Smyrna times., 1879-01-01

n-,suo's BIG Snow SToRM-Strange Scenes
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On Da snow storm at Buffalo seems to have
Iece" - nhenomenal violence. With the
0een ,rv ~ at six degrees only above zero on
mtl'I mJay morning, at II o'clock, a snow
Iu'I III struck the city and continued with
SiIa %1+ intermsson until Thursday morning,
MY r,s in some places twelve feet deep,
Sn. sn. rorv curouSly, at the distance of few
Out s., '' On either side of the city measured
mitr' nir few inches. Says the Buffalo Courier
If the 2Sth ult';
.Nas was so thick that it was impossible
NE neaaa a distance of ten feet, while a fifty
,UiIs ~ 1s' eale swept the fakes SO fiercely into
49," .t, e,ces of those who were abroad as to
oa"se 'nD intense pain. The scene in the
'..aots AZ this time was something unpre-
.,Jsnted. People ran and shouted and
Ian, rs if they were intoxicated. GRAY
haired ladies and young girls who had come
ont 10 do their Christmas shopping acted as
f tbey had taken laughing gas. In fact the
dir seemed to be surcharged with oxygen,
and every one felt its eXhileratlon and reck-
onad not of the cold. AS the crowd surged
nm and down Main street, for the street was
Gg they seemed in their snow coated
vr,npers like creatures of some strange,
unreal world among the clouds. The
stores were almost hidden by the whirlng
.nor.dust, and it was utterly impossible to
recognize any familiar shapes. Sleighs, and
cars, and snow plows appeared and disap
peared like ships in fog, the drivers ex-
cited and the horses apparently little less
So 1t was a memorable scene, and they
whowitnessed or took part in it may esteem
themselves fortunate.
This furry was followed by increasing
wind, and though the thermometer marked
higher temperature it seemed very cold
70 those who were obliged to face the wind.
From fifty miles an hour the wind gradually
increased to sixty, and still continued in
Intermittent gusts, until at P. NJ. it had
reached the enormous velocity of seventy
two Omiles an hour, which is set down in the
books as no less than hurricane. Now il
vas that pedestrians bent to their work
spprOaching corners with weariness borl
Of sad experience. Ladies frequently lost
their bearings and drifted helplessly our
into the middle of the street, from which
they we're brought back by gallant police
men or others who were not too preOccu
pied in steering themselves to lend help
ing hand. Stray hats and caps and Other
articles added zest and originality to the
scene, and served a valuable purpose il
Illustrating the curved track which hurri
canes pursue; for science must have it
victims This intense velocity of the wine
did not last very long, but it blew hare
enough all day to make an average of a
miles. Roughly estimated, two or thre
thousand people were snow-bound at tn
Ezchangestreet depot. 1t was remarkabl
tOsee how much real anxiety and sufferin
we're yelled beneath joke or laugh, an,
though the day before Christmas wake
and waned, and the shadows of Christina
I've fell upon the depot, there was no Wis
bic giving up of'hope until the sad tiding
we're repassed along. mo train East tonight
It was not until the day after Christine
that the roads were opened once more an
the snow-bound travellers speeded on the
way