Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-03
TERRIFIC BLIZZARD.
Business and Traffic Paralyzed in
New England.
THOUSANDS OF MEN SUOvELINC Snow
Fifemen Have Hard Time In New York.
All Trains We're Delayed and Sew.
eral Casualties Were Re-
ported.

BosToN, Feb. 2-Havoc was wrought
along the New England coast and
throughout several states yesterday
by one of the most severe storms ever
experienced in this part of the couu.
try. Eighteen people are believed to
have met death along the coast near
Gloucester. Eight men, the crew OF
the schooner Charles 5. Briggs, went
down with the wreck of that vessel off
the Little Nahant Monday night. From
points along the Maine coast come sto-
ries Of boats wrecked and damage
done to shipping Of all kinds. A ter
rife blizzard from the northeast swept
New England. Meager reports from
interior points tell Of houses bur.
led in the snow. Drifts score
and more feet deep engulfed the
roads and made traffic impossible.
There are stories Of trains snow bound,
Of fuel running out and passengers
being compelled to spend hours half
frozen and hungry. Trains every.
where were late, and the number OF
passengers who suffered in transit
was great In Boston a northeast
snowstorm which set in Monday and
ragged until yesterday afternoon COM
pletely paralyzed all branches Of bust
ness and street car and steam railroad
traffic, and for time shut off the city
from communication by wire with all
places outside the limits Of Boston. The
storm was the most severe this city
has experienced in IS years, and
caused the loss OF several lives, besides
doing money damage of hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars The snow chung
TO the poles and wires and, aided by
wind blowing at the rate Of 30 miles an
hour, Frustrated all telephone and tel.
egraph lines out of the city. More
than half the electric lights Of the city
went out, and in suburban towns the
fire alarm service was crippled. In
Newton broken wires falling across
others started Ere in the electric room
of the elegant residence of Charles j.
Travelli, wealthy Pittsburgh steel
manufacturer. and in two hours moth
ing remained of the house but ashes
Mr.. Travelli's family escaped in their
nightclothes without saving anything.
THOUSANDS OF MEN sHovELINa SNOW.
New YORK, Feb s.-From 10000 to
10000 men have been at work with
thousands of teams on the street clear
ing away the snow and yet there has
been no appreciable decrease in the
amount that has piled up in every direc-
ton. Firemen had q hard time yes
terday. There were dozen or more
fires in this city, q smaller number
than usual but the high wind made
some Of them most dangerous and
hard to fight. For the first time in
years the chiefs Of battalions respond
ed to alarms in sleighs. Portions of
Long Island suffered almost as much
from the storm as the towns far up the
state. The east end Of the island has
been blocked by the drifting snow.
The Long Island railroad was COM
pletely closed yesterday. Snow plows
driven by five of the most powerful
engines on the road are now battling
with the drifts on the eastern section
of the road, which may be clear by to-
day. Rhode Island, Indiana, Virginia
and other states also report blizzards.
ALL TRAINS DELAYED.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2-The snow
and wind of Monday night and yester-
day was one of the most severe expert
enced in this section since the big biz
card. All the trains were behind time,
and several casualties are reported,
but none of any gravity. The storm
was severely felt throughout eastern
Pennsylvania Two Reading railroad
freight trains collided near Tamaqua,
demolishing both engines and injur-
ing the fireman, brakeman and con-
ductor At Tobyhanna the gale was
so violent that the ice cutting indus
try had to be suspended, throwing 500
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