SEVERE STORM IN AMERICA.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17691, 17 February 1923, Page 14

SEVERE STORM IN AMERICA.

MANY FATALITIES REPORTED. TERRIFIC GALES IN ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC. .(BT CABLE—TBISS ASSOCIATION —COPTBIGHT.) (AXJSiaALLUf AKD K.Z. CABLE ASSOOATIOS.) (Received February 16th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 15. The severity of the recent storms was increased by the extraordinary gales, which were blowing at eighty miles per hour, striking New York and other cities. Seven were killed and many injured in New York State through various causes due to the storm. Seattle is completely isolated, and all transport is stopped by an eighteen-inch snowfall. Chicago has had 150 fires in the last twenty-four hours, due to the overheating of dwellings on account of the cold weather. Throughout the country the schools were closed down. Terrific gales were experienced both in the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Italian steamer Monceniiio, 4110 tons, has sent a wireless message that she is foundering off Cape Henry (Haiti). It is feared that other vessels will be unable to reach her. All the liners are thirty-six hours late, and report unprecedented seas. WRECKS ON PACIFIC COAST. FOUR SHIPS IN TROUBLE. VANCOUVER, February 15. A heavy easterly gale is raging off the Washington and Oregon coasts. The steamer Nika (2496 tons) is rudderless and on fire near the Umatilla reef. The steamer Tuscan Prince (5275 tons) is ashore in an unknown position south of Cape Flattery, at the entrance to t!.j Strait of Juan de Fuca, and breaking up. The crew of 42 are in peril. The steamer Santa Rita (5650 tons), while proceeding to the aid of the Nika, struck a rock, and is sinking fast off the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which separates Vancouver Island from the State of Washington. The motor ship Coolcha (2403 tons), which ran aground near Victoria, has been abandoned. Rescue steamers are proceeding to the Tuscan Prince and the Santa Rita. The Nika's crew has been saved. February l6th, 8.5 g.m.) VANCOUVER, February 15. An unknown three-masted steamer is ashore at Carmanah, Vancouver Island. The Tuscan Prince, bound for Vancouver, is ashore at Estevan, Vancouver Island. Her crew, it is feared, are lost. The Santa Rita's crew were saved by Seaman Victor Huntopp who swam through the breakers and rigged a breeches buoy. A later message says the rescue vessels were unable to find the Tuscan Prince. She is believed to have sunk off Vancouver Island, probably with her crew, hope for whose safety has been abandoned. Later. The Tuscan Prince is a total wreck at Estevan, Vancouver Island. The crew have reached the beach.