, 1886-02-27
RUDE BoREAs-
The East Suffers from a Heavy
1lN1fstorm.
Many Houses and Churches
Unroofed,
Business at a Standstill and
Travel Blocked.
An Eastern Blizzard.

past few hours, and the streets that we're
deluged by rain yesterday were covered
with ice to day. The wind is blowing a
gale and it is with the greatest difficulty
that telegraphic communication can be
maintained with either the West or South.
The sea In the bay is unusually high and
it is feared that the gale will prove almost
as disastrous to shipping as the great
storm of Jan. Q last.
New York, Feb. 26.-The terrific gale
has rendered the streets deserted tonight
The street car lines carry all persons
obliged to be out, it being almost impos-
sible for other than vigorous people to
breast the gale at all. On the river ferry
boats are running, but much delay is oc-
casioned by the boats being drifted past
their slips. Trains are reported late,
owing TO head winds. No abatement in
the ierceness of the gale was noticeable
at midnight, and reports were being re-
ceived from many quarters Of the city Of
more or less serious damage to buildings,
including the topping over of chimneys,
etc. A number of women were injured
by being blown down in the streets, or
against distractions, and one or two per
sons were hurt by flying missiles. The
signal service observer here said
tonight that the Texas storm
and the Montana storm had
collided Just west of the city and had
bulged eastward. The storm center was
in this city and that the full effest was felt
there. The wind was steady from the
northwest, at an average velocity OF fifty
miles per hour; the maximum velocity
was at IL a M. to-day, when it was
eighty-four miles per hour, the highest
speed since the New York station was es-
tablished, the highest previously being
seventy-two miles per hour, in 1876. At
midnight herhermcmeter marked -l24'.
The gale is passing easteily along the
coast, but as it is blowing off the coast
about the only trouble to shipping will be
being blown out to sea. Only one sailing
vessel reached this port to-day and she
was lowed in. She and the tug were
smothered in ice. Reports from adjacent
points and points up the Hudson river
are to the effect that much damage has
been lone to property. Telegraph wires
have been greatly tangled and communi-
cation with the outside world has been
almost at n standstill.
New YORK. Feb. 26.-Thc wind has
been blowing a gale all day. The roofs of
St. Mary's church, Parmely's hat store
and a dwelling house were blown off. The
telegraph and telephone wires are down.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ga heavy wind
storm has prevailed here since midnight
During last night and to-day several
houses were unroofed and shutters blown
off. signs demolished and windows smash
ed in various parts of the city. The
roof of the new pension building suffered
severely, slate and roof being torn off in
many places. A frame house in the
western part OF the city was blown down
this afternoon.
Boston, Feb. 26.-At Q O'Clock this
morning, a huge telegraph pole at the cor
ner of Market and Alabama streets was
broken off short by high winds. Other
poles in the neighborhood were broken or
pulled down in quick succession, and sew
eral streets were soon blockaded with fall
len poles and an inexplicable snare of
wires. Many horses were c~ntangled and
a panic was narrowly ayerted. The streets
were at ouee roped of and large gangs Of
men were set at work to clear the wreck.
For the time being, the freight delivered
at the Albany depot had to be dragged
by the hand around the block. No in
Jury to life or limb has so far been repor-
ted, but there has been many narrow es-
capes. A furious blizzard prevsiled dur
ing the night in this vicinity and for a
long distance down the Eastern coast At
Portland twenty inches Of snow has fal'
len and it is still showing. Business is at
a standstill Tho Grand Trunk railway is
blocked at Bethel and between there and
South Paris is in a bad condition. At
st. John, N. B., the snow is the heaviest
of the season and the wind is blowing SIX
ty 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 audi