Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-21
THREE DAYS
THREE DAYS
LATER FROM BOSTON.
THE GREAT STORM OF 1857.


Arrival of the Woreester Train with
the Mails.
The first train from Boston since Saturday.
P. NJ, reached thfs city at about halfpast six
o'clock on Tuesday evening, bringing us the first
intelligence received from the metropolis, since
the receipt Of the evening papers of Saturday.
We learn from our exchanges that the storm
of Sunday night and Monday ragged with as much
violence in that vicinity as here and that the fall
of snow must have been nearly double in guam
tity.
We copy below some items In relation to the
weather, which will be Of general interest.
THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS IN BOSTON,
The Jcm7aat of Tuesday morning, says in Han
over street, from its junction with Salem street to
the ferry. no attempt had been made between ten
and eleven o'clock to break through the snow,
and an occasional sleigh or provision cart was
obliged to pass upon the sidewalk. In Charter
street, company Of men armed with shovels
were attempting to wade through the immense
drifts, but the slow progress made showed that
e" Jordan was hard road to travel In nearly
every street and alley-way at the North End
there has been hardly any attempt made to clear
away the snow, and everything presents pic
ture Of desolation.
THE RAILROADS.
On the Old Colony road no train arrived or de-
parted, on Monday, or made the attempt
In the afternoon, workmen were engaged in show
cling snow from the track, and cleared the road
as far as Dorchester.
There was no train in or out over the Provi-
dence road during the day.
On the Eastern road no attempt made at
the Boston end to run any train. telegraphic
despatch, however, stated that the regular train
left Portsmouth Monday forenoon, and proceeded
as far as Ipswich where it was obliged to remain
on account of the immense drifts.
The seven o'clock train from Lowell did not
reach Boston until eight O'Clock on Monday eve
ming.
BOSTON HARBoR FROZEN OVER.
The Journal says at two o'clock, Monday af,
ternoon, no water was visible from the end of the
wharves, and the harbor as far down as the Cas-
tie is frozen over solid. The ice is about foot or
fourteen inches in thickness, and in some places
it is even more. The steamer Enoch Train has
made but little progress in clearing the channel.
THE FERRY BOATS oBsrRuorED
The ferry boats have had the hardest time for
the last thirty-six hours they have ever had. The
Chelsea Ferry boats had not made full trip up
to II Monday forenoon. One of their boats got
across the slip on the Boston side. about IL
O'Clock Sunday night and up to 10 o'clock Mon.
day all efforts to get her into the slip or to re-
move her so that the other boat could get in, were
unsuccessful
The East Boston Ferry boats able to make
but irregular trips during Monday forenoon.
There thick coating of ice on the water,
AID on top of this there two to three feet of
snow.
sHIPwREcKs AND DISASTERS ON THE COAST.
The storm must have been severely felt by yes.
self upon the coast. The disasters heard Of thus
lar are as follows:
Brig Judge Hathaway Of Ellsworth, Me-, Capt.
Leland, from Aux Cages for Boston, went ashore
on Cliff Point opposite Sctuare during the
storm Of Sunday night. The vessel has bilged
The crew would leave the wreck at high water
At Newport, the barque Lucy Ann, from Man.
tanzas Tor Bosten, which put into that port on
Tuesday last, dragged ashore near Fort Adams
and lies in precarious condition, with three feet
of water in her hold. Assistance has been sent,
" Wy " save tHS Neseel anu cargo. capt. Alien
is ashore sick.
The ship Java, Taylor, from Greenock for New
York, went ashore Sunday night on the West
Bank, below New York, and will be total loss.
Two of the crew, names unknown, were drowned.
The barque New Empire Capt Randall, from
Mobile for Boston, with cargo of cotton, struck
last evening, on the outer rocks off Cohasset,
drifted over, and finally brought up on what is
called the Black Ledge. She has bllged, and
was full of water. Three of the crew were seen
from the shore on the Ledge, and efforts were inn
mediately mad TO rescue them in the lifc-boat,
notwithstanding the surf was very heavy. The
captain and crew succeeded in getting on board
the life-boat, with one exception, and were taken
ashore. One man (name not giyen) wrs drowned.
Another has an arm, and another leg broken
The barque lies about half mile from the
shore