Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-02-04
Eighteen, Perhaps More, Members
Of Their Crews Said to Have
Been Drowned.
Great Damage, Due to the Blizzard,
Occurs in Boston and
sn~- New York.
Railway Trains Stalled in Deep
n Drifts-Business Paralyzed-
All Wires Down.

Gloucester, Mass, Feb. 2.-The most
violent storm known here since 1851
swept over the shores of Cape Ann Mon
day night and early Tuesday morning,
causing heavy loss of life and about
100000 damage. More than dozen
vessels are ashore near here, at least
four more are lost and many others
damaged. Eighteen lives are said to
have been lost, and there may be 10
more which have gone down on miss
ing vessels.
Many Wrecks.
The water front of Gloucester harbor
and along the cape is dotted with
wrecks and wreckage, schooners, sloops
and other vessels having been driven
ashore by the fierce gale. Among the
vessels which went ashore are the
schooners John N. Mexican, Senator,
Herbert, Alice r. Arden and Harry Y.
Roberts and the sloops American and
Trumbull. The schooner Mary A. White,
OF Rockpcrt, laden with stone, was sunk
In the harbor. The crew escaped. The
schooners Vesta, Electa A. Eaton and
Martha A. Bradley broke adrift from
their moorings and collided with the
schooners Hattie N. Graham, Neroid
and Sarah 2. Nightingale, and all Of
them went ashore on Rocky Bank. The
schooner Bertha Nickerson, of Bucks
port, Me-, is missing. The stone sloop
Riverstde and the schooners Unique, of
Boston, and John s. Cresson. of Glou-
cester, are ashore. The schooner George
w. Jewett is reported ashore and a
total loss at Hough's Neck. The crew
was saved. It is also reported here that
four unknown vessels are ashore at
Hough's Neck. One Of them was rap
Idly going to pieces late Tuesday after
noon.
Bodies Washed Ashore.
Four bodies were washed ashore at
Hough's Neck. They have not been
identified. At Pigeon Cove five vessels
were totally wrecked. Antoine Enos,
Alpheus Pierce and Swede named
Nelson, three Of the crew Of the Daniel
Webster, were drowned. The schooner
CLARA P. Sewall reports the loss of
Henry Knuth, one Of her crew. It is
feared that several missing vessels have
been lost, together with their crews.
The storm did an immense amount of
damage on land, as well as off the coast.
The car shed of the street railway COM
pany was blown down and damaged to
the extent of $4,000.
The Storm in Boston.
Boston, Feb. "A northeast snow
storm which set in Monday and ragged
until Tuesday afternoon completely
paralyzed all branches of business 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 ex-
perienced III rs years and caused the
loss OF several lives, besides doing
money damage Of hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars. Between one and Ave
O'Clock Tuesday morning foot of
heavy, wet snow settled over the city
and leveled wires In all directions. The
snow clung to the poles and wires, and,
Rided by wind blowing at the rate of
20 miles an hour, prostrated all tele-
phone and telegraph 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 GRIN
pied.
Fired by Electric Wires.
In Newton, broken wires falling
hcross others started fire in the electric
room OF the elegan residence of Charles
y. .Travelli, the wealthy Pittsburgh steel
manufacturer, and in two hours moth
Ing remained of the house but ashes.
Mr.. Travelli's family escaped in their
night clothes without saving anything.
phe loss amounts to about 100000.
Transportation Lines Suffer.
In the business district 1t was nearly
noon when many employees reached
their places of employment, all subur-
ban trolley lines having been aban-
doned at midnight, and the steam rail-
roads being unable to run more than
two or three suburban trains during
The forenoon. All through trains from
New York and the west, as well as
those from the east, were from four to
six hours late, and many did not get
In until late in the afternoon. The
Boston & Albany road started two ex-
press trains for New York during the
forenoon, but it was two o'clock be-
fore they were able to proceed beyond
Natick, ten miles from the city. The
tracks were not only blocked with
snow, but masses of broken poles and
wires scattered over the road were en-
tountered at many points.
Wires All Down.
The city and suburbs are covered with
6roken poles and tangled wires. Many
horses were killed In tlhe streets by
AtApuiuR u0an thu ends Rt AlspA2ns