Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-01
A RECORD BREAKING STORM
Tradic Completely Dsmoraiixcd-No n
Railroad in New England That was
Not More or Less Tied Up.

Boston. Nov. s7.-A record breaking No f!
vember blizzard swept over the greater
portion of New England last nisht and to-
day, completely dcmo,alziag traffic oi
every description aud well nigh paralNz-
ng tclecrdphiC and tel, picnic communist
ton, while the northeast gale coming on
la nigh course of tides drove the sea lar
beyond its usual limits and made a mark
along shore only exceeded by the memoir
able hurricane of 1851.
The heaviest part of the storm was in
the southeastern part of New England tu1t
section experiencing a snow fall of from
eight to twenty-four inches.
Fortunately the storm was hcraldcd suf-
Hcicutly in advance by, the weather bu-
rcau tn detain most of the coastwisc ship
ping in safe harbur, but the warning was
entirely ignored by those ON shore. with
the result that nearly every one espcc-
tally the railroads and electric companies
were caught mapping ana suffered accord
rg.y. There was not railroad in New
England that Vas not more or less tied
up by the storm.
Trains north. east. south and west wee
nearly all stalled early In the night al
housh one train from Bangor reached
Lynn this noon and two CniC1SO trains
came into the city this ,NvnIns. In C!tivs
and towns dependent upon electric care ser
wee. 1t was even worse, Tor the damp
snow soaked hard ON the rails and held
up even the heavy SHOW plowS. Iuc ser
vice in this city was probably the Jest CT
any uf the surrounding communities YET
ven her, there WAS no attempt made to
run mors thru Il dozen cars on Washing
ton street ana ON, or two Others "a tuc
main tuuro lghtarts.
Tn storm. while not so severe ana far
reaching in It's effects as the fcarfUl Mig
zard OF last February was, nevertheless.
the heaviest experienced in November in
this part of the country for u long series
OF years. Coming on sunday. it did not
OF course. cause the anne vance or inCon-
Vcnence that would have been tn case
on a week day. and most Of the transport
t1tiCn companies made u heroic effort 20
1T least partially recover from the effects
of the blockade.
only the btrcSt reports We're received
up to . O'Clock tonight Of the effects OF
the storm on the coast but even those
gave use to the srdvest fears for the
safety OF what little shipping may have
been off Cape Cod last night or to-day.
IL will probably bc two or three days he
fore a complete list of the disasters can
be made.
The storm was Il combination OF two
disturbances. ouc which came ever the
lakes Yesterday and another that formed
of tn, FlOrida coast yesterday morning
The two united of the Jersey coast some
time in the afternoon ard moving nCrth-
east the disturbance was central some
where near Nantucket, about o'clock
last night.
All points south Of this city and east
of Providence were isolated cary in the
evening, New Bedford being lost 10 the
outside world before o'clock. while New
port and Fan River disappeared into the
night not long after.
Farther TO the west at Providence and
in other parts of Rhode Island, cCmmun!-
cation was intermittent and subject %
l.slg fl.sS hslFS
line to New York reached Providence with
only a few minutes delay hut beyond that
point they met terrific drifts and II MAS
morning before either OF the TWO evening
trains reached New London. Here they
were stalled nearly all day 10y freight
wrecks on the road between that point
ana New Haven. Among tho passengers
on the hrSt train were Col. Roosevelt. u
number OF prominent New York gentle
men, besides Miss Maude Adams and one
or two mvmttrS of her company. The oI-
ticials Of the New Haven road made every
effort To get this train through t. New
York by night and were successful after
long hours of tedious delay. The trains
from New York met similar .Npl rene"
west Of SayurOok, ana after some hours
of much telcgraphiug they managed 70
reach New | ondun AMI started late in the
afternoon for Providence.
Along the Albany road the greatest diff
ticulty seemed TO Ice in gctt!n; the trains
up the we'll known hill between WorceS-
ter and Charlton and TWO or three engines
Wcr" necessary To pull the New York
train up the Srade last night. AT noon to-
day the regular night express from Chi
Clgo left Springfield for this city follow
ed u short TIM later by the morning eN-
press from the west ana barring a slisht
delay at the wreck at East Brookue!d
came through to this city all right.
The train leaving New York for this city
AT II o'clock last night was stalled at Mer-
idcn and it took the train officials nearly
all day to get it up to Springfield, but the
Boston aud Albany railroad in general felt
the effects of the storm the least uf any
OF the New England roads.
A TREMENDOUS TIDE.
Lynn, Mass. Nov. 27.-The principal fea-
turc was the trrme ldouS tide which.
blown by the heavy northeast gale reach
cd point that has not been attained s.ncc
lNil. The entire sea wall at Humphrey
street built OF granite WAS almost COM
pletely demolished and Is OF N dorics
anchored of shore " IRE blown ashore and
smashed to pieces,
BLIZZARD STILL RAGING
! Swampscott. Mass. Nov. gT.-'rhc wind
and snow storm which in proportion To
the damage wrought nearly equals any
blizzard in late years, had not abatcd in
It's intensity tonight.
\ message from Palmer's Beach says
that II three master is ashore and several
fishing boats went to pieces on the rocks
of Fishermans Beach Two hundred feet
of stone sea wall ~ feet high and some
three feet in thickness on Kings H,ach
which for ~ years had been safe conHae-
mt mt To the high seas, was washed away.
Tn" Lincoln House was damaged bv wind
and sea tn the extent of sln.U.o. The resi-
dence of Charles +. Curtis was lifted from
the foundations, causing a loss of ;&so,
TWO FEET OF SNOW IN HARTFORD
Hartford. Conn, Nov. sI.-The storm in
this city is the heaviest known since the
blizzard of lNSS. The snow is about two