Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-02-03
The Worst for Years.


here tonight and reports from other
points of the sound show this city to
have Jared better thap many places,
Traffic is suspended on many street lines
in the city, although herculean efforts
are being made to keep them open,
All trains arrived late and report huge
drifts in exposed places which had to be
dug through 1t is undoubtedly the
worst storm that has ever visited this
section since it was settled by white
men. The thermometer has been down |
to zero, according to the report OF tn
government observer, but private Their
mometers in various parts of the city
have gone as low as six below and peo-
pie think that it has been much colder
than it is in the east, when the Their
mometer is 20 below. Tonight it stool
- degrees above zero. But very few of
the smaller boats made their regular
trips to-day. There was very little
traffic at best and besides it was blow
ing heavy gale out on the sound.
The steamer Utsalady, which was
wrecked Monday evening near Twelve
Mile point, was not completely lost as
reported, but Ter house has been knocked
off and she is lying on the beach. She
had on 1000 sacks Of oats and they
were all lost.
The public schools have been closed
indefinitely. Water pipes have burst
all over town and plumbers are working
night and day, while many families have
to melt snow to get water. Green lake,
inside the city, is completely frozen over
and hundreds are ENJOYING skating.
At Mt. Vernon, the Skagit river is frozen
over for the first time in years and on
Suohomish river, the ice is three inches
thick and navigation is suspended
A dispatch from Blaine, on the north
ern boundary says: Monday was the
coolest day experienced in Blaine or
three years. Since the 25th a cold north
eaet wind has blown and snow has been
threatened, but did not come until Mon
day, when about six inches had fallen.
Then the wind howed down the Frasier
off tho CaIriboo mountain AMI biN
vhree. fourths of the snow into the gdlf
Of Georgia, Monday night was the
coolest of the season SO far, the mercury
settled down about two degrees below
zero"
Reports from the Hood Canal coun-
| try say that there are three feet of snow
on level, and that in the foot hills it
runs as high as 20 feet, while on the
mountain sides it is sliding down in
enormous avalanches that are completely
filling the canyons.
TACOMA, Feb. Up to five o'clock
this afternoon eight inches of snow have
! fallen since the storm commenced Thurs
day, This is the greatest snowfall
known since the 70s, according to the
old settlers statements, official not be-
ing obtainable. In 1876 there was a
| fall of five feet of snow and since then
there have been but three storms so Sc
we're as the present one. The thermom-
eter went down to five degrees above
zero this morning, this being the coolest
it has registered, Indications to-night
are for colder. clearer weather. Ten
electric sereetcar lines are totally
stopped; the cable cars only are run
ming. Northern Pacific trains to day
have been from two to 10 hours late, the
Spokane express due at 9:2O this morn
ing, not arriving until 7 o'clock to. night.
ST.. PAUL, Feb. To-day has been
the coolest day for years over the north
west. As low as 30 below has been re-
ported from some points, while none
could tell of the weather above zero. In
this city early this morning thermome-
ters were ranging from 20 to 40 below,
and at o'clock tonight the weather
bureau reported 20 below, 1t was 40
below at Britton, 80 below at Sioux
Falls, 26 below at Yankton, and 80 be-
low at Huron, S. d. In North Dakota
Devils Lake reported 80 below and
Fargo Al below.
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 1.-The storm
that has been raging east, struck Colo
RADIO today. Tonight the mercury has
gone down to zero and heavy snowfall
was reported from several points. Snow
slides in the mountains are numerous.
Near Carbondale one man lost his life
in a slide and at Aspen two miners were
killed by an avalanche. At Maroney's
saw MILL about 10 miles from Aspen,
eight men and number of mules were