The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-22

a. ulHicuIt matter to drag the heavy
=, apparatus any distance.
no;.s loaioTing dispatches from other
rnrn on the Sound give particulars of the
49, the storm from the boundary to
hea- .naAvES, Dec. 2L@Ispecial. To-day has
@a-.Aec coolest OF the year. At 6 O'Clock this
ths lug = the mercury stood Is above. ana about
no,,sMNas ooc.oek tonight. A bitterly cold
the h.v VINO has been blowing all day. and
49, : aas been very rough. Steamers plying
tufe out 1 foiIss oio nos ven
..o-- aHATcox. Dec. 2L-Especial THE
80 which s'ili continues, has been very
TIM. !. se. a Blue Canyon coal seow With 100
n - .oai ms been washed up On the beach
w.. "haecon, and will be high and dry
Ds.n..ns water reeedes. The Island Belle.
tslatca and Brick d d not leave their wnarvss
,nsas me Bellinghan Bay & British CO.
ana : 1"ad Was obstraetsd between Goshen
~ Aliler.on by afty fallen trees. The Gang
uian Pacific. train. howeyer. care tnroueh.
Tue resd ia probably blocked again. No
So ~ hss saiien. bat the cold wind has checked
waeoRtEs. Dec 2L-Ispeeiai. THE coolest
herr tae season IS COW being experienced
49, WIND sweeping down from the north
s. N the Gulf OF Georgia. This cold snap be-
: on sunday last. On Mouaay afternoon the
esitefed TO the south, and gave evidence
tn aa0Rlng INTO a Chinook breeze, bu, later in
snishti IL again veered TO the north and blew
sael registered 60 deg. above FARO. the lowest vet
aaMI.eo. Trains from up the skagi. valley
"a ID covered with a light cca. OF snow.
ii, UAiLAND Dec four inches Of snow
80 this city and vicinity early this morning,
- .1sef IL turned to rain. The following
nGaael oaiietiu was issued today by Forecast
Onleiai rayua.
~ ,aa,Asa area OF low pressure has developed
a y Northwest Washington coast. and its in
n suce extends this morning over the whole OF
49, aaa Washington The barometer in
1.a"estsrn Oregon and Western Washington
aas iaiien over s. OF an inch during the past
."shsy-four hours. and this morning is down
o1so inches. The temperature has risen west
~ cascades, but 10 yet below the normal.
s.stai saow has fallen during the
oregon in amounts from a trace to
sssh. inches. The lowest temperature reported
80 below sero. at Calgary. British Northwest
i Temperatures below zero prevail over
s.ohtana, Eastern Idaho, Wyoming and North
s1h colorado. Indications point to continued
snaw and rain for the following thirtr-six
noafs over The country west of the Missouri
mere is no interruption OF traffic. all trains ar
irving ON time.
snow ieil In this city today to a depth of ten
themes. and tonight il stil falling. All stree.
car traffic was stopped early in the evening.
owing to the heary fall OF snow. The wind ia
from the south aud much OF the snow melts
sooh after falling. South of this city, along the
noataern Pacific, the snow is aweiye TO fiji
seeh inches deep rs far south as Eugeue.
telegraph and telephone wires and poles were
neishea down by snow. aud for some time to-
aay teiegEaphic communication stopped about
thirty miles south OF Portland. Along the Co.
ianaoia river the snowfall was heavy, and at
is1orin twenty inches is reported. In Eastern
oregon light snow fell, but no inconvenience
WAK ncna Tra,o ~ -
ana Southern Pacific main lines arrived today
nearly on schedule tune.
rIssos. CAL, Dec. 2i.-It commenced showing
early this morning and showed all day, with a
strong south wind. The prospects for tonight
are & big storm.
TACOMA, Dec. 2l.-lspeciai. I-snow continued
TO fall here until it lay nineteen inches deep
tonight. Many people who depend on the e.ac-
TIC street car lines for transportation TO the
did not come to town today. Besides
many who 1--we lar inside the city limits did not
pu. III appearance elthee. The street car lines
were paraiyzsd, aud only the cable cars. which
ran all night TO keep the track open, were oper-
ated today. II there Ia no more snow the electric
lines VIII be In operation tomorrow, as gangs OF
mel are nov at work clearing the tracks.
Because insuy OF the county officers aud clerks
did not piow through the SHOW and drifts-on
account OF quite IA brisk breez. there were many
driifs-aud appear for duty. little business was
transacted in the courts. Judge Allyn had to
continue several cases because none of the in
terested parties appeared. School children
could not get to school In most instances. so
there virtually was not any school. There will
DO no attempt 10 hold school tomorrow, but all
will come together on Friday, to be dismissed
Tor the holidays.
At midnight 1t was anowing again q. the rate
of an inch an hour. Between twenty-five and
Iswenty-:hree inches o! snow has now fallen, and
this equals. many say, the heavy nowfai of
eight years ago. Tonight the Portland train
was two hours and a half late and the Eastern
overland an hour and n half late on account of
the storm. At Lester today snowplows had to
clear the track before the train could get
through. The Maltnomah put back IRON Olym-
pia today and did not come here. Travellers
from Olympia report that the weight of snow
caused the collapse of several buildings there.
The City OF Seattle did not stop a. Fairhaven
this morning, owing to the strong north wind.
Travellers from the north by rail say there is not
q fake of snow at Bellingham bay. aud the first
indication of the storm is at Mount Vernon.
oLyaeIA. Dee. I.-tspecial. 1.-The snowstorm
that commenced here last evening and has pre-
vailed with, more or less violence since is the
heaviest recorded since the establishment of the
signal station here in ls1I According to the
weather bureau measurements, five feet of
snow fell during the twenty-four hours ended
at 5 O'clock this evening, bu, it is
not that deep on a level. Il has become more
.ao,ia and has packed down TO a thickness of
thirty inches street cars have not been run
ming today. and business has been largely sus-
.peuded. Noftherl Pacific trains have been ra-
hind time. while the Port Townsend Southern
was not operated at all. The Multi
Inonah started out this morning on her run
To seattle, but after running about ten miles
nut back into port Only u few pupils reached
si,a senoals. aud no exercises were held exeent
II, the high school, which closed at noon. The
weight of the snow caused Company A a-mo-y
10 collapse. The loss on the building Is 1850.
some OF the comrany's stores Eel: into the bay,
eyer which the building stood, but nearly all
the equipments were saved from the wreck.
The storm extends through Eastern
washington and throughout the North
west. as the following shows:
SPOKANE. Dec. 3L-ISpeciai:tThe heavy
wind continues to blow toaisht. and incoming
trains report the storm general over the North
'xest The Great Northern east-5aund train is
snow bound at Harrington. in the Big Bend.
Washington Central incoming train is side
tracked at Crestou. The train IRON tfpur
.aleue CITY did not leave the other terminus
.ass afternoon. AT O'Clock tonight the east
asnnud Union Pacific train On the spokane
hraneh, due here st rs, had no, arrived. and
ss the wires are crippled. the officials are us-
.sla Z, locate it, The Northern Pacific trains
:, the main iius arrived nearly on time, but
is expected. lra!nnen report the
.e.ther east OF here tarriie- The SNOW : not
deep on q leye3, but the wind has driited it
badly.
Narhes stilI in a New York Jail.
Mrs Louis Marbet has received 4 teIe-
.rr.n, from her husband, h was arrested
s, New York some time ago on 4 charge
sas snuegling in a lot Of watches from
-a,v His trial Was set for December