Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-14
PREVAILS IN THE EAST AND ALONG
THE COAST.
1t Is the Worst Storm Since h
Memorable One of March Ii, ISIS,
and Causes Wrecks on the
Ocean and Also More or Less
Serious Wrecks ON Rail-
roads.
TIDAL WAVE ALONG THE COAST.
1t Causes Considerable Damage mt
Various Points Along the
Upper Atlantic.


the throes of a snow storm that
eclipSed any similar storm since the
memorable one Of March IA, 1888.
There have been numerous wrecks
along the coast, and several railroad
wrecks of a more or less serious char
acter are reported as a result Of the
storm. Along the upper Atlantic
coast a tidal wave did considerable
damage, especially at Newfoundland
towns. In Florida orange and other
fruit trees were damaged to the ex-
tent of millions Of dollars. Traffic on
surface street railways is much de-
layed, and in consequence the elevated
roads are being taxed beyond their ca
| pacityr under normal conditions. With
that capacity reduced two-thirdS by
the storm, the delay is most annoying.
Trains were runningtw enty-and twen-
ty-five minutes apart, and as they
stopped at the station the cars were SO
full that in some instances the gates
could not be opened, and no II could
get in. Women were pulled out oyer
ratings, and hundreds OF people were
carried by their station. Men not only
filed all the platforms, but clung on
outside the ratings Of the real plat
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curves. On the North and East rivers,
where the storm had a clear sweep,
and where the running cakes 'of ice
added to the danger, the ferry boats
stopped running when the storm was
at it's fiercest. They made half-hourly
trips during the night, and just before
dawn stopped running altogether.
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ging out a snow-bound train OH the
Pennsylvania railroad near Lucknow
ten men We're run down by a section Of
the Pacific express. Two were killed
instantly, two injured so badly that
they lived but a short time, and n
fifth is at the city hospital with a
fractured skull, his arm broken In
three places and severe contusions Of
the face. The dead are John *. Dnrr,
Noah Nye, George NJ. Stroup and John
CrosSley.
Norwich, Conn, Feb. 10. - A milk
train on the Utica branch Of the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railroad
crashed into the rear end of the Phil
adelphia express two miles above the
city this afternoon. The wife OF Re-
corder Roberts Of ~BinShamton. and
her two children. received injuries
which will be fatal in the case of the
younger, aged two years.
Washington. Feb. 10. - Secretary
Hoke Smith is aboard a stalled At
lanta train. None of the Washington
and Alexandria local trains are run
ming and Baltimore train service is ir-
regular.
Halifax, n. s., Feb. 10-The follow
ing has been received from South In
gOnish, G. B.: Telegraph lines are
down and are buried in the rocks for
half a mile. Twenty-Five houses and
shops were washed off the beach.
Nothing was saved at Middlehead. All
fish stores were swept away. At New
Haven all fish stores and dry goods
stores are gone. These are results Of
the storm"
FAN River, Mass, Feb. 10.-The high
est tide since 1869 occurred here this
morning. All the docks along the river
were flooded and bales of cotton and
oil barrels were foated off into the
river. The water set fire to lime In a
]storehouse of Borden & Remington,
dealers in mill and building supplies,
and the building and contents were
destroyed. Cotton worth $4,000 was
burned.
Gloucester. Mass, Feb. 10.-Owing to
the excessive high tides the wharves
Of this port have been damaged to the
extent Of $4,000.
jacksonville. Fla. Feb. 10.-Orange
and other fruit trees are probably all
killed outright, except the oldest and
toughest of them, for they were naked,
budding and full of sap and particular
ly susceptible to the cold. The loss
will be millions Of dollars
Washington, Feb. 10.-Three trains
on the Baltimore & Ohio were wrecked
at Beltzville, twelve miles from here.
The damage TO the trains was great,
although no lives were lost
Toronto, Feb. 10.-The Grand Trunk
train due here this morning got stalled
at Weston. eight miles from here, and
was run into by a London train. The
driver and fireman Of the London
train were badly scalded. Several pas
sengers were badly injured. The cars
burned.