Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-12

rauz0h and acolured boy, name unknown,
whose body is IN the hold OF the foundered
sloop Annie.
a. report reached the city
this evening from the mainland that a
white-bottomed schooner was seen cap
sized AZ the mouth Of Campbelfs bayou,
| at a point about eight miles from town.
NJ signs Of the crew were visible,
nor l. n known how many or
who the persons are that were aboard
the il.fated schooner when Il capSiztd
Thsre are nearly two hundred small oys.
ter boats, slnaps and schooners OF from
two 10 ten tons burden plying between
| Galveston aud the up country baeous
! This big feet ~ little craft has suffered
severely w the great freeze II Is feared
that other boats belonging 10 this fleet
viii prove missing. Vessels OF
/ less than Ave tons burden
sre not registered az the custom house,
hence there T. no telling how many were
ont ia the storm Many of those small
craft IRE damaged and rendered unsea-
worthy, thus entalling heavy loss on the
poorest class Of watermen.
/ The biz ships and steamers in port
complaeently witnessed the storm with
no damage TO their crews snugly en-
sconced below. Many narrow
escapes from death are reported
among the watermen, notably The rescue
OF old Henry Lyman, hunter and fisher.
man. He had put off in his little craft
| Just before the storm came up, bound for
Smith's point. Reaching IIanna's
reef, his vessel was completely
bemmed with ice, aud death stared
Hunter in the face, when TO his Joy he saw
his two faithful sons with their sea glass
60 ont along the coast on the main
land near Smiths Point, scanning
the distant reefs for glimpse
of their old father, whom they
were expecting. Discovering his perlloLs
situation, the sons hcroicalv went out
after their father and brought him safely
TO land nearly persisted with cold.
About this morning Capt. Tom Smith
an old seaflring rsan, fell into the slip
between the Mallory and Morgan wharyes
aud came near perishng before his cries
brought resruing party. When dragged
out he was almost gone. hut after several
| hours was f1ally resuscitated.
| TERRIBLE loss OF LIFE.
| HAVANA. Jan. ll.-Aiyices from Colon
say that twenty-one vessels were wrecked
and Sixty-nye lives lost during the recent
storm.
STILL BLOCKADED.
| KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. ll.-Notwith-
standing the statement current to-day, It
appears that the condition OF the Western
railroads is little better than for several
! days past Another snow-storm was re-
ported to-day from Western Kansas, inn
peding the work of clearing the tracks
! There are no through trains on lines west
from here In or out tonight
REGULAR TRAINS ABANDONED.
| TOPEKA, KAN, jan II News reached
here this noon that heavy snow was
failing 1t, Newton, which would further
Interfere with travel on the Santa Fe
road During the afternoon, however,
the Santa Fe general officers were
informed that the storm had
ceased that the slly was clear
end the weather pleasant In view OF the
fact, however, that all the towns along
the route are crowded with delayed pass
| engers, and the trains cannot go further
than Dodge City, rdcrs were given TO
abandon the regular trains out Of Kansas
City tonight
LOSSES AT sEA.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. IL Return
| Ing fishermen report disabled bark, an
entire wreck, on middle bank No par
tieulars were obtained. s dispatch this
morning states thai the schooner II G
/ Higgins went ashore near L0ckpor;, N. S,
on Saturday, and is a total loss The
crew was saved
SAW HER SINK.
PORTSMOUTH,, N. H., Jan. ll.-Thc
steamer Ktmhdiu, Captain Holman, of
the Boston & Bangor Steamship line. ar.
rived here from Rockland, Maine, badly
stove up and With few feet If water in
her hold. She left Rock'and Friday even
ing for Boston with thirty-flvc passengers
on board. At 1890 that night she en-
countered a terrific storm and when off
the Isle OF Shoals Saturday afternoon
sighted a large thrce-masted schooner
| just sinking beneath the waves, fiving the
signal Of distress As the steamer seemed
at that hour TO be sinking herself, and
every passenger hal . life prescrver ia
wanting for the final plunge, no as istance
could be offered
/ An ICE GORGE.
! SYRACUSE, n Y, Jan. II The ice
gorge In tine OSwego river at Fulton be-
comes iirmer and larger every hour. The
/ wttor has risen more than two feet since
1 last night, and is nuH rising several
! inches an hour. The damage done cannot
| Nc estimated. Fnlly seveney-Rve families
have been driven from their homes, and
! Others arc constantly moving The fami-
lies are poor, and as fast as they are res
cued they ara turned over TO the
poor authorities An the teams avail
4nle are being used to carry
il5ur and other goods from mills aud
manufacturers bulldogs. Should the
water rccedt the mills 9ud factories will
be tllod with ice, aud as many Of them
! hid large contracts ON hand the damage
will he very great Hundreds Of people
are thrown out Of employment. Prof
Boynton OF this city was autographed for
this morning 10 consult with the authori.
ties about removing the gorge. He visited
the place mud says that it cannot be done
and fears that the worst Is to come. The
gorge is now two miles long and iucreas.
ing
AT MONTREAL.
MONTREAL, p. @, Jan. 1.-THE St.
Lawrence river has risen two feet since
midnight, flooding all the cellars on st
Paul street and causing great damage.
The water is now iDundatng the depot
The Thermometer registers 10 below zero
and the water freezes as it floods tho
street. In Griffin town, the poorest omar.