The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-30
ATLANTIC COAST
SWEPT BY A STORM
Was Most Violent One That
Has Occurred in Many
Years.
NEW YORK BLocKADED
Thirteen Thousand ShoveIars Are at
Work Trying to Force Passages
Through Streets-Much
Shipping Damaged.

New York, Dec. 20. The snowstorm
ana gale which struck the coast Sun
day was the most, violent that
has occurred for several years. Re
ports from the New Jersey and New
England coasts and from incoming
steamers tell of furious gales and
many disasters.
At Vineyard Haven over fifteen
schooners anchored in the harbor were
blown ashore and several others, were
damaged in collisions. Off Bayhead,
n. j., life saving station the schooner
Lizzie II. Brayton, bound Tor Provi-
dence, r. l., from Baltimore, went
ashore. the crew being rescued by the
| life savers.
American liner ST. Paul. both of which
arrived today, reported heavy weather
and adverse gales during the whole
passage.
The Anchor line steamer Astoria.
bound for Glasgow. went ashore in the
lower bay, but was later hoated with
out injury and proceeded.
Most of the sound steamers We're late
in arriving at their piers In the river
and harbor the traffic was for aWhil,
during the worst of the storm almost
at a standstill. So heavy was the snow
fall that lights could not be seen on the
river boats length ahead. and ferry
minished Roadway, blowing Whistles
and feeling their way cautiously
Through the binding storm. No. acci-
dents of any moment We're reported.
In the city the snow fell almost with
out intermission until eight inches had
fallen. There was iittle.interruption of
traffic, $4,000 snow shovelers and 1,4QD
teams being set TO work as soon as the
snow ceased falling to clean the prin-
lcipal thoroughfares
AT the Grand Central station 1t was
said that the train service has not
been interrupted by the storm. There
/ has been o; " a slight fall of snow in
the northern and western parts of the
stat Three feet Of snow on the level
4 was the record of the storm in the
east end of Long Island, and as "a re-
suit trains We're delayed. One train
bound west from Sag HARDER is still
stalled In the Shinnecock hills. f.
Is & Newport, r.. T., Dec. 19.-As IA result
of the worst blizzard that has visited
| Newport in*nafly years traffic is sprac-
4 tically at a standstilfs
On n level the snow Is N ore than two
| feet in depth, while strong wind has
4 piled upssdrifts that block he streets.
Blizzard of Severity.
4 Boston, Dec 20.--rrhe storm here was
| q blizzard ofSseverity along the south
erll5 New England coast All wires on
4 Cape Cod We're Frustrated, and there
has been no communication souti. Of
Warellalm by land lines. The wind blew
/ a hurricar less Newport, T..
The capt In OF he Watch Hill life saw
/ ing station reported today that when
/ the storm cleared three barges were
cen ash ore oll the south side Of Fish
4 ems island. III
"a tug was observed alongside one of
/ the barges, seemingly engaged In tax
ing oft he e rev, and an hour Later she
i proceeded eastward.
l5asl The Watch hill life savers We're in
coinilnn icatio for a short time by tele-
4 phone with he Fishers island station
i and 1t WAS lld erstood that the crews
Of some Of the barges were taken of
late BY thek breeches buoy 1t was re
\ ported late hat two of the barges add
4 aoaIed and the other was ashore.
4 Rescued BY Breeehes Buoy.
Atlantic Citg, N. =, Dec. pa
schooner said to be the Lizzie III. Bray
i ton, rom Baltimore for Providence
wi III ~ "a Tgo of soft coal is ashore of