Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-23
A Low BAROMETRR.

New Haven Nearly at the Storm Gem
ter-Trains Delayed "A Howling
Wind Last Night-A Gale on the
Sound.
The snowfall in New Haven this winter
has been remarkably abundant. The pres
emit storm, which has ragged for the past
day and half, was marked by an unusual
fall in the barometer, which touched 90. 76.
This is the lowest barometer in year. It
fell twelve inches In an hour, caused by an
unusually strong atmospheric pressure at
the storm center
The storm was the outcome of a couple
of meteorological disturbances, one In
Wisconsin, the other in Arkansas, the
two joining forces Tuesday over the Ohio
valley. The severity of the storm was at
about midnight Observer Cox speaks Of
the snow as a tapioca snow, owing to it,
dryness. Some of the snow reeembled
hail.
| About five inches of snow fell. Loco
motion was attended with great difficulty
during the night. The wind blew at the
rate of thirty miles an hour nearly all day.
The temperature only fell to about 20 de-
grees, but colder weather came last night.
Observer Cox Gays the center of the
storm is near New Haven, which has
passed just little to the south
1t blew q terrific gale on the sound dur
ing the night, go that many of the New
York boats and sailing craft sought shelter.
The Continental arrived at her dock at sc
p. In. yesterday. Trains were more or less
delayed, some being over an hour late on
the Berkshire division. The early after
noon express from Boston arrived here two
hours late yesterday. Two locomotive,
were used on many of the trains yesterday
morning.
1t was a severe day on the street rail
roads. The horse cars were mostly doubled
up, and with four horses It was pretty diff
fcult to make twelve-minute time. AL
the sweepers and scrspers propelled by
horses were put into use, as were thu
scrapers by electric power on the West Ha
| ven road.
The wind blew gale on the sound las
night, but the boats managed to get away
though little late.
A Boston commercial traveller who wa
here from New Hampshire yesterday, wa
caught Monday on a train on the Nsshu
and Worcester road, which encountered
such big snow drifts that it had to bacl
| down to West Boylston to take the othe
track, although 1t had three powerful loco
motives and only six cars. The passenger
hustled out at West Boylston during tn
short wait there and rsided the grocer,
stores for provisions, obtaining a load o
pies, doughnuts and sandwiches.
DELAYS IN TRAVEL.
The snow storm played havoc with tn
railroads yesterday and in consequence
nearly every train on the Consolidate
road was from one to five hours benin
time. On the Shore Line division but Iii
! tie trouble was experienced and last nigh
both passenger and freight trains were bt
, ing run nearly on schedule time. On th
r Northampton division no freight train
were 1un and great difficulty was exper
enced with the passenger trains. Tn
trains due in this city at 4 and o'cloc
{ are both showed in, the former at Plants
Vile and the latter at Pennington. Th
: northbound train which leaves tht
, city at 6 o'clock was also stale
at Pennington. The snow plo
was set out and every effort mad
/ to move the trains, but up to midnigt
8 none of the missing trains had arrived
. On the Berkshire division all traffic, bot
D passenger and freight, is temporarily su
pended. On the main line the limited e,
press from Hartford, due here at $40, wi
at midnight reported five hours late, viii
r the ''gilt edge" express of the Shore Liz
: division, due here at 9:05 p. m, arrive
+ | one hour and twenty minutes. Tt
= Washington express was also thirty mil
Il | utes late