- pletely deserted than the most quiet country road. stages were to be seen, and as far as a the eve could see, not a vebicle of any de- scription was visible, THE STORM AT HARLEM, ‘The horses attached tothe Third Aver pany’s cars hada rough time of it ve ‘he cars were all filled, whi: together blinding storm, had the effect of lengthening the time of a trip to two hours. Several horses died from overwork. ‘The snow ploughs were at work diligently, but failed to clear the track to any purpose, as'afresh gust of wind drifted the snow again on the track. Several cars were of the track. It was an utter Impossibility to re= place them. As soon asacar was off the track the driver at once lodged it near the curbstone, and the passengers were allowed to embark on the next car. ‘The depot at Sixty-sixth street was thronged by men, women, and children, all eagerly wait- ing for @ car for Harlem. Each down town car was 8 packed previous to reaching the depot that there was no room to take additional pas- sengers. ‘The ride from the depot to Harlem Bridge was long and dreary. The passer wiled away the time by comparing the present ow storm with previous ones. ‘he conversa- tion was frequently broken into by one of tho horses falling and refusing to b ombined exertions of ene between 4 and 7 ing was amusing. At this time the busin and mechanics are homeward bound. available space in the cars was taken, ‘THE PICKPOCKETS did not let the opportunity pass without exer- cising their avocation, ‘The vicinity of Harlem Bridge was deserted. On the New York side a mountain was formed by the drifting snow, which completely covered a small shanty where oysters are sold. ‘The 125th street railroad ceased running at an early hour in the evening. ‘The scene across the Harlem Bridge was even more monotonous than that on the New York side, Bcarcely a vehicle was seen. ‘The Fo: ham cars, which usually run every ten minut ran about an hour and ahalf apart. ‘The | car loft the depot at 3% o'clock. "The West Farms oars, which usually run every half hour, run'oftener than every hour yesterday, t car left the depot at 6 o'clock, much to the disappointment of the travelling public. The keeper at the depot was ignorant as to whether any more cars would run, and there- fore the walters were IN ANXIOUS SUSPENSE. Many of the residents of Morrisania, Fordham, and other places preferred to walt over night rather than venture out in the blinding snow, which was even deeper by several inches than in New York, and increased as they went further into the country, Many of the passengers who failed to secure acar took up their quarters at the depot, stretching themselves on the plank benches and snatching as much sleep as possible. There were but few cutters on the Harlem lane, The hotels along this favorite thorough- fare were all deserted. All are anticipating @ fine time in aday or two, as soon as the storm has subsided. SCENKS AT THE STARTERS’ STAND, From an early hour tn the afternoon until 6 o'clock In the evening the streets In the vicinity of the down-town starting points of the horse cars presented a very animated ne. By 3 o'clock Park row, at Ann street, was rendered almost impaasible by the throng of business men, who, having started for home early, were standing knee deep In the snow, shivering and shaking with the cold, impatiently waiting for the cars, Meanwhile the cars were coming and going, but in every instance they were filled to their " y before they reached the start- ers’ stand, ‘The crowd gradually increased un- til there being no longer any standing room left on the sidewalk, tho street became filled. ‘Then reat confusion ensued, ‘The car drivers, un Eis'to force their horses through the dense m houted and yelled, and the crowd outed In return. Finally some one cars are starting from Printing House square.” ‘Then there @rush, and men, women, and children starte onakeen run for this point, Shouting, sh ing,and pushing they went, and did not stop until the corner at Park row was reached. There they found but one car, and that was full, But along Chatham street as far as the eye could reach were long lines of oars, blocked by the forward car, which had run off the track. ‘Toward them the crowd hastened, und were ro- warded for theif efforts by finding plenty of room. The horses were changed, the cars were pulled, from the snow to the up track, and Started off up town, ‘An amusing incident ocourred during this rush, ‘The enow on the sidewalk on Park row had been entirely swept off, rendering the pave- a Every is . Aa the running crowd Feached hus spot some ‘one slipped and fol, Others follow. uit, and in a minute's time not Jess than thirty persons had changed their posi- tons, ‘Ihe SUN reporter counted seventeen men and women piled up In one heap. ‘THE CROSS-TOWN ROADS, All di iterday till evening the cross-town allroad companies fought the. snow. Snow- ploughs were di 0 our aud 7 or being blown back over Large forces of shovels Were put on to follow the plows, but in a fow hours it was found that the entire force on @ road had to be distributed to various points ion” or clean the rails at sharp Care were juently brought to a stand In the drifts, and tbo Ssanntars ri country sleigh rides, were compelled to get out and give the he ft. Generally the greatest good feel- led. ‘The common source of annoy- ance seemed to create a fellow-feoling, and we merchants who were losing perhaps hun- reds of dollars by the delay in going their places of business, and Fast laborers who could congratulate themselves on aving noth; ing to lose, addressed each other, and passed kes as freely AS THE GUESTS AT A GERMAN PICNIC. p' portant business abroad, but it drove many to take the cars Who otherwise would have walked. The result Was that the cars iwere generally full. Most of the passengers were men and boys, the few wo- men that rode being for the most part of the working class. Toward evening the snow bo- came so deep and the drifts so frequent and so high in some of the streets traversed by this road, that many more of the cars were with- drawn, ‘THE STRAIN UPON THE HORSES was very great, and as they struggled and plunged through the snow, clouds of vapor FAN2 Proof of the efforts they were putting forth. Before 6 o'clock several of the cars, after battling the storm all