New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-03
THE STORMS FATAL WORK.
Continued from first pnEe.

after a rough experience I'm the storm. during
which Captain William H. Fairfield was sSrio"s,
~ injured At 10 O'Clock on Monday hlsn t VA
Naruna placed 4 pilot named McMlllan hpu"t"
the Cunard steamer Catalonia. ana the pin
boat was then headed out into the nay lne
southeasterly hurricane soon alter ;" ~ -, q,
the bay, and the pilot-boai vas iofceu "poh' ~
a fearful manner captain Fairfield was the
only pilot left on the boat, and he WAS standing
in the cockpit aft. Keeping her head TO thG VIM.
Suddenly. and without warming a feariul ~
swept over The Naruna's stern, throwing ~
tain Fairfield over the pinnacle. H. was near
unconscious when picked up. IL was touhd ma
three OF his ribs were fractured and mat ne
had sustained injuries to has shoulder. NJ
same sea which injured the pilot stove ~ 'i'
starboard canoe. rendering IL useless ana 'oou-
ed the pilot-h 49,. -
Among the arrivals to reach port this morn
ing was the steamer Saturn, captain w ~,
from Newport News with the barge Lone Sthr
in tn,v After raising Highland Light on Nom
day forenoon the vessel made a Zee uhpci No.
Point where she remained during the blizzard
and was uninjured Both the steamer ana ne
barge were badly ced-up on th'lr aTlIN" ~.
The Warren Line steamship Cambroman' Whlci,
came into port last evening from Liverpool" anu
anchored in the stream, was warped lhto HF'
berth at Charlestown to-day. Captain Evans
said that a 10 o'clock on Monday night ne wa
forty miles to the eastward Of Boston Light
when the storm broke and FOR the safety OF the
ship and crew he put TO sea again. At . a. IN.
Yesterday the weather having slightly nodeIat-
ed the steamer was put on her course again,
but the storm soon began 10 increase III iury.
and the steamer was again headed seaward. At
O'Clock she was off Middle Bank, and con-
tnucd to the eastward seven niles iurther'
where the water was deeper. when the weather
cleared the steamer steered for Boston, ana
reached the upper harbor yesterday afternoon.
The storm lasted twenty-nine hours during
which the wind Increased 20 fifty miles an hour'
and the snowfall amounted TO sixteen inches.
The famous blizzard OF March, 1SSN. was re-
markable for the velocity OF Its wind which
rose 10 sixty miles hour, but the total pre-
cipitation only - inches OF snow. Tne
storm which ended yesterday brought the heaN-
Of the Weather Bureau in 1872. when records
were first kept The interruption in streetcar
traffic was the greatest since the installation or
the electric system. There was total sus-
pension of the movement Of shipping
The storm came from the northwest, reaching
Boston about a. m. Monday, when the tenn
peratu was about { degrees above zero.
the ground In New-England at one time. on
Monday morning the New England snow levels
ranged from three inches in Boston TO twenty
five inches in North Conway, y. H.
Plymouth Mass Feb. THE community Is
rapidly recovering from the effects Of yester-
days storm. and in keeping with other com
munities is contemplating It's distinctive quail
torc shores of Plymouth Bay. while visited by
two wrecks. no loss Of life. Both the
wrecks were Gloucester schooners, the George
A. Upton going ashore on Rice's Rocks and the
David A. Oser on Dicks Flats. Tho crews Of
each were saved with considerable difficulty and
II is thought that the two vessels may also be
reclaimed.
from their anchorage IN Gloucester harhor, and
the Emma T. Tozer which was also blown out
TO sea, managed to clear the rocks and now lies
at anchor near Clark's Island.