The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-12-24

Not since 1855 has western Pennsylvania
received such covering Of snow as feEl last
Wednesday and Thursday, and Il Is very
doubtful If the snow Of that year Was within
four or i've inches As deep az il Is At present.
Somerset was entirely cnt off from the out
side world for several days. A train, made
up Of baggage cnr and one passenger coach
and drawn By two locomotives, was run
over the Somerses & Cambria E. T. Weine=-
day and Thursday. II required sir8ost p
hours to make the round trip from Rock
wood TO Johnst0~n, and the trainmen suf-
fered intensely from the cold and Hying
snow No mail was received from the East
from Tuesday until Friday night, and
Pittsburg mails zsre all from eight TO twelve
hours late
Early Thursday morning train on the
Pistsburg Division Of the B. & o., which
consisted of baggage car, two day coaches
and Pullman sleeper ran into a snow
drift between Sand Patch and Bowmans.
They lay in the drifs ali day and Thursday
evening ran back Eve miles 10 Glencos,
where they procured food at boarding
house kept for the eouyenisnce Of section
hands Five locomotives were ordered 10
the scene and il was only afier s5 hours
hard work that the track was cleared. One
of the thirty passengers on the train says:
We had plenty to eat, such as Il was, and
we managed 10 live fairly we'll There we're
only two ladies' on the sleeper
There was a sad story in connection with
nne little group which consisted Of mother.
q daughter about years old ard baby.
The husband and father was in coffin in
the baggage car and was being brought from
Bessemer. Ala, to point few miles this
side Of the blockade for burial Everyone
pitied the poor widow and everything posi-
bic was done To make her comfortable. 1t
seemed too bad that within four or five miles
OF her destination, after having travelled
continuously fer nearly week. that she
should be delayed for IS hours. Early this
morning the general superintendent Of the
road, Alfred Walter, arrived on the scene in (
a special car His car was pulled up along
side of our train, and by looking out Of cur
windows we could see Mr. Walter ard his /
eating a breakfast that seemed to,
Us ike feast, after having subsisted for p /
hours on salt pork Shortly afterwarl l .
approached Mr. Walter and told him there
were several ladies on the blockaded train 1
who would be glad to get civilized meal,
and he invited them into his private car and
ordered his cook to prepare the best break
fast possible for them.
Very few farmers ventured out Of doors
farther than their barns Wednesday and
and it was late Friday morning
before the work of breaking roads was
upon. The snow was not less than
"A inches deep on the level fields, while
ience alougth the public highways were buried
put of sight in many places Several farmers
nitehed four horses TO sleds and worked
heir way into town Friday morning. The
steward at the poor house two miles easf,
was the first TO arrive. and ii required the
hardest kind of work on the part of four
horses and half-dozen Of his men to come
hat distance in six hours.
Everybody was shoveIing snow from the
sidewalks and fresh fakes seemed to fail
Ilmost as fast as they could be removed
Main street is piled full Of snow from six to
light feet deep, and those of our citizens
Who have been wishing for "a good old fash
oned snow are happy.
Saturday the streets Of town were jammed
all Of teams and more people from the
ountry were on the sidewalks than have
'een there OF Saturday for years. Every
ody seemed 70 have taken advantage Of the
leighing and had come to town 70 do their
Ioliday shopping.