The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-28
MASSACHUSETTS EXPERIENCES.
storm More severe Than Amy Since
the Hurricane OF 1881.


the Hurricane OF 1881.
Boston, Nov. pa record breaking No
vember blizzard swept over the greater
portion of New England last night and to-
day completely demoralizlng traffic OF
every description. and wen nigh paralyzing
Geographic ana telephone communication
while the northeast gale, coming on 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 storm was heaviest in the
southeastern part of New England the
whole district was affected, and experience
ed a snowfall of from eight TO twenty
four inches, and as the center of the dis
turbance moved down the main coast, that
section and the provinces will probably re-
celve a similar taste of winter weather to-
nght.
Fortunately, the storm was heralded suf-
lcienuy in advance by the weather bu-
reau to detain most of the coast twlse ship
ping In safe harbors but the warning was
entirely unheeded and ignored by those on
shore, with the result that nearly every
one, especially the railroads and electric
companies were caught mapping and suf-
fered accordingly There was not rail-
road in New England that was not more
or less tied up by the heavy fan Of snow
and the great drifts. and the roads rum
ming along the coast, like the New York,
New Hampshire and Hartford, and the
Boston and Maine, had the added difficulty
of frequent washouts in places exposed TO
the heavy seas.
Trains. north east, south and west were
nearly oil stalled early in the night al
though one train from Bangor reached
Lynn this noon, and two Chicago trains
came into the city this evening"
In cities and towns dependent upon elee-
| trio car service Il 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 urrounding communl-
ties, yet even here, there was no attempt
made to run more than dozen cars on
Washington street and one or two others
on the main thoroughfares.
The torn, while not so severe and FAR
reaching in its effects as the fearful bliz-
zard Of last February, was nevertheless
the heaviest experienced in November in
This part OF the country for along series of
years Coming on Sunday IL did not, OF
! course cause the annoyance or inconVen-
| fence il would have done on week day
| and most Of the transportation companies
made heroic effort to at least partially
recover from the effects Of the blockade
On,y the barest reports were received
up 10 o'clock tonight Of the effects Of
! - ~.
lines gave rise TO the gravest fears as to
the safety of what little shipping that may
! have cen off in the Cod lasi night or to-
! day It will probably be two or three
days before complete list of the disas-
| ters can be made.
! All points south OF this city and east of
| Providence were isolated early last even
| ing New Bedford being lost TO the outside
world before 8 O'clock and Newport and
| Fall River disappearing into the night not
long after.
Farther to the west, at Providence and
! In other parts of Rhode Island, commune
cation 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 ana 1t
was morning before either OF the two reg
! uar 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 experience west Of Saybrook,
| and after some hours Of telegraphing they
| managed to reach New London and start
! ed late in the afternoon for Providence.
| Along the Albany road the greatest Diff
| fculty seemed 10 be in getting the trains
! up the hill between Worcester and Charl-
| ton and two or three engines were neces>
| sary 10 pun the New York train up the
| grade last night At noon to-day the reg
ular New York express from Chicago left
! Springfield for this city followed a short
| time later by the morning express from the
| West. and, barring q slight delay from a
wreck at East Brookfeld, came through TO
! this city all right
The train leaving New York for this
city at II O'Clock last night was stalled
at Meriden and II took Che train ofii-
Gals nearly all day to get II up to Spring.
| field.