The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-11

| Is uOb y6I TdlS6u. Inc railroads nave CedS6u
| selling tickets to Omaha, and no through
| passenger trains are expected to leave for
| the West tonight The lowest point report
| ed to the signal service this morning, was at
| Minnedosa, on the Canadian Pacific railway
| in Manitoba, where the thermometer was 52o
below zero. Winnipeg quoted 44o below.
| HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 9-The storm was
| regular blizzard through central Connecti-
| cut, beginning about a. m, with gale Of
| about 90 miles an hour, from the north and
northeast. By daylight there were at least
| 10 inches of snow on a level but drifted bad
| ly. Trains have been delayed on all the
roads, excepting the Hartford & Connecticut
| Western, the snowfall having been compare
! lively light in the western part of the State.
| The morning train from Boston on the New
| England road met deep drifts all the way,
| and reached here an hour late. AT Putnam,
| a solid drift had to be cut through with show
| els The Connecticut river is yet open to
| navigation, and two coal vessels were towed
| up yesterday, but this afternoon tits filed
| with heavy fisating ice.
| New HAVEN, Conn.,, Jan. 9-An unknown
| schooner, about 250 tons burthen, sank three
miles east of Charles Island last night All
| hands are supposed to have been lost. The
| tug Resolute, with volunteer crew, in re-
sponse to a despatch from Woodout station
that man was in the rigging, went to the
place and found the schooner sunk in 20 feet
of water, but no man in the rigging. He had
dropped into the sea about an hour before
of the opinion that the schooner was run in
to, and as her yawl is broken and turned up
side down, it shows that all of the crew have
perished. The vessel lies in the channel
where the Sound steamers travel, and cap
tains of steamers and vessels should be on
the lookout for the wreck.
New BEDFORD, Jan. 9.-The gale of last
night in this city was unusually severe. The
tide this morning was the highest for several
years. The wharyes were all oyertloWed
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fioated across II. ThftsT T was also the case at
George Howland's wharf, and at Macomber
Bros storehouse foot of Union street. Sew
eral schooners dragged their anchors, but
suffered no damage. Steamer Monohanset
did not arrive as usual from the Vineyard.
NEWPORT, R. l., Jan. 9.-NeWport suffered
considerably from the storm. The tide rose
above the wharf, the sea being rougher than
was ever known before. The wind blew the
seas against the wharyes with terrific force
| and swept everything before them Steam
| ers and trains were delayed for hours, ana
several steamers were obliged to remain at
! their wharves. One schooner went ashore
on Bateman's beach, but the crew were
saved by the life-saving crew at Prlce's neck.
! She lies in a bad position. The boathouse
| at Fort Adams was washed away The sea
! at the beach broke clear across the road and
| reached EatOn's pond, which is used for sup
! plying the city with water. The bathing
houses were more or less damaged. The
| scene from The clilIS WAS Ou6 MillCll Will DO
| long remembered, the sea dashing against
| the rocks, sending the spray hundreds of feet
| in the air Several disasters to vessels are
| reported in the vicinity of Block Island,
| Point Judith and Watch Hill. The steamer
Providence arrived this evening at O'Clock,
| II hours late.
| NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 9-The gales which
began in this ~section yesterday afternoon,
and prevailed today is the severest for a
| long time. Snow has not fallen, but the
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age on land and water While no serious
disasters have yet been reported. awnings,
signs, fences and trees were blown down,
and great apprehension was felt between
| and O'Clock this morning that many houses
would yield to the gale. All northern bound
steamers and mails are detained.
CARMEL, Pa. Jan. 9.-All the collieries
were compelled again to suspend today by
| the heavy storm. Snow is now from 18 inch
es to two feet deep. Water is still flowing
rapidly into the collieries, and, should the
weather become warm within the next few
days, the melted snow viii do incalculable
damage to mining operations.
