The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-18

WRECKS PILED ALONG COAST

New York, Nov. 16. - The storm
which swept up through the Atlantic
coast states from the guilt Sunday,
developing into a gale Of hurricane
force as it moved northward, resulted
in the most complete tie UP of wire
communication that the Eastern
states have experienced since the
memorable snow storm of 1883, dis
arranged rain schedules, paralyzed
trolley lines and piled several wrecks
along the coast. A downpopr of rain
and heavy snow which accompanied
the storm added to the destructive
force of the gale. Telephone and
telegraph poles, borne dow by the
weight of snow and ice-encrusted
wires, gave way before the
Sweep Of the Wind,
and whole sections were cut off.
Both the telegraph companies and the
telephone companies with long dis
lance wires yesterday reported their
fields of operation restricted to the
territory bounded on the west by Phil
adelphia, on the east by Boston and
on the north by Newburgh, N. Y. The
big brokerage concerns in Wall street,
many of whom under normal condi-
tons operate thousands of miles of
wire, yesterday found themselves
practically helpless. The exchanges
were no more fortunate and the only
quotations received from Chicago and
New Orleans were the market reports
Of the Associated Press.
By an elaborate system of relaying
and the use of both telephone and tel
egraph wires the Associated Press
succeeded in
Bridging the Path
between East and West cut by the
storm and reached all points west,
north and east, with the exception OF
a small section in the vicinity of Al
bany. There the damage from the
snow and wind seemed beyond im1ne-
date repair, and with the exception Of
trains there was no communication
with that section during the day.
The general breaking down of wires
was almost entirely responsible for
the trouble on the railways. The
movements of trains could not be
reported and delays extending into
hours in many cases were reported.
That no more disasters at sea re-
suited from the gale probably was due
to the early warning of tn ach-
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bureau.
Terrific Gales.
Boston, Nov. 1.-THE fierce south
ern storm which started off the
Florida coast on Saturday and swept
up the Atlantic seaboard, passed over
the maritime provinces yesterday. and
last night had its center off Cape
Race. Newfoundland. The storm in
the provinces, particularly along the
peninsula Of Nova Scotia, was attend.
ed with terrific gales and an unusually
low barometer, the glass at Halifax
showing a mark of 2S.6.
Telegraphic and telephone COM
munication with the provinces is in
terrupted and what new came from
Eastern Maine filtered through dur
ing the day by a
Most Circuitous Route.
AS reports have been received here
from points along the New England
coast regarding the ravages of the
storm, a remarkably small number of
marine disasters was noted. So far
as known only two vessels we're
wrecked, the Rockland schooner Ar
cularius. which went ashore off the
Tarpaulin Cove lighthouse on Nau-
shon island. and another Rockland
schooner. the Nautilus. which broke
her hack across the New Dog Bar
breakwater, Gloucester harbor. In
neither case vas there any loss Of life.