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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
2
Communication restored across Boston as streetcars and telegraph lines resume. Officials warn a month of work remains to untangle the network across Massachusetts with 11 million cubic feet of snow cleared and more to come. Wrecks, coastwise losses, and injuries continue to haunt mariners, while harbor arrivals include Hibernian and Lycia.
Boston steam traffic slowly recovers from the blizzard with local schedules nearly restored on the New Haven division. Wires remain damaged at Albany crossing causing delays. Cape division and eastern lines report improved through service though some late trains persist. Telegraph links from Rowley to Portland restored. Winter Hill accident disrupts southern schedule while freight movement remains light.
All streetcar lines are back in operation after a major wire break at Malden bridge was repaired. By afternoon most Boston street railway lines were running, with 1000 feet of Blue Hill avenue still blocked and a few minor lines affected. East Boston, Charlestown, and nearby districts report service restored.
Three cars and a snow plough plied the West End road at ten this forenoon marking the first run since Monday night. The main Everett to Boston line remains delayed until tomorrow. Lynn & Boston rail service operates between Maplewood and Boston and between Linden and Maplewood to Malden.
Distant mail was late yesterday at the post office but clerks worked with energy to deliver most on schedule. Local service remains impaired due to a defective telephone system and no wire connections with Brookline Chelsea East Boston Somerville Charlestown Winthrop East Cambridge and Arlington. Messenger service provides the only communication with those offices.
Superintendent of Streets Wells and deputies Atwood and Kelley report major progress in clearing city streets after the snow. Workers have removed the greater part of accumulated snow in the urban area.
The market saw higher prices for beef and poultry with strong demand from Boston and outlying districts. Delays persisted due to poor transportation, Western cattle scarcity cited as the main cause, and traders expect further rises as retail buyers intensify demand after the storm.
Fire Commissioner Russell reports Charles town fire signal wires back in service and South Boston crews rushing repairs. East Boston remains cut off while police telephones and fire patrols stay active. Report any fires to the nearest engine house and the on route patrol man.
The Long Distance Telephone Company repaired seven through wires to New York after a network disruption. Chiefs worked at the Milk Street switchboard while linemen in Waltham patched tangled lines. Major damage centered in Waltham with about 40 circuits compromised. West of Worcester and in New Bedford Cape Cod and Newport lines held. Fall River and Providence saw substantial damage.
The schooners James Holmes and Marcelus were tugged from moorings in Gloucester Harbor during a storm and remain unaccounted for. Authorities fear loss of life aboard with two weeks since Marcelus voyage to Searsport with five crew under Captain Larrabee, whose wife lives in Searsport.
East Boston and Lynn report identify the crew of the schooner C. A. Briggs wreck at Nahant. Bodies of John Haley steward and John Charleson engine, Harry and Lewis Milliken, Emanuel Cain, and Mate J. J. Young are named. Captain A. W. Wentworth likely one body. Andrews remains unrecovered. Bodies kept at Nahant town hall.
The schooner Crandal crew from Hull Massachusetts was rescued by Point Allerton life saving station after drifting for a day and a half. Captain Harrison Mitchell L G Gallano and H W Mitchell endured 36 hours with only a pint of beans and melted icicle water.
The blizzard blockade in Vineyard Sound and around Cape Cod is removed and more than 100 sail have begun moving from Wood's Hole to Handkerchief Lightship. A crippled four masted schooner sighting remains unconfirmed and a schooner ashore at Cuttyhunk is reported. Nantucket Shoals Lightship status is unclear though port arrival is hoped soon.
Reports along the coast describe severe ice floe damage. Eight of sixteen men adrift yesterday reached land badly frost-bitten. others are believed saved. The schooner Fanny lies ashore near Brigus on Conception Bay and is expected to be a total wreck.
P. J. Moran, master of a Boston railroad lodge, left for Vermont with the body of J. H. Waters after Waters was killed on the Fitchburg line at Deerfield. Moran described 32 to 36 degrees below zero, three foot snow on level ground and drifts six to ten feet deep encountered on the journey. He said life up there would deter no one from facing the Klondike.
Mr A M Pierce of 750 Saratoga St East Boston describes chronic kidney pain as a vise turning from nine months of backache to constant distress. He reports urinal trouble sleeplessness and renewed vigor after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Woodbury Drug Co East Boston and credits the pills for his cure with renewed energy and sleep.
A passenger train on the East Boston branch of the Boston and Maine railroad struck and instantly killed an unknown man at the Bennington street crossing after leaving Bremen street station for Revere at 6 27 last evening. The body was thrown about fifty feet and mangled. The victim stood about five feet eight inches, weighed around 150 pounds, with sandy hair and a mustache, wearing a black stiff hat dark clothes a black overcoat and a checked cotton shirt. Undertaker Brown took the body to the North Grove street morgue.