day, had been beached upon the huge snow banks that lined the side- walks, and abandoned. At that time all at- fake torun cars upon the road seemed to be ven up. The story of this road's fight with the flakes might be repeated, with few alterations, for the ‘Twenty-third strect, the Canal and Grand street and the Avenue C roads, On all of them during the afternoon was a prolonged str ‘They had not the advantage of running cars frequently as the main north and south lines and this found {t much more dimoult to k tholr roads open. Practically, travel was # pended on them by 5 o'clock. Non-Arrival of the Mall. The mails of the entire country, except the New England States, wore, at midnight, twenty- four honrs behind time, Ono mail was recelved from Boston yosterday morning. A despatch was sent to the Post Office last night saying that the Boston evening mail train was blocked be- yond Willlamabridge. ‘There was uo probability Of its arriving before this morning. "Thero was nothing recelyed from the South all day and ning up to Lo'clock. ‘The Washington train ich was due at 7 o'clock yesterday morning had not arrived at midnight. Nothing was re- celved yesterday over the Erie Railway. All the Western mails come over this road. All mails from this city were sent off to the dopots yesterday and Jast night. Many trains started out during the day and ovening, but with scarcely an exception they were blocked after travelling a few miles, Many trains were not sent out, and thus there was a great amount of mall matter lying in the various dopots in the city, ‘The Fall River line did not send out their mail boat last evening. ‘THE OLD POST OFFICE IN DANGER. Last night Postmaster Jones had an extra force of twenty men at work shoveling the snow off the roof of the old rookery that Is used for post office purposes. ‘The snow had packed on he root to the depth of several feet, and ap- prehensions were felt that the old shell would had sled from the ten feet deep, and locomotion was Impossible. 6 extra force of emplyes remained on duty all night. Great preparations were made to pre- vent accidents or fire. The office was well pro- vided with buckets filed with water, axos, picks, and other implements in profusion. Fire Engine, No. 4, of Liberty street, sent a re- lwp of men to clear the streets around the Post oO ce of fire they could (or run tht all night. The Storm in Jersey City. In Jersey City the storm caused a total sus- pension of travel. ‘The Jersey City ferry ran its boats at much greater tntervals than usual. The river was filled with ice, which now and then ned before the flerce northerly wind, making clear spac here and there, but ice was more erally encountered. ‘The wind swept the now before it in # never-ending cloud, which cut off the view at ashort distance. Bells were rung to guide the boats to their slips, and pilots had. heed for keen vision and steady band. To ayold all possible danger of collision, no boat was started from either alde until that from the Other bad arrived tn {ts slip. travel on the Jersey City ferry was vet light; Capt. Woolsey, the Superintendent, sal: that if anybody woul id pay for the coal burnt the Company would cheerfully hand over the re; ceipts. The snow beginning to fall y at the hour when the mass of people came to New York obtained such depth as to det many from crossing the ferry to thelr labor business, and transient travel and busin ost totally suspended. In many instan umed half or three-quarters of an oat whose deck had been swept clean on leaving one side of the river, bad snow drifts ou board when it reached t THE HORSE CARS STOPPED, Passengers learned on reaching the Jersey side that the horse cars had stopped running, and that travel on the steam roads had practically geasod. ‘The Grand street line, the Greenville, Newark avenue and Hudson City, and Erie street Hines all ran cars in t ing on half time with double te: very irregu- lar trips until 10 0" ‘Then the snow ploughs were blockaded, and all the cars were with- drawn, experiencing the greatest diMoulty in reaching their stables. ‘The Hoboken line tried to hold out longer, but aiter a trip, about two miles, which consumed over two hours, the line ceased running at noon. ‘The Newark trains made irregular trips at long intervals with crowded cars, and the waiting rooms in the depot were thronged with disap- ointed passengers. At4P.M.a train consist- Ing of six cars and Ave locomotives was started AtT o'clock it had reached West End, three miles from the depot, and then {t was’ found ext to impossible the train back to the epot. THE IRON HORSES’ EFFORTS TO GO AHEAD, All the day and night Jersey City resounded to the shrieks of locomotive whistles, as the en- gines backed or ploughed ahead in their efforts to break their way through, and those who waited in the depots laughed or swore, and said they wanted to go home, The salo of tickots Was not stopped, but the tieket agents informed all buyers that it was problematical when they ‘could be carried to thelr destination. ‘The? A.M, train on the Pennsylvania Rall- road started on time with two engines an reached ‘Trenton three hourslate, ‘The 8 o'clock train for Philadelphia and the 9o'clock train for Washington started with two englnes each,reach~ ing ‘Trenton at 6 yesterday afternoon. ‘The 12:30 Philadelphia and 1 P. M. Washington trains were started together soon after 1. When the SUN reporter left Jersey City last night this train had not reached Trenton, Of yesterday's Eastern bound through trains two were blockaded at Lawrence, near ‘Trenton, one at Rahway, and ‘short distance east of Newark. ‘Two con- ductors with powerful engines were last night sent to try and extricate the train which ts locked up at Newark. ‘THE SNOW-BOUND TRAINS, Two freight trains are also locked up on the road. All the snow-bound trains are sald to bo well provided with fuel, and so near towns as to be able to provide thelr passengers with food. Last night's 9 o'clock Washington train started with one baggage car, one postal car, one sleep= er, and one sit-Up car. and several engines. The Peansylvania road's ferry boats ran as irregular ly asthe circumstances compelled the running of their trains. On the Midiand road but few trains were run, and the road was practically blocked. WANTING TO GO HOME, In Jersey