The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-28
| SNOW, RAIN AND SLEET.
SEVERE IEFLIC7T0N or MANY
KINDS or WEATHER THURSDAY.
An Old Fashioned snow Storm In the West.
High Seas on the New York Coast
Traffic Delayed.


storm prevailed with varying Intensity
over the entire country.
! 1t was most severe along the North
Atlantic coast and in the region OF tine
Great Lakes From Is inches to two feet
OF snow Is reported from Northern Penn
syKanla and Central and Northern New
York.
At York. Pa. the storm is described as
a blizza and one man was found frozen
| to death this morning. At Lockhaven,
Pa, with twenty inches Of snow level,
drifts OF four to seven feet are found, and
travel OF all ...Hus IS practically suspend
pd. At flazleton, Pa. freight traffic on
the railroads has been abandoned, and
passenger trains are much delayed.
All colieries are suspended, throwing
20.010 men idle. A passenger train on the
Lehigh valley railroad this morning ran
into a snow bank at Fennhayen junction,
derailing he train and wrecking the en-
| ginc.
IL NEw YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
Auburn. y. y. reports several passen-
ger trains stalled IN snow drifts and the
passenger fed by farmers until released.
Country highways are impossible. 0s-
WegO and WatertOWn, y. y, report the
storm 4 blizzard. the wind hfty-two miles
/ an hour. twenty inches OF snow on
level and drifts OF enormous proportions.
Travel is practically suspended.
At Portland. Ne, gale. with snow and
hail. 80 vessels arrLyNTg or departing.
At Boston six inches Of snow has fallen,
with the wind hfly-two miles an hour,
but with the temperature scarcely above
It
AT Montreal the street-car tracks are
blocked AMI traffic is suspended.
Along the eastern part OF New Jersey
about six Inches Of snow fell, mixed with
rain, greatly Impeding travel Nearly
every town along the Jersey coast reports
vessels In distress along the shore. At
Cape May the schooner Rodman r. Nick
crsOn is ashore seven Of the crew rescued
by the iift-savers and the cook drowned.
Al Atlantic city nearly all the bathing
houses We're destroyed and much other
damage done.
At Far ROckaway y. v. an unknown
bark is ashore, with tho Afe-sayers un-
able 70 reach here.
INCOMING VESSELS DELAYED.
BALTIMORE, MD, Dec. H.-Snow.
sIeet and rain alternately throughout
the night filed the streets with sush and
imIcdei rJihc Three and a half inches
Of snow teil before il turned into rain.
This morning light snow is falling and
there rs "a high wind. All incoming YES
seis are behind time. and those scheduled
10 depart delaying their trips. Telegraph
wires are ip bad shape but meagre re-
ports from Western Maryland cities mdi-
cate email 5.lzzards prevailing there.
sgyEHE WEATHER ~ WASHINGTON
rH.tA ri,
of Washington are almost impossible to-
day. SO such severe inniction of tenn
pesiuous weather has been known here
Tor many ye The heavy snowfall OF
j. -teridy .tH,uJou was followed by a
cold rain, and then by biting winds and
Keen irost, and consequently the streets
and sidewalks are laid OIL I'm ridges OF
corrugated Ice, which render locomoton
extremely difficult. Slight hurries of snow
prevailed during the morning, but not
enough 10 smooth over the rOck-rlbbed
surface of the street. OF nnety-seven
Western Union wires extending from
Washington 10 New York city. only two
We're IN fair working order at 10 4. NJ.
OLD FASHIONED sNOW-sIoRM OUT WEST.
CHICAGO Dec. 27.-Atter a short in
termissiOn towards morning, the snow
which had been falling during ;he great
er part OF last night. began to come down
again with renewed vieor and an old
fashioned snow storm g. now in progress.
The street railway lines are working haid
with snow-rloushs 10 keep their tracks
clear but The indications are there viii
be- blockade If the flakes continue TO flv.
The cold early this morning was much
greater than later in the day, the Their
nOmeter registering II above al 10 O'Clock.
AE trains from the Northwest are re-
ported late this morning. At the weather
office 10 i= stated that the snow storm les
general throughout thc country. ana an
points ln Illinois report the worst storm OF
tae season
srlERE Is wEsr UGGINIA.
WHEELING. S.. VA, Dec. 1.-THE
heaviest snow IT'D years fell mere last
night and lhis morning Snow fell con-
tiuuously rom : O'Clock yesterday after
noon until = O'Clock this morning. The
trains are an late ana strect-car traffic
is completely blockoded,
DULUTH. MINI. bee. 1.-THE cold
est wave ol the season struck Duluth yes
terlay. The mercury steadily lowered,
with "a wind blowing thlrty-iive miles an
hour. Th morning % registered l6 de-
rrers below zero. This is the first time
iu several years tha, there has beel 40
sIr.phiag in December.
HEAyT SNOW STORM ~ ONO.
XANESNILLE, ONO. Dec. H.-Snow
b,-an falling yesterday afternoon, and
has continued az intervals since. The
ground is covered to depth OF slN inches.
The mereIr, stands about " degrees
above zero.
CLEVELAND. ONO. Dec. This
CITY was visited hy o. heavy snow storm
accompanied by nigh wind. last nishJ.
Street railway traffic Is int-rfered with
and the sidewalks are bIOckaded By high
drifts.
DETROIT. MICH. Dec. 27.-The wealth
e.. to-day Is clear and cold. with light
furry of snow early la the morning.
coLDFsT OF The srAsoS ~ ST. LOUIS.
ST LOUIS. NO. Dec. 1.-THE mercu-
rv is slowly travelling down the tube
and at . o'clock this morning registered
ai s above zero. The first snow Of the
season is falling, with indications OF con-
unung several hours. Reports from
points south OF here, including Northern
Texas, state the weather cold and snow
falling in many places.
THE STORM II PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURG, PA, Dec. 27.-The snow
storm which began at o'clock yester-
day afternoon continued until II 80
o CLOCK inns morning. THROUGHOUT Ahe
night heavy winds caused much drifting.
Street railway traffic is greatly impeded.
and trains on all railroads are from one
and a half TO four hours late. The init
cations are that the snowfall is over for
the present The depth OF the snow
given by the United States signal officer
is twelve and a half inches. The maxi
mum temperature Is y degrees and the
minimum temperature is Is degrees.
SCRANTON, PA, Dec. 2l.-Snce
o clock last night a snow storm of bllz-
zard proportions has ragged continuously