Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-01-29
WIND AND WATER.
Eastern Coast Suffers From
Rayages of Storm.
Towns aud Cities Inundated -Pecu.
liar Phenomena.

BOSTON. Mass. Jan. 27--The New Eng
land coast has just been visited by Il phe-
nomenally high tide. and Lynn. Salem,
Gloucester and other places suffered more
or less damage. while Boston came pretty
near having u flood. II blew II gale east of
Portland ana increased in force lis it passed
over the Provinces. While the heavy SHOWS
IN Maine caused some delay in railroad trans
po!t;ition. and the severe rains in the
south were responsible for numerous
washOuts. the iuost destructive feature
OF the storm was the tremendous tide winch
swept in from the sea inunda'nS Il greater
portion Of the coast and CAUSING
heavy loss to owners OF property alon, the
water front aud ut the beaches. Reports
from Maine and New Hampshire show that
the storm was very severe throughout that
region. More snow fell in some places in
Maine than has been seen all winter, AMI
trains from the north and ens. ITO Port
land We're nil more or less delayed. Another
peculiar feature OF the storm was the eec-
tric phenomena ut PASSPORT and St. John.
For half an hour 1t Numbered and iGhtennd,
but this was followed by u shift of wini TO
the northeast, and IA blizzard later. The
wind 1T one time at Eas port reached Il
velocity OF 10 miles an hour.
SALEM, Mass, Jan. 25-The storms cama
and the floods descended. No snch Hoods
have ever before taken place in : .l,'m, which
is so situated that flooding anything hat tho
railroad tunnel is almost unknown, but dur
ing the recent storm the water backed up
into cellars where it never went before. IL
filed the tunnel to the depth of more than II
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 4 Boston street railway
and put out the fires. II swept the coal
along and filled in under the fles rising to
u foot and half above the CRATES which are
under the boilers. All fires went out the ma
chinery stopped. and every car on the
Sac system was stalled where it happened
to be.
BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass. jan 27-Rut for
the large stone bikes built during tho past
season. the grounds at Gray Gables would
have been washed and seriously damaged by
the tremendous tide. Tho water washed
into the bay at Il terrific rate, sweeping every
thing before it, Overlooking the banks Of the
river and doing m:ch damage to the fisher
men.
EXETER, N. H., Jan. 27--A remarkably
high tide, following the severe storm. work
ing havoc ut Hampton beach. The cause
way was flooded two feet deep aud the
marshes were also submerged. For several
hundred feet the tracks Of ths electric rail
way were covered with large stones aud
bouliers.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. 27--tilouces-
ter harbor was visited by the highest tide in
years. Old timers say it was the highest ever
known here. The water was fully three feet
above the ordinary high water mark. Streets
along the water front contain numerous
washouts.
HULL, Mass. Jan. 27-At Hull and along
Nantasket beach, the tide swept up far
above the usual mark, carrying away many
small houses on the beach. wrecking veran-
das of Other larger dwellings, causing
great loss to owners OF cottayers.