Show TO dafes TELEGRAMS the result of the eastern storm DEAD BODIES BEING DUG OUT OF snowdrifts SNOW DRIFTS tales of distress and privation from all regions new march 15 yesterday afternoon at hunters point long ilund at bardea and vest avenue a carpe double sleigh containing a funeral party was upset in a huge snow drift the corpse and occupants were rolled out into the deep snow and have bean buried together had not prompt assistance come upon the scene to stop the horses and right the sleigh which was partly filled with snow the funeral party consisted of jonn budden and hia wife of new york who were on way to calvary cemetery to bury their youngest daughter the sleigh was and the and put in again another attempt was made to reich the cemetery but in vain they were unable to get within three blocks of the burial place where the sleigh was halted and the driver carried the corpse to its last resting place followed by the mourners march 15 the enow blockade east of this cit is over and from indications trains will be running this evening the mail train which left new york sunday arrived at midnight abid the pacific express will reach here abour 3 this afternoon the railway officials think the tracks arc now cleared and that they will be able to move trains as usual within the next 24 hours passengers and train men on the mail last night report an eventful trip collins of this city said we left for philadelphia at 7 monday morning in a terrible snowstorm we abot along the best wo could till about 3 in the afternoon when we arrived at lenon a place fifty seven miles this side of philadelphia there we were completely snowed in the gale blew at alie rate of fifty miles an hour and it was snowing as hard as it could snow it was like fine powder and it soon covered the ground all around and under the train until it reached up to the door of my car it must have been four feet deep we had to stay there until 3 yesterday afternoon then faur engines pulled us out of the drift |