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Show TKLEtaKAPlHO NEWS. A NltUMI Vtl.Ml.ll. 1 inland I. lied lly Aiiather lilt, .alru.ia lltla.a.il, IXJ-.1KIS, March 111. The blliurd In lho ton Hi or l.uitliihdcoulluiict,thougu Ibe weather lu London It milder, Thu talltondt of Kent and rteanx are completely blockadnl nud the uelgh. luring country covered deerly with tuow. The htirrlcaue which nnrom. panlid the tuow storm pile J tho mow drjfn on all aid.., ttoppfiig all trafluuii the railroad llnea and uiaiu the country roads. Tito trains full of paawug.rt lu the midlands were snoneil up latt night. The taraengi ra wire not rescued until Ihl. morning. The rescued (ample suffered suf-fered terribly from cold durlni; the night, uwlug to the unhealed coudl. Hon of the rait. 'Ibe train ou the North l.tnt railroad bound for this clly wat mowed uu last night aud still remains In the railroad cutting where 11 was slopii-il by u drift. A numlr or engines have been scut to tbo scene, but Ibey urouiiabluas j.ttomovutbu tralu. The Hhtrntts mall car cannot I o found, It w as lo.t tomowheru along the line bt tween till, t liy and Hheriu m. A i.atih party hat Ikcii ,ent out un.r tbuiiilvlni mall car nud necund Ibe engliirer of thu lost engine. Hewn, (din 1 half froseu In the snow. Two i letg) men were snow ed up In ft. carriage ou thu I'avertbam read nt night, and morn wire rracuid with illllliultyantr having tulleiid severe. Itijrls from the i rnvlnces thow that the blljtard prevailed from Bt, (Imrge's Chanuil lo tho North Hen Duo of thu elfeittof the turtru storm . un j nit ......uf,.... i "'H'-Waw') J "rc -ai- r-V Mmmmm2MMmWi hss lien tho stoppage of Ibe Houtli Wales Iron netks. All road trafllo Is ttoptied and trains delayed. In Hom.rtetahlrt', Dorsitthlre, Hanihlreati.l Gloucestershire thsre aro siiowdrlfts many Teet deep, render. Ing field work Impossible. In thoso counties tho mill service Is completely Mopish lud the farmers tuller Im-niin.e Im-niin.e lots In cattle and ahte.. An. other Instance of a snow-blockadnl train 111011 a road familiar lo Araerl isns wlio cross the channel to and from lb. continent, Is the passenger train whtih left Charing Crest Hill. road HUtlon at midnight for Norfolk. ttoro. It was .lumlit In a liueo tnowdrtft outside Folkttone. The as-sengtra as-sengtra wero not rescued until tlila morning when many vf them were severely ill, owing to the fact that they were almost froieii, Thopssacugirshad t cither food nor light from tho time they becime Im-I Im-I rltoned In the snow-bound cars. On tbo Irfindon. Chatham and Dover Itallroad the ttalna are lUlaynl for hours. Malditone, Bheerncta and Kit. tlugbouriioaretuton" from ccmniuiij. cation wllh Ih. surrounding country. In addition tn the dsuiaie done by the stonn llself, Ibe Tharuca commenced to rim In a dtngerouily rapid manner and alnody luurdatrs the low lying dlatrlcts Ivnlerlng on tho river front Itlrhmond down. Tbo (lietngrocers of thlt city and else-wh.ro else-wh.ro are naturally aunvrfng from the dearth of vcgitabhs, .Ic.J all waipmi coming In from thecountry am t1111w.1l up along the roada, and 1. acirceuns and a raise on the prleo or luch provl-slons provl-slons may U looked for. I nilee VV.fee. Al'oubta, (la , March 10. A great lortlon or tho clly between the canal and tho river la under water and all Inline. b suai.udeJ. The water Is receding and no damage wat taiiscd to roetly. |