Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-11
THE HEAVY SNoW-SrORM
THE no ADS BLOCKED AND TRAINS
DELAYED.

DELAYED.
Three Feet of snow i'm virginia.
Eight Persons Frozen 40 Deaih-A
s;rent Vet Gentle Fall OF SNOW That
Exceeds the January lsIizxBrd.
Winter has taken its second flight in.
deed. A week ago prophets were predict
ing that while there might be more snow
this section had seen the last Of sleighine
for the present winter. They based theii
prophecies upon the nearly uniform ex.
perience of past winters. But the ground
hog deereed otherwise, and yesterday
week, about 5 o'clock, the wintry elements
went to work in 30 business-like way
as to produce by the same hour T6ursday
morning what those who had pavements
to clean described as "aregular old timer. u
There was hardly moment Of cessation
of the snowfall for over "a hours, to use
small figures. The heaviest fall was
between and @ O'Clock yesterday after
noon week. Measurements made show that
between and o'clock yesterday after
noon week there was fall of II inches,
and that about o'clock the depth was s
inches. Up to that time there had
been no drifting except at exposed
corners, and up to late hour solemn
stiffness reigned in the night. As the
Thermometer dropped, however, keen
wind came up which whisked the feathery
: snow hither and thither into curling
drifts, which in some places were quite
formidable, though the ground was not
made bare at any place, but at the inter
sections of the few streets or roads where
whirlwinds formed.
Farmers from the adjacent hundreds
Thursday reported the roads drifted
considerably, though not nearly so badly
as during the severe storm of January.
The snow in the fields, where the wind
did not form drifts and where the best
idea of the mean depth could be OBJ
tanned, was reported by farmers
to be one foot deep on the dead
level at Z o'clock Thursday morning.
Where the effect of the wind caused IN
an uneven surface the depth ranged from
two OF three inches to the hight of a rail
fence. Altogether it was mild and com.
paratively harmless storm.
The heavy fall of snow caused consid-
cradle difficulty in operating tho street
cars yesterday week. They ran irreg-
ularly, drawn by double teams until after
6 o'clock, when the workmens' cars had
carried away their usual heavy human
cargoes, when they stopped completely.
The salt car was brought out at an carly
hour Thursday morning and an effort was
made to clear the track, but the snow con-
tinuing the effort was abandoned, and
the companies had recourse to sleds, the
tracks being completely covered and
showed under.
Owing TO the drifting wind of the fore
noon the roads in the country were
drifted badly Thursday morning, and
there was temporary blockade. Super
intendent Guthrie telephoned from the
almshouse at 10 o'clock Thursday that
there hatl not been team to pass along
the Hare's Corner road up to that time,
and the road had not been broken.
The storm was much heavier on the
Peninsula than it was here. II xtended TO
Norfolk and had blockaded the Kent
county railroad. There are heavy drifts
on the p, W. IL b. and Delaware rail
roads and sweepers were being sent out as
frequently as possible to clean the tracks.
Nearly all of she p, w. & B. and the
Delaware trains were an hour behind time
and some considerably later. The New
York q Norfolk express, due here at 4.10
a. M, was nearly three hours late.
FROM Every Evening of Frlray.'
The snow drifted badly on all the rail
roads last evening. The trouble in.
creased after 10 o'clock and terrible
night was experienced, trains that had
been only an hour late falling back
several hours. Trains due in this city at
11.50 o'clock last evening and 1909,
1875 and 1923 o'clock this morning were
showed in at Bellevue, Linwood and
Claymont and did not reach here until
after 10 O'Clock.
The New York division is badly block
AIDED, and in consequence this mornings
mail from New York was three hours late
Trains on the New York, Philadelphia &
Norfolk railroad are experiencing great
difficulty, especially on the water part OF
the trip from Norfolk to Cape Charles
City. The New York and Norfolk express
due at d.10 this morning had not arrived
at IL O'Clock, and it was thought she would
not reach here to-day.
All the trains from the Richmond
fredericksburg q Potomac railroad were
snow-bound from Wednesday until last
evening and the first train from Rich
mond did not reach here until early thii
morning.
The b. & p. road drifted badly al
Marshallton and east-bound train was NJ
hour late, while the west bound train wal
nearly an hour and a half behind time.
This mornings north-bound train OF
the W. & N. railroad left here ON time
but the south-bound train arrived owe
two hours late. Two trains are snow bount
on the Kentmere branch and in eonse
quence the men living in that localit.
could not come to their work in this cit.
to-day.
The Queen Anne q Kent railroad ant
the D.. NJ. & V. road, the latter betweel
Lewes and Georgetown, are blockaded
Towards noon nearly all the p, w. & b
trains were two hours late. Freigh
traffic, except through freights, has beel
suspended.
On all the roads large forces of men ar
at work clearing the tracks. An immens
force has been continuously at work o
the p, w. a. B. rond since Wednesday
Trains hauling snow 10 the suburbs of tn
city pass through every few minutes. BE
tween here and Baltimore the snow
about Is inches deep and south of Clay
ton it is much heavier than in thi
vicinity.
The weather Friday morning was III
doubtedly the coolest that has been el
perienced in this city SO far this winte
At Z o'clock Friday morning I'll
mercury stood as follows: Second an
Rodney. 50 below; jackson 4 Sharp,
below; Bancrofts' Banks, A. below; Ha
Ian 4 Hollingsworth, % below; aim
house, 80 below; Lea 4 Sons. 81 belov
Greenville. a. below; Centreville,
below; Riddles Banks, % below; Ricl
ardson's mills, on Newport pike, q beloy
Silyerbrook. % below; Diamond Sta
Iron Co., zero; Rising Sun, zero; Newarl
zero; New Castle, % below; AugustiI
mills, IL below; Marshallton, zero; Kel
& Weeks, lumber yard, Union street AZ
Pennsylvania avenue, 80 below. At Roc
lind Friday morning, Mt o o'clock, u
mercury was G. below; at Baynard's,
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