New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-03
THE STORMS FATAL WORK.
- SPREAD DEATH AND RUIN ALONG
THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.
ov,D BODIES FROM WRECKED VESSELS sTREw
ruv SHORE. WHILE PROPERTY WORTH
s2cscoo HAS BEEN 1OsT-HoW
BOSTON SUFFERED.

BOSTON SUFFERED.
,.s,o, Feb. 2-1he full realization OF the
-o,-o,,ude and severity OF the winter hurricane
.n'cb on Monday night and Tuesday morning
.de a record for itself in Eastern Massachu-
.,.s ard in Rhode Island was the feature of
. ,ov. revival Of business and communication
-, -he outside world after many hours of
-.o,,cally complete isolation. With the re-
r,,,,oo Of traffic and the slow patching up
- telegraph wires well as the arrival of
ouo from different points, came more of the
,..ors ~ this terrible and now historic storm.
,.orle here were in measure able 70 count the
,oss not only TO property but OF the lives OF
,ose who 80 down to the sea In ships for while
,,o former already foots UP into millions. the
- =, rfe on the rocky New England coast
- IN the Wild surges OF Massachusetts Bay
on, nrohablv not be equalled for many years to
o-ra That so many brave seamen shoul6 have
md watery grave VIII undoubtedly make
Evils ,he most startling feature Of the storm.
,,a as the reports came in to-day. meagre, to be
,,rs but nevertheless trustworthy, Of bodies. not
.,,c,v hut in twos and threes being picked up
80 shore II was seen that while the blowing
aoy,n of telegraph poles and the Gripping of
~o,,road traffic were a great hndrance 10 com
,,u,ication. II sank into insignifcance as com
,o-a8 with the terrible news OF brave sailors
co,rg 10 .heir death while their ships OF oak
were broken 10 bits on dangerous reefs.
DEAD SAILORS WASHED ASHORE
-Four unidentified bodies lie In the Coroners
oeca IN Gloucester Five more are IN Lynn,
,,orrb. over from Little Nahant, on the rocky
h.och Of which was wrecked the schooner
charles u Briggs. Twelve unknown cOrpses
IVA renorted to be at Bakers Island in Salem
WARRIOR They, too must have manned some of
,ba schooners which were lost in Gloucester
parbor That there are others in the dark
waters Of the bay seems almost certain To-
night twenty-one dead can be counted. all VIC
tins OF the storms fury.
I-p and down the coast from Cape Ann to
Cane Cod are strewn the grim vestiGes OF the
storm. Gloucester Harbor was the storm centre
Of wrecks but the beaches near this city We're
not exempt from similar spectacle, while the
shipping within half a mile OF the wharves
broke from their cables during that fearful
night and worked destruction 10 themselves and
their na.ghoors.
On land the loss by the storm seems to have
been confined entirely TO property. for while
horses almost without number were Killed In
the main thoroughfares Of Boston-slain by fall-
ing trolley wires-by some miraculous chance no
human being was struck. although there were
narrow
Of dumb animals was perhaps. the only ghastIg
feature ot the storm In this city.
After twenty-four hours Of unremitting labor
the two big telegraph companies were enabled
10 obtain few messages over their own lines
with the outside world. Boston seemed. however.
10 be harder reach than other cities affected by
the storm for while communities only q few
miles from the Hub managed to obtain good COM
munica,ion late in the day. II seemed as II clear
wires would never reach this city. The rail-
roads however. helped out wonderfully III bring
ing in news from more fortunate localities and
the officials Of the different companies worked
as hard as the telegraph men 10 get their ser
vice once more near It's normal condition.
The electric car service. in this city at least,
also became once more factor in human aHafs
and nearly every one Of the direren' DIVISIONS
~ ,ba Boston stree. Railway were In good work
ing order b. noon. OUTSIDE the city among 'he
small trolley companies. the embargo was much
harder 10 break and at night but fe" OF the
smaller towns had local service. The tele-
phone proved It's value by giving aimos, con-
tinuous service in this city and practically the
o,lv communication with New-York was by the
long distance lines.
4 sunming-up OF the storms work Is as yet
difficult but tonight It appears certain that 'he
great hurricane claimed more than score OF
human lives. wrecked over thirty schooners IN
Massachusetts, Bay, completely prostraung all
telegraph lines. and caused a total property loss
OF nearly 100000.
COST or THE STORM TO BOSTON.
The cost Of the storm in this city is estimated
as follows:
Boston Elevated Railway Company'.... $-zt'0y
80 VI IySso4I TS r. n. iiaccranh Company. 10000
" eslS'i 'l.ol4 c,5,r,'Iar,.- 10000
Svstdi tr4'Si Aiyy,.. f.oronorv 1000