Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-20
DEATH ON THE ICE.
Six Farmers Lost While Crossing
the st. Lawrence.
MANY STORM CASUALTIES.
Heavy Rains Do Serious DamaGe-Awfnl
Experience of the onalaskas's Crew.
The Gale Leaves the Dispatch
stuck I'm the Mud.

MONTREAL, Dec. 90 Word comes from
Boucheville, village on the river, few
miles below here, that on Monday afternoon
six farmers, named Viau, Lahamme, Mi
chaud, Maud, Piche and Nudel, started to
come here on the new ice with teams loaded
with Christmas products.
Vau and LaHamme were accompanied by
their wives, and each of the other four had a
son with him. They had not been long upon
the ice when the blizzard opened in all its
fury. The whole party got lost in thesstorm,
and were unable to reach the shore As
night fell the ice began to break up.
Nothing could be seen of the party from
the shore, but during the night persons at
narrow points on the river heard cries for
help coming out Of the darkness
OF course no help could be rendered, and
when morning came nothing could be seen of
the party, nor was there any sign that sin
gle one of them had been able TO reach the
rivers bank.
As the river is now open between Montreal
and Boucheville, the general belief here is
that all were lost.
Two brothers, Charles and Andrew Wall,
have arrived at Carlton in an almost dying
condition While crossing the St Lawrence
TlNtT. lTOL1 OlIlt FOTiuue, ltlC1 were cduRub
in the blizzard; the ice broke under them,
their sleigh and horses were swept away and
they spent the night on an ice foe, from
which they were rescued in boat in the
morning. The younger man was rendered
almost insane by his sufferings.
Reports of more serious loss of life and
damage are expected when the telegraph is
once more in working order.
A dispatch from Quebec says that the
storm, which has been raging there since
Sunday, rose to a blizzard Tuesday, when
the wind and snow swept the almost deserted
streets with binding violence. The thor
oughfares are terribly drifted. All commu-
nication is cut Off between town and coun-
try.
Farmers from the surrounding districts
here say that the roads are almost impass-
able, and fences and buildings have been
blown down which will result in enormous
damage. 1t was difficult for them to get
even to their barns to care for their live
stock
LITcHFELD, Conn, Dec 19-The recent
heavy and continued rain fall has caused con-
siderable damage and much inconvenience in
this section. The waterways proving un-
equal to the task of carrying off the immense
volumes of water, food has ensue1, the like
of which is unknown in the memory of the
oldest inhabitants.
Barns and other outbuildings, together
with bridges and fences, have been broken
and swept away, as though made of paste
board No lives have as yet been reported
lost, but in many instances live stock has
been saved with the utmost difficulty and at
great personal risk to the rescuers. Many
roads are about impassable Travel on foot
| is out of the question, and that by team is
attended with much peril
| A young couple on their way to the par
sons to be. married were confronted by a
torrent so deep and swift that their horse
could not be induced to attempt the passage
But the hardy, long legged son of the Nut
meg state was not to be daunted or turned
from his purpose Leaving his team in charge
of friends, he took his blushing bride elect on
his back, and half wading and half swim
ming, reached the other side in safety, when
the happy pair, hand in hand, continued
their journey as though nothing unusual had
occurred.
The worst is now over and the water is
rapily falling.
NORWICH, Conn, Dec. 19.-Monday's rain
was the heaviest known here for years, the
water works register marking fall of 3 10
inches The swamps and streams were full,
The south end of Central wharf was over
flowed All of the cellars on the Shetucket
river were flooded, as were the billiard room
of the Metropolitan hotel and the cellars of
many stores on the square. Along the
stream the flats We're overhowei, and many
mills were compelled to shut down yesterday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. ia bad wash
out occurred on the Central Massachusetts,
railroad Just west of Oakdale, and no trains
came through from the east during the day.
A gang of men are repairing the damage.
The Ware river is, higher than before in ten
| years The water in Miller's river is very
| high and has overfiowed its banks be-
! tween: Orange and AthdLH Several manu-
featuring concerns in Orange have been
obliged to shut down entirely, while others
have resorted to steam power
CAPE May, n j., Dec. 19.-The brig Ona-
laska, Capt. Thomas J. Griggs, with crew of
| eight. of Boston, from Falmouth, Jamaica, for
Philadelphia, with a cargo Of $50 tons Of
logwood, stranded on the south bar OF Cold
Spring inlet in the thick southeast gale at a
quarter past 8 o'clock Tuesday night
She was discovered by the patrolman in
fifteen minutes A heavy, raging sea was
on and the wind was blowing hurricane,
gradually increasing, and the fog was dense.
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Cold Spring Life Saving station started to
rescue the crew. Attempts were made to row
| to her with the government surf boat, but so
strong was the wind and the undertow that
the efforts were Of no avail, the boat just
| turning around and striking the beach ct
| zach attempt.
The life savers brought TO the scene the
breeches buoy and Lyle gun. At 10 o'clock
q line was shot over the stranded brig, and
| the men on board hauled the hawser out and
made it fast to the mainmaxt. They did not
| know how to manage the breaches buoy and
| fastened whip, hawser and al. All this
lis - pen On ahors nnlled and hauled q
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