The Detroit times., 1909-12-28


BOSTON, Dec. 27.-with wires
down from many towns in New Eng
land and the damage they suffered
from the great Christmas stern still
I'm doubt, news dribbling into Boston
today makes II certain that at least
a dozen lives are lost and a million
In property damage occasioned by the
huge fall of snow and the terrific
winds which prevailed The schooner
Davis Palmer is missing with l. OF
the crew and may be lost. This would
make the death list "a.
In Chelsea, where a tidal wave
swept the town making 1000 home
less, Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Har-
klns were drowned in their beds and
Michael Callahan, an aged man, died
OF shock while being taken from the
second story of his flooded home.
Half a dozen people are still missing
and it is feared some OF them have
perished The only other known
deaths in Chelsea was that of an un-
identified baby found drowned in a
house where 1t had been abandoned
by its parents when the rush for safe
ty from the wave was on.
Frozen TO death in the street at
Worcester, Lyman F. Thurston. an
aged c. a. r. man was found near
Clark University.
What the tale of death at Plymouth
will be is still unknown. the port to-
day being entirely isolated by water
Late last night, however. portions
OF vessels, lying in that harbor. were
drifting ashore and il is believed GER
tain some of them sank.
Never in the history OF New Eng
land has a more severe storm swept
the coast In Boston the wind was
only about forty-four miles an hour,
but along Cape Cod IT reached an
eighty-four mile speed and huge waves
which swept before IL carried death
TO any vessels out of shelter What
the total loss along the coast will be
no one at present can estimate. From
Portland. Maine. down the whole coas;
10 Rhode Island. each and every vii
1age am town has its tale of ruin
Hundreds Of people have lost their
homes and the damage is so wide
spread that any attempt to particular
izs would be in vain. Nowhere how
ever. was there such great damage as
in Chelesa and In the other towns
along the shores of Massachusetts
y Bay.
Driven by the terrific wind, huge
waves broke down the Chelsea dixie,
which has stood for sixty years and
sweeping UP through the streets prac-
tically flooded the whole town. In
every section families were taken
from the upper stories OF their houses
H..
yeyed by hundreds TO places of refuge
where. huddled together they remain
ed four hours until the waters reced-
ed. The total damage in Chelesa will
reach more than s250000
In Boston proper there was less suf-
fering, but the damage will be heavy.
Every park In the city Is a litter of
broken trees and cellars of many busi-
ness buildings in the lower portion OF
the city are today masses of solid ice.
All along the water front the damage
Is great
NEW YORK, Dec. PA snowfall
of 22.S inches drifted to a hight OF
ten feet or more and tied up all
steam and trolley traffic in Philadel-
phia. Eight trains were neld at
Fraser, Pa, 3S miles west OF PhiiadeI-
phia, for eight hours. Three men
who were caught in snowdrifts near
Philadelphia died from exposure.
New York was practically storm
bound yesterday Fourteen deaths in
the city were charged to the storm.
Two OF the victims were men who had
spent the night vainly seeking shelter
and food, finally succumbing to ex-
posure.
A trolley car jumped a switch along
side the Naugatuck river, near Sey-
mour, Conn. and plunged down the
bank and crashed through the ice.
Motorman Fred Beard and Conductor
Marcus Donovan were drowned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Not since
last Inauguration day has the nation.
tlonal capital been the victim Of so
severe a climatic disturbance as ragged
here during the past as hours. The
city was practically cut of from com.
municauon with the north Saturday
night and Sunday. The blizzard put
both telegraph and telephone wires
out OF business and trains from Is 10
ts hours late began TO struggle into
the union station last night The
RAILROAD yards were in a state Of al
IHOot Dibtkdut LnlS morn
ing. due to the holding up OF trains
from the south.
On account of the effects of the
storm, President Taft early today can
celled his proposed trip 20 New York
He was TO have left at II o'clock for
the purpose of making an address 10
night at Carnegie Hall before a meet
ing of the American Historical so
ciety and the American Economic AS
ISOLATION.
lie was advised by the railroad
people that II would be extremely
doubtful whether they could get hin
TO Now York in time for the meetins
SO he reluctantly gave up the
Journey.
Mrs. Mary d. Green is among the
best-known woman pilots OF our coun
try. She has an expert knowledge ot
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