The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02


Without a Rival
And have the
LARGEST SALE
of any Patent Medicine I'm the WOrids
Csc. at all Drug Stores.
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The cars will not run until tomorrow
afternoon and all of the lines cannot
then be put In operation. The telephone
wires were working all right so far as
| local connections were concerned. Bos-
| ton. however could not be reached.
| Manchester, Lowell and Haverhill were
about the only cities that could be raised.
| Telegraph wires were about the same
and Communication with Boston was i'm
possible
ed by the storm, many of the operatives
are out and some of the mills are not
running at all.
The mail service is at standstill, the
letter carriers were dismissed this morn
ing.
| Stuck fast in a snow drift between Bal
| lardyale and Lowell Junction, with moth
ing TO eat or drink, the 400 passengers on
the $40 train out of Boston, passed q
memorable night, and did not reach this
city until late this afternoon.
During the worst of the storm last
night an alarm of firm was sounded. Inc
scene of the fire was at the residence OF
DR.. G. G. Howard, and Cashier Walter
| e, Field of Pacific mills, l45 and l47
Hayerhill street half an hour after
the first alarm a second alarm was pulled
in calling out the entire department.
The two houses were damaged to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
TERRIBLE TIME IN ST. JOHNS.
| ST. Johns. N. F., February Another
| blizzard is raging here today. A large
number of men have beeen carried of
by an ice foe in Trinity Bay; and it Is
feared there will be repetition OF the
disaster of seven years ago, when 40 per-
ished. The thermometer shows 20 de-
erees below zero and the cold is SO terri
| Bile that some loss of life must result.
| The government is despatching rescue
steamer to the endangered men.
! An unidentified steamer, believed to be
the Jamaica, Capt. Peterson, from New
York. January ~, for ST. Johns, with a
general cargo, Is visible in an ice foe off
| FerryIand, 30 miles south of this port.
| She Is flying distress signals and 1t is
| feared that she has been seriously injured
and crushed by the ice.
SITUATION AT ST. JOHN.
ST. John, N. B., February 1.-The
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years, set in early this morning and con-
tinued through the day, shutting out
| communication in all directions. No
trains have arrived from Montreal or
Boston today and none will reach here
now until tomorrow morning. The only
train to arrive over the Canadian Pacific
railroad today was the Fredericton ex-
press due at $50 a. M, which came in
at tonight. AS storm subsidized, express
to have left at oclock for Montreal and
| Boston was sent out at 10 O'Clock with
two engines preceded by snow pillow.
| Two trains, one with cattle and the other
with passengers and perishable goods
for mail steamer Lake Huron, are stalled
at Brownville Junction and re a result
the steamer will net sail until tomorrow
night. The express trains on the In
tercolonial railway arrived from to 6
hours late.
A TRAIN LEAVES AUGUSTA.
| Augusta, February 1.-The storm in
this section exceeds in f1erceness any
thing for years. At least two feet of
snow .has fallen and heavy wind has bad
| ly drifted lit. All travel is suspended.
No mail has arrived from the east or
west since Monday evening, Maine Cen
trail trains being stalled OF cancelled
Other Maine railroads are in same pre-
dicament. Electric roads and stage lines
are all tied up. In many sections the
years Farther east enormous drifts are
reported blockading all travel.
| The temperature has fallen greatly from
Monday and at 1890 tonight snow is
still falling. The telegraph and telephone
service has been badly interfered with
Maine Central train, No. s, due to leave
| here at 1.50 q. m, was stalled all day
with $50 passengers and left ats 20 p m.
| WORST IN QUARTER CENTURY.
| Rockland, February 1.-The most Sc
we're storm known IN this vicinity for
25 years was that ofaaMonday night, which
has since continued though with lesser
violence. Traffic is entirely stopped and
no train has left here or entered the city.
| During the storm the fishing schooner
Lena Young of Matinious, parted her
lines from Atlantic, wharf and drifted
ABSORB, striking on the Lodges of the Cobb
Butler ship.yard A large hole WAS
smashed in the bottom of the vessel and
considerable damage done. She IS now
in hard position and may be washed to
pieces. The crew was rescued without
difficulty.
NO BUSINESS IN BANGOR.
Bangor, February Bangor and
vicinity are experiencing one of the worst
storms for years. Not since 1886 have the
streets and roads in all directions been SO
completely biockaded with snow.
Two feet of snow have fallen on level
and in places it is drifted as high as six
feet. Street car service is completely
paralyzed, both about the city and on the
suburban lines.
No mail has reached the CITY from the