Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1898 — ANOTHER STORM IN THE EAST. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER STORM IN THE EAST.

Hurricane from the Gulf Goes Howling Up the Coast. A great snowstorm and a gale of hurricane proportions that were at the height of their destructive reign Sunday night over the territory between Indiana and the New England coast caused damage and disasters of which only vague details could be transmitted on account of injury to telegraph wires. Driving snow snapped wires by the hundreds. So quickly was the havoc made, and so completely, that the big telegraph companies were rendered helpless to transact their Eastern business for many hours. A big fire raged in New York City during the storm, and its spreading to the Postal Telegraph building further hampered that company. Points on the New England coast for the second time within a week experienced a blizzard-like visitation that paralyzed traffic and caused distress and disaster. Out at sea, in the track of the great liners and coasters, it blew as it never did, even in the recent great storm. The cause of the remarkable gale was a cyclone, which originated in the Gulf of Mexico, and swept across the country to the sea. It was rejiorted on Saturday off the middle Atlantic coast and moving north. There was no area of high pressure to impede it, and it rushed up the coast with a roar, swishing inland and drenching everybody out of doors. The rain came in horizontal lines and the terrific gusts made any sort of protection except a rubber suit next to useless. Even when the gale moderated a bit, it was slashing along at a fifty-four knot gait. It is estimated that fully 800 houses were unroofed in Baltimore and vicinity.