Daily Republican., 1882-02-06
THE STORM KING.
.. BEAUTIFUL HNOW" A0SUA AEa
ADIFrERENF CMABACTER.

The DOings Of she WlnA and Snow
ON last SATURDAY Tho streets
Alspsst Impassahlo- Travel
On the ". Il N. Railroad
kwsponded,
On last Saturday, this city was visited
with one of the most severe storms that
has been experienced for several years.
The snow commenced 10 fall In the
morning, and continued without inter.
ruption until far in tho night. From
the commencement, the snow was fine
and dry, and with the rapidity with
which il fell, it was but q short time
before the ground was covered. II was
accompanied by wind that had appar.
entity been recently released from the
Arctic regions, which by the middle OF
the afternoon was blowing perfect
hurricane; 1t would gather up the snow,
anl pile 1t in drifts upon crossings that
were the most used, it almost cleaned
the paveme ents on the south side of the
street, and placed it on those on the op.
posite side, it threw hailstonos around
recklesSly and truly was in a sportive
mood. The mechanic, the laborsr and
even the newsgather, as they winded
their weary way homeward, and felt
the fury of the storm and the blasts
that at street corners almost took away
their breath, came to the conclusion
that the elements were on bender, but
failed to see where their part of the # n
came in. The fury Of the storm was
such that before night many of the
streets we're almost impassabl and al
though the street car companies had
sweepers running all day, they were
compe led to take their cars off and stop
running by 7 O'Clock in the evening.
The roads outside ofLhe city were bad.
ly obstsucted and on many of them the
drifts were no deep as to render travel al
most impossible. Two young men lily
ing = short distance out of town having
some urgent business to attend to In
this city started about the middle of the
afternoon to drive in by way of the Ken
nett Pike, and were upset several times
in the drifts. They did not reach here
until late hour at night and were al-
most perishet when they arrived at a
hotel. Their horses were also in AL al
most exhausted condition.
A gentleman started from this city to
drive to Newark, and when within
two miles of the place he found The
roads 80 filed with drifts as to be i'm.
passable, and he was compelled to turn
around and come back. Yesterday
morning the milk men experienced
great difficulty in getting to the city
one man who resides a short distance
out Of town and always drives in with
one horse in twenty minutes, was over
two hours getting in with a pair OF
horses. The street cars did not attempt
to run yesterday, but used sleighs,
which were well patronized. Yester.
day morning the people were out in
force with shovels ard brooms cleaning
off their side walks and steps, and every
one agreed in saying that it was the
worst storm that had visited this city
for years.
TIE greatest trouble however was ex.
perienced on the railroads, and while
trains on all the roads were detained,
those on the Wilmington g. Northern
were completely showed in, and all
travel had to be suspended
All trains on the =. w. q B. Railroad
were behind time and during yesterday
freight trains were continually passing
over the road, that should have reached
their destination Saturday night. All
night Saturday, large force of men
were employed shOvelling tie snow
from the tracks AID endeavoring to
keep the road op"n.
The trains Oh the Delaware Railroad
were very much delayed, and the north
bound express on the Z. W. & b. r.. Il.
ran into drift near Iron Hill, that had
to be shovelled from the track before it
could proceed. The trains on the Del
aware Western railroad also expert.
euced great deal of difficulty and the
one which leaves this city at 5 30 p. m,
and is due at Landenburg at $40, did
not reach there until 2 o'clock yester-
day morning.
During yesterday the tracks on all
the roads were cleared and trains will
be- run as usual today.
The storm extended all the way down
the Peninsula and in the vicinity of the
Breakwater was terrible, still the dam,
age to shipping was not as great as was
AT Lewes it hailed, showed and
blowed all day, and completely shut out
all view of the ocean or harbor After
tho stor.A had abated, it was found that
the three masted schooner, Mary G. Ar
mold, from Philadelphia for New Haven,
with seven hundred and fifty tons OF
coal, had fOundered opposite the ice
breakers. Three of the crew took to
the boat, and succeeded in reaching the
shore in an almost perished condition.
The others clim bed the rigging and re.
mained until yesterday morning, when
they were rescued by apilot boat that
had gone to their assistance.
During the day and night, three other
sChOOnerS ran on the Break water and
were badly injured.
The crew of the Mary Arnold suffered
severely and lost everything they had.
The Captain had not ev II shoes to wear.
His f, ct are badly frost-bitten and swol-
len. 4. f. Lare, of Jersey city, has
three fingers frosted George Yarnall,
steward of Cedar Creek, N. D., has ears
fro. ted while Richard Jeffrey, seaman,
Of Long Island, has both feet badly
frost bitten. The men who took to the
boat escaped frostbite or other injury.
The Arnold was six years old, and val
led at SIC, 900.
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
At Boston q wind velocity of forty
miles an hour was recorded. Travel
was seriously impeded everywhore,
railroad trains being delayed and the
steamers prevented from running on
Long Island Sound The railroad
blockade was especially severe in New
England, the snow drifting on the vari-
,us roads. The storm ceased in Bos-
on yesterday afternoon. Many of the
narrower streets in that city are re-
,orted az wholly impossible. In New
hampshire the snow is from eighteen
nches to two feet on level and badly
lrifted.
The new Scarboro Hotel, at Long
,ranch, was demolished by the gale on
night.
In New York the storm was very Sc