The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-16
A Genuine Blizzard.
The SeVtpeSt Storm for Thirty Years.
County Roads impossible from
Snow Drifts.

County Roads impossible from
Snow Drifts.
RAILROADS BLOCKADED.
BEL AIR SNOW BOUND.
The lat" storm was one of the most severe
experienced in this latitude since the great
storm of 1857, when the county roads in every
direction were blocked up with snow and travel
was impcdcd for many days
Early last Sunday morning an enstcrly storm
set IN The rain at first came gently but ill.,
creased Ia violence, rs the day wore on, continu-
Ing almost without intcrmissOn al! day.
About night-fall the rain suddenly turned
| To snow, which came down with great
rapidly, nnd was whirled about by fierce
wind which hOwled around the houses like
roaring lion. After midnight the air cleared
aud The siars came out but the wind increased
in fury, piliug the snow in large drifts. The
snow had chung to the wet trees and bushes and
on Monday morning the face of the earth was
like enchanted land Every tree and shrub was
beautifully decorated in robe of fleecy white,
and the bright sun shed q splendid lustre over
every thing visible.
The Snow was so deeply drifted that loco
motion in vehicles or in sleighs was impossible
on many of the roads. The few who were com.
PEELED TO go out had to let down fences and
drive through the fields here and there Others
had 10 abandon their vehicles in the road,
mount their horses and pick their way around
the drifts, while Others made their way on foot
| Only few jurymen and witnesses got to Bel
| Air. Judge Waters started from his home at
Thomas Run in buggy but could make no
Roadway and had to return home. He mounted
Il mule, however, and pushed through the drifts,
some OF " hich We're higher than the mules back.
He arrived in Bel Air about noon. Court was
called but 10 business could be done.
DR.. Chas. y. hollingsworth, of Bel Air, was
| called To see patient near Schuck's Corner,
about three miles distant, Sunday night He
remained half an hour and set out for home but
1t was four O'Clock in the morning before he got
through the intervening snow-drifts and saw
the lights OF Bel Air
coored man with horse and buggy got
fast IN snow drift on the Bel Air and Church
vile road, near Bel Air and came back to the
town for help. Several young men went to his
assistance, dug the eorse out of the snow
and lifted the buggy bodily over into field
| The man returned home
MIR. Edward Golden, mail carrier between
Bel Air and Edgewood, found his route by way
OF Abingdon blocked up, but with perseverance,
aud energy succeeded In getting to Edgewood
There were no trains, however, on the P, W.
aud b. or the b. and o., and he returned with
an almost empty mail bag
The first morning train for Baltimore left Bel
Air, Monday morning, at o'clock. After
wrestling several hours with snow-drifts the
engine and one coach pulled up at Fallston and
the engine went back for the other passenger
car, which had been left in Edelin's Cut, and in
the course OF the afternoon brought it also to
! Fallston.
The train from Delta, due at Bel Air at 8 A.
NJ, did not arrive until ~ o'clock. The con
ductor reported heavy drift near Highland
station, another and larger one in Wilson's
Cut near Forest Hill and another near Bynum's
| station. The train went on immediately but
| got no further than Fallston. Both trains ar
rived In Baltimore Tuesday night
The morning train from Baltimore, due here
at 9.45 was delayed at Notre Dame while the
track ahead was being cleared. While waiting
another train came up. The trains were con.
necicd and proceeded with two engines They
encountered immense drifts OF snow near Hyde's
station. By hard work they got through to Bel
Air at AS 2. NJ. The few passengers on board
wree tired and hungry by the time they arriv-
ed inBel Air. The train went on towards Delta,
! but the engine became disabled in the drifts on
Mr.. VIM. Dayison's property, near Bynum's, aud
| the train and some of the passengers remained
there all NIGHT while others returned to Bel
| Air on foot.
The telegraph wires being down Bel Air was
as perfectly Isolated from the rest of the world
Us an Island IN the middle of the ocean. Physi-
clans who had patients out flown yentured out
In their carriages but had TO return and 90 on
| horseback.
On Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Richard Whitaker,
! while riding horseback, got into snOw-drift
| residence pf Mr.
| kins, in the neighborhOod of wilma, and had to
abandon his horse and get help TO dig the ami
| gal out.
The drifts increased in height, during Mon
day night, still further impeding travel. Mr.
Golden was unable to get any further than
Coles shop, with the Bel Air and Lakewood
mail, and had to return. few persons came
into Bel Air, but business generally was sus-
| pended.
One of the engines of the train which remain
cd in the snow drllt near Bynums Monday
night, forced its way through to Delta by s
| o'clock Tuesday night.
On Tuesday evening, at Z o'clock, three ell
gines arrived in Bel Air, having lett Towson-
town at 10 in the morning, They proceeded
TO Delta and returning passed Bel Air at 2.15
Wednesday morning. Ats A. NJ. they were at
| TownsoItown.
A train from Delta for Baltimore got through
on Wednesday, passing Bel Air at GAS. A train
also left Baltimore for Delta, Wednesday morn
| ing, arriving at Bel Air with the mail shortly
aftcrl2 O'clock.
Messrs. VIM. T Sawyer, John Wnkler, ex-
! Sheriff George F. Walker and Others set to
work, Wednesday afternoon, levelng the snow
! drifts near Emmorton, and the road is now
| passable The mail is now running regularly
| between Bel Air and Edgewood. The officers of
the Maryland Central Railroad deserve the
thanks OF the public for the energy they dis
played in clearing their tracks aud starting
their trains, which are now running on schedule
time. The people along the route of this rail-
! road appreciated its advantages fully when de-
prived thereof for even short time
Trains on the p, W. and b. Railroad were
seriously interfered with. Telegraph poles and
! large trees were Frustrated and large gangs of
men were kept constantly at work clearing the
! tracks
AT Havre de Grace the storm was very severe,
Fences, trees, and in some cases, roofs OF
houses, were blown down. A sweet bean tree
OH the property of John +. Williams, which
has afforded shade and protection for over 100
years, was felled by the wind The signal
blocks at the railroad station were also blown
down, and fences in all parts of the town were
shattered. Between Hayre de Grace and Will
mington 400 telegraph poles were down, and
the men experienced considerable trouble in re-
placing them on account OF the ice. The flats
were bare aud the water was very low in Bush,
Gunpowder and Middle rivers.
james Lingan, fireman on one of the Mary
land Central engines, had his hands and ears
badly frosted, on Tuesday.
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
All accounts concur in saying that there
never was any storm like II on the Atlantic
Coast All of the trains on all the principal
were down everywhere and Baltimore city was
almost entirely cut off from other cities. No
mail was received there from points North of
Pcrryville on Monday, and very little could be