Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-12-19
The neavy Snow.
THE DEEPEST SNOW FALL IN THIRTY
YEARS.

THE DEEPEST SNOW FALL IN THIRTY
YEARS.
| On Tuesday night last, about clock
the snow commenced falling and fell al
night, accompanied by q high wind veering
from n. w. to n. E. On Wednesday
morning it was at it's height and was driver
by high wind. The storm ceased about
noon Wednesday and the fall, measured ii
a spot little affected by the wind, was sc
inches in depth.
1t was damp, heavy sgow, and it's weight
did much damage. At Harman's stable.
the City Street Car stables and at DR..
Wayt's stable the shed roofs were broken
in by the weight. The drift at some points
was from six to ten feet deep and the
streets were impossible at many places.
When the pavements were cleared the
piles of snow on each side of the street
were four feet high.
The street cars could not attempt to
run, and except the express wagons there
were few vehicles of any kind Oh the
streets.
The first train that came in sight
Wednesday morning was the G. 81 0. Yes
tibule coming West. 1t fought its way
through Staunton with three engines at
tached, and when heard from that day had
stalled at Millboro. The VestibuIe going
East that morning did not arrive that day
at all. Yesterday morning that road was
clear and the trains on time. On the Val
ley Ry. the train took just ten hours to
come from Lexington here. Yesterday
afternoon the road was not clear and the
trains not on time. North of here on the
Valley railroad. the snow was not very deep,
and East of here on the G. & 0. the fall
does not seem to have been very heavy.
The train which left Richmond Wednesday
morning at II o'clock got to Staunton at
6 P. M, only q hour behind time.
The storm started ON the South Carolina
coast, went to the interior and seems close
ly to have followed the Blue Ridge line
North. It was heaviest in the Shenandoah
Valley. AT Roanoke the weight Of the
snow broke in the roof of the Roanoke
Machine Works. Tuesday night about ]
O'Clock, killing Ed. Linkenh0ker, a boy,
and slightly wounding others. The loss
is 100000, and it will be some weeks be-
fore the works are rebuilt.
Through Southwestern Virginia the
snow was two feet deep.
In Pittsburg, Pa, snow was nearly two
feet deep. At Washington and Alexandra
the storm was chiefly wind and rain.
Mr.. Hartman Hiner started to his home
in Highland in a buggy on Wednesday, got
mile from here and had to abandon his
buggy in the road and come back On the
horse.
Mr. II. A. S. Hamilton started out from
his home Wednesday to go in buggy to
neighbours. but in short distance had tt
abandon the buggy, go back home and get
hands to dig the vehicle out
The snow is 81 inches deep at Ronceverte
At Clifton Forge it was 26 inches. AT
Hinton and Allegheny it was four feet.
A drove Of 1 900 turkeys started on foot
from Monterey, Highland, Monday. fol
Staunton, is snow bound near John Peer S
at the foot of the mountain.
One Of three engines drawing train al
Harrisonburg, Wednesday, turned over
severely bruising five of the train crew.
This storm has called to mind generally
the only other snow storm in the Valley
in the last thirty years that has approach
| ed it. On Monday, December goth, 1880
at 5 A. M. snow commenced falling and by
II o'clock at night had reached depth Of
| "a inches. The train on the Valley roa(
| that day had to stop some distance below
the depot and Capt. Barley came to tow
! and got carriages to go down for the pas
sengers. This was followed by a severe
spell of cold weather. On the next day the
thermometer stood at 12c. On Friday
Christmas day, snow fell again all day and
on the following Wednesday the thermome
| ter was down to 80 beloW zero. On that
night six sleighs from Pendleton, W. Va.
drove into Henkel's wagon yard, and Of
the SIX drivers, three had their feet badly
frozen. On the 31st Of that month the
mercury was still down to 200 The snow
of that Goth of December was Is inches
deep at Millboro, 10 at the White Sulphur
129 at Low-Moor, u at Ferrol and 10 al
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