St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-02-19
Wind, Snow and Blizzard
Monday a Memorable Day.

The storm of wind and snow in this
vicinity Monday and Monday night
exceeded anything of the kind foI
many years. The damage done was
mainly i'll blockading railroads and
highways. 1t has been n fearful strain
on railroad men and all who have had
outdoor work in the public service.
Some eight or ten inches of snow fell
in this vicinity, after a wind storm from
thr east of many hours duration. Had
the snow come first the blockade
would have been much worse. All the
trains were from three to ten hours
late Tuesday, and the wonder is that
they got through at all. Below we
give some record of the storm else
where as culled from exchanges:
At North Adams Il terrible gale with
much snow prevailed. A cyclone was
reported from Stamford and Heart
MELVILLE. Two men and cutter tax
en- together with the horse and carried
over fence into an adjoining lot. In
North Adams numerous bay windows
were blown away. The stores were
closed in the evening. The train due
from Pittsfield ut 3 p. M, ran int a
snow bank below Adams station and
stuck. Teams were sent from Adams
to convey the bound people to the
village. 1t was the severest storm
known in that section for years. A
heavy storm of snow and wind ragged
ut Pittstela all day and blocked the
country roads SO that business was
practically suspended. A foot of snow
fell between | and 10 p. III. The tele-
graph and telephone wires were brOk-
en- in many places.
The wind blew at the rate of IS
miles an hour at Fall River and rain
fell in torrents. The smoke stack of
the Fall River electric light company
blew over early in the evening, break
ing several wires and completely dis
aiding the works, distinguishing all the
arc lights and occasioning considerable
Inconvenience. The water covered the
dock of the Fall River and Providence
steamboat company to the depth of
two feet and flooded. their freight
house. Great damage was done to
telephone and telegraph wires. The
rain poured necessarily and the tide
was unusually high. Late in the at
ternoon the tin roof of the New Lon
don wooden mill was lifted by the
wind and landed across the tracks of
the New London Northern railroad,
striking the telegraph wires in its de-
scent and prostrating them. The
tracks were promptly cleared away.
The mill has been shut down for sew
eral weeks for repairs, consequently
<Sf IL.
building.
The steady down-pour of rain, aided
by a strong northeasCeriy wind, caused
IL higher tide in New York harbor than
ever before known. At high tide the
water in the North and East rivers was
ND ia the phenomenal record of March
4, 1881. For halt an hour longer the
water continued to rise, and at $50 the
tide was three inches higher than the
highest point recorded during the last
10 years. The water remained sta
tionaFy for abont an hour and half.
and then began slowly to recede. The
damage TO goods stored in cellars along
the river trout was very great. Pas
sengers on the ferry boats could look
over the racks at the sides of the slips, !
and the bridges. we're raised to an an
gle of nearly as degrees. It was i'm
possible for horses to. draw heavily |
loaded trucks up the steep inclines. I
The water was almost level with the |
plankipg OF the floors in the ferry, |
houses. The tide washed the steps of I
the Bleecker-street cars as they passed /
through the food. III.
The weather at Chicago and through |
out the Northwest generally was again /
intensely cold. AT 9 a. m. i'll Chicago !
.he mercury indicated Is? below zero. !,