Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-17
THE LOCAL EFFECTS
OF the Big Blizzard Last Mon
day.

Trains Were Delayed, street Cars Tied
In, Stage Lines Blocked and Busl-
ness suspended Monday Night.
snow storm, which in size and sever
itv has hardly been equalled since the biz
zard of 1888, struck Brattleboro and vicin-
ity Sunday night and continued with in
creasing force until early Tuesday morn
inc. The storm was accompanied by a
heavy wind which grew in velocity all day
Monday until the storm became veri-
table blizzard SO severe was the weather
Monday afternoon and evening that few
neople yentured out-of-door, and business
ON Main street was brought completely to
standstill. Nearly all of the stores closed
at O o'clock Monday evening. The fall Of
snow is estimated at from IL to 20 inches,
although on account of the numerous
drifts it is hard to determine the exact
depth
The Street Railway company succeeded
in running its cars irregularly until about
noon Monday when one of the motors in
the snow plough became disabled. Without
the plough the cars were unable to make
any progress against the snow, and every
thing on the line was at a standstill until
Tuesday afternoon. A gang of shovelers
was at work on the tracks all Tuesday.
L. S. Higgins made few trips to West
Brattleboro and back Monday evening
with his large sleigh for the benefit of
those who were obliged to return from
their work here to their homes in that
part of the town.
All trains on the Boston & Maine and
the Central Vermont railroads were delayed
more or less both Monday and Tuesday on
account of the storm. The 9:10 train
from the north Monday morning was near
" a half-hour late and the 1:10 from the
south was almost an hour behind time.
The train which is due here at 10:30 from
New London did not reach Brattleboro
until after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
the 0j on the same road failed to come
in until late in the evening. The trains
from the north and south on the Boston
d Maine, which are due here at 2:05 and
2l0, were only slightly delayed, but the
south bound express which is due here at
1 $50 did not arrive until after 6 o'clock
and remained here until about s 10 before
starting for Springfield, Mass. The 3 As,
north bound, left here at $50 r. NJ, and
the Montreal express was discontinued at
Springfield. The mixed train on the mar
row gauge road got into Brattleboro on
time but no attempt was made to start the
passenger train which leaves here at about
q o'clock. The snow plough started out
Tuesday morning but it did not get the
road open until nearly noon Wednesday.
The first train to get into Brattleboro
Tuesday was the 9:10 from the north
which came in with two engines about
1l:30. directly behind one of the new Bos-
ton IL Maine snow ploughs. About 10
minutes later the II 10 from the south ar
rived. The New London train which US
ually leaves here at 8 AS A. NJ, started out
at $3.50, and the 1890 from the south on
the same road got here about 1870. All
the afternoon trains were late as we'll AS
those in the evening. The Montreal ex-
press left here about an hour behind time.
No Boston or New York papers were re-
ceived in town Tuesday on account of the
blocked condition of the Fitchburg and
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
roads.
The Wilmington stage got to Brattleboro
Monday morning for the first time in three
days, and started back in the afternoon.
Nothing was heard from it Tuesday. al
though it could not have gotten farther
than Marlboro. The Jacksonville stage
also started back Monday but did not re-
turn to this town Tuesday. The Chester
field stage got here late Tuesday evening.
All the public schools had solid session
Monday, and on Tuesday morning the sig
nal was rung for mo school" both morn
ing and afternoon.
The snow drifted badly, making some
OF the roads nearly impossible, but in this
respect the storm was not as serious in
brattleooro as the one year ago this
month.
Brattleboro felt but little effect from the
storm on Sunday, but south of here it was
severe on that day as we'll as Monday.
snow falling throughout Sunday.