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Show ; Yesterday's Storm in Boston. f Bosrox, February 20. At 9 o'clock this moruiug the huge telegraph pole at the cor-! cor-! ner., pi :Iarket and Alabama streets was broken short off by the high windi f Other ! telegraph poles were broken or torn down in ! quick succession and several streets were ! soon blockaded with poles and an inertric-i inertric-i able snare of wires. Many horses were en-! en-! tangled and a panic was narrowly avoided, j The streets were at once roped off and large ! gangs of men were set at work to clear the I wreck. For the time being, the freight de- livered at the Albany depot had to be drag . ged by hand around the block. No injury to life or limb has so far been reported, but I there have been narrow escapes. |