The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-20

The LATE STORM AT Boston AND VICINITY
One OF the heaviest gales and snow storms of the
season, commenced last evening about sunset, and
ragged with fearful violence throughout the night,
and continued to prevail down to the present time
(noon). The wind was from the northeast, and
ragged in gusts Of fltful violence. The snow which
accompanied it was whirled about, and lodged in
immense drifts, so that 1t Is difficult to Judge what
amount has fallen. We should Judge, however,
that we have already had more snow than during
any previous storm this season. Owing to the
great fall Of snow, the railroad trains due at an
eaily hour this morning, were all detained, and
several have not yet arrived. The trains running
from places within few miles Of the city, due
early in the morAing arrived during the forenoon.
The early train on the Old Colony road arrived
about eleven o'clock. The trains from the north
did not meet with 90 great detention those from
other directions. We learn that no snow of con.
sequence has fallen at Concord, N. H., ami but
very little at Manchester. but that il increases in
dep:h upon approaching the city. No train has
yet reached the city from Lowell. The train
which left this city for Concord, N. II is at
Somerville, where are also four other trains
from Lowell and other places. One or more
of the locomotives at this point are off the
track, so that there is no passing either way.
1t is stated that the tide at this port has not been
TO high for PERIOD of fifteen or twenty years, as
il was last night and this morning The tide over
fowed Long and Central wharves, SO that people
padded about on the wharves in boats. Many OF
the cellars on the wharves have been partially
filled with water, aAd much damage has been done
wharf, from Long wharf, the water flowed through
to the depth Of q foot or more, and the salt and
hsb stores IN that Immediate vicinity are completely
Hooded. The cellars under Quincy Market have
water TO the depth Of nearly foo! in them, and
fruit yegeta bles, &c have sustained considerable
damage. The cellars under the United States
store.h house on Long wharf, are also flooded, and
some OF the goods therein were damaged aud have
been removed. We learn that near Slvin Hill,
Dorchester, q schooner lying in the creek, broke
from her moorings during the storm last night, aud
was blown a distance Of al least two hundred feet
out upon the fats from the channel where vessels
usually pass. The lighthouses on the channel and
Dorchester Bay, have been moved from their
foundations, and much other damige has been
done at various points in that vicinity The ship
ring at our wharyes, notwithstanding the extraor-
binary height of the tide, aud the violence Of the
gale, all ride easily and safely. The Chelsea ferry
boat was this morning blown upon the Hats on the
East Boston side, jast after leaving the slip on the
Cbelfea side, on her first trip, remained about an
hour when she got off We learn that on the
various thoroughtares leading from tina city, the
snow Is very badly drifted, in some places the
drifts being six, eight, and ten or twelve feet in
height boston TraUsLer, March Is.