Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-12-09
The BIG SNOW FALL.
UPPER EAST TENNESSEE Gov
Erred BY THE "BEAUTIFUL"
TO AN UNPRECEDENT-
ED DEPTH.


ED DEPTH.
The Great Storms of Saturday and Monday
Cause A suspension OF Business-
Several Buildings Wrecked
Others Badly Damaged
Malls Delayed, Etc.
The "oldest inhabitant'' Is humbled.
Providence has favored the later genera
lions and deprived him of his birthright.
He sits and scratches his head and ex-
claims, in the words of a late prohibition
candidate-"well, that beats me-"
Early last Saturday morning snow be-
gan falling and continued throughout the
day and during a portion of the night,
and Sunday morning the 10Y measured,
according to best authority, from nine
teen to twenty-five inches. During day
light Sunday there was an intermission in
the storm. but after dark snow again be-
gan to fall, which it continued to do
steadily, during the following day and
night. Tuesday morning a sight such as
is not remembered or recorded as being
seen in East Tennessee at any previous
time, greeted the eye of the people In this
neck O. woods.
The first impulse of our citizens, after
taking a deep inhalation of the clear,
bracing air which followed the storm and
expelling it in prolonged yell, was to meas.
ure the depth of the snow. Various re-
suits were obtained and these were the
general theme of discussion throughout
the day. The most careful measure
ments made in Jonesboro and vicinity va.
ried from S6 to A inches making the av-
erage about 40 inches.
The great weight of snow on the roofs
and the fall of q number of the weaker
structures about town finally awokc our
people to a realizing sense Of the situa.
ton, and one and all secured shovels,
brooms, etc., and set to work. Danger.
ously overloaded roofs claimed the atten.
ton of many workers during the day and
many sidewalks remain uncleared up tc
the present time.
The injury to many buildings causes q
good deal of inconvenience and the losses
in some cases amount to considerable.
The large shed additions at each end Of
Gilbert Shipley's barn both fell and a val
liable horse narrowly escaped being kill
ed; the roof of F. D. Crumley's barn fel
in. Chas. Dosser's barn suffered like
wise, as also did the barn on the Johr
Wilds property, at which place we un
dcrstand they had to dig out a COW from
the debris. The barn on Judge Brown,
old place met the same fate. W. G
Slemon's bark shed and A. G.. Mason
foundry building fell in pd were badl,
wrecked. Aiken's blacksmith shop tum
bled, and great was the fall thereof, com
pletely burying everything and smashing
the body of Secy. Allison's cutter into
kindling wood. The roof on the L par
of j. B. Thomas's house caved in and tn
same part of the house on the Younl
Bayless property was similarly wrecked
, The roof on ]. D. Cox's building occu
pied by FEBRUARY s. Archer sunk som,
eighteen inches badly s~pringing the ives
wall leaving 1t in rather q dangcrou
condition. The prompt clearing Of tn
snow from the roof probably saved thu
property from further damage. A mum
Der of small out buildings were ais
crushed by the weight Of the snow.
Rumors Of fallen barns, etc, in tn
country have reached us, but nothin
definite yet.
The railroad has been badly blocke,
and the mails have been from four hour
to q day late, but the way is now ope
and trains are running again On schedul
time.
Only one mail from the country Ina
come in or been sent out up to the pres
ent time, and but one vehicle has bee
seen on our streets since Saturday.
The warm weather is melting the sno,
very rapidly, but as yet the streets al
covered too deep for travel.
Strange as it may seem, the great sno'
storm was almost wholly confined to til
South. The reports indicate thatit sprea
over territory extending from the latitud
of Baltimore, Nd, in a Southwestern
direction to that Of New Orleans, follow
ing the mountain ranges and extendin
about an equal distance east and west
the mountains. Upper East Tennessee
I seems to be the section favored with IL
greatest snow fall.
Relief Committee.
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