Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
HEAVY RAIN AND GALE
Visited New England and
Coast Last Night.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WIND IN MANY SECTIONS AT
TANNED HURRICANE VELOCITY.
Tremendous Sea Off Massachusetts
Capes-Fears for Shipping-Crews
of Vessels Rescued.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SachuSettS coast, and in connecticut the
excessive rainfall caused a rapid rise of
the rivers and smaller streams. Thus far
no serious marine disasters have been re-
ported, although several vessels were driven
ashore. The three-masted schooner A. p.
Emerson of New York bound to Wexford,
R. l.. with coal, is aground near Saunders
town, r. 1.
The schooner Lizzie Carr, lumber laden,
dragged her anchors and went ashore off
Concord Point, Rye Beach, early today.
Provincetown, Mass, reports a fishing
fleet in the harbor there was badly dam
aged. No less of life was reported from
any point.
The severity of the storm on Long Is
land sound compelled the Fall River line
steamer Pilgrim bound from New York
to Fall River to put in at New London,
where her 300-odd passengers continued
their journey east by rail.
AT Winsted, Conn.,, the Mad river over
flowed SO that the main street was ten
inches under water today. Trolley traffic
was partly suspended and goods stored in
the cellars of stores along the street dam
aged Reports of slush-covered streets,
washed out highways flooded cellars and
similar damage came from many places
in the state
The storm caused an accident to the ma
chinery of the New Milford Power Com
pany, from which point an electric current
is transmitted to Waterbury, Meriden, New
Britain and other points, and made it nee
essary to shut down the plant for repairs
for several hours today. Much inconven-
fence was caused at the places dependent
on the current for light and street railway
service.
Trains on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroads central New England
division were stalled by snow all night at
Boston Corners and Copake, N. Y. No
serious delay occurred on the other divi-
sions of the road.
Later a dispatch from Portsmouth, N H,
said that the schooner Lizzie Carr, ashore
at Rye Beach, began to break up. One of
the crew was carried overheard by fall
ing mast and drowned. The other six men
on board were brought ashore in the
breeches buoy.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January THE
effects of last nights heavy rainfall, which
was driven by thirty-six-mile gale, are in
evidence today in all sections of the city
and environs. The most serious result is
the swollen condition of the Schuykill
river, which is seventeen feet above nor
NAL at Manayunk, a suburb. Fourteen mills
are closed as a result of the flood and LOCO
hands are idle.
The rapid rise of the river is due partly
to the great masses of ice which were car
ried down from the upper Schuylkill river
and being jammed in a narrow portion of
the stream at Manayunk. The water
damned by the ice, backed up and over
flowed into the Easements and first floors
of the factories and mills which line the
banks Of the river at that point. Residents
of the plain were aroused early today by
the screeching of factory whistles, and the
employees, after several hours of strenuous
work, succeeded in saving many thousands
of dollars worth of goods.
During the night the steamship CeylOn,
which was anchored near the mouth of the
Schuylkill river, broke from her moorings
and drifted across the river. The vessel
was not damaged.
Disabled Lifeboat Missing.
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, January T.
Nothing could be seen today of the dis
abled Norwegian lifeboat Uradd, bound
from Aalesund, Norway for New York,
which was off here yesterday. The life
savers think that the craft has drifted
around Race Point into Cape Cod bay, If,
indeed, in her helpless condition she has
not been wrecked and her four occupants
lost The weather was thick off the cape
this morning and tremendous seas were
running. The wind blew sixty miles an
hour from the southeast accompanied by
heavy rain. No disasters TO coasting yes
sells were reported.
Tremendous Sea OFF Provincetown.
PROVINCETOWN, Mass, January IA
sixty-knot southeasterly gale kicked up
tremendous sea here today and badly dam
aged the fishing fleet in the harbor. The
auxiliary fishing steamer Empress and the
gasoline fishing boat Charles A. Foster
were sunk at their mOorings. Several
sloops were either damaged or sunk. No
one was on board the boats.
The Monitor, for the safety of which
there had been -ome fear put into the hdr-
Dor during the night.
Neither the Woodend nor the Race Point
life savers have seen anything of the dis
abled Norwegian lifeboat
Abandoned Ship in Port.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, January THE
brigantine Ohio which was abandoned by
her crew Thursday off Grand Manan, and
boarded by prize crew from the Glouces-
ter schooner Theodore Roosevelt, was an
chored here today. She was worked into
the harbor during the night. She is badly
damaged and leaking.
The crew. who were rescued by the Roose-
welt and brought here last night, were still
suffering today from the effects of exposure
and frostbite. but were rapidly recovering
from their exhaustion.
Susquehailna IA Feet Above Low Water
WILKESEARRE, Pa, January THE
Susquehanna river at this point is fourteen
feet above low water mark and rising slow
ly. There is an Ice blockade at the dam at
Nanticoke. Below the dam the water is
only four feet above low water mark.
Immense Tide at Atlantic City.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., January Tan
immense tide, driven up by the southeast
gale sweeping along the coast during the
night, flooded the beach front today, carry
ing drift far up the avenues ard at times
testing the strength of the steel walk and
bulkheaded buildings erected In places of
the structures swept away in the big storm
of 1903 A large store house under the
steel pier was badly damaged.
Tidal Flood ON English Coast.
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