The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-28
BLIZZARD &.
HAS CEASED
III w IN ~ III
And Warmer Weather Will
Be Here By TO-mor. i
row Morning.

Tho snow storm Of Saturday afternoon
and night was record breaker. =.
In all, over seven inches Of snow foil.
and this, with the few inches that fell on
Thanksgiving Day, makos November Of
this year the record breaking month since
1884, " hen virtual blizzard ragged Gloss
around the holiday time The storm ap
pearcd to bs central over Wilmingtonsl
and came down with all Its fury from the
the lake region, around North Michigan::'
=, The first flakes fell along about II o.,
clock on Saturday morning. The day up
to that point had been raw, but not overly
Geld, and but little attention was paid To
tho thin, 1eecy particles until about 2 In
the afternoon, when 10 was noticed they
vera beginning to stick to the ground,
| and u respectable mantle of white waA
lust beginning to cover everything In
sight. Snow balling urchins soon began
to lend realistic effect to the pic;urs.
and along toward dusk, when several
inches were piled on tho ground, when
pedestrians had much ado to keep them-
selves on foot and when trolley cars, exs
press wagons and all kind Of vehicles
found difficulty in hauling through the
drifts, 1t began toaawn OH the community
that it was in for regular old-timc bliz-
zord. :;
Tho wind, too. which had been from tho
Northeast. changed carly to the North~
west, and towards night 1t began to blow
and howl in storm fashion. low wands
cred out into the streets, mud those whe
did experienced considerable. trouble ID
getting about. From tho freezing poinS
the mercury steadily fell, until ut mlds
night it was about 20 degrees above zero.
During tho evening the trolley cars
moved with difficulty despite the fact that
the big electric sweeper was run regularly
up and down the lines Everywhere wires
suffered.
On both railroads trains came in lato
especially through trains 4
The Washington express. over the
Pennsylvania Railroad which leaves Phils
adelphia at II % clock, III the morning.
and reaches here about noon, did not
leave Philadelphia yesterday until 1a45
O'Clock. and 1t took it over an hour TO
come to Wilmington, while the usua,
time is forty five minutes There were
several largo drifts between Philadelphia
and Wilmington which this train had to
p!ow through. 1t encountered the great.
est difficulty near Gray's Ferry, when II
plunged into drift about six feet high.
The snow covered tho pilot Of the locomo.
tive. At Claymont the train plunged
through another large drift and Just
south ofShe!lpot creek 1t had to plow Its
way through several drifts. When tho
train pulled into Wilmington tho front
OF the locomotive was filled with snow
ana lnge pile had collected upon the foot
boards
The fast mall due in Wilmington at SOL
O'Clock yesterday morning is lost to tho
railroad world. Tho train comes from
Boston, running through to Washington,
and the first nows received in this city rs-
garding II was 1T tho French street station
yesterday afternoon, when IL was learned
that the train had bcsn discovered in
snow drift several miles from Now Haven
Conn.
Eastbound trains over tho Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad were running on time.
but those coming from New YORK wore
from three to five hours behind time. !,
The New Castle Electric Company man.
aged to run cars at intervals yesterday,
though tue tracks were filled with snow
shortly after they had been cleaned in tho
open stretches on country roads. 4
The telegraph and telephone wlrsy
the city were slightly damaged
IN tbs wind storm, but all the companies
had larger forces of linemen at work all
night and day to guard against any i'm.
pairment OF tho services. Tho result wsi
that communication was not interruptod.i
Tho City Of Chester was running NJ
usual. Her trip Saturday night was q
rough one and very hard watch had to
DO Kept in order to avoid colliding Witt
other craft The binding snow made Is
to very far ahead. II
The gallo was especially severe around
Tho Delaware capos. The schooner WINK
W. Wilson from Philadelphia for Norfolk
With a cargo Of coal sprung u Leak fous
nilcs south of Manomkin lfc-saying stat
Ion. l'ifo guards took off her crew Of siE
men and tie schconeris likely to sink Al
lumber OF vessels off tue capes were un}
'hle to get into tho harbor aud 1t Ia foa-sd
hat there have boon heavy losses. /,
The cold weather was evidently tho
lnal chilling efforts Of tho snowstormi
nd freeze up which prevailed in the Wosd
ast week and passed off into tho Atlantic,
raving line of blizzard.lke weather
long tho coast yesterday. 4
Tho indications for to morrow arc warm.
r weather.
Ladies' take the best. II you arc troubled
nth Constipation, Sallow Skin and a Tired
coli ns. take Karls Clover Tea, II l.. pleasant
4 tnka Col, l,,yp