Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-19

New York, Dec. 16.-Iashed by the
fierce blows Of a heavy northeaster,
New York is in the wintry clutches of
the storm Of wind, hail and rain
which has completely swept the whole
Atlantic coast from Hatteras to
Maine. hampered transportation, de-
moralized lines of communication with
the outside world and threatened ali
ships, under sail or steam. that sought
to make ports in the teeth of the 60
mile gale. Down off Sandy Hook the
bark Edmund Phinney went to pieces,
after her skipper and crew had been
rescued.
Eleven transatlantic steamships,
due In this port Saturday, were still
unreported at Sandy Hook at 10 o'clock
at night, though no apprehension is
felt for their safety. Six coastwise
steamships that set sail Saturday for
southern ports turned back from the
pitching and pounding seas that met
them at the harbor gateway and anch-
ored in the shelter of Sandy Hook bay.
Both telegraph companies had
much difficulty in even partially re.
storing communication in any direc'
tion. Westward from New York com
munication by wire was almost impos.
sible. A single wire to Boston was
all that remained Saturday night OF
the scores of telegraph trunk lines
through New England, north, south
and west, and there was much wire
interruption from sleet and wind, but
New England seems to be the worst
sufferer. Railroad traffic suffered
much delay and surface and elevated
lines in New York had difficulty In
maintaining any sort of adequate ser.
vice.
Started in Mississippi Valley.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The storm
Saturday throughout New England.
the lake regions and along the AZ
lantic coast, according to the weather
bureau, originated in the Mississippi,
valley Friday, and moved quite rap.
idly northeastward. High winds at
tended the storm along the coast and
spread rapidly northward to New
York. Snow was widespread, falling
in all cities westward from the middle
Atlantic coast to Chicago, Milwaukee
and other lake stations. The storm
will continue moving northeastward
and spread its force over New Eng
land.
A remarkable feature Of the storm
was that It was not attended by cold
weather. the Temperatures being re-
pored as fairly high for the season
east of the Mississippi river.
Fierce Gale on the Lakes.
Cleveland, O., Dec. ia fierce
gale, accompanied by heavy snow and
rain, swept the lower lake region Sat.
urday. The storm proved most disas'
trous to Geographic communications.
Blizzard in Western States.
Denver, Dec. 15.-While the sun
was shining in Denver all day Satur-
day, blizzard was raging in eastern
Colorado and western Kansas and Ne.
braska. The railroads are having
difficulty in moving trains, and some
lines have ordered the trains to take
sidings.
Last Man Saved in Time.
New York, Dec 15.-Caught in the
storm of wind and snow that swept
down from the northeast Saturday,
the American bark, Edmund Phinney,
Captain Alfred Anderson, was piled
up on Sandy Hook beach and battered
TO pieces by mountainous seas. With
great difficulty her crew, half dead
from exposure, was rescued by life
saving crews, after clinging to the
hulk for several hours, the last man
having scarcely swung off in the
breeches buoy when the broken and
battered bark went to pieces and dis
appeared. Not another man could
have been saved, so suddenly did the
bark disintegrate before the maddened
seas.
Ships Driven Aground.
Detroit, Mich, Dec. 15.-A heavy
A2owstorm was general throughout
Michigan Saturday. Train and wire
services were considerably disar-
ranged. A passenger train on the
Pere Marquette railroad running north
along the shore OF Lake Huron was
snowbound near Apologize from noon
until late at night An unknown yes
sci Is reported aground on the Canad-
fan shore of Lake Huron north OF
Fort Huron and several vessels were
aground part of the day near Crosse
Point.
GERMAN EMPEROR