The San Francisco call., 1904-12-19
Vessels Off Coast of the
North Atlantic States Suf-
fer From Fury of the Sc
verest Storm in Many Years
LONG ISLAND HAS
THREE FEET OF SNOW
New York City Under Mantle
of White-With Clearing.
OF Weather the Sleighs
Crowd Park and Speedway

NEW YORK, Dec 1S.-The snow
storm and gale which struck the coast
yesterday afternoon and continued un-
I'll the early hours of this morning was
the most violent that has occurred in
several years. Reports from the New
Jersey and New England coast and
from incoming steamers tell of furious
gales and many disasters.
At Vineyard Haven more than fifteen
schooners anchored in the harbor were
blown ashore early to-day and several
others were damaged in collisions. Off
the Bay Head, n. j., life-saving sta
ton, the schooner Lizzie H. Brayton,
bound for Providence, r. l., from
Baltimore, went ashore, the crew be-
ing rescued by the life savers.
The Cunarder Umbr4a and the Amer
lean liner st. Paul, both of which ar
rived to-day. reported heavy weather
and adverse gales during the whole
passage. The Anchor line steamship
Astoria, bound for Glasgow, went
ashore to-day in the lower bay but
was later f1oated without injury and
proceeded Most of the Sound steam
ers we're late in arriving at their piers.
THOUSANDS SHOVEL SNOW.
In the riN er and harbor the traffic
was almost at a standstill for a while.
30 nGdNN Was the SllOHIdll lI1dI IRHIS
could not be seen on the river a boats
length ahead and ferryboats and other
craft proceeded at a diminished speed,
blowing whistles and feeling their way
cautiously through the binding storm.
No accident of any moment was re-
ported.
In the city the snow, which began
yesterday afternoon, fell almost with
out intermission until early this morn
ing, by which time inches had de-
scended. There was little Interrupt
and 1000 teams being set to work as
soon as the snow ceased falling to
clean the principal thoroughfares. In
the afternoon the weather cleared, and
with the coming of bright sunshine
Central Park and the speedway were
tbronged with sleighs.
Three feet of snow on the level was
the record of the storm in the east end
of Long Island, and as a result trains
were delayed. One train bound west
from Sag Harbor is still stalled in the
Shinnecock hills.
WIRES ARE FRUSTRATED.
BOSTON, Dec. 18.-A blizzard of Sc
verify prevailed to-day along the
Southern New England coast. All the
wires to Cape Cod were Frustrated.
and there has been no communication
south of Wareham by land lines since
early this morning.
The captain of the Watch Hill life
station reported that when the storm
cleared this forenoon three barges were
seen ashore on the south side of Fish
ers Island. 1t is believed that the crews
were taken off.
NEWPORT, r. l., Dec. 1S.-As a re-
suit of the worst blizzard that has Wis
tied Newport in many years. all local
traffic is practically at a standstill. The
storm began at midnight last night and
abated at noon to-day. On a level the
snow is more than two feet in depth,
while strong wind has piled up drifts
that block the streets. The first train
from Boston was five hours late The
Fall River line steamship from New
York was caught in the storm and
reached here five hours late.
LIFE-SAVERS KEPT BUSY.
WOODS HOLE, Mass. Dec 1S.-The
damage from the storm here was the
heaviest since the November gale of
1898. AS far as could be learned no lives
were lost. f~
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.. Dec. 1S.-A
schooner, said to be the Lizzie H. Bray
ton, from Baltimore for Providence. is
ashore off Bay Head life-saving sta
ton. The Bay Head life-saving crew
rescued the crew. Mantoloking life
saving station reports an explosion in
an oil barge off that place this after
noon. 1t is believed that the crew was
rescued.