St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-02
THE STORM.
One of the severest Ever Known i'm this
Section.


One of the Severest Ever Known i'm this
| Section.
| The snow storm, which began
Wednesday night of last week and was
in progress when the Caledonian went
to press Thursday morning, continued
until Saturday and proved to be not
only the biggest storm of this season
but of many seasons; indeed, some of
the older Inhabitants declared it the
worst storm within the memory of liv
ing Vermonters, but it was hardly that.
The snow fell steadily all day Thurs
day and Friday. Thursday fierce
wind set in and piled it up in impassa-
BILE drifts on the railroad tracks and in
the highways, and kept up its blowing
ali of Friday and Saturday. The mer-
curry dropped down to a low notch
to match the rest of the weather, and
take it all together it would be hard to
find a more disagreeable spell of wealth
er- this side of the great North west.
No special attention was paid to time
schedules on the railroads, many trains
were cancelled and mails were hours
and in some instances days behind
hand. The storm was confined to
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and
northern Massachusetts,, there being
hardly six inches snow fall on the
South Eastern road and not as much
over West as in this vicinity.
On the Lake road snow plows were
started out both ways Thursday, and
some trains were wholly abandoned un-
til Saturday. On Friday no trains came
in at all, the Friday morning train
from Swanton coming in at 1925 a. m.
Saturday, and no trains being started
West. Saturdays mail got into Swan
ton at 10 o'clock at night and the
Swanton train reached here at 7.55
Sunday morning. No trains came
from the White Mountain Notch be-
tween Thursday and Monday. The
ways were clear Sunday and trains
were running regularly Monday morn
ing.
The only mishap on the Lake road
was on Saturday afternoon when two
| locomotives with the snow plow
"White Wings" and Is or l6 men were
sent up to break out the Victory
branch. When just south of Morrill's
bridge the plow was derailed, keeled
up, scooped off the smoke stack and
headlight of the Clyde Park" and in
jured IL of the men, Frank King, Pat
rick Leonard, Joseph Wellet, George
Dodge, John Crawford, Henry Lyons,
A. X. johnson, Charles Morse, o. Te-
bedo, Dick Leslie and man named
Nedo. Lyons was most severely hurt
receiving internal injuries his home is
in the East Village. Johnson was
burned by the fire IN the machine !;
TebOdo lost three teeth and Leslie was
hurt in the breast. The snow plOw
was pretty we'll smashed up.
On the Passumpsic division all
freights were cancelled Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. The up day ex-
press Friday got in Saturday, % hours
late. The night express north, Thurs
day and Friday were both cancelled
aud trains came wandering along about
as it happened.
Letters from other towns in the
county show that the country high
ways were practically impossible for
two or three days. At Sheffield the
roads were blockaded from Wednesday
to Saturday night. Our Peacham COR
respondent says the mercury over there
curled down in the bulb and fairly
cried with the cold; the storm was
pronounced the worst of the kind ever
exhibited there no mail was received
between Thursday night and Saturday
night. At Walden no roads were
broken or attempted for two or three
days. A man near Barnet who was
very sick died without doctors reach
ing him, and doctor could not reach
others who needed attention.
At East Hardwick the drifts were
piled up 10 and Is feet high about the
village houses and snow shoes were
, resorted to by the people. Those who
were off visiting couldn't get home,
, and those who at East Hardwick were
obliged to stay there.