, 1875-02-16
TIE CRUEL WINTER,
Terrible Effects OF the Extreme Cold
Oh The Massachusetts Coast,
Provincetown Harbor Closed IN Bv
an Immense Field Of Ice,
The Lives Of 15O Fishermen IN
Immediate Danger.

/ 'T 1''' "1'NN"'''' ~ HI tHtSnHo 1T31AH.
Bos7os. Nszs., Feb l5.-Seycr before within
tho memory OF anY iuhabi.ants alonp tho f,ana
coast ha, ;co ,,r.ne, ~ 1,,a n. A.onk LUG eape
tent - =. tbc nrssert .;o ao 1a 70 sueh 40 e1-
Tue hafbor is closod up entirely. and n
vast field Of ice fills the Bay between
| Wood End md tba aorthor, 49,.
of tho Monument ia s.adsicb 81 ,pi!ea acr[as rs,'
aua extends eiear up to Brewster and orloaus. u
distance Of 40 miles from the water lima, Tin
| aight III a strange one. Whe,o ,,wsvs hota.e
tho eye has sect the ttua rara. n''o.s ~
Ocean toss i. INV ,',a;" Ja'e' y.
sno"' "hi1o she ice ls only broken hero and
there by veHsola wrapped and well-ulrf htlt;on in
the cold embrace Of tho now eloment nrd h;o,,
Jagged pilos of Ira wcra t1,,.rrn ,,x "'sn'
t,e .a.;a, f ., " 49, "'i" t.1oMn up by
-, @N''oA ~ 'uo "'Hu ano tue. Ihs scel,e
ID d1cary md desalate, but it aForls no hint
Of tho awful peril ~Lieh thrcatons the liyca of
15o or more fishermen Us fast imprisoned mon
oIIl 'e''esn ~ 1ouou Will ena'ns behind bolts
anu para. Hero afo t"enty-eigl!t vessels, varying
III aizo from 800 to 200 tohs, hel itumoyabl.
Most Of them arc fishing eehooners of about IN,
tons burden carryiuc from ton ~ fft"no ,, Nv
and pro ,iBiol,s for trne or fonr I,rs. or.3'
and theY have already been hounI n oaas,s,
ing out. Aid cannot roach tien 'Is, nnr s.v, s.n
they in mauy in6tnncea rcach T. ~. 10
despatch to tito Da{g advertiser. fror, Iroyi,'n
to"u says that tho only change in The Bituatiun
- ios sne Tntss' os. 70 te giving out Of pro-
yaicn, .nh o ,,itn n''it ntows win rolcnless
All Tic inIlicatlonu arc tint te1,"n.e s4s"uess.
Mil be tho culdest 1ay In tho nxeep of this terri
bse wave OF frost. Ehnula tho grip OF Ice hold
t.Ioa sn0 T T1 "" ,' MANY u tho arhooMess will be
II lin cold con,inn.u ~ III ao-moElf".
bly, tako lie risk Of eayinr th.;r rHus.' ,;re.
by 4 Or III tLllo walk over ica-hummocke and |
nlr-hoiea lce.eaksAptlcd upon ono another to ho
,a n' " utrn taans tee., "lth hefe aud thero Wids
f,mti1 ms ofto.1r. p'a1o sea intervening,
ibo tluTo. IIsynnj ouostia,, :" n,o .a snom ffoa,
~, stes ana Oh Wh!ch thaIo il no coal
III "''t Snns a" t,osnapS hot s"onty-four hours
rchsouors ~ 5aoa On ihe ise.'9ekod
fo1 ' ,aturn,u s'-aax wi, ~ Feaenns sha shorc.
Tho nasssee "u e9ty 10 sccor tns foFIcrn hore
with !,n,n,ncnt ,,erh stiu "aa attended
'ie ott,nr foi it pse't. 1eve1et tunes did Qua Or
hs Ye nsorsy ns IT, dsnsrte fe1
rha oansa H! lohype selr vessels to their fAto.
ro.nnrrnS ~, so n@y, n"t can 10 nothing.
,n,ternmoat p5, snTa, nuow W. 10y TO reach the
pruyis,ons ami, wos"r hnt ms' ~ aolles, a carry
'o' on"'' Will oc IN vain.
rae wpecx or -ue ,o.,.,
''s s'n.t "nsIn e ~ ~ gpHM HoMHslt, JR.
n,sTov Mass tE ~ t. ~ ~ 'Msa'' ~. 1''eH~.
x.,. =, ~ o "No'! u sno
wreck OF tue schooner John RommelI, Jr., of
$aw Unyan Ia A macmillan rfv ho rr,n ~,
lad crow Of f1vs man m h,.rd Mss ' eno
,.o 1.st u,a,,. 49,. a'o 4aee "eefs
w. 4... 1a7t oun"as she sailed from port
flofdh with cargo Of live
'aL for tie Charleatown NAyy-fnn1 film 1oa+ !
les forHail ia = rato Of ufnd .yh,,o ir tho cu1s
,tre.m air voaL. .rn toS. ~ 'ao ou''
,at,' IasI. - ' "usAe -. so'aay' alter An unls-
'a"s ~ Ionk 'oseee' she sighted Cape Cod.
lie Captain tried to mako the hsr.
or in tho tooth of the rale h,t
5ns driven out Ia .c..Ar,in ~, Ivod'ssa ~
ther nttemnt vas mnia -, AL "touuesaay an
eattor wax warmer md IN. 1 u;ruos' ahe
ero on short aliowance, % but @ : s"o st1ann mpn