Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-02-18

dence division was as badly crippled as
any Of the others. No New York mail
| arrived in this city after an early hour
in the morning, and it was understood
that most of the trains were stalled
somewhere in Connecticut one or two
trains came in from the west on the
Boston and Albany during the morning.
but later in the day traffic was sus-
pended.
On the Fitchburg and Boston and
Maine similar conditions existed, the
only through train on the latter being
two from the east, which arrived here
late in the afternoon both four or five
hours late.
The heaviest snowstorm that has been
experienced for years prevailed at
Provincetown yesterday. The storm
was accompanied by northeast wird of
hurricane force and a mountainous sea
was running off the cape. A large num-
ber Of sailing craft put into Province
town harbor for shelter. Early yester-
day morning an unknown three aster
and three coasters went into the harbor
all badly iced. Their identity could not
be learned The harbor is partly frozen
over, and the water from Province cetown
shore to Long Point is mass of ice. The
life saving stations report "all WE'LL"
but the heavy gale, accompanied by con-
tinuous and increasing snow squalls,
made it very difficult to patrol the
beach.
New York was the storm certer, or
rather the center of two opposing storms,
one from the Gulf of Mexico and the
n hap
which developed in the gulf region Satur-
day night moved in northerly direction.
Another storm started on the Canada
coast and met the one from the south
over New York. The temperature was
not so low as it has beer, but the wind.
which sent the binding snow into great
drifts along the thoroughfares. made up
for it. At no time since midnight Sun
day night has the thermometer risen
above 9 degrees above zero. Drifts are
piled up in the streets to Il depth of four
feet. and the present weather conditions
indicate that they will be much deeper.
The ferry traffic to New Jersey, Long
Island and Staten island was uncertain
Both the North and East rivers are filled
with floating ice and navigation becomes
hourly more difficult. The big Brooklyn
bridge was taxed to the utmost by traffic
from the ferries The bridge trains were
packed like herring cans. The bridge
was so inches higher in the center than
the normal on account of the cOntrac-
ton of the iron and steel work. Chief
Engineer Martin says 1t is not in any
danger however.
Since Sunday night the Atlantic coast
storm has moved from Florida to the
Massachusetts coast with velocity
and increased intensity such as has been
seldom equalled in the history of the
weather bureau. The barometer at
Woods Hole. Mass, last night read 2S.S Sc
inches, a fall of one inch since a. m.
Monday. Remarkably heavy snow has
accompanied this storm. and still con-
tinued at y. m. from Virginia north
ward. Accompanying the snow there
We're northerly winds of a hurricane ve-
locity, and hurricane warnings We're is
sued at noon on the Atlantic coast frop,
Delaware breakwater to Eastport
So severe has been this storm that
there has been an almost paralysis of
all classes Of business in the middle At
lantic states. In the vicinity of Wash
all previous records. About 20 inches
of snow has fallen since Saturday after
noon and 30 inches during the past eight
days.
OF equal interest with this storm has
been the record breaking low temper
atures of the south. AT New Orleans
the temperature was 8 above zero
degrees lower than any previous record,
while at Jacksonville it was 10 above
zero, or degrees lower than any pre-
vinus record. The observer at Jack
sonville reports heavy snow and sleet
during Sunday night, and that great
damage has been done to the crops.
The line of freezing temperature in
Florida extended through the upper two
thirds of the state, with minimum Of
% degrees at Tampa. At Key West
the temperature is only 4S degrees, 23
below the normal.
The line of zero temperatures yester-
day extended through southern Louis
lana, southern Mississippi, Alabama and
central Georgia. but during the day
there was a steady rise in the south
west. and the temperatures now range
from 20 to So
Savannah, Feb. 1.-THE steamship
William Lawrence of the Merchants and
Miners line, between Baltimore and Sa-
vannah. is a wreck and probably total
loss off Port Royal, s. c. She left Bal
timOre on Wednesday last with q full
cargo, but no passengers. Saturday
she ran into a severe storm off the
South CarOina coast. She became dis
abled, and in helpless condition drift
Cd ashore near the Port Royal bar. The
crew abandoned the ship in four boats.
One boat, containing A. ]. Morrissella.
second engineer. and John Canaway.
john Donahue, William Siefert, Charles
Green and Frank Bolden, seamen. made
Port Royal. Three other boats, con-
tanning Captain Willis, the first and sec
ond officers and other engineers and
members of the crew. have not been
heard from. Whether they have been
lost is in doubt. The wires to Port
Royal are in trouble The assistant
engineer reported to the con,panys
agent here. giving the facts of the
wreck. He has doubts of the survival
of the three missing boats as the wealth
er was severe. The names Of the miss
ing men cannot be ascertaineg here
from the cold in the open boat and were
nearly exhausted when they reached
land. Agent Carolan expresses the hope
that the missing boats made land. as the
ship was near shore when abandoned,
and may not have reported owing to
the interruption of the telegraph by the
storm.
New York. Feb. 1.-THE White Star
line steamer Germanic sank at her pier
last evening, and is now lying there
partially submerged. The accident is
said to have been due to the heavy coat
ing of ice, which formed on the sides of
the steamer. The continued loading
OF coal. combined with the heavy weight
of the ice. caused the steamer to list and
slowly sink to the bottom. 1t is said
that no one is injured