The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-12
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
THE RECENT SNOW ST H M.
THE EXTENT NORTH AND SOUTH.
satnrdny Morning, January 12, 1885.

Inc recent snow storm seems TO have been tho
heaviest experienced in the North for twenty five
years, and at the Eastward has not been equalled
for seventy years. II extended over an immense
area of country having ragged with more or less
violence from Charleston, S. c., to Halifax, N. S.
From the New York papers of Monday, we take
an account of the effect there's @i
Saturday afternoon snow commenced to there,
and before Sunday dawned, New York was buried
under o white mantle, from two to three feet Deep
For years our city has not experienced such snow
storm, and our streets have been rendered nearly
impossible thereby. 8&
The snow was accompanied by q strong N E.
gale which blew with great fury until early Sun.
day morning, drifting the snow, which was very
light to the DEPTH in some places of four and even
six feet The city railroads were blocked up as
early as ten o'clock on Saturday night, and found
great difficulty in running before that time All
sorts OF vehicles were in great demand, and during
the early part of the evening the cars and omni
buses were thereby crowded with passengers
as to resemble beehives in swarming time more
than anything else we can compare them to- Pc
destrianism was decidedly difficult task during
the afternoon and evening
omnibuses were choked off early, and the ferry.
Doats generally ceased running after midnight,
hundreds of people being forced to remain on this
side all night.
Sunday morning, as may be supposed, the
churches were rather slimly attended. In the
nearly impossible, especially where the snow
have been shovelled off the sidewalks and piled
up into the carriage ways it is rather unpleasant
to contemplate what their condition will be should
sudden thaw come ON. In the upper and fash
ionable wards, many gangs of poor men made
good wages by clearing away the snow, which had
almost buried some of the dwellings. As people
began to go out. carefully picking their way in the
footsteps of those who had preceded them, narrow
aley-ways were beaten in the snow, and those on
one side of the street could barely see more than
the heads and shoulders of those on the other.
The gas companies very literally allowed the
corporation lamps to burn until high noon on Sum-
day, although the weather had cleared off most
brilliantly, and the most dazzling brightness was
everywhere prevalent Many of the street lamps
presented droll appearance-covered as they
were, with long icicles and half melted snow, with
the mournful light of gas burner within, strug-
Cling to contend with overpowering the glare of
the sun upon the snow.
The steamer 'Arago, coming up to her wharf,
presented the appearance of a huge snow noun
tain. II was several hours before the passengers
could be landed.
IN BROOKLYN. r,.r-.-tt q .....-
The heavy snow storm on Saturday night drifted
into embankments of from three to six and seven
feet in height, leaving the streets quite bare in
some places, and rendering travel by means of We.
hicles impossible. The cars managed to creep
along with double teams till about eleven o'clock,
when they were compelled to hold up. The snow
plough to clear the track was buried in drift of
snow on Myrtle avenue, and lad TO be abandoned.
EASTWARD s-F
In Boston the snow fell Saturday night to the
depth of two feet, and heavily drifted.
In Halifax a furious gale prevailed and snow
fell to the depth of four feet Esy
In Springfield, Mass, snow fell to the depth of
foot, blocking up all the trains due there.
r DOWN SOUTH -,
The snow in Charleston was washed away by
rain before attaining depth of many inches.
In Raleigh, N c., it is about six inches deep, and
the telegraph wire is down.
In Norfolk, Va, the snow is about fifteen inches
deep. Navigation on the Dismal Swamp Canal is
stopped
In Columbia, S. c., there was no snow on Satur--
day, but heavy freeze. A small twig on tree
in the vicinity supported pound of ice Trees of
large size were broken down by the weight of ice
upon them. sHr.t.le lr5 --..lI ,5s-{-. s.
In Savannah Ga. there was intense cold wea-
ther, killing the orange trees