Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-03

Wftn Sctlnel2 BroS., bankers. Mr.
Booker has had considerable experience
hi this line, having been connected with
the national bsafrlN in the City from
which he coal.es.
AFTERMATH OF THE STORM.
Damage to Property lin New England
WIFI Amount to 100000
(By Teiegrap pip.
BOSTON, Feb "A score of per
sons were drowned and two million
dollars loss inflicted by the stor,u
that swept over Eastern Massachu
sets and Rhode Island Monday night
and Tuesday morning.
Four unidentified bodies lie In the
coronar's office i'll Gloucester Five
more are in LINN, 5brou .ht over from
Little Nahant, where t,e schooner
Charles IL. Briggs was wrecked
Twelve unidentified cor ,yses are re
ported to be at Bakers Island, III
Salem harbor. They, too, must have
III AIMED some Of Size s.hooneis which
We're lost in Gloucester larbor. That
there are others in The w;t,ers of he
bay seems almost certain. Wreck
tge is strewn up aud down the Goa
from Cape Ann t., Care Cod Thirty
:hocners were wrecked in htassa-
cnuse1ts Bay, On l..ud the loss by
the storm setlus to have been con
fine d ent rely to |, opersy. for while
many horses were Killed in the
streets Of Boston, elec,rycuted by
falling trolley wires no human being
WAS struck.
Twenty fur hours elapsed before
direct tetesr pbic communicative,
was restO-ed between Boston anv, the
rest of the world. The electro car
service N this city WAS restored by
noon, but i'll most OF the smaller
towns the trolley lines ar rtIl Grip
pied. The total cost of the storm in
this city is estimated at Sl,4:S,G 600.
Among the arrivals this morning
vas the steamer Saturn, Captain
Wiley, from Newport II VS., with the
barge Lone Star III tow. After pass
ing Highland Light o. Monday fore
noon, the vessel made u lee under
Hace Point, where she remained dur
ing the blizzard, and WIS uninjured
Both the steamer and barge were
heavily ice clad on their ;trri. al here
+ LONDON. Feb. Storms are PREVAIL
is; tsi'e.lt f.,as.l and rail-
read TRAINS have been GREATLY delayed
Severe gales Iillve swept the coast and
wSatse weather lis predicted for Tonight
with severe cold.
LN1yd's report at 8 a. NJ says: Ter
rifle squalls are reported at P1awie
a(ult and the Lizard
Atmospheric N0istur Dances al-a report
ed o1I THE Continent from Berlin to- Blu
"a Pest. res uf,llng in a general inter
Eusp--Sn of traffic and considerable dam
age to property, especially at Deipsic.
and Buda Pest. a gale has prevailed
1T Vienna since Sunday, reaching hur-
1:carla t5i,ce Gun Sunday might 1t lis
Espw Subsitiing.
The wind blew the LANTERN of the lit
.ei, q,
building which was destroyed
Its three occupants, the lighthouse
Keeper. his Wife and "a lrpa!Ep Who was
visiting them, pel:s!hed.
\ dispatch from Bslglanlr,. Lombarly
says that six wGrkmen were Killed and
many Others seriously injured AT RIA
tizonico yesterday. when the roof of the
spinning mill tler. collapsed in the
storm.
a hurricane, accompanied by drealch-
ing raEll has been sweeping over the
Clyde district since last evening A
r:GEber of yachts have been sunk in
Suurock Bay. much damage has been
q El'c 10 shipping Oft the coast, and con-
siderable destruction has been caused
inland.
A terrible storm, has swept 1.-THE coast
of Norway during the hast few days.
There have been several shipping dis
listers and it lis feared that many lives
nave been lost.
. Bus YIN, tMASS., cd Z--4 eStetOdy S
storm was t!;la Worst enc which has Wis
iosd this section for many years. The
Cana Se to property in TIE city VIII
reach alt least $4,000 900, while through
out New England 1T will run up - at
least $40. 100000.
prevailing throughout Great Britain.
Railroad tl'aiuls are greatly deiaye ow-
ing to the difficulty of proceeding
against the wind. Severe gales are
sweeping the coast and worse weather
IS predicted fer Itnnisih
RIVERHEAD, l.. l., Feb. 2.-Saven
powerful locomotives. two MANN 9TH
SNOW plows and a small army rf sho:'-
ellers worked all night, but We're unable
10 raise the big SNOW blockade between
.,:l.is place and Greenpp:nt, wne-e two
passenger trains are stalled. The pas
sellgers are being cared for at the
neighpor.ng farm houses while sup
pies are being carried by the ira n
hands. Some of the engines are on of
fuel and are using the fences along the
track. TIE snow almost covers the
trains. Esd it n1t been for tn: nearby
farm tt,Iousss it is quite probable that
soGfIe of the passengers would have per
is,hed
NEW YORK, Feb. 2-Both tele-
graphic and railway communication
with Boston are still suspended. The
Thermometer in this section IS lowering
in the ne!ghborhccd of zero. but IN the
New England Suites it is over. The
whole STATE of Maine is tad up by the
storm. Indications are for another cold
wave end more snow. The wind played
havoc with pedes TRANS about the tail
buildings of the city, blowing some CT
them off their feet. AT t.mus the wind
w'as so strong as to make ii almost i'm
possible to open car close doors facing
the wind. The storm is interfering with
all railway traffic.
12IIIE Jacket AT HER BERTH.