City business and travel were virtu- ally suspended early in the afternoon. In Ex- change place and Montgomery street the snow drifts lay in many places four or five feet deep, and at some points it was piled up six feet. When the late afternoon boats arrived they brought the troops of workers, men and women, who rely on the stroet cars 'to carry them to their homes. The waiting room near the ferry was thronged with anxious persons, and the starter was assailed with Afty questions @ min ute. Hoe sald that the companies had men and carts engaged, and that whenever the storm ceased they would be set at work. Meantime there was no hope, and the weary people started off, trudging their hard way through the snow and cold, For those who had more money there were hotels and all were thronged. At lor’a the consumption of hot drinks was amazing even to the expert compounders who are practitioners at that bar. Every room in the house was engaged before 6 o'clock, At ‘Tthe clerk looked compliacently at the room rack and pleasantly remarked that he had never before seen it so full at this season of the year, At that hour cots were being set up in all the parlors to accommodate the constantly aug- menting throng of snow-bound passengers, WITHOUT NEWSPAPERS, In some Instances ownors of newspaper routes refi to go out with newspapers, and their atrons had to remain without the news. In Kes Torstar sats te foe sien ee 2 m exploded, energetic work in getting out the last edition of ‘that news) Tr, which was, however, only two hours to Jersey ity ost as completely out off lelghts vouipletaly oomimunlose it had peon, hun di appre! ions of ently expressed. farte ured iast night in the Taber- but the lecture was postponed, as was Bohutzen Corps, ll of the Jersey Cit; which had been announ for Cooper Hall, A MAN WAS FOUND LYING About 3 P. M. in Newark ave Ho was partly covered with drifted snow, and was supposed to be frozen, Ho was taken’ to Police Headquarters, thawed out, and was then, discovered to be not frozen, but'drunk. At 5 o'clock another man was feund in Newark avenue insensible and shrouded with snow, He was supposed be badly frozen. Being taken to Polloe quarters he thawed out enough to ask for and It was then discovered the man was a viotira of liquor, and that Jack Frost had left him untouched, At night but few persons were in the streets, and tho greater part of the travellors, those who gould not Ond accommodation in Jersey City, had recrossed the ferry, bound for hotels {n New York. AT THE NEW JERSEY DEPOT. People living on the line of the New Jersey Railroad began to crose the Cortlandt street ferry at an unusually early hour in the afternoon in hope of getting to thelr homes early, but on reaching the Jersey City side they found the Rroapeck of getting away exceedingly dubious, A train which started little our was re~ ported an hour or so afterward as stuck in the snow two miles out. inquiries of the railroad officials to the time when the first leave for way stations wero met ‘ery Indefinite answers. At half past four k tt was thought that a train would bi Gespatcbed for New nswick at half past five orsix; but an intelligent Jeseyman, on stating his case to a conductor whom he happened to know, was advised to take a room at a hotel and give up all idea of reaching his home until the storm should be over, It was diMoult to get ‘any information at this station, and people were running around In all directions vainly endea- voring to find some one who would give intelil- gent answers to thelr questions. In the office of he company, the locality of which was un- known to the great mass of passengers, the por- sons in ohi e civil answers to Inqulri ‘and told all they knew, which was not much. RAILROAD ACCIDENT FROM THR BLOCKADE. A western bound freight train on the Erlo Railroad stopped at Allendale, and switched on the eastern track to clear the class passengor train, an hour Orange county beer tral east, was obliged to lle up be train. Stock train No. 10 was momentarily pected, and a Hagan was sent to the rear give warning. ive minutes afterward bf whistle of the approaching train was heard, asecond flagman was hurriedly despatched to meet It, but the precautions were unavailing. ‘Tho heavily laden train was tearing along on & down grade, and although its speed was checked It could not'be stopped. ‘The rear car of the passenger train was struck by the locomotive of the advancing freight train, and the platforms of that and the adjoin- ing car were demolished, Phe passengers who retained their seats were uninjured, but Mr, Louls N. Hemman, who attempted to ket out of the car, was caught upon the platform between the bent tron guard and car body and recelved serious injuries. His left leg was broken and the right leg was horribly bruised. Mr. Hem- man lives in Kingston, but be is engaged in the carriage trimming business tn Duane street, Now York. Ho was taken to the Saint Francis Hospital, Jersey City. phe SS ‘Tho Storm in Hoboken. The storm of yesterday was particularly severe miles that inand around Hoboken. The snow began to | fall in real earnest at a late hour on Christmas night. Allday long yesterday the snow kept com|ng down, the wind continued to blow, and ‘as the people turned out to meet the regular en- g@agements of the day the pressure of their many feet turned the soft carpet into solid fc and’ made locomotion extremely dangerou: Slips and stides and ignominious tumbies on the treacherous sidewalks were frequent. Inc tous wayfarers wore drawn into hidden hy by powers invisible: and the rude north wind many «chilled. an’ oyer-contdent pedes- Tout. ~s es to cellars, and as they disappeared lew they bumped thelr way down the steps. As tho wind blow from all quarters, {t piled the snow on both sides of every street and In the middie and at the ends thereof; it scattered of snowy spray from loaded housetops, and drove the icy crystals into every nook ant cranny, AT THE FERnIEs the accumulation of snow was immense. The railroad tracks were covered at an early hour, but a large force of mon having been set to work long before the hour arrived when the New York merchants and others dwelling {n and around Hoboken start for their places of business, travel waa not much impeded. “Have the passenger cars been making thetr regular trips