Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-01-28
WIND AND WATER.
Eastern Coast Suffers From
RayageS of Storm.
Towns aud Cities Inundated -Pecu-
liar Phenomena.

BOSTON. Mas. Jan. p New Eng
land coast has Just been visited by rh''-
nomeually high tide. aud Lynn. salem
Gloucester aud other places suffered mur'
or less damage. while Boston came pretty
near having Hood. II blew "a gale east "i
Portland and increased la force a. Ia@-'h
over the Provinces. While the heavy shows
Ia Maine caused some DELAY boo railroad trans
Purtatiou. and the severe rains th 'h'
south were responsible for numerous
washuUts the most destructive lraluI'
Of the storm was the tremendous tide which
swept in from the sea inUndating a greater
portion uf the coast and causing
heavy los TO owners Of property alnh- ul'
water front and at the beaches. h'lni'-
from Main" and New HampShir" show lhal
the storm was very severe throughout thHi
region. More snow fell iu some places lii
Maine than has been seen all winter, ANA
trains from the north and east into Fort
land were all more or less delayed Another
peculiar feature Of the storm was the el'r-
trc phenomena at Eastport and ST. Johh.
For half au hour il Numbered ana lghtehed,
hut this was followed by shin oi wind To
the northeast. aud blizzard later. Inc
wind at one time at Easlport reached
velocity OF 90 miles an hour.
SALEM. Mass, Jan. 25-The storms came
and the floods descended. No such floods
have ever before taken place ia Salem, which
is 50 situated that flooding anything but the
railroad tunnel j. almost unknown, but dur
ing the recent storm the water backed up
into cellars where il never went before. IL
filled the tunnel to the depth OF more than n
foot, and several times trains came near
being stalled there. The water backed up
from the North river canal into the power
house OF the Lynn & Boston street railway
and put out the fires. II swept the coal
along and filled in under the fires, rising To
a foot and "a half above the CRATES which are
under the boilers. All fires went out the ma
Chnery stopped. and every car on the
Salem system was stalled where il happened
to be.
BUZXARD'S BAY. Mass. Jan. 2j-But for
the large stone dikes built during the past
season, the grounds at Gray Gables would
have been washed and seriously damaged by
the tremendous tide. The water washed
into the bayat terrific rate sweeping every
thing before it, overlooking the banks al the
river and doing mitch damage To the fisher
men.
EXETER. y. H., Jan. 25-A remarkably
high tide, following the severe storm. work
my havoc at Hampton beach. The cause
way was Hooded two feet deep and the
mafshcs We're also submerged. For several
hundred feet the tracks of the electric rail
way Were covered with large stones and
buuldcrS.
GLOUCESTER. Mass. Jan. 25-Glou"rs-
ter hurhor was visited by the highest tide in
years Old timers say ii was the highest ever
/ known here. The water was fully three feet
! above the ordinary high water marx. Streets
/ along the water front contain numerous
washCuts.
HULL. Mass. Jan. % At Huh and along
! Nautaskrt beach, the tide swept up far
| above the usual mark. carrying away many
/ small houses Oh the beach. wreckiug veran-
/ das of other larger dwellings, causing
/ great loss 10 owners of cottagers.