Connecticut western news., 1899-02-16
THE BIG SNOW. STORM,

III DlU SINOW sSIUhm. The heavy snow storm which started from the Rocky Mountains last week and ex tended east to the Atlantic Ocean also covered the area from South Caro- lima to Nova Scotia. The storm struck New England early Sunday morning and continued nearly all the time until late on Monday night. About two feet of snow fell in Northwestern Connecti- cut. The mercury was five or six de- grees below zero and at times the wind blew fearfully. So far as she mercury was concerned this storm equalled the great blizzard of March 1888 but the snowfall was nothing near as great as during said blizzard.
 Locally, the storm caused great incon- venience but the railroads suffered the most. On Sunday the trains on the Berkshire Division and on the Central New England were somewhat lats. The snow blow came down from Pittsfield during the afternoon and proceeded south, and went down the line again on Monday forenoon and returned Tn the afternoon. The trackmen worked all Sunday night shoveling out the sidings at Canaan. On Monday the north bound 9 40 train arrived about II a, m. The south bound trains were about on time in the morning. The 2,42 and 2.47 D. m. south bound trains were about an hour late. Those were the last trains on he Berkshire Division which passed Canaan that day, as short ly afterwards all trains were annulled between New Milford and Ct. Barring ton. The west bound 10. "A a. m. and 9 AT p. m. trains on the O. N. E. were somewhat late, .but the 12 38 p. m. east bound was consolidated with the 4.O4 D. m. and left here with two engine'. The 5.05 p. m. west bound got here with two engines about ' .35 p. m and managed to reach Millerton but in at tempting to return got stalled near Ore Hill and finally went back to MIllerton. The other trains were annulled. The wind blew fearfully during the evening and piled the snow in huge drifts.
 On Tuesday the snow blow driven by two engines went south on the Berkshire Division about II a. m. The first train from either up or down the road since the middle of Monday afternoon was passenger train from the north that reached Canaan at S45 o'clock Tuesday evening. Not train ran between Win sted and Millerton on Tuesday. A snow plow came out from Hartford but got stalled near West Winsted and after be- ing dug out of the drifts returned to Winsted.
 Yesterday the Berkshire Division ran it's passenger trains in schedule order, yet nearly all of them were somewhat late-but the blockade had been raised. The Central New England ran trains between Winsted and Hartford. Early in the morning three engines were at- tached to the snow plow at Winsted and started for Millerton and Campbell Hall. They passed Canaan about 8 a m. but came to grief at Ore Hill where they jumped the track. At D. m. it was reported they had got on the rails again and xhad received running orders. At 4 15 p. m. passenger train drawn by two engines arrived at Canaan from Millerton, and proceeded east
 A number of men and teams worked all day Tuesday breaking out the main rosds in this town. Every real estate owner in this village was busy shoveling paths and sidewalks, and the walks after being cleared of snow looked like canals bordered with huge walls of snow. Not until Tuesday afternoon were all the sidewalks cleared. Those who had cameras took views of different portions of thls snoy bound village.
 From Monday night until Tuesday night all trains on the New York Cen tral were suspended between New York and Albany.
 The Consolidated" road worked all Monday night to open their road and on Tuesday morning succeeded in getting train throu1 from New York to New Haven. No other trains were run dur ing the day.
 The cold wave has been especially se were in the South. The Georgia peach crop has been totally ruined. In Allan ta the thermometer registered 720 above zero week ago and on Monday was down to 8 below. The Florida orange crop has not suffered so greatly but gar den stuff is practically ruined. Monday was the coldest day ever known in Ken lucky the mercury being at 39' below zero at Lebanon. Birming ham, Ala. re- ports 100 below; and New Orleans, La. 60 above zero.