Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-02-05
NEW ENGLAND SNOW bound.
BosToN's BUSINESS pARAIYzED
Several Lives Lost and Money DAM
nres of Hundreds of Thousands
of DoI1ars-Only u Few Trains
Novfng-Storm Elsewhere.

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until yesterday afternoon, completely par
aIvzed all branches of business and street
ear and steam railroad traffic and for Il
time shut off the city from communica-
ton by wire with all places outside the
limits of Boston. The storm was the most
severe this city has experienced IN %
years and cased the loss OF several lives,
besides doing money damage OF hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars.
Between | and ) o'clock yesterday
morning foot of heavy, wet snow set
tied over the city and leveled wires in all
directions The snow chung TO the poles
and wires and, aided by wind blowing
at the rate of so miles and hour, pros
trated all telephone and telegraph lines
out of the city. More than half the elec-
tric lights of the city went OF and IN the
suburban towns the fire alarm service was
crippled
! In Newton, broken wires falling across
others, started fire in the electric room
of the elegant residence of Charles j.
Travelli, the wealthy Pittsburg steel man
ufacturer, and in two hours nothing re-
manned of the house but pile of ruins.
Mr.. Trayellis family escaped in their
night clothes without saving anything.
/ The loss amounts to about 100000, the
! house being valued at $4,000 and furni-
/ ture and art treasures at $4,000.
Late Monday night the big three-mast-
ed schooner Charles I. Briggs OF Bath,
! Me-, coal laden. was dashed 10 pieces ON
/ the Nahant coast and it is believed her
crew of eight men persisted. The body of
one of the crew has been recovered.
In the business section it was nearly
noon when many employees reached their
places of employment, all suburban troll
/ lev lines having been abandoned at mid
night and the steam railroads being UNI
able to run more than two on three trans
during the forenoon. All through trains
/ from New York and the west as, we'll as
/ those from the east were from four to
six hours late and many did not get Ill I'M
til late in the afternoon. The tracks were
not only blocked with snow, but masses
of broken poles and wires We're encoun-
! tered at many points Tonight the few
| trains moving are running without a tel
egraph service. 1t will take weeks to re-
store the telegraph and telephone selv-
ice Not a wire out of Boston was in
operation today and the telephone wires
we're in almost as bad condition. This
afternoon a telephone service as far as
| Worcester was established.
Most of the stores were deserted all
1 dav. The stock exchange was lifeless and
transactions We're limited.
Shipping Badly Damaged.
Shipping in the harbor was greatly
damaged and it is feared that many dis
asters to coast shipping will be reported
when telegraphic communication is re
/ stored.
/ The center Of the storm is said to be
in the vicinity of New Bedford and the
/ brtnt of it fell on Boston and territory
within radius of ID or 20 miles From
meager reports received from the middle
and western parts of the state the storm
there was less severe.
Here about 20 inches Of snow fell
violent storm the Ocean.
! Gloucester, Mass. Feb. 1.-The most vi
client storm known here since 1851 swept
! the shores of Cape Ann Monday night
and early this morning, causing haVy loss
/ of life and about 100000 damage. More
| than dozen vessels are ashore near here,
/ at least four more are lost and many 9th
ers damaged.
/ Syvept over New York State.
New York. Feb. 2.--'Ihe storm which
began Sunday night, swept over New
York state in great fury and today was
central in the New England states. North
ern New York is snowbound and the eX
tent of damage in New England can not
be Appropriated. Reports from Boston,
with which place communication was es-
tablished tonight under great difficulties,
after that city had been shut off from
New York for many hours, Indicate some
loss of life and an immense amount OF
damage to property Business has been
at standstill in many of the smaller
towns wires all over the country are
down, roads are blockaded and railway
traffic greatly impeded
The ''up the state" residents have suffer
ed with cold which ranged as low as ~
degrees and more below zero. At Al
bany. Troy, Saratoga and many other
places in the state as much as two ana
three feet of snow has fallen and reports
tonight are that the blizzard is still rag
ing, the worst storm since the memora-
Bile one of 1888 Residents of this city
have had to battle their way to business
against a gale of wind that at times swept
along at 40 miles an hour and carried
sheets of snow with it. Much delay was
caused to railroad mail service; thas from
the northern part of the state has been
practically cut off AMI trains running on