Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-20

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1115lIe. June 10 IL
rng WEATmRR.
n~.ssss srsn ske CsIsnAaa River
Wialanesse Valley Assersa an>
eseetan1.
Historian, Dee. I7th.1
4 an early hour yesterday rnorninl
- fseu east wind which hes beer
Siovine soldly from the inland mount
- ersw irto gale, she fsminR star
~ differed IN the osnosve vault above
80 obsoufsd By leaden -coIored clouds
~ fsw small fakes of snow wess
tnksn from their folds on The frozen
81 3 o'clock the wind was bosmina
i lke fir 70 the south, shri0kinQ In thl
Iirring or tho vessels, and whiatiinQ e
sgssy crack and granny through which
i forced unwilling entrance, while on
~ wings Of the hast came powdery
lsofhery, ifppalpable particles Of firy
nv that siftsd In through windou
ails. and under doors, and caves and
ogsr The roofs 70 drift In the streets BE-
~. lt vas snow that suRRested nc
ihouaht Of moisture, as dry as dust and
1us e 6ouF, aud Rlistenine like pow
1essd sugar Il piled up IN drifts, and
~ swept BY the blast into fantastic
forms and huge piles, while ths inorsas-
~ Wind shook the windows end ratified
X ~ doors, and set the sians 70 swing
~ aod howled down the cblmneys, and
upset stovepipes, and whisked around
~ eofnsrs, and r0ared through the
o61eots, till finally meeting few cross
onfEDnts from the north, the demons OF
~ aif went whirling out 20 sea and
uB>aksd their vengeance on tbs hapIoss
no<insn o6 shore.
Nhsn morning dawnsd the visible
rufld vas white. an angry ses Vas boil
~ q our doors, dull. leaden storm
eloud hung lowering over the earth. and
~ wind grew colder ~ the snuw ceased
falling. Few indeed we're the houses
Into which the snow had not feund en-
tfsnee, and there are situations IN life
mefe pleasant than 10 have 10 sweep
mow from kitchen f0ors before starting
the breakfast fire. There is always. Be
if summer or winter something about
~ east wind that 10 exasporatinQ 10 IN
Astorian. IL In 10 hArsh and dry aud
F4spinQ; it IL 20 infinitely uncomfcrta.
ble compared 20 our warm. genial
breeze from the west, that u always
somes without . welcome and leaves
Without regret. Particularly Is shis shs
sass when it brinea dark snow clouds on
ts winQs. and the only mitigating cir.
sumssancs about Il Il that Il canuos
triumph. IL can only play at winter.
Tor presently comes warm breath from
the great ocean 20 sur doora thai melts
Into the balmy air Of spring.
At Q O'Clock the II. X. Thompson
.wuna out in the bowling darkfor Port
land. Hardly had she Rot we'll In the
stream when the tiilsr ropes parted, and
lhe dfifted down vAst the city. The
radder was useless, bat by stopping the
engines and going ahead aud working
beok, Captain Spraeus got her ovsl
abreast OF the Main street wharf,
against which the gale blew her with q
fearful surge. Az she struck abe
smashed some OF her upper works and
sent O qniver through the dock. The
veteran Captain Noyes spranQ on the
dock, spraining h's ankle az he iid 20,
but succeeded In getting spring and
stern line fastened, which held the boat.
Another passsnRer-kene Chabot Of
0Akland-an uncle Of the Chabots Who
have the cranberry swamp near Iiwaco.
tried TO get on the dock and succeeded,
though at the expense of q broken leg,
He was rendered every attention and
uas resting easy last evening. All
through the morning the storm ragged
and none stirred FROM the warm fireside
Who could help IL. Along the river front
Ne waves dashed high. aud a. the eight
foot tide came In toward noon it offered
nerce resistance 10 the wind that beat
directly down stream the result being
the highest waves and ronghest ssa fvr
many q day. At noon the Thompson
oIss tor tug 90 head her bow out
stream that she might start for PORT
land, bot no tug coming, started on q
run for her own dock. When abreast
Of Wyatt 4 rhompson's dock che stag.
Rsrsd and the Wind sent her side on
against the dock. shaking thincs up
pretty lively. She then bumped up
against Hams's dock and finally made
the shelter afforded by the lee side Of
Ne U. X. b N dock. where she lay foE
me remainder of The day. The damage
able.
Al half past one, in the hight of the
Rales came the intrepid little Fleetwood
spinning along and making q stormy
out saccessful landing. Letter came
ne Reed. the passengers by both boats
Expressing satisfaction at again reach
~ nrm footing. Throuohout the AZ.
tanoon the wind bad everything ita
eva way, aud whenever any enc did
s1art 70 80 anywhere ID chased him
nask again. Nothing stirred on land OF
- except the gulls and the school
sniidrsn, who noisily fioundered where
~ fan.
A. the abort. dark day closed into ths
loom OF night the wind which had 70.
axsd sprung mp with redoubled fury,
- Though the evening banged and
assied a. II disposed 20 'show what q
ozster it could make. Prophesies we're
t.sosy, but contradictory One man
efed the writer that by tomorrow
sknt veil have q regular blizzard. you
se don't ten degrees below zero;
vvssf olesed mp; closed till after Nsx
you sse II 10 ain'kr Another
o1Rnt that it would turn 20 rain In
g twenty four hours; ID always
Whatever 1t does, it can't b
! es0 uelier or more disagreeAols thar
nas been for the last twenty -foul
s @ Al the present writing-mid
ss-ths Thermometer has risen 10 s6
0reRonian. y
lne weather moderated sonevha,
.sfdAy. and people having hnnte<
1ssf mick wraps. rubbers and othe
= Lsnses against the cold, were ahroa<
~ are nembers The merry jingle
sleAeh bella was heard In all direc
- 49, from morn till night. and sosas
sso probably could NOT Oct : sleich flur