The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-03
A Score Of Persons Drowned and Two Mil
lion Dollars Loss Inflicted.
The Loss in the City OF Boston
Alone Estimated at Nearly
Million and a Half Dollars
New York City Experiences Her
Coolest Day of the Season.


ficted by the storm that swept Eastern
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Mon
day night and Tuesday morning.
| Four unidentified bodies lie in the
Coroner's office in Gloucester Five
more are at Lynn, brought over from
Little Nahant, where the schooner
Charles H. Briggs was wrecked. Twelve
| unidentified corpses are reported to be
at Bakers Island, IN Salem Harbor
They, too. must have manned some of
the schooners which We're lost in
Gloucester Harbcr That there are otn-
ers in the waters of the bay seems al
most certain.
Wreckage is .trewn up and down the
coast, from Cape Ann to Cape Coz.
| Thirty schooners were wrecked in Mas
sachusetts Bay. On land the loss by
| the storm seems to have been confined
entirely to property.
Twenty-four hours elapsed before di-
rect telegraphic communication was
| restored between Boston and the rest
of the world The electric car service
in the vicinity was restored by noon,
but in most of the smaller towns the
| trolley lines are still crippled.
| The loss by the storm in this city is
estimated at 81 .42S 900.
The steam railroads have succeeded in
running most of their trains, although
| few were on schedule time this after
noon. The street railway service IS
| still badly crippled The Boston Ele-
waited Railway Company. successor or
the West End Street Railroad, lost
about $225000 by the storm. To-day
| the company has nearly 800 men at
| work clearing the tracks.
Reports of stranded vessels along the
coast continue to come in. and it is
| thought that at least fifteen lives were
| lost by wrecks at various points. The
loss to the smaller fishing craft Of Glou-
cester and vicinity is particularly
| heavy.
| A feature of the storm was the large
number of fires in the city and sur
rounding towns While it was at its
hight The Uphams Corner Universal
| list ChurchA an old landmark in the
Dorchester district, and st. Thomas
Episcopal Church at Taunton We're
burned. Serious fires also occurred in
Lowell, Peabody, Newton and other
places. During the blockade of the
railroads many trains were derailed.
and large number were either stuck
fast or lost, owing to the collapse of
the wires.
COLD AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-This is the
coolest day of the season. The tempera-
ture, which was gradually falling yes
terday afternoon and last night, regis
tered ; degrees below zero at 8 a. m. to-
day, a drop of - degrees since yester-
day al p. m. Since 10 a. m. it has
risen points. The thermometers in the
streets show a considerably lower rec
ord, many registering degrees high
err The East and North Rivers We're full
of ice, and the ferry boats Were much de-
layed on this account. The surface and
elevated railroads ran behind time and
local traffic was considerable congested.
The Third avenue cable road broke
down.
Railroad communication with Boston
has been restored but trains are run
ming an hour behind schedule time. BY
telegraph there is communication as far
as Newton, eight miles from Boston,
and it is expected that direct connec-
ton will be had with Boston tonight.
Providence is also still unconnected di-
rectly by wire with the outside world.
The wires in all other directions are in
good working order.
The streets in this city are resuming
their normal appearance, and it was
said all the snow would be removed from
the principal thoroughfare before noon.
At the hospitals there are many cases
of frozen feet, fingers and limbs and the
surgeons are kept busy fixing up bones
broken by falling on the slippery streets.
The weather forecaster says that it will
be much warmer tomorrow, but pre-
diets a snow storm. An ice gorge is
forming in Long Island at Fort Schuy
Ter, threatening to interfere with navi-
cation. The Hudson River at Sing Sing
is frozen over, and if the cold continues
another twenty-four hours, teams and
pedestrians win be able to cross safely
from short to short.
THE STORM IN RHODE ISLAND.
PROVIDENCE r. ~. Feb. . The
greater part Of the State is still storm
bound, with practically no wire COM
munication with any place outside Of
this city. The only wires working are
| two communicating with Fall River,
Newport and New Bedford There was
no means OF travel from one part of the
city to another except that furnished
by sleighs. The trolley system expert
enced the worst tie-up in its history.
The business of the city was at a stand
still. In hundreds of places, employees
We're unable to reach their places of
business yesterday In many respects
the storm exceeded in intensity and in
the damage resulting from its effects
the memorable blizzard of March. 1888.
BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHWEST
ST PAUL. Feb. - Below zero
weather was general in the Northwest
early to-day. In this city it was l.
| below at Z O'Clock, a drop of so de-
erees since yesterday forenoon. AT
the same hour Duluth reported IA be-
low, Moorhead Is below, Huron and
Bismarck 10 below, and Winnipeg
(where it was 26 below during the
night IL below.
NOT SO BAD IN CONNECTICUT.
NEW HAVEN Comm. Feb. 2-Con
necticut is practically recovered from
the storm. With the exception of late
trains. especially the through trains
from Boston, and the impeded trolley
car traffic the State felt the effects of
the storm but slightly. Telephone and
| telegraph wires stood up admirably.
TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED.
SPRINGFIELD tMass). Feb. D.
Train service in all directions has been
resumed. the mails are being handled
with but slight delay. and electric car
Hines are running as usual.
ALBANY IN. VI. Feb. 2-Railway
traffic throughout the State has re-