Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-02
New York Railways Blocked--Cattle Trains
Observation-Disclosures Wrecked lin Massa-
chusetts--Great Destruction of Property
on the Jersey Coast--Coney Island Swept
by the Sea--Eight Lives Lost.

was very severe, but no marine disasters
are yet reported. Boston reports that Sc
we're North West snow storm which began at
4 P. M. yesterday continues up to noon to-day,
and over foot of snow has fallen. Owing
to high winds drifts 6 to 10 feet high in the
streets have almost suspended travel. Horse
cars have stopped and all railroad trains are
hours behind time. The storm prevails with
severity throughout New Hampshire and
Maine where immense drifts block the roads
and highways.
Three or four passenger trains on the Bos-
ton d Albany railroad are stuck in drifts at
Washington. Some are IA hours behind the
time due at Pittsfeld. The morning train
on the Housatonic railroad could not reach
Pittsield, owing to huge drifts.
BUFFALO, Feb. AL the stock trains
going east have been abandoned.
NEW JERSEY COAST.
AsBUBY PARK, N. j., Feb. 1.-The most
terrific storm known in. years has been rag
ing along the coast. The brig Emma NJ
Tucker, which came ashore yesterday morn
ing, is total loss. Her cargo Of coffee was
said to be worth $4,000. The heavy sea
reached over the sandbar and has almost
completely destroyed the county bridge con-
Meeting Asbury Park with Deal. The rail
road bridge over the same stream, known as
the Great Pond, is badly damaged, and last
night, while passenger train over the Cen
trail railway from New York was proceeding
with great care, men with lanterns going
ahead, the engine turned over into the stream
and John Bateman, brakeman, was thrown
under the engine and drowned. The engin-
eer and fireman escaped by swimming to
shore. No trains are running from this
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the railroad bridge at Spring Lake being
badly damaged. Long Branch is reported
to have suffered severely by the storm.
RAILWAY DISASTER.
Boston, Mass, Feb. 1.-The snow storm
which began here yesterday evening is the
severest since 1867, and has caused an al
most entire suspension of business, Trains
on the railroads are greatly delayed. About
10 inches has fallen and it is still showing.
The blockade on the Eastern road at Revere
is caused by a train being thrown from the
track in attempting to force through huge
drift. The train consisted of two engines
and five cars with a heavy SNOW plow in
front, At Floyd's bridge in Revere drift
was struck which threw theiplow into the air.
The forward engine dashed under it. tearing
off the smoke stack and cab and throwing
the engine from the track. The second
engine and every car were also thrown
off. William Mead, of the forward en-
CINE, had his head cut, leg broken and ribs
crushed in, and was fatally injured. Brake
man Lavrabec was dangerously injured, and
conductor Conuerse received severe cut on
the head. The track is torn up for quite a
distance. There we're 100 passengers on the
train but none were injured. One engine
lies on one side of the track and the other,
with the cars, on the other side.
CooNEY 1sLAND-TIDAL WAVES.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-The storm has been
fearful and dispatches report damage and
disaster along the Atlantic coast. At Cooney
Island there has been great destruction of
property and eight lives lost. The scene of
the great calamity was at the Manhattan
beach property on the east side of the island,
where the storm struck with the greatest
violence, fairly sweeping everything before it.
About half mile east from the big hotel
where two shanties were, and men named
Wynne and Brennan lived with families,
shortly after ten o'clock the men, who we're
employed as watchmen by the hotel compa-
ny, left their homes for the purpose of re-
porting the alarming state of affairs to
Weed, head watchman and during their alb
families, were swept away, and the unfortu-
nateoccupants, numbering three women and
| five children, persisted. When Wynne and
Brennan returned, there was nothing left OF
their domiciles and no trace of their loved
ones. The victims were Mrs. Wynne and
her three children, aged five and three
| years and an infant but 8
day old, and Mrs. Brennan and
| two children, aged two and foul
years respectively. The third woman who
persisted was nurse whom MIR. Wynne had
brought down only few days ago from
Brooklyn to attend his wife during her con
fnement. There was three tidal waves
which followed in quick succession and no.
4 a vestige of the shanties was left. The bod.
les of the unfortunates were carried to SET
with the exception Of that of Mrs. Wynne
which was picked up at Sheephead Bay THU
morning. The tide rose nearly five fee
higher than any previous recorded flood. A
other parts of the island the damage don,
has been excessive. The drive along
the beach known as the concourse is com
pletely undermined and unsafe for horses
There is some of the wreck and ruin al
along the beach. The Manhattan beach no
tel property suffered most severely. Th
beautiful japanese structure has been swep
away, and the east side of the hotel damaged
The engine room and bathing houses ar
swept out to sea. The stables and clubhouse
have disappeared, and over 1000 feet Q
new railroad track in the rear of the hote
is destroyed. The hotel is almost isolated
the approaches being washed away. Th
damage to this property is be
tween $4,000 and $15, 900. All the othe
structures along the whole line of the beach
not firmly secured, are wrecked, and Eng,
mans new dock, west of Cables hotel, an
the camera obscure structure are gon,
only few sticks remain to il
dictate where the No-name pavilion stood
The total loss to property is estimated at b,
tween 10000 and $4,000.
Later reports from Sleeps Head bay sta,
!; that the bodies of Mrs. Brennan and childre
have been found there.
AT LONG BRANCH.
LONG BRANCH, N. j., Feb. Almost eve1
building on the shore between Sandy Hoe
and Long Branch has been more or le
damaged, and ell hotels and dwellings on Il