Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-12-28
THE COLD SNAP.
Telegraph Wires Down ana Railroad
Passage delayed Hoods Feared -
The storm in Burlington

The clerk of the weather, who has been
decidedly antic, this season, sprang q cold
snap on us, Saturday night. The thermom-
eter Ia the evening went down about as fast
as man can drop down well, and at
the average mans bedtime tho mercury indi-
Gated 10 degrees below zero. and ii continu-
ed to descend through the night. The snow,
as the wheels rolled over 1t, gave forth that
strident creak which is warning of cold
weather. Belated pedestrians ran for shelter
like men late for the cars The water pipes
frozc and burst, and the bubbling waters Of
Lake Champlain ran In sparkling rivulets over
cellar, kitchen and wash-room floors, thus af-
fording steady employment to the recording
angel and the merry plumber. And when
the half frozen citizen looked at his themom-
eter in the morning he was horrorstruck to
find it calmly marking 80 degrees below zero
"a frigidity almost beyond precedent. 1t
was 20 below on the hill; "a below on South
! Union street 23 below on Church street
the observations of course being taken at
different times and the exposure of the mcr-
curry being greater or less and as late as
o'clock the thermometer at b. w. Carpenter
g. Co.'S marked 10 below. All day long,
though the sun shonc brightly, the mercury
renamed several degrees below zero, and
the day was one of great discomfort.
Extreme cold weather prevailed Saturday
night and Sunday morning throughout New
England. Bangor, Me, reports the mercury
at 10 to 90 degrees below Concord 90, Han
over from 90 to 30 below; Barre 25 below; and
in the towns around Bellows Falls the mer.
curry ranged from Is to 2S below. At Ply.
mouth, Mass, the harbor was frozen over
and the thermometer registered Is to Is be.
low. Ia Boston the lowest point touched
was 10 below, but Sunday evening 1t was
degrees above and snow was falling. AT
Worcester the mercury ranged from 10 to %
degrees below, Sunday morning. AT Provi.
dcncc the mercury touched 10 below.
A heavy snow started at New York carly
Sunday evening and promised to last through
the night. The Thermometer was 8 above. A
severe slect storm prevailed Sunday might
west of Buffalo ana .Pittsburg. Inc tele
graph wires were badly demoralized. Ii
central New York the thermometer ranged
from s to 10 below. The thermometer II
Utica was 90 below, Saturday night. Ii
BConville, Oneida; county, II was 20 below
Snow began falling at Baltimore SUNDAY
afternoon and was still falling at ten O'Clock
Sunday was the coolest dav of this season
at St John, N. b., the thermometer beinl
| II below.
Snow fell in Virginia Sunday morning t.
depth of four inches and appears to be gen
eral throughout the State extending to th,
, North Carolina line.
A Chicago despatch says that snowstorn
over a wide area prevailed Saturday nigh
! and Sunday, followed by slcet, turning I
rain in some places. 1t was the heaviest i
southern Illinois, Indiana and Michigan
I Trains were delayed and telegraphic com
| municaio ion was greatly interfered with o.
account of the sloet.
5 Pittsburgh was visited Sunday by one @
7 the worst storms for years. 1t began ssowin
at daylight and continued till dusk, when
changed to a STEADY warm rain. The street
were in terrible condition. Cellars wer
, flooded and goods damaged. The train
! were all delayed and the telegraph wire
were Frustrated in every direction. OWN
7 to the heavy snow in the Monongahela Va
t | ley and the head waters Of the Allegheny
disastrous flood is expected.
AT Cincinnati snow fell every day but on
during the past eight days up to Sunday.
reached 90 inches in depth. Sunday morn L
sleeting rain began. II rlincd all day an
r began pouring at dark and was still pourin
Z at the latest advices at midnight. Celia
were fl ,eding everywhere and many roo
were breaking in. One line of street cal
;. was stopped and all railway trains were d,
> ayed. Spcciils report snow the whole lengt
of the Ohio valley, and much deeper sno
/ in West Virginia aud Pennsylvania Rain wa
J. melting it rapidly everywhere. Specials r
IL port warmer we tthrr West. River men e.
u pcct a destructive food this week. Emo
a nous fleets of coal laden boats above and b
II low Cincinnati would be impcrilled by su
J. den great ris".
u Snow was over n foot in depth at India
- apolls Sunday night. Trains were delaye
a The weather turucd warmer with slig
- rain, later.