Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-09
SEVERE STORM EAST
MANY LIVES LOST ALONG ATTAIN
TIC COAST DURING THE GALE
OF SATURDAY.
SHOWN NEW ENGLANDSTATES
City Streets Flooded and Ships Driven
Ashore-German Warship Did Not
Dare to Leave, Although 1t Was
Prepared to Do So.

An Easter snowstorm of unpre-
cedented proportions swept virtually
the whole Atlantic seabord Saturday.
Wet, sticky snow, driven by north
east gale, which at times blew 70
miles an hour, held up ocean travel,
crippled telegraphic and telephone
communication, delayed steam and
electric trains and nearly dashed the
hopes of the Easter paraders in New
York and New England. In New
York nine inches of snow fell, rec
ord for April and the heaviest of the
year. 1t was accompanied by a 60
mile an hour blow and early crippled
all surface traffic in the city and
environs.
The only large ocean-going steam
err reported to be in trouble was the
Prins Maurits of the Royal Dutch
West Indian line, which wireless mes
sages said was in distress off Cape
Hatteras.
Three Killed at Richmond.
Richmond. Va.-Three persons per
ished in the storm that covered
Richmond and the surrounding county
with a blanket of snow and practic-
ally cut the city off from communica-
ton with the outside world G. p.
Monkey, a merchant, ]. r. Chenault
and Charles H. Reedles encountered
a live wire borne down by the snow
and were killed.
Norfolk Streets Inundated.
Norfolk, Wa northeast gale
which swept up the Virginia coast
caused serious damage here, although
no loss of life has been reported.
High tides inundated many of the
principal streets, in which water stood
three feet deep.
Breaks Record in South.
! New Orleans, La-April cold wealth
+ er records for "a years were broken
e here when the mercury touched AZ
: degrees.
g Mobile, Ala-With a temperature
|. of 40 degrees. was the coolest April
3 on record at the local weather
bureau. The former record was Al
, degrees in 1873.
G German Cruiser Stayed In.
l. Washington Whirling gale and
t. snowstorm which enveloped the Vir-
II giania capes Saturday night and Sun
If day did not tempt the German auxil-
II larry cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich to
make a dash for the sea through the
= Gordon of hostile cruisers outside.
j. White Easter, N. Y.
81 New Workers enjoyed white Easter
al Sunday for the first time in many
- years.
u For the first time in more than 2s
u years sleighing was enjoyed in south
n ern New England on Easter day.
nv Tug Sinks; is Men Lost.
De Norfolk, Va.-Sixteen men are be
&c lieved to have lost their lives in the
Id laundering of the tug Edward Luck
'e' enbach yesterday off False cape, Va
Only two of the crew of 10 have beer
be accounted for.
- Big Damage at Colon
:. Panama. severe storm visitel
o. Colon Sunday, doing much damage t
- the west breakwater, which was CON
- pleted last year at cost of $4,000,00C
~ Hundreds of feet of the east breakws
i" ter, which already had suffered to tn
~ extent of nearly 100000 damage i
Az recent storm, were blown out.
it Life Lost, Delaware Coast.
la' Lewes, Del.-Saturd US coast stori
'oo claimed 10 victims in the vicinity {
the Delaware capes. They were tn
crews of the Consolidated Coal con
Al pany's barges Nos. 6 and 9, boun
from Baltimore for Boston with Goa
TIC and were drowned when their craft
: foundeded near Cape Henlopen. TIL
he wind during the storm averaged
bia miles an hour at the breakwater, an
len at one time attained a velocity
10, more than 70 miles.
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