Evening journal., 1898-02-02
BOSTON SNOWBOUND.
Terrific Storm Blocks Busi-
ness at the Hub.
MANY FATALITIES IN NEW ENGLAND.
schooners Ashore. Vessels Wrecked, Men
Drowned. Fires In Various Cities,
Havoc Everywhere--The storms
Work In other States.

BOSTON, Feb. IA northeast snow
storm which ragged yesterday completely
paralyzed all branches of business, the
street car and steam railroad traffic and
shut off the city from communication
by wire with all places outside the linz
Its Of Boston. The storm was the most
severe this city has experienced in 20
years and caused the loss Of several
lives. besides doing damage estimated
In the hundreds OF thousands OF dol
lars.
A foot OF heavy, wet snow settled over
the city early in the morning and lev
eled wires in all quarters. The snow
stuck to the poles and wires with a re-
markabie tenacity, ard, aided by wind
blowing at the rate OF so miles an hour
all telephone and telegraph lines out Of
the city were Frustrated. over half the
electric lights OF the city went out, and
In suburban towns the fire alarm serv-
Ice was badly crippled. In Newton
broken wires falling across others start
ed fire In the electric room OF the ele-
CANT residence of Charles j. Travelli,
the wealthy Pittsburg steel manufac-
turer, and In two hours nothing re-
mained Of the house but ashes. Mr.
nightclothes without saving anything.
The loss amounts 20 100000.
The big three masted schooner Charles
7. Briggs Of Bath, Me-, coal laden, was
dashed to pieces on the Nahant coast.
and It Is believed her crew Of eight men
perished. The body Of one Of the crew,
a man apparently about 35 years old,
has been recovered. While the storm
was at its height several serious fires
occurred in suburban towns, chiefly due
to the collapse of the fire alarm SYSTEM
in the business district il was nearly
noon when the employees reached their
places Of employment all suburban
trolley lines having ceased operation
and the steam railroads unable to run
more than two or three suburban trains
during the forenoon. All the through
trains from New York and the west, as
well as those from the east, were at
least from four to six hours late, and
many did not get in until late I'm the
afternoon.
The city and suburbs are covered with
broken poles and tangled wires. Many
horses We're killed IN the streets by step
ping upon the ends Of telephone wires
which had fallen across the trolley
wires. Last night the situation as
sumed such a dangerous aspect that
Mayor Quincy ordered that none Of the
electric lights be turned on except In
districts where the wires are under
ground. II win require weeks 20 restore
the telephone and telegraph services 90
their former standard Not a single tele-
graph wire out OF Boston was in opera
tion all day and the telephone wires
were almost In as bad shape. In the
afternoon telephone service as far as
Worcester was established
The center of the storm appeared to
be In the vicinity OF New Bedford, and
the brunt Of II fell on Boston and terri
tory Awnhin a radius of 10 or 20 miles,
From tnaa gersreports received from the
middle and western parts of the state
the storm there was less severe. Here
about 20 inches Of snow fell A large
number of men were employed by the
transportation companies clearing the
tracks, and It Is expected all roads will
be able TO operate regular trains al
once. UlIl la
At Dedham three Italians shovelinr
snow on the Providence division Of tho
New York, New Haven and Hartford
road were struck by a train and kill.
ed. A number OF less serious accidents
were reported A number of trains
met with accidents IN different parts
of the state but as far as known there
We're no additional fatalities.
A message was received here from
Peabody stating that Livingstone's tan
merry end six adjacent dwelling house.
were burned this morning. The FIR,
alarm service was badly crippled by thu
storm. and a greater fire was averte,
only by the arrival Of part OF the Salen
department The loss is estimated a
$4,000