The Portland daily press., 1893-02-21
Ragged Over a Wide Extent Of Coun.
try Yesterday.
SNOW DRIFES MANY FEET DEEP
AND FIERCE WINDS PREVAILED.
Traffic Suspended in Many Places-Life
Saving Crews Patrolling the Coasts
The Worst Experience Since 1885,

worst storm since 1888 is raging here to-
day. Over two feet of snow has fallen.
The electric road is paralyzed. General
traffic is greatly impeded. The wind is
blowing gale and the snow drifting
badly, threatening to blockade the Maine
| Central Railroad All trains are de-
layed.
Business at standstill in Lewiston.
LEWISTON, February 20.-Not street
car has been able to make a trip in Lewis
ton and Auburn today and business has
been practically at standstill on ac-
count of the terrific storm, the worst of
the winter Nearly two feet of snow
| fell and the wind blew a gale twill be
48 hours before travel can be resumed
on country roads in this vicinity. The
citizens were making great preparations
| for the sleighing carnival and horse races
on Tuesday, but they are postponed to
| Thursday on account of the blizzard.
| There are nine entries in the ESQ class
and three in the 2.31 class. A track has
| been made on the river. Forty trotters
will be sold at auction Wednesday.
| Schools and Streets Deserted
HANOVER, N. H., February 20.-The
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of blizzard. 1t is the worst since 1886.
No attempt is made to open the public
schools. The streets are deserted and
are fast becoming impossible.
Great Delay of Trains.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., February 20.-
/ Twelve inches of snow, blown by heavy
wind. have delayed all through and local
trains during the day. Is is still snow
| ing and blowing, and the thermometer is
falling. All freight trains have been
cancelled.
Manchesters's Dose.
MANCHESTER, N. H., February 20-
| The severest storm since 1888 has pre-
vailed since early this morning. The
wind is blowing 35 miles an hour, and in
creasing in velocity The thermometer
| is 1Oo above zero, but falling. Snow
| drifts are from five to ten feet in height
and travel is greatly impeded on the
streets, while steam trains are many
hours late. The fire alarm and telephone
wires are partly down.
A Drop of .5 Degrees.
WATERBURY, Vt, February 90 - A
northwestern blizzard, accompanied by a
| binding snow storm, prevails here today
The storm is the worst of the season.
The thermometer fell 25o in five hours
this morning.
Trains Delayed at Hudson.
HUDSON, Mass, February TO- The
| worst snow storm of the season prevails.
Trains are generally delayed on account
| of the high drifts. The Washington ex-
press is three and one-half hours late.
The Gale at Gloucester.
GLOUCESTER. February 20.-The most
severe storm of the season prevails here
TODAY. The fail of snow is accompanied
by violent ga1e. The only accident re-
ported is the collision Of the pilot boat
Varuna of Boston with a three-masted
schooner, the former ca, rying away bow
spirit and doing other light damage. The
schooner was not injured.
Abram Smith, who belonged at Trim
ity, N. f.. was lost overheard February 8
while on a passage to Fortune Bay.
Electric Roads Stalled.
WORCESTER, Mass, February 20.-A
fierce westerly and northwesterly wind
has blown in this vicinity since midnight
and has been practically blizzard.
Only little snow fell but the wind has
drifted it badly. The country roads are
|
stalled. The telegraph and telephone
service is also somewhat crippled.
A Blast in New York.
| New York, February 20.-The wind
is blowing gale this morning from the
west at Sandy Hook and a very heavy
sea is running. Tugs and small craft
about the bay are having hard time
buffeting the wind and waves, and re-
ports are beginning to come in of vessels
in distress at Sandy Hook, City Island
and other places along the shore.
The schooner j. Butler of New York,
bound from Amboy to Sandy Hook, with
coal for the Engineers Department
there, has sunk alongside the govern
ment dock.
An unknown barque anchored in the
lower bay is dragging her anchors and is
likely to go ashore on the beach at Sandy
Hook.
A steamer, apparently the Satuit, with
barge in tow, is near the end of Romer
Shoa1, The barge is aground.
Work of the Gale in Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, February 20.-The
gale which swept over this city last night
did considerable damage. 1t was like a
hurricane in force and continued
throughout the night. High board fences
in various parts of the city were blown
down and some of the principal streets
were strewn with sign boards and avn
ings. The only serious damage done was
the blowing down of fifteen two-story
and basement frame houses on Troy
avenue near Butler street. The buildings
were not fairly completed and conse-
auently were not occupied and no one
was injured.
Terrific Blizzard at W ilkesbarre. Pa.
| WILKEsBARRE, Pa, February 20.-At
9 o'clock last night a terrific blizzard
swept over this city and vicinity. accom-
panied by peals of thunder and binding
| lightning. It had been showing all day
and in the evening the fury of the storm
increased. The pedestrians almost
within reach of their own doors
became confused by the plinding snow
and had serious difficulty in reaching
places of safety. For fully half an hour
the blizzard ragged, the mercury going
down ten degrees. The air seemed to be
hacked with flying snow, the wind howl