The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-05
COUNTING COST.
Danger From Recent Floods Is Now
Practically Over.
FIERCE GALE OFF CAPE COD.
Fears That Shipping May Meet
With Disaster.
IeRcs GALE OFF CAPE COD.

Boston. March 5.-The New England
rivers, which have been up ina state OF
rebellion for the past three days. now are
retreating, leaving behind wholesale de-
struction and damage to property.
Many OF the towns and cities are able
now TO give fair estimates OF their losses.
AT Lowell conservative figures are 100000.
The mills will be unable TO start up for
several days. AT Hayerhill merchants
and manufacturers are busy putting from
$1,000 to larger sums on the loss side OF
the profit and loss cc,umns. -Four hun
dred persons employed In the Merrimac
hat factory, Amcsbury, are idle.
The loss In Auburn and Lewiston, Me-,
will reach ssO)OO0. At the latter place
two bridges will be built rs soon rs possi-
bic. Norway and vicinity reckon up loss
OF $4,000 The steel bridge connecting
the towns of Buxton and Hollis. at Bar
Mills, on the Portland and Rochester
railroad went ont. The loss Is estimated
at 5000 The Prcsumscot river has sub
sided. The total loss from Madison Falls
Co the mouth OF the Kennebec river, 10
miles, is conservatively estimated Mt
Sl,000,0O0 Bath escapes with loss OF
5000.
Concord, n H., has one bit OF consola-
ton. The damage will be less than that
caused by the 1895 frcshet. Manchesters
IN. H. loss will be about 81, 900, 600, to say
nothing OF tho pecuniary inconvenience to
mill operatives. who are in enforced idle
ness. Nashua, ". H., must repair the
iron bridges across the Merrimac. A heavy
snowfall at Plymouth, n. H., has pre-
vented any practical attempt to repair
railroad lines and bridges. Reports from
other points in the Now England states
are OF light damage not worthy OF record.
New Englands Blizzard.
Icy blasts from the northwest and swirl
Ing gusts of snow, driven at n 81 mile an
hour gait, were lavlshed on Boston yester-
day. 1t was the worst blast Of the season.
Weather Observer Smith says we can
put the blame upon New Jersey. Its the
tail end of tho storm that caused all the
floods on Monday" said he. land 1t de-
veloped along tho New ..Jersey coast last
Saturday. IL then went through south.
eastern New York and central and south
ern New England
Monday Ia was slowly moving along
the New England coast. and for day or
SO was practically stationary. 1t wa
kind OF resting TO got It's second wind, So
TO speak. but all the time il was picking
upa little more force and finally IL swoopeG
down upon us with IA hi gh northwester
and n goodly amount OF snow.
The highest wind velocity was 81 miles
an hour In ,he city, but New York had
IL as high - ~ miles, while Nantucket
registered 35 Eastport 3S, Portland 23,
and Philadelphia 40
Portland, Me, got about two inches OF
snow, and Boston only about one-half inch
In the western part OF the state Ii was clear
weather, but the wind was rather high.
Thursday will see fair weather, and
the wind will moderate considerably, al
though blowing from the same quarter. ="
1t was day exceedingly hazardous to
shipping, and as result there were only
three arrivals M she port of Boston. No
local disasters of any description are re.
ported.
A dispatch from Chatham says that q
severe blizzard prevailed along Cape Cod
Tuesday and yesterday, and last night was
fearful one for mariners off the cape
The air was thick with snow and the wind
so strong that the life-saving patrol found
il almost impossible to make their way To
windward
A dispatch from Highland Light states
that one Of the worst storms of ehe winter
prevails, with binding snow and a fierce
northeriy gale. A high tide washes tho
coast from Race Point TO Monomoy. No
wrecks have been reported, but the life.
saving men are constantly on the watch