Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-02-05
SWEPT BY A BLIZZARD.
A Terrible Exhibit of the Storm
Kings Power.
Eastern States arc Visited by the Worst
Blizzard in Many Years-Houses Buried
Under Gigantic Snow Drifts-Rail-
way, Telephone and Tele-
graph Service Paralyzed.

graph Service Paralyzed.
Boston, Feb. "A northeast snow.
storm which set in Monday and ragged
until Tuesday afternoon completely
paraly2ed all branches of business and
for time shut off the city from COM
munication by wire with all places
outside the limits of Boston. The
storm was the most severe this city has
experienced in 25 years, and caused the
loss of several lives, besides doing
money damage of hundreds of thou.
sands of dollars. Between 1 and a.
m. foot of wet snow settled over the
city and levelled wires in all directions.
The snow clung to the poles and wires
and, aided by wind blowing at the
rate of so miles an hour, prostrated all
telephone and telegraph lines out OF
the city.
More than half the electric lights OF
the city went out and in suburban
towns the fire alarm service was Grip
pied. In Newton broken wires falling
across others started a fire in the elec
trio room of the elegant residence OF
Charles j. Travelli, a wealthy Pitts
burg steel manufacturer, and in two
hours nothing remained of the house
but ashes Mr.. Travelli's family eS
capped in their night clothes without
saving anything. The loss amounts tc
$4,000
All through trains from New York
| and the west. as well as those from the
east, were from four to six hours late,
and many did not get in until late in
| the afternoon. The Boston & Albany
road started two express trains fol
New York during the forenoon, but il
was o'clock before they were able to
proceed beyond Natick, ten miles from
| the city. The tracks were not only
| blocked with snow, but masses of bro
ken poles and wires scattered over the
road were encountered at many points
Gloucester Mass, Feb. 1.-The storm
at Gloucester was one of the worst In
many years and the damage which liei
in it's wake will foot up about $500, 900
About 100 fishing and other vessel,
were wholly or partly wrecked.
dozen of these were wholly wrecked
Four lives are reported to have beer
lost and there may be 12 more which
| have gone down on missing vessels.
houses have been buried by 20 feet
drifts of snow. The Lockwood cottor
mills have been closed, the operatives
being unable to reach the factory.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2.-The snow and
wind storm yesterday was one of the
most severe experienced in this section.
| All trains are behind time and several
casualties are reported, but none oi
any gravity. The storm was severely
felt throughout eastern Pennsylvania.
Two Reading freight trains collidec
near Tamaqua, demolishing both en-.
gines and injuring the fireman, brake
man and conductor.
New York, Feb. 1.-The storm which
began Sunday night swept over New
York state with great fury. Northern
| New York is snowbound and residents
have suffered from cold which ranged
as low as 20 degrees below zero. At
Albany, Troy, Saratoga and many
other places in the state two and three
feet of snow have fallen and the bliz-
zard is still raging.
Much delay was caused to the rail
way mail service; that from the north
ern part of the state has been practi-
cally cut off and trains running on the
New York Central road were from four
to five hours late. From 10000 to 10000
men were at work with thousands OF
teams on the streets clearing away the
snow, and yet there has been no appre-
ciable decrease in the amount that il
piled up. Firemen had a hard time.
For the first time in years the chiefs o.
battalions responded to alarms in
) sleighs Portions of Long Island suf-
fered almost as much from the storm
as the towns far up the state.
Chicago. Feb. 2.-Reports from vari-
GUS towns in Michigan, northern Wis
consin and northern Indiana tell of a
severe blizzard raging in that section
of the country. The wind is blowing a
gale and huge snow drifts are being
piled in the highways All trains are
, more or less delayed.