The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-22
MANY SHIPS AGROUND.
Great Damage to Vessels Along
the Atlantic Coast.
The Storm Was the Worst in Years
and New York Harbor Is Full
of Ice.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

Boston, Feb. 21.-Snow commenced fall
ing last Friday and has continued with
short lull Sunday. 1t Is two feet deep, with
drifts in places of twenty feet The
weather has turned In Intensely cold and the
amount Of suffering must be large. Ship
ping has been damaged more severely than
the railways and telephone lines. From
several points on the coast come tales Of
disaster and suffering The wind blew 40
miles an hour.
The storm passed over Boston on its way
to the northeast. The backbone was broken
last night. No vessels left port yesterday.
and Gloucester reports that only two fisher
men ventured outside, so that unless the
weather moderates there will be a scarcity
of fish.
The telegraph companies report that their
local service is in bad shape. and that New
York is almost cut off, but to the west and
north there is but slight interference.
The schooner May was lost Sunday night
off the st. Mary's coast. She was owned in
Portland, Maine. The crew was saved.
The schooner John Paul, on the rocks off
Point judith. X. l., has gone to pieces, and
her cargo is total loss. At Scituate the
watchman in the marine tower reports that
he cannot see the cliffs for the snow. l. is
feared there are several wrecks on that ter
rible piece.
The Parsons struck off Gloucester har-
Dor, and is ashore and a total loss. The
Magnolia went on the shoals near GlOuces-
ter, but before she was badly grounded
steamtug pulled her off. The schooner
Enos B. Phillips of Boston, Captain j. G.
Brown, from Baltimore for Boston, with a
cargo of coal, consigned to the West End
Street Railway Company, is sunk between
Point Alert0n and Pardings Ledge, with
her masts sticking out of the water. She
and her cargo are total loss. The coal
schooner Alliance was driven On the rocks
at Block Island to-day and went to pieces.
The captain and three Of the crew were
drowned. Numerous vessels are reported
ashore from all along the coast.
Trains On the Main Central, Boston and
Maine, Connecticut River, Central Vermont
and New England roads are stalled, with
but fair prospect of moving them to-day.
All mails from the West ar5 ten hours late.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-C0mpetent authori-
ties Of twenty years experience along the
river fronts say the trouble on the two
rivers experienced by all the river craft
last night and this morning was due to the
wind and tide. and the Ice beat anything
they have ever seen before.
The North and East rivers are filled with
ice, and the upper bay resembed an arctic
sea in It's unbroken field of crystal. The
mass extends from shore to shore. During
the night the ice came down the North
River in giant foes and was swept down
the bay till it reached from side to side and
raised an almost impossible barrier. The
result of all was the lowest ebb tide in the
bay in twenty-five years. 1t is said many
ferry. boats ran aground at the piers. The
heavy ice also made navigation extremely
dangerous. even for the largest ships.
The Roosevelt ferry to Williamsburg,
usually making the trip in twelve minutes.
occupied full hour this morning. Others
were greatly DELAYED.