to-day?” asked the reportor of Mr. Chase, superintendent of the Hoboken ferry. “They can't be expected to run as regularly as {n ordinary times,” sald Mr. Chase, “but they have done splendidly to-day, and f think the: credit for their promptuess an — Blockn ‘The snow storm was very heavy at Tren- ton, and all trains have been snow-bound, Nos. 46 and 72, which left Philadelphia at 11 A. M., arrived at Trenton at 5:06 P.M. ‘They were sent through combined with three engines. Nos, 20 and &3, which left Jersey City at 8 A. M., left ‘Trenton at 6:05 P. M. with two engines. No. 99, which left New York at 9:3) A. M., left Trenton at 5:46 P.M. with two engines. No. 10, which left Bordentown at A. M., arrived at ‘Trent at 5:0 P.M. One train’ was stuck fast in Tren. ton tunnel, and It took three engines to pull it out. ‘Trains were all blockaded on the Jersey sido to Philad ja. The snow was two feet deep, The storm abated at 6 o'clock in the evening. ON THE ERIE KAILROAD. On the Erie Railroad trains were not run on the time table, and at noon travel was entirely suspended. ‘The depot was thronged with pas- sengers who had made the tedious passage of the river to find themselves unable to proceed . The Pavonia ferry boat which crossed with passengers. When mld~ it was caught in an toe floe and remained there about halfan hour, Up to7P. M., those waiting for trains received accossions from the Now York alde.”Then a majority gave up all hope of carriage by the snow-bound trains and returned to the city In search of the hotels, On the Northern Railroad of New Jersey no trains were run after 3:3) P. M. Ali trains on the Paterson and Newark road, on the Midland road and on the Delaware, Lack= @wanna and Western road (Paterson branch), were stopped, THE TRAINS ON THE MORRIS AND ESSEX ROAD were all delayed, but only for a few minutes each. The road’ throughout its whole length Was Covered with sno depth of six and promptness of the Superinten: men early at work to clear the trac! dering out the snow plows, tle obstructed, , in some places to the owing to the t in having his r- foet; and in travel was but ‘Tho Storm in Brooklyn, In Brooklyn the effects of thestorm were perhaps more severely felt than in New York, for the topography of the city in the neizbor- hood of the ferry landings, made {t, early in the day, next to impossible to run the street cars, thereby cutting off from their homes many of the thousands who labor or do business in New York, and compelling them to woary walks in the snow. Snow plows and gangs of men were kept hard at work, but the wind was. more powerful than they, and thelr work was un- availing. Business was brought almost, to a stand still. Many truckmen refused to take their horses into the storm, and few teams were in. the street. Pedestrians were rarely met, and those who ventured abroad found their way frequent- ly blocked by huge drifts, which drove ‘them {nto the street or the gutter, wherever the snow ‘was shallowest, The ferrybonts ran with usual regularity, encounterin ting Ico and running slowly through tho blinding snow,while the alr resounded with thelr precautionary bell ard whistle signals. What with the suow in the Brooklyn streets and the difficult navigation in the Kast river, somo New Yorkors whose busi- hess last night called them to Brooklyn found it impossible to return to New York. AT TH FULTON FERRY, ‘The people residing in Brooklyn and suburbs, whoso business calls them to New York daily, having had a fair Christmas holiday, were anx- lous to get Into thelr several work places yester= day morning. ‘Thoy were, of courte, somewhat disconcerted by the blinding snow storm. But {n the hope of a chango of woather during the d on to tho, city. The gr und throng ordinal Passes through the gates betwoon band 8 o'clu each evening. Yesterday the human tide set | Lefore 8 o'olock, If the ferry accommodation had been adequate to the sudden demand, the Brooklynites would havo been landed before dark. ‘There was a crowd of people about the Fulton Market and at the rooms of the fe house who were good humored, the delays attondant upon cros As soon as, boat was grappled on shore, the fow passengors for this ceremoniously hustled out of th ; cabins were jastantly filled to overflow! each boat arrived on the Brooklyn si lor pinces tn the few cogprunni ‘#oen8, Men who falled to se ir less than their 4 WTR ole \ Rog.gainy Wore taken o! 27, 1872, cure places: cure places retreated to neighboring saloons and ‘THE POOR WoMaN o we teoed, places in the os, be not this re- ‘of the adjacent, warsh Be stores, nN nt Warehouses res, and sought sat_foe, Somme ast m the driving, blinding snow. One lsome girl, with ak chee! wh root cloak and dress denoted ‘inmistakenbly at she was geppiared in some New York we Lloted seve. ral other girls through anow-drifts, some of which were waist deep, and took refuge in tho doorway of a saloon, * wey sald she, “I'd go in re getahot drin! warm myself.” yy, Molly,” anid one of er companions, rr ought to hamed of ourself.” “ Wel Twas, you'd not bave got ome to-night,”” All the car lines starting from Fulton ferry, on the Brooklyn side, made an earnest but Unsuccessful effort to accommodate their patrons. The cross-town lines, that use but 6 single horse, up spike teams and omitted two Sut of theft romular ‘The Park avenue and Vanderbilt avenue, the Greenwood Prospect Park, the DeKalb avenue, the Smith street and Long Island, the Fulton avenue, the Green and Gates averiues, the Flatbtish ave- BNe" abe METae Nota ofttapdinee TE y jo avenue ani npoin' Court stroct and Greenwood, the Flushing and Graham avenues, the Powers street and Green- wood, the Atlantic avenue and East New York, and the Atlantic and Fifth avenues, all the linos, in fact, had the same report to make. | ‘They wore doing the best they could, ‘They had | extra forces, employed cleaning their, tracks where snow made it necessary ; they doubled their teams and were making the best time they could. One starter sald, “ We could e people who usually ride, but now in storm ry man wants to get into the cars if he has but threegblocks to go." ‘The hotels and lodging houses on both alos were filled to overflowing by people who de- spaired of being able to reach their suburban homes by the ordinary conveyances, At seven o'clock every room in