! SANDWICH, Jan. 9.-The wind blew down
| the chimney of the Boston and Sandwich
| glass works. Schooner Congress of and for
Bath, Me-, came ashore this forenoon at Ogs-
| terville beach. Boats were sent out and the
crew rescued. The vessel is probably total
| wreck.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 9-No winter storm
has been so general throughout the State as
| the one at present prevailing. No trains
| have run in the State since early yesterday
| morning, and no efforts have been made to
] clear the tracks, because of the lmposslblllty
/ of men working in the extreme cold and the
| fact that the drifting snow would I'LL up any
| cuts made. Two trains started on the Union
/ Pacific line West yesterday, but had to be
| pulled back. All the Union Pacific branches
! have been abandoned. and the exact condi-
| tion of the main line further West cannot be
/ ascertained as the telegraph wires are all
down. The Burlington & Missouri Chicago,
! ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, Fremont,
/ Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, in fact, every
| line Of track in the State is abandoned. No
| trains left for the East today, and no traffic
| has taken place on the Missouri River bridge.
| Business is practically at standstill.
BosToN, Jan. 9.-The schooner Ambrose
III. Knight of Boothbay, Capt. Spofford, at
1 this port yesterday, reports while at anchor
in the roads during the gale, the schooner
1 dragged her anchor and collided with the
| schooner Petrol of Camden. The Knight
| had rails and stanchions stove, broke fore
| boom and lost sails. The Petnel lost anchor
! and chains.
/ BosToN, Jan 9.-Schooner Juliet, stone
| laden, which struck on the rocks between
| Deer Isle and Winthrop Head during the
| Juliet left Portland Conn, Friday, bound to
! New York. She was a small craft of 96
tons. While forging ahead at great speed
| breakers were made on the port bow. The
schooner was kept off, and a little later
| struck on Great FaWn bar, but the sea car
| ried her over, and forced her on to shoal
| between Deer Island and Winthrop Head.
| Between FaWn bar and the place she finally
brought up upon, three men We're carried
| overheard by a tremendous sea that swept
the little schooner fore and aft. Nothing
/ could be done by those ON the schooner to
help their comrades, and they drifted away
and sunk before their eyes: When the YES
4t,N1 aIrNcr 4nnI
to the rigging, and, frozen by the, biting air
and wet by every roll of the vessel, awaited
| succor At o'clock Deputy Superintendent
| w. A. Witham of Deer Island saw the sltua-
tion of the vessel, and sent for assistance to
| the tug Sam Little, Capt. Ranlett. The tug
steamed into the gut, and her mate, John
Jacobson, seeing that it would be impossible
for the tug to reach the schooner, called for
volunteers from the prisoners on the island
to man the surf boat. Out OF large num-
Der Mr.. jacobson picked four men, and,
taking the boat in tow, the Little steamed
out to her assistance. Reaching to wind
ward of the wreck, the boat was dropped as
near as was possible, and the men on the
schooner told to drop overheard and they
would be picked up. One of the crew was in
the maintopmast the two others being below
him. and as the vessel rolled in the heavy
| surf they were forced 10 feet into the water
ly freezing, and his companion In the rigging
continually beat him with rope. AS the
boat came near, the apparently freezing man
was placed in boWline, the end flung to the
boats crew, and he was pulled aboard. By
Skilful management Capt. Ranlett managed
to get a little nearer the schooner, and the
remaining two sailors jumped overheard and
were hauled on to the tug. The frozen man,
upon reaching the island, was at once taken
in hand by DR.. Cogswell of the medical staff,
assisted by the prisoners, and was revived.
Upon carefully examining him it was found
that his shoulder was dislocated, and he was
taken to the island hospital. The wreck and
rescue were witnessed by throng of people
who lined the beach, and waited breathlessly
the result of the effort of the Sam Little.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Schooner Lookout,
whaler, of Lubec, Me-, from New York, with
coal, for Lubec, is ashore off Truro, about
four miles south of Highland light. Crew
saved. Total loss.
GLOUCESTER, JAN 9.-The schooner F. E.
Halloek, from Maine port for Baltimore,
was run into last night in the outer harbor
by the steamer Forest City, breaking her
rail and doing other damage.
New YORK, Jan. 9.-Schooner John W.
Brown, from New York for Portland, is
ashore on a sandy beach near City Point.
She is not leaking and will be hauled off
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 9.--Between six and
| seven o'clock this morning the schooner