St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-13
GALE and WASHOUTS
Rorst Storm in Fifteen Years
Raging on the Atlantic
Coast.
boat Houses, Barns and
Bridges Floated Away in
the Rivers. %
abode Island Railroad Tracks
and Wharves Are Under
Water.
ice Gorges in Pennsylvania
Flood a Large Number
of Houses.

NEW YORK, Jan. II. = Tidings of
ktorm on the New England coast and
Inland have been received from many
points. At Birmingham, Conn.,. a
freShet in the Housatonic river broke
up the ice and swept it over meadows
and under 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 1000 tons
of ice must be removed before travel
can be resumed. Boat houses and barns
have been floated away in the
Naugatuck valley. The Derby driving
park buildings are submerged and bat
tered 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 wa
ters, and the wharves are flooded.
Large quantities of goods have been
washed away, and the harbor is dotted
thick with cotton bales, casks and goods
boxes. Large quantities of coal slid
into the river from packets whose sides
were burst by the tide. A large
pile of lumber was swept into
the river, and is floating about.
Two schooners were blown upon An
thongs wharf. The American Print
ing company's works and the Metacomet
mill have been compelled to shut down,
their fires having been eXtinguished by
the incoming tide. At Providence, r.
l., 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
southeast wind and rain which began
there last night developed into
terrific southwest to north
west gale today. which continues
tonight with very high tides and low
barometer. The indicators point to
bad night along the coast. Heavy
gales and extremely high tides are re-
ported along the Maine coast. AT Cam
den all the Wharyes were flooded and
the water reached a higher point than
ever before known. AT Eastport the
wind reached velocity of forty-five
miles an hour, the barometer dropped
lower than for many years past, and
the tide was the highest since 1869;
damage was done in the lumber yards
near by. In Machias the water was the
highest ever known. and 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 gem
orally impeded. All incoming trains
are delayed. At Allentown, Pa, rain
has fallen heavily. There is washout
at Steuben's, Oh the Lehigh d Wilkes
barre railroad. At Slatington the water
is in a number of houses, caused by an
ice gorge at the Franklin dam. The
Parryville wire rod mill, Johnston q
Swartz's furniture and the Adelaide
silk mill are idle. Three hundred peo-
pie ale not working. At 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.