Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-12-06
THURSDAY, DEC. 6. 1883.
EASTERN STORMS.

The following from an eastern
journal describes some of the pleas
ures of winter i'm that land-The
same severity of the storm was felt
at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the
gale was so heavy that the steam
ships refused to leave port. The
weekly mail steamer Vancouver
and the steamers Worcester from
Boston and Alpha from Western
ports are delayed. Montreal had a
particularly exciting time of it,
The wind blew at the rate Of Y
miles an hour, the minimum being
AZ miles The streets and country
roads were banked with snOw-drifts
and all horse car traffic has been
stopped. The gale last night blew
in IA window i'm Aldermen Rosseau's
house and upset lamp, which
exploded, setting fire to the dwell
ing and fatally burning Mrs. Ros-
seau. FOrty-four persons were
picked up in the streets unable to
make their way against the storm.
The steamer Pomeranian, bound
for Liverpool which was stuck at
Sorel by the aid of four tugs made
an attempt to reach Quebec Sunday.
She got as far as Batiscan, S5 miles
this side of Quebec, where she an
chored for the night. On Monday
morning not only the steamship
but the tugs too were frozen in. She
will not get through this season.
Her bows are badly cut by the ice
and she may become total loss.
The Allen Steamship Company,
who own her, will loose more than
100000.
At Quebec the iron ferryboats
that ply between that point and
Point Lewis were caught i'm the ice,
which threatened to crush them.
The steamship Polina, bound from
Cape Breton to Quebec, was seen
struggling against the gale and ice
in the Gulf of Fame Point, 800
miles below Quebec, at daylight
Monday morning. She suddenly
disappeared, and has not been seen
since. There are fears that she has
been lost She had forty passen-
gers, crew of 30, and general car
go. Lislet reports binding snow
storm, easterly gales, and the Gulf
packed with ice. A similar report
comes from River Du Loup, SIS miles
below Quebec. A telegram says
that II schooner commanded by
Capt. Ovington, bound up the Sag
uenay, was caught in the ice and
the crew would loose their lives.
The schooner II. Tremblay, bound
for Mile Vaches, is ashore, and II
not cut 10 pieces by the Ice will be
smashed by the rocks, Point Mag
nerean Signal Station reported a
brig caught In the Ice, powerless
I'm the gale, and flying signals of
distress. Telegraph wires are down
everywhere and all railroads are
badly blocked. At Newcastle six
sohooners We're caught and crushed
In the ice, and u similar fate over
took ten vessels ut Chatham. Five
vessels were caught opposite Quebec
They are expected 10 be crushed be-
fore morning.
The steamer Powerful, while on
,her way from Boucherville, Satur-
day, was caught i'm the gale near
Nelson's Island and was driven
ashore. The night was piercingly
cold, and men and horses were
nearly frozen, Sunday was also
spent ON board, aud it was only
yesterday forenoon that their plight
was discovered, The steamer
Longueuil nan out from the south
shore, but the men, more than half
dead, had 20 pay an extra fare be-
fore the Captain would take them
ashore, When the Longueuil was
returning 10 the south shore she,
too, was caught In the ice and sew
eral OF the blades Of her propeller
were smashed.