The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-04
SWEPT BY A STORM.
Worst Blizzard in 20 Years Paralyzes
Traffic in New England. =
Esrenen Have = Hard Time In New York
An Trains We're Delayed and Several
Ocean Casualties Are Re
ported

Boston, Feb Havoc was wrought
along the New England coast and
throughout several states yesterday
BY enc Of the most severe storms ever
experienced in this part Of the cOun-
Try. Eighteen people are believed TO
nave met death along the coast near
Gloucester. Eight men. the crew Of
the schooner Charles 5. Briggs, went
down with the wreck Of that vessel of
the Little Nahant Monday night From
points along the Maine coast come stO-
ries Of boats wrecked and damage
done to shipping Of all kinds A ter
ritlc blizzard from the northeast swept
New England Meager reports from
interior points tell Of houses bur
led IN the snow. Drifts a score
and more feet deep engulfed the
roads and made traffic impossible
There are stories Of trains snOwDound,
OF fuel running out, and passengers
being compelled to spend hours half
frozen and hungry. Trains every
where were late, and the number Of
passengers who suffered IN transit
vas great In Boston a northeast
snOwstOrm which set in Monday and
ragged until yesterday afternoon COM
pletely paralyzed all branches Of bust
ness and street car and steam railroad
traffic, and for time shut of the city
from communication by wire with all
places outside the limits Of Boston. The
storm was the most severe this city
has experienced in 25 years, and
caused the loss Of several lives, besides
doing a money damage Of hundreds Of
thousands of dollars The snow clung
to the poles and wires and, aided BY a
wind blowing at the rate Of so miles an
hour, Frustrated all telephone and tel
egraph lines out Of the city. More
than half the electric lights Of the city
went out, and in suburban towns the
fire alarm service was crippled. In
Newton broken wires falling across
Others started FIRE in the electric room
Of the elegant residence Of Charles J.
TraVelli, a wealthy Pittsburgh steel
manufacturer, and in two hours moth
ing remained Of the house but ashes
Mr.. Travellrs family escaped in their
nightclOthes without saving anything.
THOUSANDS OF MEN sHOYELING SNOW.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-FrOm 10000 to
20. coo men have been at work with
thousands OF teams on the street clear
ing away the snow and yet there has
been no apPreciabIe decrease in the
amOunt that has piled up IN every direc-
ton. Firemen had a hard time yes
terday. There were a dozen or more
fires in this city, a smaller number
than usual, but the high wind made
some Of them most dangerous and
hard to fight For the first time in
years the chiefs of battaiOns respond
ed to alarms in sleighs. Portions Of
Long Island suffered almost as much
from the storm as the towns far up the
state. The east end Of the island has
been blocked by the drifting snow.
The Long Island railroad was com
pletely closed yesterday. Snow pIOws
driven by five Of the most powerful
engines on the road are now battling
with the drifts on the eastern section
OF the road, which may be clear by to-
day Rhode Island, Indiana, Virginia
and other states also report billiards.
ALL TRAINS DELAYED
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 2--The snow
and wind OF Monday night and yester-
day was one Of the most severe expert
enced IN this section since the big biz
zard- All the trains were behind time,
and several casualties are reported,
but none Of any gravity. The storm
was severely felt throughout eastern
Pennsylvania Two Reading railroad
freight trains cOllided near Tamaoua.
demOlishing both engines and injur-
ing the fireman, brakeman and con-
ductor. At Tobyhanna the gale was
50 violent that the ice cutting indus
try had to be suspended, throwing 500
hands out Of work.