The Indianapolis journal., 1891-01-13
HEAVY GALES ON THE COAST
Great Damage to Wharves and Ship
ping by High Tides in New England.
Harbors Dotted with Wreckage and Goods of
All Kinds-Bridges Washed Out by Fresh
ets-High Waters in Pennsylvania.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Tidings of storm
on the New England coast have been re-
ceived from many points. At Birmingham,
Conn, q freshet in the Housatonic river
broke up the ice and swept it over meadows
and through bridges. Three hundred feet
of piling of the Derby railroad were
snapped off like pipe-stems. The pier of
one of the railroad bridge spans has been
taken. and the iron span is topping. Over
one thousand tons of ice must be removed
before travel can be resumed. Boat-houses
and barns have been foated away in the
Naugatuck valley. The Derby Driving
Park buildings are submerged and battered
by ice. The meadows are SIX feet under
water. and losses will be considerable.
At Fall River. Mass, gales from the south
piled in the waters and the wharves are
flooded. Large quantities of goods have been
washed away and the harbor isdotted thick
with cotton bales, casks and dry goods boxes
Large quantities of coal slid into the river
from packets whose sides were burst by the
water. A large pile of lumber was swept
into the river and is floating about Two
schooners were blown upon Anthony's
wharf The American Printing Company's
works and the Metacomet mill have been
compelled to shut down, their fires having
been extinguished by the incoming tide.
At Providence; Ri, railroad tracks and
wharves are under water and on the east
shore buildings have been beaten over. The
tide was the highest in fifteen years.
Wharves are flooded at Newport, r. l.
At Highland Light. Mass. the high south
there last night developed into terrific
southwest to northwest glae to-day, which
continues tonight. with very high tides
and low barometer. The indications point
to bad night along the coast.
Heavy gales and extremely high tides
are reported along the Maine coast. At
Camden all the wharves are flooded, and
the water reached higher point than ever
before known. At Eastport the wind
reached velocity of fOrty-tive miles an
hour, the barometer dropped lower than
for many years. and the tide was the high
est since 1869. wharves were covered with
water and great damage was done in the
lumber-ya ards near by. In Machias the
much damage was done to wharf property
and bridges.
The worst snow-storm of the season
struck Montreal last night. Reports from
the country say that traffic is generally
impeded. All incoming trains are delayed.
At Allentown, Pa, rain has fallen heav-
lily. There is q washout at Steubens. on
the Lehigh e. Wilkesbarre road. At Stat
ing the water is in q number of houses,
caused by an ice gorge at Franklin dam.
The fires in the Parryville wire-mill,
Johnston & Swartz's furniture factory and
the Adelaide sllk-mill are ont. At 3 O'clock
this morning the Schuylkill river at Read
ing was nine feet above low-water mark
In Vermont bridges have been swept
away, and trains are delayed by storm and
freshet.
Shipwrecked Crew In Perilous Position.
PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 12-United States
revenue steamer Woodbury.. at noon, to-
day. discovered signals of distress from a
shipwrecked crew on q lone rock known as
Junk of PORT" lying outside of Green
island, about five miles east of Port
land head. A terrible sea is run
ming. The breakers are fearful. and
they extend one hundred yards
or more outside of the rock. No boat could
live for moment once within the break
ers. The vessel has been ground to atoms
and six of her crew are on the
rock, well up out of the way
of the sea. They can't be rescued until
morning, and not then unless the
sea goes down. They have no food or
shelter. The Woodbury. lay till dark
vainly endeavoring to get an opportunity
to lower her boats and go to the rescue OF
the men, but was compelled to leave them
until day light tomorrow morning. Dories
have been procured. and an attempt to
catch the shIpwrecked men will be made.