The Portland daily press., 1882-02-06
THE STORM.
Tremendous Fall of Snow Through
out the Eastern States
ROADS BLOCKED AND TRAVEL SUS-
PENDED.
Considerable Damage to Shipping
Reported.

GARDINER, Feb. 5.-This city and vicinity
was visited to-day by the severest snow storm
of the season. The roads about the city are so
badly drifted that it will be several days before
communication can be had with the surround
ing country Ice harvest ing on the Kennebec
is delayed causing dealers to entertain fearsas
to whether they will be able to house the usual
amount of ice. The cost of clearing the snow
which has fallen to-day from the ice is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
PRovINcETowN, Mass, Feb. 5.-Snow COW
ers the fences all over town, and 1t is the most
severe storm for years. A fleet OF about thirty
vessels are in port Fishing schooner Maggie
A. Jones of Boston was obliged to slip her
chains about a. M, and coming in contact
with Central wharf lost her bowsprit, catheads
and was SO badly damaged che filled and sunk.
The crew was saved. Schooner Opera, New
York for st. John, with cargo of petroleum
and pitch. parted both chains and went ashore
at the West end of the town. The vessel is
not damaged but is high up and will have to
be discharged No reports received yet from
outside the shore
Schooner Carl D. Lathrop dragged her anch-
or in the gale Sunday morning at Dutch Island
Harbor, and struck British schooner Dart,
carrying away all her gear.
Schooner Nathaniel Holmes dragged her
anchors and went shore at Fox Hill. She will
probably come off at high water.
BRATTLEBoRo, VT, Feb 5.-Twenty-tWo
inches of snow fell here last night, and early
this morning, being the heaviest storm of the
winter Last nights trains did not reach here
until to-day, and then only with the help OF
two or three extra engines, while 1T required
large force of men and plows through the day
to clear the tracks and highways. There is
fully three feet of snow hereabouts on level.
The northern portion of the county reports the
storm as being light.
CARBoNDALE, Penn, Feb 5.-Thirty inches
of snow have fallen in this locality within the
past three days.
WILKEsBARRE, Penn. Feb. 5.-Anotherisnow
storm visited this section yesterday. At Bear
creek it is 80 inches deep.
GLOUCESTER, Feb 5.-Schooner Bunker
Hill, Capt. James Mcdonald, of and for THIS
port from Fortune Bay, N. f., with full cargo
of frozen herring, stranded last evening at
Braces Cove, Castine point. Crew saved
ed at two O'Clock. The highest velocity of the
wind at Thatchers Island was ifty-eight miles
an hour.
Schooner Bunker Hill has turned bottom up
wards and gone to pieces. Schooner Armon OF
ST. John. lumber loaded is ashore on Ten
PoundsIsland. No vessels can be seen from
Thatcher's Island. Schooner Flying Scnd, Cap
tain Phelan of this port is ashore on Ipswich
beach from LeHaye banks. She will probably
be gotten off.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. GA snow storm began
at p. m. Saturday, and continued until nine
this morning, leaving about Is inches on a lev
el, but considerably drifted. The New York
mail train was seven hours late. The Ston-
ington steamboat train reached here about z.5U
this afternoon The streets and country roads
are badly blocked and there was little travel
to-day A collision between passenger tram
and freight train at rest, near Natick, on
the New York and New England railroad last
evening, damaged two locomotives somewhat,
and bruised several persons slightly
BOSTON, Feb. 5.-The snow storm of yester-
day and last night is reported as extremely Sc
very throughout New England, the snow fall
ranging from ten to thirty inches in different
localities. The roads are blocked and travel OF
all kinds greatly impeded. In this city nine
inches of snow fell, which added to that al
ready on the ground makes locomotion exceeds
ingly difficult.
A number of wrecks are reported of Nam
tasket beach, and it is said considerable dam
age is done to property along the beach, and
that portion of the Nantasket Beach Rail
road was washed away by the EXTREMITY hlgn
tide. These. statements cannot however De
verified as all telegraph communications Pc
tween bingham and Hull is cut off by break.
ing of wires and the complete blocking OF
roads. No wrecks are yet reported OFT Scituate
or Marshfeld.
ST. JOHN, Feb. '5.-The heaviest snow storm
in four or five years began early this morning
and still continues with great violence, accom-
panied with severe cold. About foot of snow
has fallen.
NEW YORK, Feb 5.-Travel to-day is con-
siderably impeded by the snow storm of Satur
day The railroad companies ran a less num-
Der of cars, ubling up their trains and using
snow plows regularly in efforts to keep the
track clear. In Brooklyn trains on tie rapid.
transit route was delayed, and the weight OF
snow on the roofs of livery stable of A. D.
Bennett, caused it to cave in, causing damage
to carriages and horses. Atpresent the wealth
or is clear and cold.