Evening star., 1894-04-10
BLIZZARD IN NEW ENGLAND.
Wrecks on the Coast Caused by the


Gale.
fierce northeast gale, accompanied by a
blinding snow storm. has prevailed along
the New England coast for the last twenty
four hours. Many reports OF marine disas-
tiers, in one of which six lives were lost,
have come in.
The shipwreck which caused the loss of
Elk lives occurred off Cape Cod The bark
Belmont Of Boston. with sugar, from Trini-
dad, went ashore on Peaked Hill bars. So
high were the wind and sea and so terrible
the sand bars that in thirty minutes the
bark was q wreck and fast breaking TO
pieces.
Three crews of life savers soon reached
the beach opposite the wreck. Just then
a great comber caught the craft under her
counter and swung her broadside TO the
sea. Her crew were seen to rush wildly in
TO the mizzen rigging. They had barely
gained fooJhOld when, with a crash, all
three of her masts went by the board, and
8n half an hour she was mass OF splinter
ed wreckage.
In the meantime the life savers had
launched theIr boat and were battling
against the surf in their efforts to reacn
the drowning sailors. only three out OF
the entire ships company OF nine reached
the shore alive, and Jney were rescued from
a piece OF wreckage by the life savers. The
names OF the Rescued men are Benjamin
Olsen. Peter Turner and John Stewart.
The schooner Nellie was wrecked sunday
night at Granite cove, on Cape Ann. she
belonged IN Thomaston, Me, and was
bound from Port Johnson to Salisbury, with
a load OF coal. The members of the crew
all saved themselves by lowering them
Selves from the davits. The vessel is a to-
tai loss.
The schooner Henry d. May of Milford,
Del, Is a wreck at LanesVliIe. She was
lying at the wharf of the LaneSville Gran
OOnDanV. which
and went ashore on the rocks. Not much
uneasness was felt for her at first, but now
1t IS said that she will be total loss.
NanIasket Beach, Mass, reported that
the three -masted schooner Mary A. Hood
went ashore at Strawberry Hill sunday
evening and will be a total loss. The ves-
sci, with Capt r. w. Corson and a crew OF
six men, was bound from Philadelphia to
Bath, Me, with cargo of water pipe con-
signed TO the Bath water works. She left
Vineyard sound Saturday afternoon, and
was making good progress until she ran
into the April blizzard raging for the past
twenty-four hours She struck the storm
at o'clock Sunday morning of Highland
light, and Capt COrSon tried TO make BoS-
ton light The heavy weather. however,
baffied his attempt. The crew were finally
rescued by a hfeboat
Portland. Me. reports the harbor full OF
Skipping. mostly coasters, which have put
in on account OF the storm. The vessels in
the harbor number more than one hundred
dispatch from ROckland, Me-, says:
head OF the bay this morning and drifted
upon the wreck of the Jennie Chenie. She
was towed off at high water by a tug.
dispatch from New burypOrt, Mass,
says: Capt Stevens, keeper or the life saw
ing station at knobbs Beach. at the lower
end of Plum Island. reports that the four
naSted schooner Mabel Jordan Of Thomas
ton. Me-, is at anchor IN dangerous posi-
ton near the heavy breakers. about half q
nile south Of the station, with her flag set
for assistance. II her anchors drag the
vessel will be driven on the beach. All the
men are on the beach TO render immediate
assistance if needed.
A Fire Island. y. Y. dispatch says: The
tkree-rnasted schooner benjamin b. Church,
Capt. Allen. from Philadelphia for Fall
River. coal laden. which went ashore on the
outer bar off the MecoX life saving station
at 1870 clock Sunday night, has gone TO
pieces.
One Of the greatest storms OF the winter
ragged at Halifax all Sunday night. There
was a violent easterly gale and heavy fall
of snow, and although the wind died out
yesterday. il is still showing hard. Tram
car service is denoralized and street traffic
much impeded-
Dispatches from various points in Nova
to have been general in the provinces, and
especially severe In Cape Breton.
Much CONCERN is felt for the steamer Wor-
cester, which left Boston Saturday, and
which should have reached Halifax at g
O'Clock yesterday morning. Up to noon
nothing had been heard of her.
The worst snow storm Of the season Is
prevailing throughout New brunswick.
There Is already about a foot Of
and the electric cars have stopped run