MoKinley’s, and in the United States Hotel, near tho ferry on this side, ‘was engaged for the night, and hundreds of per- Sone were turned away 10 seek lodgings else- where. ie ‘The Storm on Long Tata) Rallroad travel was practically closed yester day afternoon and evenin, On the Flushing and North Side Road no regular time was made, the trains having three engines attached, and even then failing to overcome the drifts. A train on the Long Island Road, due at Hunter's Point at 12:30, was snow-bound between Thompson ‘and Brentwood, and had not b heard from at To'clock last evening. No train left Hunter's Point for the interior on this road after 12 o'clock noon, The South Side Koad made a few irregu- lar trips, but late In the afternoon had to suspend. pmadior achbas The Storm ou Staten Ista: The storm on Staten Island was the worst known for years. ‘Travel was almost entirely suspended, and the streets and public highways were deserted. The Staten Island Kailroad afternoon trips with ai made morning and oulty, They were three houra in getting thro ‘The ‘ferry boats were delayed by the quantit of floating ice, and made the Island landin with difficulty,’ Not half the usual number of trips were tnad — Tho Storm in Wentchester. The trains on the Harlem road were all block- od. The last train down was the 11:15 from Williamsbridge, half an hour behind time. The 12:30 from White Plains stuck In the snow above The Chatham nd Rutland express were several hours be- hind time, and were not expected in last night. No New Haven trains passed down after twel o'clock, ‘The. trains were stuck all along thi road. 11:45 from Stamford on the New Haven Foad south ran out of water, and was laid up at Mount Vernon, with fires’ dumped. No train wont down alter the 11:40. The 2.00 train from New York came up about one hour behind thne, Disnaters on the Const. A despatch from Portiand, Mi ys that the schooner Credit of Portland, with tron for Port- Jand, sunk about one mile south of Wood Island. ‘The captain, his wife and ohild were sick with the small-pox. All on board landed on Wood Island. The schooners Virginia and General Tuttle are ashore, but will probably get of. A Schooner painted’ white is ashore on Wood Island near Danvers Cove. and has been stripped. ‘The schooner Carrie Holines, from Providencs ballast for New York, is ashore at Hart Island with three others. At Lewes, Del., a severe gale from the north, with snow, commenced on Wednesday night and continued’ yesterday, though the wind mode- rated. ‘Tho steamer Artisan broke from her moorings and drifted ashore on the beach op- posite the town. At Eastport, Me., the mercury was 20 below zero on Wednesday. Several vessels belonging to the provinces were ashore. At Belfast the torm was very severe. No trains had arrived since Monday, ‘The steamer Narragansett, of the Stonington Line, was the only Boston boat which came in yesterday. No boat running East left the city yesterday. peices Fatal Results of the Storm. Paiapenrnta, Dec, 28.—The heaviest snow storm witnessed in this city for many years bogan last night and has continued all day to-day. AtGo'clock this evening th ow was three feet on a level. The indications are that it will continue through the night. All the ins from the East and West have been de- ed. About 11 o'clock this morning 400 feet of the roof of Whitney's foundry, on Seventeenth and Willow streets, fell in, caused by the tmmense weight of snow. Work was going on as usual, and a number of the workmen were buried In the ruins. Michael Collins and Gilbert Kelly were rescued, with flesh wounds, caused by the falling bricks. No other workmen were buried fn the ruins. Ordinarily from one to two hun- dred are employed in the building that fell, but at the time of the accident they were engaged in other buildings, Lato this afternoon a large iron awning frame at the northeast corner of Fighth and Chestnut streets fell beneath the a ulated wel; the snow. Although many persons were ing at tho time, but one, Mr. Steinbach, was L jured. His injuries are supposed to be fatal. ‘The roof of Winches's spike mill Canal and Poland streets, fell in, through th heavy weight of snow, injuring the. following persons; John Dougherty, back broken ; Chas. Miton, cut in the head:’ Andrew MoG head and shoulders Injured arm and shoulder sprained; John Kelly, face and head badly buraed; Charles Coleman, arm sprained, The roof took fire from the furnuce, but tt was soon extinguished, In Philadelphia, a severe northeast snow storm commenced at nine o'clock on Wed- hesday evening, and continued with un- abated fury all’ day yesterday, Few pas- senger cars ran. ‘The snow drifted very badly the tracks, and the sweepers were unable to an them, ‘The trains on all the rail were delayed. A man was found on Wednesday night frozen to death, ‘Teams Crossing the St, Lawrencs ‘The weather during tho past four days has been intensely cold in Watertown, N. Y., the thermometer fluctuating between fifteen and twenty-five degrees below zero. ‘The railroads were badly blocked, but trains are running on time. ‘The St. Lawrence river ts bridged wi fee between Cape Vincent, N. ¥., and Kingsto: Ontario, and teams cross in safety, The river is about twelve milos wide at these points, A very heavy snow storm prevailed in Albany allday, The thermometer for the past three days has been down to and below zero, the low- est point reached being eleven degrees below zero, ‘The weather was more moderate yester- day, The raliroad trains were all behind time, eee ‘The Extent of the Storm, The storm extended from Skowhegan, in Maine, where the mercury stood 43 degrees be- low zero, to Columbia, 8. C,, Chattanooga, Tenn and Chicago, All railroad trafic was at a stand- still, SURSTDENCE OF THE STORM. Toward 6 o'clock P, M., the storm began to abate, and shortly before eight the wind sub- sided and the snow ceased to fall. The sky was still dark and lowerin Two Vessels Wrecked, HAiPax, N.8., Dec. 26.—The bark Sarah Mo- Leod of 8t. John, N, B,, left Pictou ten days ago with coal for the West Indies, The crew mutinied, aud on the arrival of the vessel at Arichat they wero Jall, and snothor crew was shipped aud ehe pro gn her way, Dut wene ashore on Larache Shoals, Arichat. ‘The vessel 1s reported to be @ total wreck, but ail hands on board were saved after considerable ‘he schooner Willtam off Scatterie on Frid lost. ‘The remainder Jane Louisa, and wi of Antigonish, was wrecked ht, and two of the crow were ‘were taken off by tl \wnded at Loulsbor ALBANY, Deo, %.