, 1898-11-28

at 5:55 p. m. Among the steamers du
are the Maasam, from Rotterdam; tn
Francisco, from Hull, and the Thing
valla. from Christiana.
November blizzard swept over tn
greater portion of New England las
night and today. completely demora
lizing traffic of every description ans
well nigh paralizing Geographic ant
telephone communication, while tn,
northeast gale, coming on a higi
course of tides, drove the sea Tar above
its usual limit and made a mark along
the shore exceeded by the memorable
hurricane of 1871.
While the stcr.r was heaviest in the
southeastern Dart of New England, the
whole district YVES affected and ex,
perienced a snowfall of from eight to
~twenty-four inches, and, as the center
Of the disturbance moved down the
Maine coast, that section and the prov
inces will probably receive a similar
taste of winter weather tonight.
Fortunately the storm had been her.
aldel sufficiently in advance by the
weather bureau to detain mos Of the
coast shipping in safe harbors, but the
warming was entirely unheaded and ig-
nored by those on shore, with the re-
suit that nearly everyone, and espec-
tally the railroad and electric compan-
les, were caught mapping. and suffered
accordingly. There was not a rail
road in New England that was not
more or less tien up by the heavy fall
of snow and the great drifts. and the
roads running along the coast, like the
New York, New Haven and Hartford,
and the Boston and Maine, had the ad-
ded difficulty of frequent washouts in
places exposed to the heavy
In cities and towns dependence upon
electric ,.nrs, service was eve worse,
for the damp snow packed hard on the
rails and held up even the heavy snow
plows.
f%ar-reaching in its effects as the fear
full blizzard Of last February, was
nevertheless, the heaviest experienced
in November in this part Of the coun-
try for a long period Of years. Com
ing on Sunday, it did not cause the an
noyance or inconvenience it would
have done on a week day, and most OF
1.-THE transportation companies made a
heroic effort to at least ~Jartially re-
cover from the e1ects of the blockade,
A dozen or more coasting vessels
were driven ashore in Boston harbor
during the blizzard, and the great
ocean steamer Ohio OF the Wilson line
was torn from her mornings and driven
high and dry on Spectacle island,
Schooners and coal barges, with two
anchors out and every reason to ex
pect a safe weathering Of the gale, were
dagged from their mornings and hurled
against pier heads, dashed on islands
and rocks, or sunk outright.
Fortunately, the greater part Of the
coasting fleet was securely tied up al
the wharves. The schoruers ana barges
anchored in the lower bay bore the
brunt of the storm.
Only the barest reports were received
up to 6 O'Clock tonight Of the effects OF
the storm on the coast. but ever those
few lines gave rise to the gravest fears
as to the safety OF what little shipping
that may have been off Cape Cod last
night or today. 1t will probably to two
or three days before a complete list OF
the disasters can be made.
Jour NEW TROPICAL POSSESSIONS
When the new order Of things is es'
tablished in the Philippine Islands
there is likely to be a great rush tc
Uncle Sans new possessions. There