Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-03
THE BIG STORM.
Better Conditions Apparent at All
Points - Heavy damage in the
East.

Boston, February 2.-The financial
less caused by the great storm which
swept down on the greater part of New
England Monday night and yesterday
will amount to more than was at first
thought. In this city alone it is esti-
mated that the loss will amount to
over S2,000,000. Up to II O'Clock to-
day the city had not established a
connection by telegraph with the rest
of the country A single telephone
wire to Worcester is the only means
Of communicating with the rest of the
country. West of Worcester the wires
were not badly damaged by the storm.
An army of men is engaged to-day
repairing the damage sustained by the
wire and transportation companies.
The steam railroads have succeeded in
running most all of their trains, al
though few were on schedule time this
afternoon. The street railway service
is still badly crippled. The Boston
Elevated Railway Company, success
sors to the West End Street Railway,
lost about $225,000 by the storm. To-
day the company has nearly $500 men
at work clearing the tracks.
Reports of stranded vessels along
the coast continue to come in, and it
is thought that at least fifteen lives
were lost in wrecks at various points.
The loss to the smaller fishing craft of
Gloucester and vicinity is particularly
heavy A feature of the strom was
the large number of fires in the city
and surrounding towns while it was at
its height.
The Uphams Corner Universalist
Church, an old land mark in the Dor
chester district, and st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church at Taunton. were burned.
Serious fires also occurred at Lowell,
Peabody, Rockland. Newton and other
places. During the blockade of the
railroads many trains were derailed
and a large number were either stuck
fast or lost owing to the collapse of
the wires The weather is fine to-day
and tonight most of the transportation
lines are in regular operation.
New Haven, Conn, February q
Connecticut has practically recovered
from the storm. With the exception
of late trains, especially the through
trains from Boston, and impeded troll
ley car traffic, the State felt the eff
fects of the storm but slightly. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires stood up
admirably.
Providence. R. l., February 2-The
greater part of the State is still storm
bound with practically no wire COM
munication with any place outside of
this city. The only wires working are
two communicating with Fall River,
Newport and New Bedford. There
were no means Of travel from one part
of tho cifv anOt her
ST. Paul, Mimi, February 2.-BeloW
zero weather was general in the north
west early to-day In this city it was
y below at Z o'clock, a drop of 80 de-
grees since yesterday afternoon. At
the same hour Duluth reported IA be-
low, Moorhead 16 below, Huron 10 be-
low Bismack 10 below and Winnipeg
twhere it was 26 below during the
night had Is below. Minus figures
We're elsewhere likewise reported, but
Winnipeg was the coolest.
New York, February 2.-This is the
coolest day of the season. The tenn
perature, which was gradually falling
Yesterday afternoon and last night,
registered FIVE degrees above zero at
s a. m. to-day, a drop of % degrees
since yesterday at p. N.
At the hospitals there are many
cases of frozen feet, fingers and limbs,
and the surgeons are kept busy fixing
I'M the bones broken by falls on the
slippery streets.