—About 10 o'clock thi: ing broke out in the Capito! caused oy one of the beating Gus. It was discovered in time spreading, aud although the Ore ‘ha sétvioes ware tos ucedea, “4 was called oa DEATH IN A BROKEN FLANGE. -—.— Two Passenser Coaches Finege through & ‘Trost! Strike Top Downward—Th Passengers Imprisoned in Burning Care— Minetoon Barned te Death. Ente, Pa., Deo. 26.—The immediate cause of the accident at Prospect Station was a broken flange on the tender wheel. About sixty rods ‘west of the station is a trestle work some twenty feet high, over which the locomotive and tender of the Bastern-bound express passed in safety, but the bagwage and passenger cars, only two coaches being in the train, were thrown from the trestle and struck top downward. The woight of the trucks crushed in the cars, closing up the windows, and, to render the situation even more terrible, the passenger coach was par- tally tilted upon its side, 90 that for the occu- pants of that side there were absolutely no means of escape. Almost immediately the cars took fire, the passenger coach burning at both ends. Some half dozen persons waiting at the station ‘Wore soon at the scene of the accident, but they worked at an immense disadvantage. No water could be had, and snow that was scraped up had little offect in staying the flames. Only two axes were available, and the wood work of the care was bolted together so Armly and intricate- ly that but little headway could be made with them, All the time those efforts were being put forth the flames were steadily gaining, and the shrieks of the imprisoned victims as the scorching heat enveloped them, were appalling to the stoutest Perera ea Thee Tope Was put through a crevice, fastened to a form, and the sufferer pulled out by main strencth. Sometimes it would be a lifeless body, and the charred arms, legs, or head would drop off in the struggle. fr’ Shires or four instances the head was sepa- rated from the trunk, and in as many more cases the body was bereft of tts limbs. Tho body of @ lady was thus rescued from the flames, the head and one arm snapping off like 8 plece of charcoal, while the other arm was un- touched, a kid glove covering the hand and her aring their jewelled ornaments. The body will doubtless ba recognized with the aid of the rin t for these It would have been B impossible to identify it. The bodies of three other ladies wore taken out, neltner of which it is believed, can be recognized. In all it is esti- mated that fully ten of the nineteen forms re- movod from the burning car are unrecognizabl is supposed that, in addition to the bodl recovered, a number of others were consumed in the burning car, and that nothin blackened bones ‘will be discovered when the fire is extinguished and the ashes raked over. Adding those to the number of injured that will die, it is estimated the total number of lives lost will not fall short of thirty, the whole number of persons in the two cars at the time of the accident being about forty-fv After the accident Frank Taylor of Corry, one of tho rescued passengers, was leaning against some object, and seeing an acquaintance passing, called him by name. ‘The friond turned round, and seeing Taylor apparently uninjured, said, “Teil my wife,” and fell over dead. H6 must have died from internal injury; but tho inmates of the burning cars were shriektog for aid, and Mr. Taylor's friend did not see him again until his corpse was brought In and placed with the others. After the groans of the dying were stilled In death, the stench of the burning bodies is said to have been sickening. With no means of extinguishing the flames and the heat becoming too Intense to admit of all the bodies being extracted, nothing could be done by the spectators but to stand quietly by and see the remains slowly consume. ‘The following ts a letter from the oorrespo! dent of the Erie Despatch, who was at the scone of the disaster: TUE BODIES IDENTIFIED. MarviLir,N. Y., Dee, 26. The bodies thus far identified ure Mark “Haight of Brocton, ‘iia H. Osborne of Westfield, N.Y. Herman Ryag of Farnham, N.Y kawarg - Beli ot ] eI, ry ry eipapape Taylor of Corry, Yas Joun Whit hehe August Cardat of Arkwright, N. ¥.; Charles Metz of fuer near Angola N.X.; Mr. aad Mrs, Wilbur F. Rico of Ttuavilic, Pa; ¥, Joeph Curtin of Titus- ville; Kate Riley of Dunkirk, N.Y; Willian Rankin, @ laborer from Canada ; James H. McCarten of Miller Sta- N.Y, 1 Gur bodies only remain unrecognized. All the wound: Margin: Olrter, We Hi Tick ed but er, ornella McCarten, aud i for their homes. “At the C are Jono a breast broken, orry. hi {Barney ‘Cool Of Lancaster, bad internal injuries, his recovery ts very doubtful. “Ali the others are doing well. There were thirty-eight paying ers ou the train, and five employees back of t er ‘At the inquest Henry Miller and J.J. Marks testited that the traln ran very fast. Hi. Lee'and ‘con tradicted it he fireman says they were ruuuing ve Orville Swift of Corry was on the train, and his boay bas not been recognized. Two of. » four bodies unclaimed are shapeless masses, Mr. Douglass, who was in the car twenty-five es, faye several passengers were Killed outright, Others were writhing about until suffocated, and others Were conscious until burned to death. The inquest was urned uti! Saturday Then the testimony of con- adj ductor Flanders will be LAST NIGHT'S GREAT FIRE, reas Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Gone tn Frauklin Street—Sufferings of the Fire men~An Entire Block Threatened. About 9:35 last night Officer Regan of the Leonard street police station discovered smoke issuing from the windows of the five- story marble-front building No, 19 Franklin stroet, He immediately sounded the alarm, and on returning to the building saw that the upper stories were in flames. Owing to the almost impassable condition of the streets, the fire en- gines and hook and ladder companies were some minutes longer than usual in reaching the scene of what threatened to be a very disastrous fire. When the firemen arrived they found a bank of snow on the south side of Franklin