The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-02-05
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ear and steam railroad traffic and for .
time shut on the city from communica-
ton by wire with all places outside the
limits Of Boston. The storm was the most
severe this city has experienced in p
years and cased the loss Of several lives.
besides doing q money damage OF hun
dIeds Of thousands Of dollars.
Between l and 5 o'clock yesterday
morning q foot Of heavy, wet snow set.
tied over the city and leveled wires in all
directions. The snow chung to the poles
and wires and. aided by wind blowing
at the rate Of so miles and hour, pros
trated all telephone and telegraph lines
out Of the city. More than half the elec
trio lights Of the city went OF and in the
suburban towns the IRE alarm service was
crippled.
In Newton, broken wires falling across
Others, started fire in the electric room
Of the elegant residence Of Charles j.
navelli, the wealthy Pittsbarg steel man
ufaeturer, and in two hours nothing re
manned Of the house but pile Of ruins.
Mr.. Travelli's family escaped in their
night clothes without saving anything
The loss amounts to about 100000, the
house being valued at $4,000 and furni
ture and art treasures at $4,000
Late Monday night the big three-mast.
ed schooner Charles 7. Briggs of Bath,
Me-, coal laden, was dashed to pieces on
the Nahant coast and it is believed her
crew OF eight men persisted. The body Of
one OF the crew has been recovered.
Il n
noon when many employees reached their
places Of employment, all suburban troll
ley lines having been abandoned at mid
night and the steam railroads being IN
able TO run more than two or three trains
during the forenoon All through trainS
from New York and the west as, well a.
those from the east were from four to
sSz hours late and many did not get in I'M
ID hate in the afternoon. The tracks were
not only blocked with snow, but masses
Of broken poles and wires were eneoun-
tered at many points Tonight the few
trains moving are running without tel
egraph service II will take weeks to re-
store the telegraph and telephone serv-
Ice. Not a wire out Of Boston was in
operation today and the telephone wires
were IN almost as bad condition. THIS
afternoon q telephone service as far as
Worcester was established.
Most of the stores were deserted all
day. The stock exchange was lifeless and
transactions were limited.
shipping BADLY DAMAGED.
Shipping in the harbor was greatly
damaged and it is feared that many dis
asters to coast shipping will be reported
when telegraphie communication is re-
stored.
The center Of the storm is said to be
in the vicinity Of New Bedford and the
brunt of it fell on Boston and territory
within a radius of Is or 20 miles. From
meager reports received from the middle
and western parts Of the state the storm
there was less severe.
Here about 20 inches Of snow fell.
swept Over New York state.
New York, Feb. 2.-The storm which
began Sunday night, swept over New
York state in great fury and today was
central in the New England states. North
ern New York is snowbOund and the ex-
tent Of damage IN New England can not
be Appropriated. Reports from Boston,
with which place communication was es-
tablished tonight under great difficulties,
after that city had been shut of from
New York for many hours, indicate some
loss Of life and an immense amount of
damage to property. Business has been
at standstill in many of the smaller
towns; wires all over the country are
down, roads are bloekaded and railway
traffic greatly impeded.
The "up the state" residents have suffer
ed with cold which ranged as low as 20
degrees and more below zero. At Al
bany, Troy, Saratoga and many other
places in the state as much as two and
three feet of snow has fallen and reports
tonight are that the blizzard is still rag
ing, the worst storm since the memora:
bic one Of 1883. Residents of this city
have had to battle their way to business
against gale of wind that at times swept
along at 40 miles an hour and carried
sheets Of snow with it. Much delay was
caused to railroad mail service; thst from
the northern part Of the state has been
practically cut of and trains running on
the New York Central were from four to
five hours late. From 10000 to 10000
men have ben at work with thousands of
teams on the streets, clearing away the
snow and yet there has been no appreci-
able decrease in the amount that has
piled up in every direction.
Portions Of Long Island suffered almost
as much from tn storm as the towns far
up the state. The east end Of the island
has been bloekaded by the drifting snow.
Tn long Island railroad was completely
closed today. Snow plows driven by Ave
Of the most powerful engines of the road
are now battling with the drifts on the
easter section Of the road, which may be
clear tomorrow.
Men Driven on By an lee FIoe.
St. Johns, n. F., Feb. "a blizzard
ragged here yesterday. A large number Of
men have been driven of by an ice foe
in Trinity bay and it is feared there will
be n repetition Of the disaster Of seven
years ago, when 40 persisted. The Their
mometer shows 20 degrees below zero and
the cold is so terrible that some loss Of
life may result. The government il dis
patching q rescue steamer TO the endan-
gered men.
An unidentified steamer believed to be
the Jamaica, Captain Peterson, from New
York January 25, for St Johns, with a
general cargo, is visible In an ice foe of
Ferryland, 30 miles south of this port.
She Is flying distress signals and it is
feared that she has been seriously injured.
Honses Buried ne wateFviIIe.