Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-03
ON THE ATLANTIC.
The Last Great 6ale-Serious Loss of
Life and Damage to Property in New
England, New York, and New Jersey
Snow in Georgia-Wheat Damaged
by the Geld.

A dispatch of the 9th from Boston
says the recent gale prevailed with
great ferceness throughout New En-
gland and along the Canadian coast.
Signs, showcases, chimneys, and avn
ings have suffered considerably. Many
vessels dragged their anchors in the
harbor, and others at the wharves were
badly listed by the winds and the &C.
emulation of ice. Local 'longshore-
men unite in affirming this gale to be
the worst in their experience. Cornell
Jus Coughlan, a brakeman on the Bos-
ton & Lowell Railroad, was blown
from the top of car into the Charles
River and drowned. At Lawrence,
Mass, Edward Luscomb died from in
juries received by being blown from q
milk wagon. At Cape Ann the gale
was the worst known for years. The
vessels anchored in the Gloucester har-
Dor have so far outridden the storm,
but at GAINESVILLE two fishing boats
were sunk, without, however, any loss
oflife. AtNewburyport chimneys were
blown down, skylights and roofs blown
off, and windows broken in. AtNash-
ua, n. H., q large number of female
employees In Moody, Estabrook & An
derson's shoe shop, left their work be-
cause the building, large four-story
one, rocked SO fearfully. At ST. Johns
bury, Springfield, and other points in
Vermont, nearly two feet of snow fell,
and drifted badly, blocking highways
and railroads. The heaviest snow
storm for years, visited Maine. on
the 9th. The wind blew almost
q hurricane, and the snow drifted
badly. The roads were block
AIDED, and travel is greatly impeded.
A schooner supposed to be the Syl-
vester, of Gloucester, was wrecked at
Richmond Island. It is believed that
her crew were saved. A dwelling house
at West Nyaek, n. Y, occupied by a.
family named Gaynor, was blown
down. The occupants barely escaped.
The house is in ruins. At Newark, n.
j., The Park Avenue school and sew
eral houses In Orange were unroofed
and trees were blown down, but no one
was injured. The blizzard caused
great destruction Of property in the
northern part of Hudson County, N.
j. The gale scattered the glass case
ments of Rupert's green house in every
direction, and the buildings, which
were nearly new, are almost a total
loss. Many of the plants were frozen.
The loss is placed at $4,000. In
Union Hill q number of trees were up
rooted, and the streets made impass-
able. Numerous chimneys were blown
down. The tin roofing of an entire
row of brown-stone buildings on Sum-
NIT Avenue was blown off. The water
supply OF Bergen and Greenvill e was
cut off by the screen pipes be-
coming choked with ice, but
was opened in the afternoon. Dis
patches from Greenport, L. L., esti-
mate the damage to shipping in the
vicinity Of that port at $I5, 700. At
Rockaway Beach the Rocky Mountain
House was demolished by the gale,
causing loss of 81, 500. At College
Point damage to the extent of about
81, 900 was sustained from falling
chimneys, etc. Other villages report
damage to property, none Of which is
serious.
The first snow OF the season in Au-
gusta, Ga, feil on the night OF the
9th. Dispatchesfr from Covington and
other places report @ heavy fall OF
snow.
Secretary Chamberlain, Of the Ohio
State Board of Agriculture, says that
the freeze, when the ground was full Of
water, Is going to result IN great dam
age to wheat, though the exact extent
cannot yet be estimated.
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