The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-06
BLIZZARD RAzED
COAST; MAINE:
To MARYLAND
Damage Created in Vicinity of
New York Enormous
ONE SHIP IN DISTRESS
Weather Bureau Reports Storm Cen
ter In New England with
20 Inches Of Snow

New York. Feb Ga gale and un
usually heavy tides VIII ch have iasheu
the north Atlantic coast for the las'
two days. accompanied by blizzards
VIII oh have blanketed the whole east
ern territory with snow ana ICE is
gradually subsiding. leaving tran OF
destruction and suffe ing in its wake
Estimates of property damage run
beyond the two m lion dollar marx
IA number OF vessels are reported III
distress and several Long Island
steamers are prisoners in ice jams
IRa lroad traffic improved du ing the
morning although trains are Dehlhu
( their schedules.
The steamship Princess Anne or the
Old Dominion | ne, carry ng IN rty
two pasengers I'd crew OF seventy
two from Norfolk to New York ran
aground one mile off the coast at
Rockaway Point on Long Island in the
sto m early today and sent 5 y. .
ca Is for ass stance.
Adyices from the stranded vessel
sent through coast guard Observe s
shortly af, 10 o'clock were that the
hull was badly strained and that one
o. the holds was full OF water.
The sea was running with north
westerly swell and calls were being
sent to the coast guard to send all
possible assistance.
Wave 20 to 25 feet high ware wash.
ing over Rockaway Beach and 1t was
Itonsidered uni kelly that the transfer
of passengers would be attempted un-
less absolutely necessary.
Many nter residents at Coney
lJsland have left their homes in boats
as the water s three feet deep n the
street7. Po'gcemen have Wis ted tho
marooned bungalows TO ascertain II
a slstance Is needed by the occup
ants.
Washington. Feb 6-Another "a
hours of snow and high wind alo g the
Atlantic coast from Maryland to Maine
is forecast by the weather bureau
today
The peak OF the storm Is now report
ed to have reached New England whe e
70 inches of snow is reported n some
localities.
Boston, Feb Ga northeast bliz-
zard the velocity of which ran from
So to GA miles an hour, put southe n
New England under seven inches OF
snow before noon yesterday. AS an
atmospheric disturbance the storm
was the worst of the season, but its
effect on the public was not so serious
as othe storms because of moderate
temperatures.
The storm showed in most of the
south shore cities and towns. Trains
on the New York New Haven and
Hartford Railway were stopped at
Braintree by the snow and at east
Weymouth two trf Z were stalled
beh nd snow drift which they could
not pierce. Trolley service was dead
south of Quincy.
Schools were closed and ndust la
pants in many instances shut up shop
or ran belated schedules because op-
eratives were unable to get to work
AT Hull, the coa1t guardsmen reported
onditions that were reminisc, at OF the
storm of November 1898.
Philadelphia, Feb. 6.-Eastern
Pennsylvania. Southern New Jersey
and Delaware are still in the g ip o.
the northeast storm which started
shortly after midn ght Tuesday A
comb nation of sleet snow and wind
that at some poIlts reached a veloc ty
of 56 miles an hour made the storm
the seyerest of the winter, Railroad
traffic was delayed, street car sche
dulles demoralized and shipping on the
Delaware Rive virtually was at a
standst H.
New York. Feb. 5.-R e p orts
from Atlantic Highlands and other
marine observation points along the
coast were that the storm was the
worst IN years. The tide was high
and driven by so m lie northeasterly
gale was pc I'd ng the beaches and
threatening in many places to under.
mine GUNNER homes.
No marine casualties we deport
1 ed but the condition of the weather
was such that captains OF incom' M
ships were hold ng off in deep water
to ride out the gale
Three firemen were knocked off an
eXl Slsion ladder by waves while they
were try ng to rescue two man and a
woman on the roof of a hotel which
was washed from its foundat ons at
Rockaway Beach Three policemen
launched boat and rescued all six,
Four hotels, hundreds Of feet of the
boa walk and many amusement
pavilions were washed into the sea or
seriously damaged by the waves.
Much damage was done at Co nv
| Island. Waves destroyed the Atlantic
Bath House VIII ch cost $4,000 and
Tauntens' Baths, which were valued at