The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-17
STORMS ARE RAGING
HURRICANE RAVAGES The NORTH
ATLANTIC C0As..

ATLANTIC C0As..
Northwest Wind Carries Clouds Of Heavy
Snow. Only the Absence OF Extreme Cold
Distipg uishing the Storm From . Biz
zard-Barbors Gorsed With shipping
Fearful of yenturing Oat liz the Gale
Schooner UIrics Wrecked and the Grew
Three Deaths in and Near New York
New York, Dec 1.-THE northwest
o'clock last night grew in violence until
at 6 O'Clock this morning bowling gale
Of fifty miles an hour ragged. The storm,
| which cannot be called a blizzard, be-
cause lacking the element Of cold, was
the worst since 1883. At daylight this
morning inches of snow had fallen and
vas being whiled about by the wind. AS
the cay wore on the wind abated aud
the snowfall diminished. AT O'Clock the
sky began TO clear and with nightfaN the
gale disappeared. moving on 10 scourge
New England. About eight inches OF
snow fell. The lowest temperature
reached during the storm was % degrees
above zero. Surface and elevated roads
and ferries suffered much inconvenience.
but now are running as usual. Fifteen
hundred men are clearing the streets
and by 6 O'Clock tomorrow morning the
snow will have been removed. Fair and
| warm weather is predicted for tomor-
row.
Ample warning Of the approach of the
storm was given to mariners, and prob
ably not much damage was done 10 ship
ping.
Three deaths, due directly or indirect
ly to the storm, have been reported up
to this time. They are:
JAMES GULLY, an elevated railway
employ found dead on the track.
LOUIS BRESSTER, tailor. found
frozen to death in hallway in Peii
street.
MORIARTO ZANAO. a laborer, struck
by a Pennsylvania railway train while
laborilg on the track near Waveriy, n.
J.
In addition to these William Beckley
was found unconscious In snow drift in
Jersey City, so badly frozen that he can
not recover, and George W. Fears was
picked UP in this city unconscious from
the cold; he canot survive.
The same train that killed Zanano IA
tally injured Guizippe Calotto, fellow
laborer.
IN BOSTON HARBOR.
Boston, Dec. iS.-With the exception
of the steamer Howard, which left here
at her usual sailing hour yesterday af-
ternoon for Baltimore, there have been
! no sailings of local steamers. OF the
large fleet of European steamers now
some days overdue at this port, only one
the ST. Romans, from London. came 10
anchor today, after a fearfully rough
passage, fully thre days late. No acci-
dents We're reported in the harbor. Tele-
graphic communication with the High
lands and other points in Cape Codd Is
interrupted.
BLOCKADES BY LAND AND SEA.
Middletown, Conn, Dec 16-Steam-
ship traffic is greatly delayed by the
record breaking storm which now pre-
walls. and the trolley lines are badly Grip
Pied. The snow is ten inches on the lev
el and has drifted four to five feet. All
country roads leading into the city are
blockaded.
New London, Conn, Dec. 16.-This ex-
pansive harbor is crowded with sailing
craft of all sorts which have sought rel
uge from one of the ugliest storms IN
years The Sound steamers succeeded III
reaching this city not far behind their
schedule arrival, but no navigation was
attempted today. The snow fell TO dusk
and promises to rage indefinitely.
THE WRECK OF THE ULRICA.
Hull, Mass, Dec. 1.-THE three-mast-
ed schooner Uirica, which left Hillsboro,
n. B., last Friday for Hoboken, y. J.,
with cargo of plaster rock, was wreck
ed on Nantasket Beach just before noon
-.Ho ~asx yAI,r Do
crew of six men were rescued in an ex-
hausted condition, after undergoing a
terrible experience. A furious northwest
gale, accompanied by snow, struck the
vessel before daylight this morning, ana
ell her sails were blown away Captain
Patterson let go all his anchors, but he
sea was running tremendously high and
they failed 10 hold. The wind gradually
increased 10 a hurricane and the thick
snowfall made it impossible to see a
vessels length away. Mountainous
waves broke over the vessel, thoroughly
saturating the clothes Of the crew The
temperature was far below the freezing
point, and the men were badly frost bit
ten. At ii 80 the Ulrica struck on the
big sandbar of the beach and in a shOrs
time broke completely in half. Several
OF the top spars went overheard The
life-saving crew of Stony Beach, headed
by Captain James, launched boat but
could do nothing at first in the sea The
second time the boat had made consider
able Roadway when il capsized. letting
the crew into the water They narrowly
escaped drowning, but finally the reach
ed the wreck and took off Captain Pat
terson and all Of his crew, who were
lashed TO the after part OF the vessel.
The men were completely exhausted the
hands and feet OF several being frozen
1t was late this afternoon before they
were able TO tell the name OF their YES
sci, and of their experience. The life
savers themselves were almost exhaust
ed when they reached land
DRIFTED SIXTEEN DAYS.
Queenstown, Dec. 1s.-The British
steamer Hazelmoor. from Newca as-ie on
November IS. for Baltimore. lost her pro-
PEELED in storm il latitude . north.
longitude 2s west. She wa. picked up
yesterday by the British Steamer British
Empire Captain Willis. from London
December I5. for Boston. when ninety
four miles southeas. OF Queenstown. and
was towed Into this port today. The
HaZelmoor had drifted for sixteen dsys.
EARLY STAGES OF The STORM
Showing how n svooped Down Upen New
York and New England.