Iron County register., 1898-12-01
AL RECORDS SMASHED.
The Most Severe November Blizzard
Within the Oldest Inhab-
itant's Memory.
IT SWEPT THE NEW ENGLAND COASTS.
shipping; Nevertheless There Have
Been Numerous Wrecks Accompanied
by Loss of Life-Railroad Traf1c Inn
peded and Electrical Service Crippled.

Boston, Nov 2S.-A record-breaking
November blizzard swept over the
greater portion of New England Sat-
urday night and yesterday, completely
demoralized traffic of every descrip-
ton, and well nigh paralyzed tele-
graphic and telephone communities
ton, while the northeast gale, coming
on a high course of tides. drove the
sea far beyond its usual limits, and
made mark along shore exceeded
only by the memorable hurricane of
1851.
While the storm was heaviest in the
southeastern part of New England,
| the whole district was affected, and
experienced snow fall of from to
"a inches, and as the center of the dis
turbance moved down the Maine coast
that section and the provinces prob
| ably received a similar taste of winter
weather last night.
HeraIded In Time to Save Shipping.
Fortunately the storm was heralded
sufficiently IN advance by the weather
bureau to detain most of the coast
wise shipping in safe harbors, but the
| warning was entirely unheeded and
| ignored by those on shore, with the
| result that nearly everyone, especially
the railroads and electric companies,
were caught mapping and suffered ac-
cordingly. There was not railroad
in New England that was not more
or less tied up by the heavy fall of
snow, and the great drifts, and the
roads running along the coast, like
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford and the Boston & Maine, had the
added difficulty of frequent washouts
in places exposed to the heavy seas.
Railroad Traffic Nearly Suspended.
Trains north, east, south and west
were nearly all stalled early in the
night, although one train from Ban
gor reached Lynn yesterday noon, and
two Chicago trains came into the city
last evening.
In the cities and towns dependent
upon electric cars, service was even
worse, for the damp snow packed
hard on the rails and held up even the
heavy snow plows. The service in this
city was probably the best of any of
the surrounding communities, yet
even here, there was no attempt made
to run more than a dozen cars on
Washington street and one or two
others of the main thoroughfares.
Most Fearful Blizzard Since February Last.
The storm, while not so severe and
far-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 series of years. Coming
on Sunday it did not cause the annoy
ance or inconvenience it would have
done on week day, and most of the
transportation companies made a
heroic effort to at least partially re-
cover from the effects of the block
ade.
Grave Fears for the Safety of Shipping
Exposed.
Only the barest reports were re-
ceived up to six o'clock last night of
the effects of the storm on the coast,
but even those few lines gave rise to
the gravest fears as to the safety of
what little shipping may have
been off Cape Cod Saturday night or
yesterday. It will probably be two or
three days before a complete list of
the disasters can be made.
Terrible Experience of Railway Trains.
Farther to the west, at Providence
and in other parts of Rhode Island,
communication was intermittent and
subject to great delay. Night trains
over the shore line to New York
reached Providence with only a few
minutes delay, but beyond that point
they met terrific drifts, and it was
morning before either of the two reg
ular trains reached New London. Here
they were stalled nearly all day by
freight wrecks on the road between
that point and New Haven. The trains
from New York met a similar expert
ence west OF Saybrook.
At noon yesterday the regular New
York express from Chicago left
Springfield for this city, followed, a
short time later, by the morning ex-
press from the west, and, barring a
slight delay from wreck at East
Brookfield, came through to this city
all right.
Thirty Barges and schooners Sunk-At
Least Twelve Lives Lost.
Boston, Nov. 2s.-During the gale
Saturday night and yesterday morn
ing 80 barges and schooners lying in
the harbor were wrecked and sunk
and at least 12 lives lost.
The Wilson liner Ohio is ashore on
Spectacle island in the bay. No seri.
GUS damage is reported.
Unprecedented In the November Records.
Philadelphia, Nov. 2s.-The blizzard
which came out of the west reached
this city at IL o'clock Saturday morn
ing and ragged furiously until one
o'clock yesterday morning. AS unex-
pected as twas violent, it extended
throughout the entire state. In those
Il hours the snowfall reached a depth
of over nine inches, and the wind
velocity of As miles an hour. These
figures are unprecedented in the No
vember records of the local weather
bureau, and the officials there say that
the storm in general was the worst
since the memorable blizzard of 1885,
With the snow the mercury steadily
dropped until well below the freezing
point and is still on its downward
way. In this city traffic of every
kind, as well as wire communication,
was crippled.
The storm In Connecticue-An Eiecericfan
INSTANTLY Killed.