The herald., 1898-02-03
BOSTON ALONE SUFFERS TWO
MILLION LOSS
The Atlantic Coast Strewn With
Wrecks of Vessels-Frightful
Cold Succeeds the Storm
Associated Press Special Wire

Four unidentified bodies are in the coro
ners office in Gloucester and five NOR,
at Lynn, brought over from Little Ma
hant, where the schooner Charles Fl
Briggs was wrecked.
Twelve unidentified corpses are re
ported to be at Bakers island in Salen
harbor. They, too, must have mannc,
some of the schooners which were los
in Gloucester harbor. That there ar
others in the waters of the bay Seems
almost certain. Wreckage is strewn Ill
and down the coast from Cape Ann t.
Cape Cod. Thirty schooners wer
wrecked In Massachusetts bay. On Ian,
the loss by storm seems to have beer
confined entirely to property.
Twentyfour hours elapsed before di
rect telegraphic communication was re
stored between Boston and the rest o
the world The electric car service in TIN
vicinity was restored by noon, but il
most of the smaller towns the trolle,
lines are still crippled.
The loss by the storm in this city i.
estimated at $l,42S.0 900.
Up to II a. m. today single telephone
wire to Worcester is the only means OF
communication with the rest of the
country. West of Worcester the wires
were not badly damaged by the storm
An army OF men is engaged today in re-
pairing the damage sustained by the
wire and transportation companies. The
ming most of their trains, although few
were on. schedule time this afternoon
The street railway service is still badly
crippled. The Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company, successor of the West
End Street Railway, lost about 1925, ,O0C
by the storm. Today the company has
nearly 1900 men at work clearing the
tracks. Reports of stranded vessels
along the coast continue to come in and
1t is thought at least fifteen lives were
lost by wrecks at various points. The
loss to the smaller fishing craft of Glou-
cester and vicinity is particularly heavy
A feature of the storm was the large
number of fires in the city and surround
Tag towns, while IL. was at its height.
The Uphams Corner Universalist
Church, an old landmark in the Dorset
shire district, was burned Serious fires
also occurred in Lowell, Peabody, Rock
land, Newton and other places. During
the blockade of the railroads many
trains We're derailed and a large num-
Der were either stuck fast or lost. owing
to the collapse of the wires. The weather
is fine today, and by tonight it is ex
pected most of the transportation lines
will be in regular operation.
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-This is the
coolest day of the season. The temper
ature which was gradually falling yes
terday afternoon and last night. regis
tered degrees below zero at s. a. m.
today, drop of 90 degrees since yester-
day at 2 p. m Since l q. m, it has risen
few points. The thermometers in the
streets show considerably lower rec
ord. The East and North Riv-
ers were full of ice and the ferry
boats are delayed on this account. The
surface and elevated railroads run be-
hind time and local traffic is consider
ably congested. The Third Avenue
cable road broke down. Railroad COM
munication with Boston has been re-
stored but trains are running an hour
there Is communication as far as New
ton' eight miles from Boston, and it Is
expected that direct communication with
Boston will be established this evening.
Providence is also still unconnected
directly by wire with the outside world.
The wires in all other directions are in
good working order The streets in this
city are resuming their normal appear
ance and 1T is said all the snow would
be removed from the principal thorough
fares before noon.
At the hospitals there are many cases
OF frozen feet, fingers and limbs and
the surgeons are kept busy fixing up
bones broken by falling on the slippery
streets. The weather forecaster saws
that 1t Will be much warmer tomorrow
but predicts a snow.
An ice gorge is forming in Long Island
Sound at Fort Schuyler. threatening to
Interfere with navigation. The Hudson
River at Sing Sing Is frozen over and If
the cold continues another twenty-four
hours, teams and pedestrians will be
able to cross safely from shore to shore
IN RHODE ISLAND
ROVlDENCE, r. l., Feb. 2-The
greater part of the State is still storm.
bound with practically no wire com
munication with any place outside of the
city. The only wires working are tw1
communications with Fall River New
port and New Bedford. There was no
means of travel from one part of the civ
to another except that furnished hv
sleighs. The trolley system experienced
the worst tie-up in its history. The husi-
ness Of the city was at standstiu Tn
hundreds Of cases employees were unable
to reach their places Of business vester-
day. In many respects the storm ex-
ceeded in intensity and in the damoge
resulting from its effects the memora he
blizzard of March. 1888.
VESSELS WRECKED
ST, JOHNS. N. F.. Feb. 2-sixteen men
belonging to Trinity bay were driven off
on the ice, yesterday while seal hunting.
1t is feared they have perished.
The British brigantine Lady Bertha.
Captain Patey, drove ashore last night
at Rews harbor, forty miles south of
here. She was imbedded In an ice foe
and became attotal wreck. Her seven
men it is feared are lost, although they