The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-04-17
The Great snow Storm
NEW HAvEN. NIarch IS. 1SSS.

New EnglanderS have read OF the
.'hlixzariS' in the West with some
doubts. II money could have bought,
or skill have tanned one, Barnum
would long since have added il TO the
attractions Of the greatest show on
earth But az last our curiosity Is
more than gratifed, for the great
blizzard 81 the Northwest has skipped
across the continent and come 10 the
Sea shore. and Is now roOSting with Us,
- the disgust Of the market gardener,
who had begun 70 count the days 10
the full moon in MSTch, when his early
peas must be planted The venerable
nloSShackS who for ten years have eX-
cited the envy Of small BOYS with
stories K the terrible fall OF snow when
they were young, are hugging the
stoves aud steam heaters. or hOveriug
over registers and ordering the small
boy o. .'6eep the walks ShOveled OF,
ani -.bring up another bod Of coal, or
shake down the furnace and open all
the iamperS. OF We shall freeze Ii
the small bow stops 70 ask how i
this for an old timer his ears and
other portions of his anatomy viii be
warmed by external application till he
VIII forget everything bur his manners
for q while. After = winter OF some
severity. s fair amount OF >leighiug
aud crop OF ice thar brings diSmay TO
the Ice Trust, we haveenUered upon
March with cold, bright, windy days,
snd are discussing the prospects Of an
early spring. sunday, 18th, brought
angry clouds and the northeast wind
was cold enough for SNOW, while il
started out for rain. Monday morning
there waS snow, but not enough to
stop the trains or horse ears from
starting out, though no through trains
reached their destination and most of
the morse ears were abandoned on the
streets before noon and the horses
brought in with difficulty. A few coal
carts struggled through the drifts 10
supply pressing needs; a very few
hacks Tried 10 serve those who must be
carried. but At noon the telegraph TO
New York ceased 20 work. telephones
were fast failing 70 connect" and the
general traffic Of Southern New Eng
land and New York was showed under
and the storm was raging. Two feet
OF snow had fallen in rifteen-no in
nine hours. and those who have only
seen the CITY OF Films in IT. COM
meuceUeur dress can scarcely imagine
INV -Al-ll- VI liz NAA0hf SUI III
- dense that the opposite side OF the
street i often ob>cured The blast
Uiled il in fantastic shapes. Outer
doors and hall ways were blown in
and snow driven up two or three
flights OF stairs and deposited in huge
drifts. Every loose thing except
some loose characters was blown
away, and there were drifts all over
- H.,
or high. Some more sheltered streets
wee Just piled full 70 the top Of the
fences. and BY careful measurement
three and one-half feet Of snow has
fallen
Wednesday, l4th-We are making
vigorous attempts 10 dig out. People
who live from hand 70 mouth, whether
from choice or necessity, suffer some
Inconvenience. Electric lights were
out for want OF coal 10 run
the engines. and for two nights
very few street gas lights were touch
81. 4 prominent coal merchant has
mustered a large gang of men who
took each s bag OF one hundred pounds
Of coal on his shoulder and, headed by
the boss. marched one mile TO the
New Haven House TO furnish them
fuel for the Day and night. One enter
prising farmer the Conn. farmer i
an early bird for woImsl was on hand
very promptly with his ''buU team
and sled 70 turn an honest five dollars
OF - but did not make many trips,
though he did good service in making
path Tor horses 70 follow. The supply of
fuel gave out first, but the grOeers'
supply Of condensed milk was fully
equal u the occasion and had sale
never before eqUalled in this city. Two
passenger trains on the Shore Line r.
R. met IN deep drift in the eastern
pan q the city and the hOspitable peO-
pie showed them no little kindness.
a poor wOFhingman carried them
sandwiches and coffee for which he
refused pay, while 8 rich and piOUs
PIE baker furnished them pies At the
moderate charge Of Seventy-five cents
each, but was distaneed by the news
boys who. when they found the Tues
day evening papers- were not 20 De
issued, bagged the balance Of the
morning papers many OF which had
not been delivered by the route ear
EeE and sold them in the suburbs for
twenty-five cents each. 4 ''hapaha' /
Tor New Haven paper Is q stronger
proof Of the distress caused by storm
rhzn snyrhing else vet reported.
THURSDAY 18th = The first papers
from the outside world were brought
by boat from New York this morning,
but the telegraph Is still silent and
dEmb. We ara experiencing the $50
lat1on % old times when news
came slowly from the great world out
side
People aTe still walking who never
walked before since horse cars came
in. aud On Tuesday one excited JTav-
elier shouted stop that car for me-
ana when he reached II found IL had
stopped right there tWen5y-f0Ur hours
before and near IL on the other track
was one 10 keep II company.
HUNDREDS Of shop and factory girls
were lodged IN the factories and shops
that employed them and in the hotels
AMI boarding houses near by. The
public schools cIesed at noon on Mon