Evening journal., 1893-01-06
TIME SNOW STORM
With Only a Few Hours No
tice a Blizzard Strikes Town.
UNFORTUNATE RAILROAD DELAYS.

stopped Short at the Various stations,
and Only One Mail Has Arrived From
New York-Ringing Electric Cars Roll
BY Merrily-sIeighs Appear.
A storm, similar on smaller scale, to |
the great blizzard of March 70, 1873. |
swept across this portion of the country |
last night and, as a result, Mother Earth !
is covered with four inches of beautiful |
snow today and, on account of heavy
drifts, commercial transactions have |
been seriously interrupted Trains are
late or piled up beside the tracks, steam
boats and other vessels are tied up in
harbor, and mail, baggage and express
matter lies in promiscuous piles at the
railroad station.
Fortunately, the winds were not high
enough since midnight to interfere ser
iously with telegraph business and the
EVENING JOURNAL, as usual presents to
its readers the news from all parts of
the civilized world.
Notice of the storms Approach.
There have been indications for the
last two or three days of great activity
in the regions of the upper air. The
occasional furries of snow were
sign that the Storm King was
massing his subjects, the snow clouds.
for an onslaught Yesterday afternoon
the Weather Bureau at Washington gave
warning in these words Heavy SHOWS
to. day and tonight, which will proba
bly, interrupt railroad communication
in the interior of New England and the
Middle States" The Storm King had
made preparations for an old-fashioned
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enough until midnight, Delaware re.
ceived her full share in the wee hours of
the morning.
Quick Change in Temperature.
Just before the storm reached this
city the temperature was q degrees. but
at o'clock p m, % degrees were re
corded. The gale passed TO the east of
this city, the wind only bowling along at
the rate of fourteen miles per hour By
3 o'clock this morning three or four
inches Of snow had fallen in the streets
Travel was slight and the people
who had to brave the snow
thought that blizzard weather had
at last struck them. But the blizzard
was too busy in New England to vent
any of its fury in this section.
Trains moved promptly on time, both
at the Delaware avenue and the P, w. q
B. depots, though arrivals from the north
were generally from ten TO fifteen min
utes late No serious drifts were re
ported by train crews, and It was not
| considered necessary TO send out the
snow ploughs until after daylight, when
it was learned G. at nearly all the branch
roads were blocked by drifts.
Excellent Electric Railway Services.
While the fierce and binding snow
storm ragged this morning, the Whining
ton City Railways trolly cars on Market
street rushed along without an accident
Soon after daylight the big elect ric
sweeper operated by Captain Smith and
other officers of the railway began
to go over the route, hurting
dense clouds of snow ahead
Later large plow, drawn by four horses
was run over the entire route. The
handsome electric cars, moving up and
down town as if on runners, with their
inviting, well lighted interiors, formed
striking contrast to Wilmington's street
car system during the blizzard of 1888.
when would-be patrons of the cars had
to walk or stay at home.
Train Traffic Impediments.
The greatest delay reported at the
railroad stations was that of the New
York mail train, due inl this city, over
the P, w. & B. road, at s o. This is
the most important train of the morning
to Wilmington business men. The delay
of this and the other trains coming from
Philadelphia was mainly caused by bad
accident at Landlith station on the
lP., w. &. B. The second section of the
2. % train from Philadelphia. consisting
of locomotive, two mail cars, one bag
gage car and one passenger coach, left
the track at that station. The trucks of
the forward cars were badly damaged
and mail and baggage is still delayed
A broken switch caused the accident
No passengers were hurt.
The Norfolk express train over the p ,
w. & B. railroad was .twelve minutes
late.
The 8. 10 train from Philadelphia for
the Delaware railroad never reached here
until 10 90 and left in few minutes
with several carloads of fretting pas
sengers.
The B. & o. trains coming into the
Market street station were from fifteen
to thirty minutes behind schedul
time.
The through Washington express
uue mere ~ y. IL H. H. uiu uou
not pull into the station until TO- 80 The
trainmen reported that several switches
! were out of order and retarded traffic all
along the line.
On the main line of the Baltimore and
o hio road the only train that caused
extra trouble was the 10. 10 Washington
express. 1t pulled into the Delaware
avenue station at 1880 and left at !
e o'clock this afternoon The train was
delayed on the p aud r. on account OF
, disordered switches.
S A BLIZZARD IN THE WEST.
I | coD,mereiaI Interests Su aerinr Becaus,