Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-08-05

SSow SToRN o. MoUSr WAsHrNoroN
~ JuLr. A oorrcspcndent Of The Ne-
York Poet. writing FROM Crawfori's. White
Mosaiains. July - dc.cribe. the recent
sno~ storm on Mont Washington and
The coaso4seat exposure and saEcriag %
. unmbcr u toaIis We quote
e part, % eight lea the Glen Hoo..
on Iearsday morning IN a Wagon nth -four
horscs. Toe weather was warm All the
atmosphere hazy bclo- but we had taken
the prccaation 90 pros itie against a sudden
change Of temperature BY being ciad IN fuli
~in,er costasne. the need Of Which "a. ~
Alfred before our team reached The Hall
Way House. Upon a--vnding thc drst
ledge ~ eutery-i a thick cloud 81 riist
thai "a driven against ne bv the wini 18th
iearial stoisncs. fart OF che company en-
Nrioped thrmsc ives ia a woolen shasL and
-Hh bad ADD ears covered we're projected
against m debris that ~as carried b, The
s-cFrinc vind fr0m tbc uinunfain side
Ibs TIP Top House ~as -ca-hrd in sas,tv
and the c0niort 81 a good 6rc Aad better
dinner comPcnsaied ior the exposure ofthc
Ascent
bat there VAS no sic~ 90 we're IN TIE
midst q heasy cload. .hich continu.i
-
eanse. aod srouchi no rriief. cxccpt TIE
warrn stove AMI comfortable beds m tie
>smmit House. where ~ lode,-d 9Th
tceltngs 81 toi~rable sccurity.
Nb~o tbe light 81 FRIDAY broke upon us
- could not rCaiiEc that oar israfion had
not been chaagcd 90 th- Arciic rvl.ions Th-
rindo~ pans ~~rv covered 18th ~. All
~ soon bound that ola kine Frost rirned
suprcmc. Esr-y stone AMI ro-k. s-l every
stick AMI blade % crass and moss. was
covered 18th icc. The AR as SHED 9TH a
bessy ciosd - 6ne sno- 90 hail. All the
~tnd bie- Aluoss a pcIf-cf hurricane.
S0usstsDes tho sho- sell thick and fAst.
covering ihc ground and SLING the ar. 90
that oneCoaii nj go tcn feet ah-aI
Parties can1r up ircn the Glen House.
and sone ~ thrm safcrcd severely 4
large parfyspf thirty person. cane % On
horsebsok from the Crawford Ifo,1.e All 10
yonuE iadies from Clhcaeo werr 80 over
come ~ the coll cHpo-urr and aiigsc thst
thcs ~ere hrouEht INTO tbc house inscnsi-
his. ard y required several hours % bitn<
tteu o. CuusClousurss- Ihrr lad started
frora Cra-for,i'. bot iily pr.-r,arcs 20 endure
thc tsrrrtc storm thry ctloountrred ascrnd-
ing ard a m u,ouufAin Their sufcrincs
werc tsrrihlc. bui thc kind aftcntion % the
oih-r ladies' ~ho ~~rv On hand @ minister
O. Their neccssItics soon relieved them.
Ihc storm incrcased during The dav.
Ahhoogh The tb~rraomcter DID ~; tan
bcio- thirty DEGREES. the AR r. d a. tbo1ga
u night 20 az F-ro. >tau hats and linen
coats srrv a. q discuant. thonrht unfor-
tunaieiy thcrv usrv ssscrai ladics and gen
ticucn ln the company ~ho By tht, uuse
rerr on the mountain with no better pro-
iccfiSn from the storm Ono rzrtv dceidcsl
90 rvturu o. the Glen Hou.e. ard started
in III mifst q tbc storm Tbsr urr-
sioPpcl on their descent by 4 collision 18th
A. ssc~udfng team ths ar as 80 thick
viih he slcet ard sno~ thc drivers could
not 49, each other a. ne coaflsioa one
LADY was blown over The ledge. bus nos
s~r'ously bart onc horSe uas also hIouu
over. and after tie pAsssngers lcft The
ooach o. ak hAck % the house four horse.
an The wagon ~crr blo-u bodily over
au,ong thc rocks bclow Tbe driver es-an-
Cd. tbc wagon uas broken ard on. oft6e
borscs badiy hurf IL va. al exciting and
per- ious event. AMI indsccd al the party
% rrnan coutsntod a. possible al night
lhrsc fortv-thrce dodgers o. The Sunlnit
house on frdav night. al of wbo can
testify that the storm ~as both rra nd and
fearful. a. ths wfnd biew pertect hu-ri-
cane. and seemed a. tbou-h d -oaid carly
the 'cry rocks avay iron their plarc on The
mosntain.