Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-28
REcORD-BREAKING BLIZZARD.
the Heavy End of the snow
Storm.

BOSTON. Nov. IA record-breakpg No
vember blizzard swept over the greater por-
ton of New England last night and to-
day, completely demoralizing traffic Of
every description, and well nigh paralyz-
ing Geographic 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 memoir
able hurricane OF 1851.
While the storm was heaviest in the
southeastern part of New England. the
whole of the district was affected, and ex-
perienced snow fall OF from eight to
twenty-four inches, and as the center OF the
disturbance moved down the Maine coast
that section and the provinces will prob
ably receive a similar taste of winter
Fortunately the storm was heralded suf-
ficiently in advance by the weather bureau
to detain most of the coast shipping in
safe harbors. but the warning was en-
tirely unheeded and ignored by those on
shore. with the result that nearly every
one. and the railroads and electric com,
panies. were caught mapping and suffered
accordingly. There was not railroad in
New England that was not more or less
tied up BY the heavy faii a OF ; snow and ,he the
the coast. like the New York. New Hamp-
shire & Hartford. and the Boston & Maine,
had the added difficulty Of frequent wash
cuts in places exposed to the heavy seas.
Trains. north, east. south and west were
nearly all stalled early in the night. al,
Lynn this noon and two Chicago trains
came into the city this evening.
In cities and towns dependent upon elsc-
damp snow packed hard on the rails and
held up even the heavy snowplows
The service in this city was probably the
ties. yet even here there was no attempt
made 10 run more than dozen cars on
Washington street and one or two others
of the main thoroughfareS.
The storm, while not so severe and far
reaching in its effects as the fearful DliZ-
zard of last February, was nevertheless
this part of the country for long series
of years. Coming on Sunday. it did not
would have done on Il week day. and most
of the transportation companies made a
heroic effort , at least tt to partially partially recover
Two men lost their lives in the storm
to-day at Revere. One was Michael Lee.
and the other an unknown negro: Both
ing to cross that thoroushfare, through
HARTFoRD, coNS.. Nov. e.-rhe
as the in hi sy is Of tbs M he snow is
about two feet on a level and is drifting
badly. John Ahern. an electrician. was
to-day while working at clearing the
tracks. He was shifting the trolley when
he was struck by the blade of a snow
LYNN. MASS. Nov. THE damage to
the sea wall on the ocean front is be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Tonight the city
is in darkness. There has been only one
train into Lynn from Boston to-day
Policeman Benjamin p. Boynton, while
on duty. died tonight in the snow from
HuLL. MASS. Nov. 27-with the ex
ception of the Nantasket Chutes and the
main building of the Hotel Nantasket
there is not structure left standing in
Nantasket beach between Atlantic Hill and
the Ocean View house. Hotels, dance halls
bathhouses and other structures succumb-
ed to the high wind and tidal wave of the
storm. Wreck and ruin now line the beach.
The property. exclusive of the Hotel Nam
tasket. was probably worth 100000