The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-27
winter Grips New Essland.

' rtfQSt9Hs N4&8S.s AEt. I3s~--&4tltl WAA- ter. swept into New England today on such: terrific energy as to cause, great damage. much aforementioned. not g s little sufrerinx and few deaths.
 The gale drove tide into Massa. chusetts Bay which nearly eauaiIed that of the famous storm of 1851. the wet snow prostfated wires, the tele- pfone. telegraph. electric light and trolley swires and railroad trains were stalled Three persons lost their lives in Everett aud Chelsea bv the sudden rise of the tide.
 From midnight until late today the storms destructive powers were unus- ually extensive and severe. Its center was somewhere off Nantucket. but the gale swept over the greater portion of New England and was accompaah- fed by heavy fall ofisnow,
 The big tide. however. was the fea- ture of the storm. Coming on q full the coast which. In some places. reach- ed a height Of oyer fourteen feet above low water mark and has only been exceeded. according to local records. by that which swept the coast at the time that Mincts light was destroyed in April. 1851.
 Damage Amounts to Million.
 Tn this city. the tide went across Atlantic avenue on the water front and filling hundreds of cellars, caused an estimated damage of over $1.O00.- o0e.
 Tn Everett, Cornelius Harkin and his wife were caught in their beds and overwhelmed bv the flood. while an Infant child lost its life in Chelsea under similar conditions. Tn many pIaces along the coast persons were taken from their homes in boats. hun dreds of summer cottages were under mined. bulk heads were destroyed anc persons living some distance from ths coast found themselves looking over the open ocean.
 The pfostrafion of the wire service especiallyf in Southeastern New Eng lana was more extensive than fOs many years. Providence chung to the outside world by only a single wire, while communication toward Fall Rivs CT, Newport and New Bedford and Cape Cod by ordinary lines ceased sf Brockton. The wireless. however ss- tabiished communication with Cape Cod and there was much relief when word was received from the famous peninsula that it's long sandy beach had not been marked by wreck.
 It is many years since the railroads and street railway companies have been So badly blocked.
 Cambridge, Somerville. Lynn, Brock ton. Providence. Fall River, New Bed- ford and many other cities and towns were in darkness tonight as result of fallen wires.
 Tn Everett and Chelsea, hundreds of persons were driven from their homes by flood resulting from the breaking Of a dam gate at place known as "the dyke" In Chelsea, just over the ltna FEnFlfRht the hnmalaS2 were housed with friends or cared for by the municipal authorities in the city buildings and churches.
 At Lynn. the tide made a clean sweep across the narrow isthmus that con meets Nahapt with the mainland and Tor seveiai hours that rocky peninsula was an island. The state highway was covered to a depth of four feet with eeaweed,
 Fifty families in the vicinity ct Saugus river were driven from their homes by the tide and many were taken out of their homes in boats.
 On Nantasket beach. In Hull. tie damage to property is estimated at
 Details Of mliitamen were sent to Chelsea tonight with blankets and mat- tFesses by order of Governor Draper. It is estimated that the number of people driven by the flood from their homes in the city which was nre-sWept three years ago. will reach 2,50o.
 New York storm Bound.
 New York. Dec. 26.-New York and its enviaons was practically storm hound today For 'h4 first time th;s winter. The west wing of railroad service was almost wholly cut off wire communication in every direction was crippled. metropolitan streets kT a1.K suffered considerable damage.
 The snow fall which heuau shortly