The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
MANY HARBORS
CLOSED By ICE

BOSTON, Feb. 6.-Nearly all of the
smaller ports on the New England
Coast between Passamaquoddy and
Narragansett bays are closed tonight
tightly with Ice, while the larger har-
bors, including Boston, Portsmouth,
Portland and Providence. are filled
with huge floating cakes that impede
and endanger navigation. The south
east storm and rising temperature that
prevailed during the day caused tenn
porary lifting of the ice embargo at
few of the >blockaded ports, but to-
night the wind changed to the north
west, cold wave approached and it is
expected that tomorrow would bring
about conditions even worse than
those which have existed for the past
three days fF'
BALTIMORE, Feb. 6.-The ice en-
barge in the Chesapeake Bay on, coast
wise shipping is now complete, only
the heavy draft ocean steamships be-
ing able to make their way through the
dangerous channel to the capes. Bat
Ting with the ice between Cove Point
and the Seven-Foot Knoll are four big
steamships from sea. These vessels
have been in the bay since early yes
terday. The ocean steamships arriving
here report navigation extremely diff
cult on account of the great fields OF
ice all the way from the capes to the
city wharves.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. 6.-Spe-
cials from a large number of points in
Western Texas indicate that the pres
ent blizzard is the worst in ten years.
The whole northern portion of the State
is covered with frozen sleet. Cattle are
huddled in punches and cannot be
moved to water. Stockmen estimate
losses aggregating hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, and that range cattle
rorNf f,, -f~
damage done thus far. There is no
sign of the blizzard abating.
NEWPORT, r. l., Feb. 6-After' re-
peated and Intellectual attempts to free
the Nantucket Shoals lightship from
the ice pack in which she was caught.
and by which she was forced ashore
to-day, the United States gunboat
Hist tonight approached within 200
yards of the disabled craft, where her
progress was stopped and she lay to
for the night.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-With miles of
residence streets in the upper part of
Manhattan Island and in Brooklyn
piled high with snowbanks, the discom-
fort which the people of New York
have experienced from bad weather re-
Gently was increased to-day when a
snowstorm which began last night was
changed into heavy fall of rain and
sleet that covered sidewalks and car
rails with an icy coating. Huge fields
of floating ice still fill portions Of the
rivers and harbors and delay travel by
ferry.
GLENS FALLS, N. Y, Feb. g.
Northeastern New York Is snOwbound-
Fifteen inches of snow has fallen and
the storm still continues. Trolley traf-
fic is suspended and stage mail routes
blocked.
CAMBRIDGE. Nd, Feb. 8.-word
h h1r hof
drowned in Hoopers Straits last Friday
while attempting to reach shore from
icebound oyster vessels.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Another cold
wave is scheduled to follow in the wake
of a snowstorm which has prevailed
here for thirty hours. The snowfall
has seriously interfered with transpor-
tation.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 6.-Comrnu-
nication in the Central Southwest is
crippled to-day to degree of serious
ness unknown in late years by a sleet
storm of many hours duration, extend-
ing from Georgia over into Texas and
as far north as the Ohio River. The
city of Atlanta, Ca, which under nor
NAL conditions keeps in touch with the
world by over $50 telegraph wires. was
cut off to-day from all communication
with any point.
New Orleans also is suffering from
| lack of communication and only two
! wires were working to that city. Long
! rows OF poles were reported down in
Mississippi.
The commercial telegraph companies.
owing to the impaired facilities. were
| forced to route kilograms originally in
tended between cities only a short dis
tance apart over territory covering
| thousands of miles and involving much
| delay.
| Many Southern cities report the Grip
ping OF street car and lighting facili-
ties, and In every direction trains were
hours late.
| NEW YORK. Feb. 6--John BramwelI who
! is said TO have amassed fortune In the cot +
ton trade by running the blockade OF southern