Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-06
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
HEAVY OVERDOSE OF THE ARTICLE
IN THE EAST.
The Storm of Saturday Continued Yester
day---From Eighteen Inches to Three
Feet Deep in New Eogland--Churches
Shiny Attended and In Some Places Not
Opened--Railroads B1ockaded and Streets
Impsssable--The Storm Extending EInto
Canada.
NEW ENGLAND.

BosToN, Feb. 5.-The snow storm was very
severe throughout New England, and lasted
until afternoon to-day. Attendance at the
churches light. In some places the churches
were not opened. Trains are delayed and
streets and country roads badly blocked. A
passenger train and freight train were in col
lisian near Natick. Many persons were slight
ly bruised and the two engines badly damaged;
Proyincetown had the heaviest snow storm in
many years, and at Gloucester the wind reached
a velocity of fifty-eight miles per hour. Ship
ping at many points suffered considerably.
At2 p. m. to-day, when the storm ceased in
Boston, snow had been falling over twenty
four hours. Over nine inches had been added
to the large amount already on the ground. 1t
is badly drifted, and many of the narrower
streets are wholly impossible.
The storm is reported very heavy through
out New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Dispatches from points in New Hampshire
show the snowfall was from eighteen inches
to two feet, the latter at Pittsdeld. Railroads
all over the state are badly blocked. Fifteen
inches of snow fell at Bellows Falls, Vt, to-
night. Trains are twelve hours late.
dispatch from Waterbury, Conn.,, .ays the
roads are all badly drifted. A passenger train
on the New York and New England road was
snowbound all night and another five hours
late.
At Gardiner, Me-, the roads about the city
are so badly drifted it will be several Gays be-
rounding country. Ice harvesting on the Ken
nebec Is badly interfered with and the cost of
cleaning from the Ice the snow fallen to-day
is estimated at $4,000.
At Hartford, Conn.,, railroad men are work
ing hard all day and passenger trains will prob
ably run on time tomorrow.
The roof of livery stable was crushed by
the weight of the snow, and carriages, etc,
damaged $4,000.
tucket, and it is said considerable damage was
done to property along the beach. A portion
Of the Nantucket Beach railway was washed
away.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-If to-day had been
business day trade would have been paralyzed
by the snow storm. The quantity of snow
that fell, and the violence of the gale and storm
proved unparalleled in many years. The au-
thorities and the "American plunger," Wal
ton, the new street contractor, have been cart
ing of the snow to-day and to night, SO that
by tomorrow travel and traffic will have few
er impedlments. Congregations in the
churches morning and evening were small.
Street cars doubled up and were run irregular
ly. Steam trains did as best they could. The
fast mail train from New York in the morning
was five hours behind time in makiug Pough-
keepsie, and the snowdrifts to surmount be-
fore Albany was reached were as many as
those already overcome.
In Brooklyn much damage was done ito q
stable by the weight of the snow crushing In
the roof,
PENNSYLVANIA.
CARDoNDALE, Pa, Feb. 5.--This city and
neighborhood has thirty. six inches of snow on
a level; all fallen within the past three days.
The storm fs the most severe one for several
years, At Deer Creek, numbering is stopped
by the storm. The snow fall is over thirty
inches everywhere In this section,
VIRGINIA.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb. SIS train of
the Piedmont narrow gauge railway, which
left for Orange Court House last night, with
twenty hands in charge of the superintendent,
to raise the snow blockade, has not been heard
from since. 1t Is feared that it met with
disaster.
CANADA.
ST. JOINS, N. B. Feb. 5.-The heaviest
snow storm in four or five years began early
this morning and continues with great vio-
lence, accompanied by severe cold. A number
OF people were frost bitten.
HALIFAX Feb. 5.-A snow storm and higt-
winds of great severity began early this morn
ing and has not yet abated. The drifts in some
places are impossible.