The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-12-01

! Finds 1t ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4 ernl Deaths Reported.
New York, Nov. 29.-When the peo
pie of New York awoke yesterday
morning they found the blizzard which
ragged when they retired was still in
progress. The storm which began
with a soft sleet on Saturday after
noon increased greatly as the day wore
on with heavy snowfall, the wind
blowing a gale at midnight. There
was a slight abatement of the wind in
the morning. but the snow still fell and
drifted high and the temp ratura
dropped rapidly. At 10 Gel elk there
was q breaking away in the west AMI
finally the storm ceased alt 1gather
The wind blew at the rate of fifty-tive
to sixty miles an hour during the
height Of the, storm. Snow fell
throughout New York state. The fall
in New York city, the Weather bureau
reports. was about ten ircles; Fh;la-
delphia, nine inches; Boston, six
inches; Portland, Me-, four inches;
ALBANY, little over an inch. The
lowest temperatures reported vera:
New York, 25; Albany, 1S. With the
Frightening Of the skies IN this, city
came an increase in the velJcty of the
wind, and the loose dry snow was sent
swirling and eddying everywhere.
Nearly a foot of snow had fallen, but
in places it had drifted to four or five
feet Suburban traffic was blocked
for several hours in the morning, and
after that trains ran at long intervals.
All trains were delayed. The terrific
blow Of Saturday night did much
damage to the small shipping in New
York harbor. It is reported that sav-
eral tug boats belonging to the King
ston Towing company, together with a
large number Of canal boats, were
sunk up the river by the force of the
gale. The shores Of the Hudson are
Uttered with Wreckage. A number OF
casualties were reported, including sew
eral deaths from exposure.
In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Nov. 29.-The bl zzard,
which came out Of the west, rec che
this city at II o'clock Saturday morn
ing and ragged furiously until 1 o'clock
yesterday morning. AS unexpected as
it was violent, it wrought great havoc
not only here, but through the ectr
state. In those fourteen hours the
snow fall reached depth CT over nine
inches and the wind a velocity of 45
miles an hour. In this city Traffic OF,
every kind, as we'll as wire commun-
cation, was crippled. The suburban
lines were brought to a complete stand
still, with the roads piled high with
drifted snow. Dispatches from in
terror towns tell of like nd items In
the mountain regions of Scranton and
Wilkesbarre the greatest damage was
to telegraph wires, but the delay to
steam traffic was inconsiderable. The
gale was especially severe around lei
aware capes. The scHOcner William
M. Wilson from Philadelphia for NCr-
folk with cargo CT COL, sprung aIeak
four miles south Of Metakim life saw
ing station. Her signals were prompt
1y answered and the guards took Off
her crew Of six man. The schooner is
anchored a mile ard 4 half eff shor,
and is likely to sink.
Traffic DemoraIized.
Boston, Nov. ga ra-!r ak ne
November blizzard swept over the
greater portion Of New England AMI
description and we'll nigh paralyZcu
telegraph:c and telephone communica-
ton, while the northeast gale, coming
on high course Of tides drove the
sea far beyond it's usual limits and
made a mark along shore, exceeded
only by the mem rable hui ricane OF
1851. While the st nm was heaviest
in the southeastern part of New Eng
land, the whole distr ct was affected,
and experienced snow fall Ct from
eight to twenty-four inches. Fortu-
nately the storm was heralded suf-
fciently in advance by the weather
bureau to detain M st CT the coastWise
shipping in safe harbors, Tut the warn
ing was entirely unheedel and ignored
by those on shore with the result that
nearly every one, espe c,ally the rail
roads and electric companies, were
caught mapping, and suffered accord.
ingly. There was not a railroad in
New England that was not more or
less tied up by the heavy fall of snow.
Only the barest facts have been re-
ceived from the coast towns, but even
those reports gave the gravest fears
as to the safety Of what little shipping
may have been off Cape Ccd during
the past two or three days. 1t may be
several days before complete list of
the disasters can be made known. A
dozen or more coasting vessels ware
driven ashore in Bost harbor ar d the
great ocean steamer Ohio was tern
from her moorings and driven hi gh
and\dry on Spectacle island Sch O lcrs
and coal barges with two anchors out
and every reason to expects safe
Weathering Of the gale, were dragged
from their moorings and hurled
against, pier heads. dashed on islards
and rocks or sunk outright.
Reaching Out.
Fl VANCOUVER, B. G., Nov. 29-The re-
port is received that the Great North
ern RAILWAY will bridge Frazer river at
New Westminster and run line to
Vancouver, connecting with the West
minister Southern, a part Of the Hill
system. The Engineers Of the company