The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-28
NEW ENGLAND COATED

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BOSTON, Nov. 27.--A record breaking
November bI,zzstd. Svsnt aver the
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greater pOruOn o. New england lAse
night and to-day completely demoFellz-
ing traffic Of every descrlption ana well
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,e- Ea'- ~ -'Ns ssisstsPu.e a"S
pnonlc communication, While the noFta-
east gale, coming on a high course Of
tides. drove the sen far bevond its uS,al
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ii''i.'s anu 'uAue q marx slons sAore e's-
ceeded only by the memorable hurricane
OF 1851.
yIyhtIo 4,,a $780,, 49,, ,..,,,... e, the
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southeastern part OF New England tne
whole district was affected and experi-
enced a snow faII az from e,rht TO twen-
~. -, u ~.
It-tOur lhehes' ana as the centre OF 'ne
disturbance moved down the main
coast that section and the provinces will
probably receive similar taste Of wiu-
ter weather tonight
Fortunately the storm was heFalded
sufficientIy In advance by the weather
bureau IA detain most Of the coastwise
shippina IN safe hafbors. but the warn-
ing was entirely unheeded and ignored
by those on shore, with the result that
nearly every one, especially tne ran. Fail-
cS9gbt Su nanning nam s' and spffered accordinE-
10. There was not a railroad in New
England that was not more or less tied
up by the heavy fall OF snow and the
great drifts and the roads running
along the coast, like the New York, New
Haven & Hartford. and the Boston &
Maine, had the added difficulty OF FREE
quen. washouts in places exposed to
the heavy seas.
Trains north, east, south and west
were nearly all stalled early in tho
night, although one train from Bangor
reached Lynn this noon and two Chlca-
70 trains came Into the city this even
ing,
In cities and towns dependent upon
electric cars, service was even worse for
the damn snow packed hard on the
rails and held uneven the heavy snow
nIows
Tho servIca In this city was probably
the hest Of any Of the SURROUNDING COM
munitles. vet even here, there was no
atten1pt made to run more than a dozen
cars an washington street and one or
two others OF the main thoroughfares.
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1he stor"' WIli4e nVt % Se'et M
far-reachlng IN Its effects as the teartuI
blizzard of last February, was never
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s.t 90 az oS,,,,t,,, S1,. n ions. series nf
20, Ss-a - " So0,irS IN SUNDAY n did not
So"ss Ss1ss 4+s onn6vsnce or InconvenIence Il
,%o,,Td M Lova Sons nm a week dav and
,,,ost mOu ~ tbs traN.norts +,on comnnnies
,.O5s ,,aro,S aftort IL At least nartiai-
H., rooe,,a, t FcSr1 tba afSects al the block-
"a ~ aeeO'st -''' '''s -'--S'
"IS VI, 49,. +,ro.+ roror,,, rvera ,rsce,ved
,,,S ~ q o;.,6cIs t,-nj1ht NJ the effects oe
W ", W Sto ~, ~ cosst b,t sve, those
~. ill.,. oso,,, w Iss ~ the 1rsvesk Sesrs
-. ss" - ,'s tS,o SaFotv ~ the l,ttIe shInping
tS.t ~, ba,,o bssn on Cane Cod last
',Is.'. ",' "a, .o-SS,, +, ,,I,I 6robohIv he
tn,n o ~ three daws before a complete list
AZ the disaster ,, ,,V can q be made.
" All III noints south Of this city and east
Of Providence were isolated early last
evening, New Bedford being lost to the
outsice %oT.I ZIG, Dg5Gre s C,qSM 1 mo
tSs @ oITht not long after.
TSarfher to the west al Providence and
IN other narts os Rhode Island. couimu-
njcotioa was Intermittent and subject
10 Craat DELAY. Night trains over the
shore Line 10 New York reached Provl-
dence with only few minutes delay.
but beyond that point they met terrific
drifts and it was morning before either
OF the two regular trains reached New
London. Here they were stalled nearly
ali day by freight wrecks on the road
between that point and New Haven.
The trains from New York met a SINH
lar experience west Of saybrook and af-
fer soTne hours Of telegraphlnE they
managed to reach New London and
started late In the afternoon for Provi-
dence.
Al noon to-daT the regular New York
exnress from Chicago left Springfield for
this city. followed a short time later by
the morning express from the west, and
barring slight delay from a wreck at
EAST BroolSfleld. came through this city
ali right
shIppinr DI,"stsr,,
80. :. 80 ,oas.,rr yossorv ,vera
"A uo4eH " t'O'e sV',s''s 'ssSs.S -
driven ashore IN Boston haroor during
the blizzard Of last night, and this
,,orntrp and tho grant steamer Ohio. OF
the the Wilson line. was torn from her
moorlngs and driven high and dry on
Spectacle Island. sehooners and coal
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