Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-11
THE WORST HAS PAsT-HERE AND
ELSEWHERE.

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reported at an end. but has left much of
the effects in its tracks, The first mails
from Baltimore and the North since
Friday, arrived this morning. Trains
on both roads are now passing through
without interruption, and notice is Civ
Ell that all trains will leave on schedule
time in the future. The experience of
some of the passengers who left here on
both roads Is very interesting. The An
napolis correspondent of the Morning
Herald gives the following account of
the scenes around our harbor in the past
two or three days. "The storm has
somewhat abated, and tonight, as the
full moon shines upon the waters light
ing Annapolis harbor and affording a
glimpse Of the wide expanse of the outer
bay, it does not look ut all fearful, and
would hardly suggest the terrible exper-
fences of the recent period"
SCENES IN THE HARBOR.
Probably the worst experience yet re-
ported is that of the schooner Levin X.
which arrived in our harbor late Satur-
day afternoon. When the storm struck
them Friday afternoon they were off
Thomas Point, and shortly after they
were fast in the ice and moving along at
slashing pace, with sails and ropes 50
frozen and stiff that their manipulation
WAS impossible, and not even jib could
be raised with which to skirt before the
wind.
For fifteen miles they were carried in
the moving ice, sometimes with the bow
entirely under water and so icelogged
that sinking was imminent, until Poplar
Island was reached A half dozen other
dredging pungies were in the same fix,
and nothing has been heard from them.
All the vessels were in distress and off
Poplar Island, when the tug Maude H.,
Captain Woolford, was sighted. The
tug gave all possible aid, but she could
handle only one, and the McNemar was
brought to Annapolis and anchored at
Martin s wharf. The McNemar presents
an appearance similar to an Arctic ex-
plorer. Her rigging and hull are covered
with ice so thick that hardly single
plank can lie distinguished. OF the less
fortunate vessels drifting in the ice off
Plum Point, and which had to he aban-
doned 10y the tugs, little can be said, but
their situation is at least desperate.
Among these boats were the Levin In
sley, III. X. Price and Thomas Kenny.
The McNemar reports the schooner
G. A. Crenside as sunk and abandoned
off TOlley s, and the three-master Ogden
fast in the ice off Sandy Point. The tug
Annie Belle, Captain Boone, was also at
Martin s wharf. AT Dubois wharf a
whole feet of tugs is anchored; the larg-
est is the Hercules, Captain Chase, of
New York. The Hercules was bound
from Philadelphia to Baltimore, having
barge 81 of the Standard Oil Company
in tow. OFF Kent Island they were bat
Ting with the ice for nine hours, but
could not get through. The Latrobe at
tempted to break way, but could not,
according to the tug men, do as much
in this line as the tugs. The Hercules
left her tow Saturday night and proceed
ed to Baltimore for coal. She returned
to Annapolis last night and this morn
ing proceeded to Kent Island with the
tugs May Russsll and Rescue. There
the Hercules, which is powerful tug,
will break passage out for the oil barge
and the other two will tow her out
Captain Chase reports Kent Island tc
be strewn with veseels, many deserted.
The schooner Meteor is fast and the
schooner Emma Estelle sunk in that
vicinity. The three-master Yale is al
safe anchorage off Sandy Point and the
Hester J. Herndon is reported fast of
Kent Island.
The pungy Emma was released from
an icy prison by the Hercules off Sharp'i
Island and many other tugs which were
in Annapolis Friday. attempted to gel
to Baltimore with a tow Saturday, but
returned. Among these were the Asher
Headson, George S. Rieman, Hanson s.
| Keps, John J. Brady, and Frances. AL
these vessels attempted to get smaller
| crafts out of the ice yesterday. but we I
unsuccessful. All the tugmen are lOuC
| in their denunciation of the LatrObe
They claim that it does not help thos'
needing its assistance most, but chief,
lends its aid to the steamers able to ge
| along themselves. They also claim tha
| the LatrObe either cannot or will no
attempt to cut through ice that an ordi
/, nary tug can break, and is therefor
| practically useless The harbOr is ful
| of small crafts, and the frequent egres
and ingress of the many tugs has mad
much open water.
/ THE STORM IN THE STATE.
The public schools of Hagerstown wer
closed on account Of the storm.
| Frederick county suffered greatly from
| the storm. No trains reached the city
Snow drifts ten and twelve feet dee
were reported.
The thermometer at four O'Clock Sat
urday morning registered 14o below zer
in Frostburg. at eight o'clock tina
evening it was 60 below zero.
The snow was seven inches on the lev
el in Cecil county. Telegraph commu
| nication was affected. Mills and factC
ries were suspended.
The snow was so deep in Hyattsyills
having drifted into banks nearly doze
feet deep, that many people had to en-
their way to the streets, and not fe'
abandoned the idea of getting out Q
their houses.
The thermometer at Oakland register
ed fifteen degrees below zero. RailrOa
travel has been almost suspended. Pa
| senger trains east and west have com
into Oakland from four to seven houi
late and hauled by two engines.