The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
IN GRIP
OF BLIZZARD
LOSS IS HEAVY
HAVOC COSTS s5,oooooo AND $500
PERSONS FLEE, SCANTlLY
CLAD, FROM HOMES.
SCHOONER GOES TO PIECES.
Sailing Vessel Goes on Reef and All on
Board, Total of Twelve Men,
Are Lost.
SCHOONER GOES TO PIECES.
OVER DOZEN DEAD IN NEW YORK.

The Christmas blizzard, the severeSt
storm experienced in the east in twenty
years. tied up local traffic this morning
in cities from Pennsylvania to Maine ana
disarrunged train schedules throughout
half dozen states. Conditions, however,
are rapidly improving, aud railways ana
municipalities are bending every ct"rt I"
move intercity and local traffic. lhere
is reason To believe conditions VIII be
normal again by Tuesday night, when
another storm is expected from the west.
4 number Of persons have met thc!r
death through exposure or accident, hNe
in Philadelphia and dozen or more ~
New York The final reports Of iataIi-
ties in New England have not yet come
to hand.
In Philadelphia general business this
morning was practically at StandslliL
All through trains were late, only on"
street car line was running. and the CITY
is suffering from a shortage OF miik. re
norris from pittsburg and Harrisburg IN
dictate that conditions are improving rap
idly. i..
hut on account Of traffic conditions 10
the north. President Taft decided to
postpone an engagement to speak IN
New York.
COMMUNICATION with Boston is main
tanned only with difficulty The storm
in New England seems 10 have been
worse in the vicinity Of New BEDFORD,
Providence, Fall River, Newport raw
tucket and Wuonsockct.
In New York city more than 900
men are at work cleaning the streets.
Most Of the suburban trains we're run
ming this morning with only slight de
law The surface lines were blocked,
n condition that resulted in exceptional
heavy traffic in the subway.
Loss S5,OOO,0OO Near Boston.
BOSTON. Mass. Dec. 27.-iiyc mil
lion dollars loss is the estimate mad" to-
day Of the havoc wrought III and around
Boston by the blizzard which swept New
England aud drove record tide over the
coast
No fatalities have been reported be.
sides the four known 10 have occurred
in Chelsea where tidal wave, burst |
ing through the dyke along Island End
river, flooded eighty acres Of homes, ana
forced 300 persons to ilec sCantily clad,
into the raging storm.
Thirty-two cities and towns which |
were plunged in darkness owing to the !
cutting Oft of the electric light service !
hope TO have their Lighting facilities re
stored by tonight
The storm was easily the greatest that |
New England has experienced in eleven
years All along the coast, phenomenal
tides were reported. In many places sea |
walls were battered to pieces, boulevardS |
RACED. and curbS and houses along the |
shore damaged.
Tide Sweeps City.
l.. 1, h.
wharvcs. across Atlantic avenue. ana as
far inland as the Chamber of Commerce. |
1t is estimated that the damage in this |
section will reach at least 100000
The worst damage wrought by the |
storm was in Chelsea and Everett.
where. It is believed it will be- several !
weeks before the tide gate on the is
land end river can be- repaired, and the |
Hooded district reclaimed. Having es-
capped through the snow SCantily clad |
and many of them barrfootcd, the resi-
dents Of the submerged section of Chcl- |
sea had to stand for hours in the biz
Yard waiting for wagons TO take them |
to shelter, Hundreds Of the homeless |
were taken care of in relief stations cs-
in public schools and churches. |
Masses of Wrcckoge apparently from !
the tiyc-mgstcd schooner Davis Palmer |
Of Boston were found on the beach at |
Hull today and il is believed the vessel |
struck on one Of the outer lodges of the |
hHrhor during yesterdays storm and |
went 10 pieces with the loss Of all ON |
board. total of twelve men. The |
Palmer was sighted off Cape Cod on Sat |
urday bound into Massachusetts bay
Philadelphia Tied Up
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Dec II
today was stil in the grip |
If the blizzard which descended upon !