The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-03
. ANGRY BOREAS.
Bad Reports From All Along the Attain
tic Coast.

JERSEY CRY, N. j., February 27.-The
blizzard caused great destruction of Prop
| erty in the northern part of Hudson
| County. Early this morning the gale scat
| tered the glass easements Of Rupert's green
house in every direction, and the buildings,
which were nearly new, are nearly a tota!
loss, and many of the plants were frozen.
| In Union Hill number OF trees were up
| rooted and the streets made impassable,
numerous chimneys were blown down and
! the tin roofing of an entire row of brown
stone buildings on Summit avenue was
blown off.
DAMAGE IN BOSTON.
BosToN February 27.-In Boston yester-
| dav the lowest point indicated by the mr.
| curry was 81 above zero. and the greatest
velocity reached by the wind was 81
miles ali hour. The gale has generally pre-
vailed with even greater fierceness through:
| out New England and along the Canadian
| coast. Telegraphic communication in
many directions has been suspended. and
sages through from this city to New York
Signs. showcases, chimneys and awnings
have suffered considerably. Many vessels
dragged their anchors in the harbors last
night and others at the wilarves
were badly listed by the wind.
This morning Cornelius Coughlan, a brake
man on the Boston & Lowell Railroad was
blown from the top CT a car into the Charles
River and WAS drowned. At Lawrence,
Mass, Edward Luscomb died this morning
from injuries received by being blown from
a milk wagon. At Cape Ann the gale has
been the worst known for years and is still
blowing the rate of a mile minute. The
vessels anchored in Gloucester have so far
Outridden the storm, but at Lanesville
| two fishing boats were sunk without, how
ever, any loss of life. At Newbury port
many chimneys have been blown down,
sky lights and roofs blown off, and win
dows broken in.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
At Nashua, New Hampshire, this morn
ing a large number of female employees in
Goody, Estrobrook & Anderson's shoe
store left their work because the building,
q large four-stOry one, rocked so fearfully.
At st. Johnsbury, Springfield and other
points in Vermont. nearly two feet OF snow
has fallen and has drifted badly, blocking
the highways and railroads.
lNMAINE.
AUGUSTA, Maine, February 27.-The
heaviest snow storm FOR years visited
blew almost hurricane and the snow
drifted badly.
CONNECTICUT.
STANFORD. February 27.-The steamer
'.IdIewitn" is about a quarter of a mile
from Lester Wallack's residence toward
shore off Ferris Island. There is no imme-
date danger OF her breaking up, but should
the winds shift she will be lost. The pas
sengers could not he taken off un-.
til late yesterday afternoon. as the life
boat containing six men was blown to sea
before her crew could use their oars, but a
tug boat went to their rescue. 1t was a
difficult task to take passengers ashore.
IN QUEBEC.
QUEBEC, February 27.-The wind blew
gale all night drifting the light snow which
fell yesterday into drifts of from five to ten
feet in depth. The railways are all more or
less blocked. The Halifax express due here
last night is stuck in eight feet OF snow with
no immediate prospect of getting clear. All
the trains on the Inter-Colonial and Que
bee Central Railways have been withdrawn.
The Canadian Pacific train due here at
a. m. is stuck near Three Rivers.
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Still Another Scale.
New YORK, February 27.-The new pas
senger rates of the seaboard trunk lines on
the far western business necessitated by
the dissolution of the Transcontinental
Association, and the war of rates resulting
therefrom was completed tonight, and
will go into effect on March l. 1t is
signed by the General Passenger Agents OF
the New York Central. West Shore, Erie,
Lackwahana and Pennsylvania roads.
The name of the Baltimore and Ohio agent
is not attached. The new sheet is ad-
dressed to agents and gives merely the new
rates to Western points from New York,
and points in New England. The rates
from the Atlantic seaboard to points east
of the Missouri River are not changed. The
following are some Of the new rates to lead
ing Western points