The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

down the Maine coast, that section and
the provinces will probably receive a
similar taste Of winter weather tonight.
Fortunately, the storm was heralded
sufficiently in advance by the weather
bureau to detain most Of the COastWise
shipping in safe harbOrs but the warn
ing was entirely unheeded and ignored
by those on shore, with the result that
nearly every one, especially the rail-
roads and electric companies, were
caught mapping and suffered accord
ngly.
There was not q railroad in New Eng
land that was not more or less tied up
by the heavy fall of snow, and the great
drifts, and those running along the
coast like the New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad and the Boston
and Maine railroad, had the added diff
Guilty Of frequent washouts in places ex-
posed to she heavy seas
Trains north. east, south and west
We're nearly all stalled early in the
night, although one train from Bangor
reached Lynn this noon and two Chi
cago trains came into the city this
evening
In cities and towns dependent upon
electric car service it was even worse,
for the damp snow packed hard on the
rails and held up even the heavy snow
r,,,T7l,l-. ne wee III inns Guy Was
r'Un'5DIs tlLe pesl OF any OF the sur
tE Gl'Iiuliis comm unltles' yet even here
there was no attempt made to run more
~ - a., d u9%eH cars ON washington
street and one or two others Of the
main thoroughfares.
The storm, while not SO severe and
Iar-reaching in its effects as the fear
49, y,i i1oIl. VI IasI FepruarN was,
nevertheless, the heaviest experienced
. "A Nav l.
, ~ Wv elHpef IN inns part Of the coun-
an oiS c Lor d long series OF years Coming
f1o 0ui,ueIS, II uIu not OIL course, cause
I,o,,1gi iliJ!a az i Or inconvenience as
Ga T,''u an IiiL' , e peen the case on a week
cCt,,,,, 60 must OF the transportation
of n "a tI 1ldlIy recover from the effects
II Iii IL ,S,i hfu5.
befora P o'1y pe TWO or three days
o3 ~ d eoiiioIele INST Of the disasters
the [,I,1,, - Cai pe MADE ana tonight
49, 10y nupe III shipping circles is
-, r--,'v II nay LAY De lghi one and not
sao,,e. ~ 80. Ne d Iepetltlon OF the fearful
a. - @iolis me coast ana especially
(.lo'i i,Is, Whlch marked the Feb
NJ pnz%Sru'
airt1,-L 80 ~ a. d Coinpiha-lon OF two
IaI, ~ ps,ilces, one Whlch came over the
e e('I,eS ye 'ss ana another that
oii me we lolIad coast yesterday
NV lllOi i l,5,4 ne Two united Off the Jer-
a,,, Cuslsl sollle tiihe IN the afternoon,
60 IiiotIlS northeast the disturbance
=" "a ceiilLal somewhere near Nantuck-
CT @pou1 CLOCK last night.
a. po p south OF TINS city and
gdSt VI IIoVIuellce were isolated early
n ~ llle evening, New Bedford being
loSI 70 me ouIslde world before eight
1, clock, WINE newport ana Fan River
disappeared INTO the night not long
digef,
faIther 10 the west at providence
anu L1-. In 9LHef parts OF Rhode Island
communication was Intermittent and
suDJecI 10 greaL delay Night trains
over me ohore lhe 70 New YORK
reached ProVldence with only few
minutes oeisy. put beyond that point
lLey met terrific qrlIts, anu l. was
morning peIore elther OF the TWO reg
ular trains reached New LONDON Here
they We're stalled nearly all DAY by
Irelsht wrecks on eIe ROAD between
that point ana New haven
Among the passengers on the, hrst
train were Col Roosevelt a NUMBER OF
pIoIlil! ITi New lO.h gentlemen pe-