Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-23
THE GREAT STORM.

New YORK, Jan. 22.-The storm
made havoc among the vessels living
at the foot of 18th street at the river
yesterday. The Wellington, of Nova
Scotia; the Sachem, of Boston, and
the Hamilton Fish, were all full
rugged ships. Besides these, there
were many Smaller vessels. The
Wellington was struck sideways by
the full fury of the storm, and was
in SO dangerous a position that her
crew abandoned her early in the
day. She was on her keel
at nightfall, nevertheless, but the
Sachem had been upset. The heavy
squall threw her over on her side,
and the stove in the cabin was upset,
John P. Holon, ship carpenter, sit
ting beside it, escaping with dificul-
ty. The cabin was set on fire, and
threatened the destruction of the
ship. After two hours work the fire
was got under control, but the por.
tion of the vessel that had not been
submerged had been considerably
damaged. The Sachem is valued at
$4,000, and is owned by Capt.
Pickering. She arrived in port from
the West Indies on Christmas day.
At 1890 last night the Western
Union Telegraph Company had ten
wires working between Williams
bridge, West Chester county, and
Albany, eight wires from Albany to
Buffalo and six wires from Buffalo to
Chicago. On the south five wires
working from Elizabeth, N. j., to
Philadelphia, Baltimore and WASH
ington, and two wires working from
Paterson to Buffalo. On the east
wires working from Albany to Boston.
Dispatches to and from the East,
West, North and South are conveyed
by messengers between the New
York Office and Elizabeth, Paterson
and Williams bridge, where, as
stated above, the wires are in opera
tion in all directions. Communica-
tion by telegraph is only severed in
the immediate neighborhood of New
York city.
the wires connecting thirty-three
of the thirty-fve police stations with
the fire hall and all of the hospitals
were blown down or disabled yester~
day. The insurance patrol doubled
their forces all night and all leaves of
absence were withdrawn, so as to
guard against the spread of fire
that might occur. Considerable
damage was done to property BY the
storm. and a number of accidents
have been reported, caused by falling
telegraph poles and wires
PoRT JARVIS, Jan. pa terrible
storm of hail and sleet began here
yesterday morning, accompanied by
gale of wind, but in the afternoon
it changed to snow and the wind
continued. It had fallen already
fifteen inches deep at 7 o'clock last
evening and was still falling. Travel
on the railway is almost totally
blocked and the highways utterly
impossible. No train has reached
here over the Monticello Railway
and the wires are down so that no
tidi ngs can be had from there.
PETERSBURG, Va, Jan. 22.-This
city was visited yesterday by severe
wind storm, accompanied by large
fall of rain and hail. During the
prevalence of the storm the large
warehouse being erected for r. T.
jackson & Co., extensive ice dealers,
was blown down, and considerable
damage was done to property.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 22.-Heavy
rains prevailed yesterday and last
night, extending from the Blue
Ridge Mountains to the sea coast,
and all streams are considerably
swollen. James River, at Lynch-
burg, is five feet above the ordinary
level and still rising, and at Colum-
bia it has risen nine feet. The river
here has risen but slightly as yet.
Revanna River at Charlottesville is
up about six feet. The streams in
West Virginia are also reported
much swollen.
P1rTsBuRG, PENN, San. 22.-There
was general breakup in the rivers
yesterday morning, and heavy ice is
floating down from the head waters
of the Monongahela and Allegheny,
where the water has been rising at
the rate of of six to eighth inches
an hour. Dam No. 3, and several
pike bridges are destroyed. Heavy
gorges are expected here unless
checked by the cold wave which has
set in.