Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-01
eral Deaths Reported.

New York, Nov. 29.-When the PEG.
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 n 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 OK there
was a breaking away in the west n I
iEally the storm ceased altogether
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 inches: lh la.
delphia, nine inches; Bostol, six
inches; Portland, Me-, fpur inches;
Albany, q little over an inch. Tie
lowest temperatures reported were:
New York, -; Albany. Is, With the
Frightening Of the skies n this city
came an increase in the vel city of the
wind, and the loose dry snow was sent
swirling and eddying everywhere.
Nearly a foot OF snow had fallen, but
in places IL had drifted to four or five
feet. Suburban traffic was Blocked
for several hours In the morning, and
after that trains ran ut long intervals.
All trains were delayed. The terrific
blow of Saturday nignt did much
damage to the small shipping in New
York harbor. 1t Is reported that sew
eral tug beats 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 pennsylvnnfn.
Philadelphia, Nov. 29-,che bl lizard.
which came out of the west, r.. chel
this city at IL o'clock Saturday morn.
ing and ragged furiously until 1 o'clock
yesterday morning. As unexpected as
1t was violent, it wrought great havoc
not only here, but through the ent r.
state. In those fourteen hours the
snow fall reached a depth CT over nine
inches and the wind a velocity OF 45
miles an hour. In this city traffic OF
every kind, as well as wire communi-
cation, was crippled. The suburban
lines We're brought to a complete stand
still, with the roads piled high with
drifted snow. Dispatches from In
terror towns tell OF like C 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 savere around Del
aware capes. The schooner William
NJ. Wilson, from Philadelphia for Nor
folk with a ca"go Of coal, sprung aleak
four miles south of Metekim life saw
ing station. Her signals were prompt
ly answered and the guards took Off
her crew Of six man. The schooner Is
anchored a mile ard a half eff shore
and is likely to sink.
Traffic DemoraIixed.
Boston, Nov. pa rscord-hr ak ng
November blizzard swept over the
greater portion Of New England IN
completely demoralized traffic Of every
description and well nigh paralyZed
telegraphlc and telephone communica-
ton, while the northeast gale, coming
on a high course Of tides drove the
sea far beyond its usual limits and
made a mark along shore. exceeded
only by the memorable hurricane OF
1851. While the st rm was heaviest
in the southeastern part of New Erg-
land, the whole district was affected,
and experienced a snow fall Of from
eight to twenty-four inches. Fortu.
nately the storm was heralded SUI
ficiently in advance by the weather
bureau 20 detain NEST Of the coastwise
shipping In safe harbors, but the warn
ing was entirely unheed ed ard ignored
by those or shore with the result that
nearly every one, especially the rail
roads and electric companies, were
caught mapping, and suffered accord
ingly. There was not a railroad I'm
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 feGrs
as TO the safety of what little shipping
may have been off Cape cd durin
the past two or three days. II may be
several days before a complete list of
the disasters car be made known. A
dozen or more coastiug vessels were
driven ashore In Bost II harbor ard the
great ocean steamer Ohio was tern
from her moorings and driven high
and dry on Spectacle island. Scheolers
and coal barges with two anchors out
and every reason TO expect "A safe
w~eathering of the gale, were dragged
from their moorlngs and hurled
against pier heads, dashed on isiaIds
and rocks or sunk outright.
Reaching Ont.
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