A late night blaze at 90 Westminster Street owned by Solomon Silverstein and occupied by Lewis Arkin damaged a three story brick house after a lamp exploded in a shed adjoining the basement. Fire alarms at Box 87 and Box 8 were dispatched. Loss is not expected to exceed the reported amount.
The American Wringer Company operates from 7 and 79 Franklin street and 80 Arch street. It manufactures clothes wringers manual gles and carpet sweepers with repair service and prompt mail or telephone attention for orders.
A rear collision near Winter Hill station left the Stoneham train partially crushed by the Concord express. Passengers suffered broken limbs and internal injuries, with many treated at Somerville Hospital and others at the Emergency Hospital. Officials noted the wreck as a rare daylight event with minimal overall damage and a pending inquiry into causes.
Reports from West Somerville and Concord describe a 7:20 train with two crowded cars stopping suddenly near Winter Hill. Passengers recall a collision with injuries, crushed windows, and heroic efforts to free trapped riders as investigators note initial rumors and possible smoke interference from nearby bridges.
At Somerville Hospital crowds gathered for hours asking about friends among the injured. Emergency Hospital also reported many inquiries. It is understood no blame attaches to Engineer Fisher and Conductor Beard of the Stoneham train. Engineer Langmaid of the Concord train was dejected, though he believed nothing more could have been done to prevent the accident.
Mrs Edna Gordon 89 says she swindled wealthier men with help from three fugitives Frank Aldridge William Raymond and James Leak who used luxury homes in New York She claims the trio plus Leah and others swindled dozens and a Sacramento banker named Little records a prior victimhood Detective pursuit follows the confessed mastermind seeking revenge and money.
The injured were taken to Somerville Hospital including M R Molineaux at 41 Thorndike West Somerville with a left hip injury. Jesse Cunha of 37 Union North Lexington with a left knee and right elbow injury. Joseph Van Ness of East Lexington with two broken ribs and bruising. Herbert Northrop of West Somerville with hip and arm injuries. Charles P Brown of East Lexington with chest pains. Albert Bishop of Winchester with back and arm injuries and severe cuts.
Miss Josie Nourse of Somerville Sprained Left Wrist. J F K Ruston of West Somerville Sprained Right Hand. G F Nicol of West Somerville Severe Injury to Left Eye. Miss A M Perry of West Somerville Jury to Right Knee and Leg. J Conrad of Somerville Severe Strain of Neck and Shoulders. Thomas Gannon of East Cambridge Severe Laceration to Right Hand.
A partial list reports injuries to residents including A. P. Gage in Arlington, Miss Alice Wass in West Somerville, A H Rollins in Lexington, R. E. Hewitson in Arlington Heights, Joseph H. Magilton in Somerville, Edward Fox in West Somerville, Mr Tinckley in Arlington Crescent Hill, B. C. Northrup in West Somerville, Philip J. McGrath in West Somerville, Henry C. Buss in West Somerville, Samuel Berry in West Somerville, Edward Cousens in Somerville. Several suffer bruises cuts and limb injuries. Victims removed to 36 Mt. Vernon Street East Somerville.
A list of injured residents includes Jenny Lind Avenue Somerville Effie Green 110 Central Street Somerville F G Cameron 110 Central Street Somerville Co J Carroll Somerville H G Bemis Somerville A Patterson Somerville Miss N Cubberly Somerville P J Rysick 3 Vinal Avenue Somerville W Fox 399 Elm Street West Somerville Miss Sadie Dowling 380 Highland Avenue West Somerville W H H Lewis Central Street Winchester E Co Piper West Somerville F M Waters 26 Lincoln Street Newton W G Allen 16 Winter Street West Frank A Merrill 161 Lowell Street D J Cameron 6 Evergreen Avenue Mason of Arlington drummer for Munroe s wholesale grocery Boston Thomas Murphy West Somerville knee injured sent home H P Harding Somerville arms and legs injured Sidney C Coombs 110 Porter Street Somerville slight injuries Alexander W Sproule Medford Street Somerville slight injuries Miss Mabel Stevens 30 Sargent Avenue Somerville G J Lewis 20 Williams Street West Somerville left leg and thigh injured Misses Hattid and Alberta Cornell Winter Street West Somerville slight injuries Thomas Fitzgerald Somerville W M Lawin Somerville W D Allen Somerville Co W Rugg Tennyson Street Winter Hill badly crushed William Moors corner School and Howe Streets Winter Hill badly scalded and crushed about the legs
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