The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-09
FIFTH EDITION.
STORM AFTER MA7H,
How the Wind and
Snow Acted on the
River.
WARMER WEAIH Her IN ITS WAKE.
Trolley Cars Now Running on
Delaware Avenue and Eighth
Street.
Delaware Railroad Almost Use.
less.
Delaware Railroad Almost Use.
less.

The furious storm which swept over
Wilmington aud the surrounding country
thursday night ard all day yesterday
will be followed by warmer. weather not.
wlthstandlnR tho representations to tho
contrary. The warmer weather will 10
with us at least for few day anu the
first consignment arrived this morning.
But there was no Indication OF the up.
piosch OF warmer weather until late this
morning. Yesterday afternoon the wind
still howled and continued to pile tue
snow several fvet high In some places and
swept the ground bare In Others. adding
by this means to tie expenses Tor side.
walk cleaning on the pact OF many
householdors AMI completely relieving
others OF the necessity OF doing anything
of the sort. 1t blew madly. INCREASINGLY
from the west. and made 1t almost lmpus.
stble Tor pedestrians to make thsir way
through tho streets with any degree OF
comfort or haste. Elmo PARTICLES of snow
were tossed about 30 numeruusly at times
as to make II APPEAR that another lively
snow storn had come down upon tile city.
1t got into ones enr5, 1t got Into Ones
nose and down ones collar. and as fact as
one lot of II melted the wind had another
lot ready and aimed II accurately at the
very place whore the pedestrian was most
anxious that 1t should notg
Tho afternoon and night were not cold
when compared to the previous ones.
Eight degrees was the highest point which
the Thermometer reached during the day.
ana ttll5 WIS AT : OCiOch III bDb uIlbFHODn,
his was tie TO tho absence OF the sun,
except at brief intervals not long enough
In duration TO have amy effect upon the
temporal,
The average FOR the day was degrees.
which is next to the lowest mean tenn pera.
ture ever recorded III this city. On Dec.
so, 1850, II day which via record breaker
IN several respects tho average tenpera.
ture wa degrees.
The southern storm which brought the
4. Al
an early hour yesterday, and last night
wac central of the New England coast.
Tho snowfall amounted to about five aud
= half lncurs. one OF tho heaviest records
for several years.
on THE RAILROADS.
The tracGs OF the Baltimore & Ohio and
p. W. a b. Railroads are now open and
trains are now running GU
road and Wilmington and Northern lroatls
are practically usaless.
Dispatches received at the office Of the
companies stated that the train blocks
were caused by the heavy drllts rather
than the heavy fan of snow. Pow engines
were SGT to work, but their efforts were
| unavaIling because the heavy Winds soon
| filled the cleared cuts. and II wRs acknow-
| lodged by tho officers of the companies
| that oniy the cessation of the prevailing
high winds would enable the road 10 re.
cover from Its temporary paralysis.
on the r.. " Il -. Rulirosd south OF
this city the blockade wue tho greatest
and pnssenger Of the south. bound
train gnye this stataIneHt upon driving
In baltimore: Fair time was made unul
We left Wilmington, whsn heavy urifLs
were met. lleadway thereafter Was slow
and Iahorl0us. Tho two locomotives
| struggled through the drift until Iues up
| pruueLed ferrymAn's Station, when an
| unusually heavy 0nnk brought the iratn
to stop. All efforts o clear tho tracks
| were Ia vain, and Ihe twenty-five or thirty
| passengers were forcsd to recouclie them.
| selves TO Il long AID weary walt.
fortunately tho train wac heated by
steam AMI the cars at no ttme became un.
| comfortable. The passengers wers Put
to their wits end Tor means of occupying
the time. Some slept, others u AL. while
1 a few bagui al tins JtmO play ug carIs
| The buffet on tile Pullman WAS SHINY
/ provisloneu ANA before the tralI had been
| stslled very long Tho conteEls OF the but
| fet. both In the way of Liquids and sub
slhDtiais were exhausted,
The place where tho train came to q
! atuudstit wac only ono hundred yards
| from tia station at Perryman's, aud All
| enterprising boy appenrud with two Da5.
kes OF oranges. These he quickly di.
i posed OF and, with au eye to business,
won't of and returned with n basket OF
plea. and those. too were eagerly selzed
by the Passengers AMI their hunger was
appeassi. Alter waiting NATL $50 p III.
and brought to Is iltlmore
TIE TROLLEY SYSTEM.
The street car lines have not yet fully
recoN errd iroiu tna knockout winch they
| reCsived. This mott inR only two lines
were In running order, tns Delaware ave.
nue. and West Iigh,h ttreet Rods. The
sweepurs were b. Ing run out to Riverr iew
AMI Silvarbrouk this morning, Hud the
cars on these lines nre expected to be
moved Tonight.
The Rising sun road suffered the sever.
est blow. Thutsdny nigh II was with
difficulty car was run to that euUurU
anu when it stopped the driIts OeoaIne SO
heavy that the cur could hot be novel
HE electric sweeper hns not made all at
tempt to reach the station ihrre.
Ali the roads iaadIng to aud from the
city ale iiupa55ablr. gu h Il condition OF
atlairs not existing Tor years This mora.
ing at & O'Clock there was not a market
wugon on King Or Madison streets be-.
tween second ard Ninth sirents aud Tho,
many people cay. has never been Known
OF. Even III tine blizzard oil 'Ss many far.
mers reuched tho city but TINS storm
seems to have surpassed that memorable
blizzard along that line.
DOWN THE STATE.
From all over the state come reports OF
the storms fury. Dover Is cut oil from
the wor d. Yesterday only one tralu
uussad the town ln some places tue sno "
dr,fted twelve feet. At st. Georges the
same condition OF affalrs exist. At Mt.
Pleasant the storm was he severest one
which ever passed over that section.
ON THE RIVE AND BAY.
On the river and bay tie blizzard was
particularly severe. and this morning
come many reports of tho intense suller
ing OF mhrlhefs.
Looking eeuward from the BreakwateI
yesterday nothing could be seen as far us
the eye reached but Il mass OF Ice. Tnei q
la Il solid bridge Of ion Dhtween the Della
ware break water and tie mainland. aud
people are walking to the Breakwat for
Inc Iirst time III many yenre.
Inc only vessel that managed TO pass
up Yesterday WIS the steamship Spartan,
Boston. She woraed her way through the
ice IN the river and hay with Difficulty, and
managed, hy r'ason OF being n tuli-power.
ell aid IA well bui craft, To escape dam,
age. Any similar attempt maize by a
wooden vessel would huye resulted In the
yesseI's lusg, In some parts of the river
tie ice WAS 10 inches thick. In the bay
the Ice Is softer. but there is plenty OF It,
and IL Is constantly increasing.
City Ice Boat No. 2. OF Philadelphia, left
this morning to convey the Erltish steam,
ship Stag. the German steam ShiD Energle
ami the steamship Partition. to sea. She
took the lead and the 1lhcr vessels On
deAvored TO get the benefit 81 her wide
beam by following IN hor wnke
Inc British steamship Kenneth, from
p.8. .N.utN atRVslss laA A.al q