Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-20
THR eRKAT SNOW sT0RM.
IntsrruptIon to Business In Uur City.
entire CESSATION OF TRAVEL YRS
TERDAY,
IT WILL BE RESUMED TO-DAY.

One Of the greatest snow storms known to
this latitude has visited as during the last
fOTty-isght hours. The divinity Of storms is
AssuredIy in one Of bis most unpropitiOus
moods this season. He ushered In 1854
through frozen arch of ice, with loud blasts
from the trunps of BOrsas, and colder winds
szd skies than " the Oldest inhabitant" can
parallel in his memory. And now, before
we have fairly recovered our balance from
the shocks and Interruptions Of that period,
he surprises Us again with sheets and clouds
Of driving snow dust, with drifts and clog
ged sidewalks, with tumuItuOus and ire
sistible wind and an angry sky.
TIE sroRK.
Monday morning early the snow began TO
fall, gently at first and without wind But
the wind rose snd the snow came faster until
about 10 P. n, when It fell in perfect
whirlWind. The wind was in the Northwest
and was terribly high and keen. The snow
came very thickly, in light, sifted particles,
WHICH adhered closely to any surface on
which they felI,S that person stspPing out
into the storm was at once Whftsnsd to .
snow statue.
All night long the snow fell inesIsantly
and drove furiously, aad the wind almost
carried away the lueklssI pedestrians who
Vsntursd upon the strsStS. All day yestsr-
day the snow still fell and the wind still
blew. At sunset, however, the snow ceased
and the atmosphere grew clear and cold.
Last night was beautifully light and clear.
During the whole storm the weather wal
by no means bitterly cold. Indeed during
the most Of the time, the thEmonOtsr stood
above the freezing point.
THE AsPECT OF TH1 CITY.
Our city yOstsrday wore ahs appearances oi
Russian or Siberian city, and might easily
have been taken, a. far as weather portentl
20, for Montreal or kosooW. Drifts formed
in the roads and on the sidewalks. AL
progrt IS, pedestrian or otherwise, was OBJ
structsd: The cars on the Street Railroads
made no attempt to run, Is the roads werC
entirely bIOcksdsd. The sidewalks on oul
PriACipsa streets, and especially on the nOrtl
side Of superior, were rendered slmOst i'm
paSssble by large drifts, three or four fee
deep, which It WsS useless to attempt to clsAl
away, as the driving wind Immediately
brought fresh snow to pile up wherever {
clearing was made. Then, too, the RdheIivs
lnoW Thitsned the HaIIS Of all buildings, IN
til they all wore an AretiE covering Of snow
It filed up every creViOs, was piled sgainsi
every door and window, siftSd into every
hall.
Very few bravsd the wi nd and storm and
appeared upon our Streets Some places Of
business were not opened at al, and those
which were did little or nc. business. Even
the police were idle OF busy only in saving
women and children from the wind sud
driftsd snow. It is owing 10 th cir vigilance
that Hs have ne loss Of life in our own city
to chronicle, as, in several cases, they res
eusd children and women who were overcome
by the storm and unable to proceed further.
TIE wEA7HER AND FHE RAILROADS.
A eomplste stop has been put to the run
ming Of railroad trains. None left the Depot
yesterday, and nons arrived there. Indeed
there was no attempt to run any trains on
any part Of the roads oeutsriIg in Cleveland
Below We give the state Of affairs on the va
rious roads yesterday.
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