The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-27
er. The fires, however, proved to be
of no great consequence and the fears
of the refugees were lessened.
Heavy Damage in Boston.

of the refugees were lessened.
Heavy Damage in Boston.
One woman, with three small chill
dren, sought refuge at the home OF
ex-Mayor Beck. in the Powder Hill
section high above the flooded dis
trict. They were taken in, and when
the police came to take them to one
of the relief stations the terror-strick-
enwoman refused to leave the hill
and remained at Mayor Beck's house
through the night.
In Boston and the greater city the
damage wrought by the hurricane.
heavy snowfall and extraordinary
high tide, it is estimated will run over
a million.
The street and steam railway SER
vice was badly crippled and In the
outlying sections there was practical
ly no street car service.
While the city proper was lighted
as usual last night the Dorchester
and Roxbury sections were dark, as
were 16 of the suburban cities.
Dangerous Wires Down.
So many phone and telegraph wires
Uttered the streets that the lighting
companies were ordered by the fire
departments not to turn on power.
At Revere, Beechmont and various
northshore points and at Hull, on the
south short, many people were taken
from their homes in boats. At Hull
the life saving crew sent out their
lifeboat to take people from the
houses there.
In Boston proper the greatest dam
age was along the water front. Old
sailors declared they had not seen
such a storm or such a remarkably
high tide since 1852. when Minots'
Light was dashed from its support.
Atlantic avenue, the street which
runs parallel with the harbor. was
flooded to a depth of IS inches and
the tide reached to the Chamber OF
Commerce building on India street,
something unparalleled in the history
of the city. .--
| The damage to the warehouses
along the water front is estimated at
about 100000. The water was five
feet deep in the Revere Beach and
Boston Railway Station and the ser
vice on this road was discontinued al
together.
| At Long Wharf, where the govern
ment maintains its immigrant sta
ton, the waves dashed up against the
quarters of the immigrants in Mag
ara fashion Inside the immigrants
were panic stricken. Some of them
knelt down and prayed. and Others
beseeched the officers to take then
from the water front. Thousands Of
dollars worth of freight at the piers
of the various steamship lines were
flooded and ruined. Between tides
last evening men were offered 81 tt
81 an hour to work moving freight
away from the reach of the tide.
Wreckage Lines the Shores.
From every point along the New
England coast that could be reached
by wire there have come reports O
wreckage lining the beaches.
At 1880 the steamer Boston from
Yarmouth, due at s o'clock yesterda!
morning, came to her pier and report
led a fearful experience.
The Boston had been reported a.
lost, but came in without injury.
The Ontario from Norfolk als'
came in Is hours overdue. and Cap
tain Bond, of that vessel, declared
that in all his seagoing experience b.
had never experienced so fearful I
storm as the one weathered Sunday.
!. All day long the officers here t
both lines had been besieged by anx
ious relatives of people on board, bu
no word of vessels could be secure'
until they arrived last night.
Il Beverly. the summer home of Pres
ident Taft was cut off from commun
ication with the outside world by tele
, phone and telegraph. A messenge
from Beverly late last night sal
that the storm and tide caused grea
damage along the water front.