Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-27
wfSTRY WINDS.
FURIOUS BLIZZARD NORTH.
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Boston Destruction or Property -Business

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Boston Destruction or Property -Buslness
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BOsToN, February 27.--A furious
blizzard prevailed during the night in
this vicinity and for long distance
down the eastern coast. At Portland
twenty inches OF snow has accumulated
and it is still showing. Business is at
a stand-still. The Grand-Trunk rail.
way is blocked at Bethel, and between
there and South Paris it is in bad
condition. At st. Johns, n. b.. the
snow is the heaviest Of the season and
the wind is blowing at the rate Of sixty
miles an hour. At Westfeld the steeple
Of the First Congregational church was
turned completely over and thrust
through the roof Of the building into
the audieDce.room. At 9 O'Clock this
morning in Boston, the huge telegraph
pole at Maryland and Alabama streets
was broken short off by the high winds.
Other poles in the neighborhood
we're broken and pulled down in quick
succession, and several streets were
soon blockaded. with the fallen poles
and an inextricable gnarl of wires.
Many horses were entangled and
panic was narrowly averted. The
streets were at once roped off, and large
gangs Of men were set at work to clear
the wreck. For time the freight for
the Albany depot had to be dragged by
hand around a block.
STAMFORD DEPOT, Conn, Febru-
airy 27.-The steamer ldlewild, from
Bridgeport, was blown ashore last
night on Shippan Point. She had thirty
passengers. The vessel will be total
loss. The passengers were rescued.
BALTIMORE, February 2G.-After
fearful rain.storm last night Balti-
moro and vicinity was visited by bur
ricane more severe than any for several
years. In the western section OF the
city houses were unroofed, and in seye-
raj instances not only was the tin
blown from the roofs. but the sheath
ing torn off and hurled entirely across
the street. The damage will be con-
siderable. To-day the wind is still
very high, with frequent gusts of snow.
STAUNToN, VA, February ga
violent wind.storm passed over this
section last night, telling timber and
unroofng houses. A high, cold wind
has been blowing all day.
PHILADELPHIA, February %
The wind played havoc with hOuse-tops
all over the city to-day. Shingles were
blown in the air and tin roofs were
torn from their fasteniDgs and hurled to
the ground. A three-story house on
Juniper street, opposite the public
buildings was unroofed, and the mass
Of tin was suspended above the yard in
the rear. The spire Of Arch.Street
Methodist church swayed ominOu.ly
this morning, and those who passed
that way gave the building a wide
berth, but it still remains in position.
The velocity Of the wind to-day reachel
forty-fye miles an hour.
WAsHINGToN, February ga
heavy wind-storm has prevailed here
since midnight yesterday. During last
night and to-day several houses and
stores were unroofed, shutters blown
of. signs demolished, and windows
smashed in various parts of the city.
The roof of the new Pension building
suffered severely from the gale, the
slate and tin being torn off in many
places. A frame shanty in the west
ern part of the city was blown down
this afternoon. The highest velocity
of the wind was thirty-seven miles an
hour.
QUEBEC, February 26.-Cold wea.
Their again prevails throughout Canada.
The heaviest snow-storm OF the season
has been in progress since last night.