The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-03-22
TaE G6EAT EASTERN BLlZ.
ZARD.
The worst ever
known.

known.
The ADVANCE last " .rk gave pref
ty full general account Of the terrific
which truck tie Atlantic
States Sunday evening and para|ized
1t continued about the
usual three days of the Northwestern
blizzard and was in one respect worse
than any ever known in the North.
west, viz:ln the overwhelming masses
of snow which fell. The loss IT life
has been much greater than by the
great Western blizzard Of last winter,
Will" the suffering. Inconvenience and
loss to business, is as much greater AS
the population is greater. IL fact. in
these latter respects. New York and
the East can multiply our blizzard by a
million or two to get ut the correct
comparison.
Below are still further details Of this
great blizzard, the greatest ever known
on the continent:
DROWNED AND FROZEN.
CAPT. Burns brig Starke returned
from Capas to-day and says: Il be
lieve that all the scl,ooners that passed
the Cap-s since the beginning of the
storm are lost.
Mrs. Sophia CARRIER aged sixty six
was found frozen to death in her home
near Pottstow,'. Pa. last night.
1t is estimated that ut least 1,O0(
poles are down between New York and
Washington, and the forces Of the
company are being concentrated be-
tween the two points fOt the purpose
Of constructing temporary line.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
New York-.lleports from islant
points AND along the coast bring ;
fearful story Of the loss of life. Frou
almost every village there come report:
Ot freezing. Old vesselmen say ther,
has not been sNcl, Il storm on tht
waters in their memory, and that sew
eral vessels have been lost with all or
board.
Roscoe C"nkling said that he had .
fair constitution ami had been in sO,lle
pretty tight places in Lis life, but that
he had never f"unh himself rs far gone
physically rs gu Monday night in Un-
ion square. Long Island City streets
are blocked. Twenty funerals IN route
to Calvary crmstery are stuck in snow
drifts on b ,r,len avenue. The cOr?srs
had to be taken int" houses near by
over night. Some Of the m"nrners
drivers and horses had to be- dug ont
nearly frozen to death. Ii Prnnsyl
vania freight yard u Car load of sheer
pprished.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
There was a milk anime in N. Ycrt
and Philadelphia and almost a Goa
famine. soc u quart for milk and $l5 4
ton Tor coal.
Two Thousand business men from
Mott Haven were showed in near Pei
hamviIle, Il suburb Of New York, since
Monday morning. An afternoon paper
estimates the business loss, contingent
loss and actual pecuniary outlay
which the storm will occasion in New
York city, IT. no less than 81 .0OO. 900
and loss to the state involved SO, 900,
600. OF the twentynine staunch beat:
that compose the harbor fleet of New
York. twelve are safely in port. having
Outridden the storm, nine were wreck
ed Monday aud eighteen, which were
out on the open sea. remain utterly un'
heard of. IN Brooklyn fifty eigh>
people enquired At police headquarter:
last night for missing friends. Nom
of tho missing ones could he fond j,
the station house and it is feared tina
many have been lost. Among these re
ported missing are several school child
rem. James ". Fitzgerald, farme
living three miles from Lorrain, ven
there Monday to buy groceries and lef
for home 1T s O'Clock in the evening
Yesterday morning his horse wa
found i" u field half frozen. Fitzqer
aid is undoubtedly buried under tn
has blown nearly all the water out q
water supply is exhausted. Should
sweep. Public offices are closed an
People are melting snow for drinking
water and all the factories have bee
shut down.
SUFFERING ON TRAINS.
A Reading (Pa.) dispatch says: Som
terrible stories of suffering are told b.
men who were engaged yesterday i
opening the railroad. The wind BILE,
with great velocity, the temperatur
ranging from deg. below zero to l
deg. above. Many persons engaged i
opening the roads were overcome b
tie. cold. The dead bodies ot thre
men are reported to have been foun
between the city and PottstOwr
Cattle have persisted from cold an
teams had to be abandoned on tn
roads. Barns were unroofed, fence
blown down and mighty forest tree
levrled by the storm. Passengers on
train on the East Pennsylvania rail
road, after having been snow b0un
twenty four hours. were rescued, hal
starved and nearly frozen to deatl
Among them were three ladies. Tt
gentlemen, after effpcting their escap
from the train, procured two sleigh
and returning placed the ladies
them. They dragged the sleigh
through snow drifts to MorristOwl
about u mile, reaching that place tho
oughly exhausted.
GREAT WRECK OF VESSELS.
LEwEs, Del, March l4-Addition,
advices were received here to-day frOI
Delaware Brakewater fully corroboral
ing the terrible tale of exposure, loss
life and damage of shipping which pr
vailed on Sunday night during I'll
heavy storm. It is stated that twent,
two persons were drowned or frozen
death. A number If vessels of all Dr.
criptions were sunk, several were {
badly damaged that they are no
practically valueless. while many wei
still very likely require weeks to flo'
them. The privati"ns of the crew u!
extremely pitiful. During the nigl