The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-26
JUST AN 0LD.FASHIONED
SNOW STORM ON COAST
DID NOT EXTEND FAR INTO THE
INTERIOR.
Nearly All the COasting Craft Reach
HarborS and What Few Marine Acct
dents Are Reported Were Due to the
Weakness of Their AnchOrs-wind
Reaches a Velocity of Seyenty-twO
Miles an Hour on Cape Cod.
Miles an Hour on Cape Cod.

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Boston, Jan. 25.-What New Eng
Ianders term "a regular old fashioned
storm" ragged with great fierceness
along the entire coast to-day, accom-
panied by intense cold, great wind We
locities and an extremely high tide
AS the storm did not extend very far
into the interior, and as the snow fall,
although considerable, was fine and
dry, land traffic and wire communities
ton was not seriously interrupted. But
the gale which about noon blew a hur-
ricane, especially over southeastern
New England, caused coastwise ship
ping to be practically suspended. Near
ly all the coasters reached a harbor
and what few marine accidents had
been reported up to a late hour to-
night were due to the weakness of
their ground tackle. ! ,~
A two-masted schooner was driven
across Provincetown harbor this morn
ing and grounded on the fiat at the
southeast side. ss,s
She was there at dark tonight with
the short harbor waves dashing over
her, and while in no peril of going to
pieces, not without danger to her crew.
Six years ago the entire crew of a ves-
sci in similar predicament and In the.
same place was frozen to death.
The schooney Rodney Parker was
driven ashore in Portland (Me.) har-
Dor, and will probably be total loss.
Her crew reached shore without much
difficulty. -f..5 .AH
Down in Penobscot bay the schooner
James Rothwell was torn from her
wharf at High island and blown across
the harbor into Birch island, where she
was reported tonight as resting easily.
The schooner Rodney Parker was
dragged her anchors at Vineyard Ha-
ven, but did not quite reach shore. On
the other hand, the gale and the high
tide saved a small schooner at South
west harbor, after she had been on the
rocks for two weeks. Nearly every inl-
portant port in New England harbor-
ed a storm bound fleet. Not a vessel
left Boston to-day, and only one
steamer, the Calvin Austin, from Port
land. came in from sea.
On Cape Cod the wind reached a We
locity of seventy-two miles an hour.
Other exposed points near the storm
center, like Chatham, Nantucket, Mar
tha's Vineyard, and Block island were
also swept by gales averaging between
fifty and sixty miles an hour.
The afternoon tide was a mighty one
The northeaster banked up the water
against the coast several feet above the
mark of former years. causing not a
little damage to wharves and cutting
deep into the beaches. There was but
little snow in the northern section Of
New England, but along the coast, the
fall was from ten to eighteen inches.
In this city the blizzard demoralized
the running schedules of the railroads
terminating here. as well as the street
car system, while the high tide did
considerable damage along the water
front.
The snow storm set in early last
evening, but did not assume serious
proportions until this morning, when
the temperature dropped to within
eight degrees of the zero mark and the
wind attained almost the velocity of a
hurricane. During the early part of
the day the railroads maintained a
semblance % adhering to time sched-
ules, but by noon traffic of all kinds
was seriously impeded.
Tonight about a foot OF snow had
fallen and this was drifting badly. The
snow was light however, and street
traffic, though hampered, was main-
tanned.