street nearly five feet in height. It completely hid the hydrants from view. Meanwhile the fire was spreading with fearful rapidity, and the block bounded by Churen, Le: Franklin streets and West Broad: way was threatened with destruction, A second ben sounded, It brought to the ne of the conflagration reserves of police from all the down-town stations, six extra steam fire eng! ses, and two hook and ladder companies, Chief Engineer Perley and Fire Commi Blair and Shaler also answered the second alarm, Bevoral streams of water were at once directed onthe burning building, but owing to a lack of Pressure tho streams could not be made to rench gher than the second story, whil completely enveloped the upper stories, and were then bursting out through the roof, At this juncture a line of hose was sent from the street to the roof of Charles Spencer & Co.'s hosiery warehouse, 121 Franklin street. It did effectual service, and the pressure of water be- coming greater, the fire began to be visibly un- der subjection. The firemen in Franklin street were working in snow and water walst-deep. By midnight tho fire was completely under control, and although, owing to the absence of the proprietors, it was impossible to ascertaln Individual losses and insurances, the total loss miay be set down at not less than $200,000, ‘The building 119 Franklin was occupied as fol- lows: First floor, William J. Rest & Co. im= porters of and dealers in Irish linen ; loss prin= cipally by water. Second floor, Tim & Co. man- ufacturers of lace, and ladies’ collars and cuffs, ‘Third, fourth, and Afth floors, B, A. Dryer & Co., importers of fancy goods. The two latter firms lose their entire stock, ‘The butiding, which is gummed by Mr. Henry Young, ls damaged about No. 121 Leonard street, ocoupted by C. Spencer & Co., also caught fire, The damage to the building, howover, was slight. Spencer & Co. will lose’ by dainage from water, ‘The samo 1s the case with Kessler & Co, of 17 Leonard. ‘Thelr stock of imported silks is sald to be worth about two million dollars, The e to the building {s slight, and that to the stock only b water. Hoyt, Spragues & Co. at 113 and. 15 Franklin stroot, did not suffer to any ext. One novel feature of the Dre was th new self-propelling steam fire engine. It pro- polled through the snow very well when atoored by two mon, but {t was found advantageous. to ui in Of horses to assist its powers of lo- otion. Itis evidently not a success when the streets are covered with snow. Last night twenty engine compantes wore fur- nished with extra teams of horses by ‘the Fire Comunissioners, WASHINGTON, De ~The President on Tues- day signed the bill to reduce the expenses and offices of tho Internal Revenue Bureau, which passed Congress « few days ago, Work of putting the new a ‘Operation will be be 1 ates all of the assessor of July next. ‘There are about of stamps to be prep veto effeot, Dut work upon them will feuteon different ki the new law goow {nto be begun without delay, ———— Rumored Surrender of Warmoth, Wasuinaton, De: A telogram received from New Orleans states that Warmoth declares his tn tention to acquiesce in the deciaton of the the determination of tho President to au back as Governor. ‘He will make no fur regain the Guberuatorial chair, bat composing the body recognized bs the Legis, {uro'not U8 meek again in January, but accopt the situa on, te Bank Sui a Momphi Mempnis, De ~The Memphis Bank, J.J. Murphy, President, suspended this morning, The abil’ Uios are $40/00; thie assole are as yor uakuOWn. PRICE TWO CENTS. A CRASH IN WILLIAMSPORT _——— CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES TURNE: ANTO A SCENE OF DEATH, Children Precipitated into th Fourteen Killed and Forty Wo Wriiramsport, Pa., Deo. 26.—Last even- ing the Sabbath school attached to the Baptist Church at Newberry, inthe Seventh Ward of this city, assembled to participate in the cere- montes of Christmas night. Some three hun- dred men, women, and children were present. The ceremonies had beon inaugurated, and M: Kinsloe of this olty had began an address to the children, whens peouliar shake and quivering of timbers was folt, denoting a sudden downfall of the building. No sooner had the impression taken firm hold upon thoso present than the floor gave way, precipitating the whole assem- blage into the cellar below. THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. The church was constructed with an upper audience room, and it was in this that the con- grogation had assembled. Tho interior dimen- sions of the floor are twenty-six feet in width and forty feet in longth. Thero was a centre girth with joists thickly placed on each sido, And through the oentre from above were two Welght of those assembled, sprung the truss bearers, and the supports slipping out of their plage caused the terrible catastrophe. ‘This is evident from the fact that the timbers were not ken. The gas pipe, two inchos in diameter, ath the centre girth, was bent monse weight. ‘THE CRASII When the crash came there went u rending wail from the m dren wildly shrieked for thelr parents, and the ‘oans of the wounded and dying filled the air. ‘0 add to the horror, the oll lamps of the edifice ignited, and bid fair to destroy all in a genet conflagration, Those outside worked with will, and used every possible effort to rescue living. ‘The church was now on fire, but provie dentially the flames could be reached, and were speedily extinguished, “Before the fro many of those within were ablo to reach the windows and leaped to the ground, a distance of fifteen foot. In the panic several were wounded by be ing run ove THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. At I1 o'clock P. M. the dead bodies were re-. moved, and were identifed as follows: John Ritehié, Boyd Mehaffy, Mrs. Duncan Campbell and two children, a ctilld of C. V. 8. McGinnis, ‘Miss Sadie Moffit, Miss Mary Fisher, Miss Ligzi Boskin, Miss Grace Seaman, Miss Tillie, a boy named Shuman, a child of John Bubb, and Mrs. John Wilkinson, ‘Thero were some forty or fifty wounded, among whom were Mrs. Thomas Ames, badly bruised; Miss Lechinof, slightly burned ; Mrs. Mafit, bads ly bruised ; Miss Fessler, log broken; Daniel fewcomer, leg broken; Mrs. Abraham Porry Jog broken; Robert Matt, slightly bruise Howard Reoder, Jaw fractured ; Lewis Reed Mrs. Jonathan Fisher, ‘oken ; Miss arm broken ; Mrs.’B, Campbell, badi Mr. John Antes bead cut; Miss “Thomas, limb broken} Miss Toner, limb broken; Andrew Mentler, bolts connecting with this mai be double by the 8 heart. fled victims. Chile ribs broken; Sadie Ramsay, ankle sprained ; Gertie Ramsay, wounded cond Saughter of James Toner, ankle sprained ; J oFleahler, badly brulsed, having had his ‘scalp torn loose 7 Goorge Snook, bruised ; Carr; yy ME, a Mrs inn, badly bruised ; Alice Newcomer, Emma Brown, Lewis Hartman, Win. Houcl Miss R. Jacoby, Miss Anne Shaw, Alice MoBrid and father, Sarah W: Amanda Waltz, and William Waltz were injured, Lewis Cupp had his @ broken in four places, and others were wore or less injured, among whom are Jackson Newcomer, Loitie Adams, Edward and Jennie Kinley, Lizzie Flexir, George Boskins, Wm, Hellumworthy, J. N. C. Connelly, and a child of Mr. Berry, and Mr. and Mra. J. 1G. Kinsloe, Seumeratetmentenpemmimeaiiinpapisiiteiisn | impossible to give the names of any more of ufo wounded at this time, as many of them were immediately removed to their houses in differs ent parts of the city, AL Whe was with Mr. Orten tu Buying the Tribune? The Springfeld Republican publishes » letter saying that the gentlemen named below were among the contributors to a fund of $510,- 000, raised by Mr. Orton when he bought the Tribune, and that each of them agreed to ft nish the amount specified below: ‘Thurlow Weed, $20,000; Zach Chandler, $90,000 ; Hen. ry Clews, $90,000; A.B. ‘Cornell, 850,00); B.D. Morgan, fein; tom Murpiy, #900; ke. Cowdis, an*unt Own sam, A reporter of Tie SUN was sont with the ove list in his hand to Mr. Henry Clews, who id that so far as he was concerned it was not true, and that an offer was made to him which hedeclined. Mr. Orton, on being waited upon, sald that this list was about as true as * A&sop's Fables,” but without the moral; in fact thore was not a word of truth in it at all, —_$<—— an B. Anthony Held to Bail for Iilegal Voting. Rocnesren, Dec, 26.—In the case of Susan B, Anthony and fourteen other women, under examination for voting illegally at the last general election in this city, the Hon, William C. Storrs, United States Come issioner, to-day rendered a declslon, holding each te bail in tie sum of $50 to appear before the Uni States District Court at its next session in Albany oa. the third Tuesday of January, Beverly W. Joues avd Edwin T. Marsh, the inapectors f election who received the Yote of Susan B, Anthony, Fe also held to. bull to-day by United States Commis: oner bly for their appearance at the uext term of (he Court. —— Grant's Clemency to a Brutal Naval Officer, WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—In the case of Alexe ander A. Semmes, of the United States navy, tried im January last for inflicting crue! and unlawful punish- meat upon persons under Lis command, for abuse of his offictal powers, and for oppressive and inhuman conduct unbecoming an officer and * gentleman while he was in command of the United States steamer Portamouth, found guilty and sentenced to. be aus pended from duty and ravk for three years, and to be Feprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy, the Presi: not has remitted that portion of the senténci Suspends him from rank a ordered to duty by the The severe reprimand which he received, however, by the Bec: Tetary at the tine, stands on the record, it being an- nounced therein that if the sentence of the court had been severer, the Departuent would not have falled to approve it. eee IS Farewell Reception to Gov. Hoffm ALBANY, Dec. 26.—A very large number of the leading private citizens of both political parties, to- gether with State, city, and county officials, Judges of the Appeals and other courts, and citizens of the neigh> Doring cities, met Gov. Hoffman at the residence of the Hon, Wim. Cassidy, of the Argus,on Hawk strect, ths evening, and spent several houra in social Intercourse, having thade this the occasion of Didding adieu to the Governor, who will In afew days sall for Europe with his family, All made manifest a foeling of sincere re- rot in patting with an Raccutive who had, in his rele: tion of fellow-citizen during his four yoars of residence here, formed ties of the closest friendship, aud Las the Uighest respect, mi _ a arge Fire in St, Louis, 8r. Louis, Dec. 26.—A fire broke out at eight o'clock this evening in the extensive tobacco factory of Liggett & Dausman, 27 and 29 South Second street, op- posite Barnum's Hotel, totally destroying the building And stock. A fire ts now raging in the upper stories of the adjoining building on the north, which is also occus Died bY the same firm, 's Hotel wag in building, en are now (9 ng to pre ad of the flame ward, The loss is very heavy, but has not yot b nger at one time, but ath wall of the fi urbances in Matamoras. MATAMORAS, Doo, 26.—The excitement ovor the eleetion for munictpal oMoers has not yet subsided, On Sunday night several of Cortina’s men had an en+ counter with a troop of the Twenty-accond Battalion, Tesulting in one Sergeant being killed aud several clit: zens wounded, ‘The ri the National Guard were called out. that Cortina headed the attack upon the troops, and tt is said h morely defended himself agalnat a party who attemptcd to assassinate him, Rumored BALTIMORE, Deo, 26. ofa Steamer, ‘bore are rumors in the city to-night of easter to the steamer Geo Leary, of the regul which left Norfolk last even y,and has not arrived; but the rumors el to an authenti ‘othing has been heard of the ste Norfolk, Doubtiess she has Deen detained in the ba x to ¢ harbor here is closed, to the mouth of thi ‘ata peco, for all sailing craft; but jee boat up to this tine has kept open @ sual channol fur stoauners, selec cn Capt, Ulman's Promptnens. Shortly after six last evoning smoke was seen {soulng from Hoyt's tobacco establishment tn Peart Street, near Chambers street, Word was sent to the Oak street police station, and Capt, Ulman, with a sec. tion of police, hurrl ‘and by their promps Actlon prevented whi been @ disastrous conflagration, aight hai ——$——__ of Gov. Dix, inauguration of Gov, Dix, preparations for which are now nearly perfected will take piace at 10 o'clock A.M. on Wednesday next, Maadaad ot B1'ih 0 ‘clock moon as formerly.