The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-03
New Year in quite down Eastern" fash

New Year In quite down Eastern" fash
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The lot Of the rural resident Is FAR from
being happy one nowadays. Out on Rem
ton hill. fer instance. the man who lives
any distance from the street ear lres has
had TO break fresh trait every morning
since Saturday through snow banks vary
txg from two 10 five feet sn depth. In some
localities the drifts have banked up the
sidewalks and approaches TO The houses so
that II has been necessary for the hca1 ~
Tire family or hts son Willie 10 dig a trench
through the soft white snns ~ AZ to OBJ
tain egrass and ingress - his dcsaiciie The
spectacle Of pater famias IN dressing gown
and fur hat cropping for The morning pa
per through five fee: NJ snow aas not tesi
an uncommon oue Of late
There Is mare snos on the greand today
In Seattle thar there has been slnce Iansl-
AIRY. 1885,. when nine inches fell ir single
day There Is no Immediate prospect tina.
The weather will moderate greatly. and san~
less Chinook wind should Nsees, oVer the
seas to the hills ami mountains Of Western
Washington, there is a good chance Of tins
snow remaining uaals;tsrbed on the gf0usid
fer several dsvs
While many Seattle people are Inclined
to sssnpiA'n 81 the unusual snowfall. ths uid
vssidenis are recalling the hx storms Of
cIhsr days The Oldest gHhabstaus IS uu.ner~
Gus and prolific Ia accounts al terrible biz
cards that prevailed tn this climate tn The
DAYS Of tina pioneers oH Puget zsauna \
younger authority yesterday ,sad og the big
storm ~ the winter If EsTa-sa Jsrla sin4s
that there was six feet en sse level ana
IL vas all piled UP In two days"
The storm cs January. lsss. Ia % Esage r.
cent memory This was sheut the time the
annexation Of ftawsls WAS brought Sefera
the nation ny thu fTvpiasiao in the islands
IN which the QUEEN pws forever dethrssaesf.
10 many places in Seattle, ard 4 lasted Ter
weeks
Hard work for Firemea.
I'Araaps thN people Who suffer mast FROM
she heavy Snow ara tha rnss II the faTs d.
partment Theirs - an unhappy TX. II Is
almost impossible for tAe horses % ptll! 50
saxsns mere thsu thFee NJ four hhteks na
y ran in ;hs hill distrlCfs wAsru ths snow
Is deepest The roads are eut Slightly
hrcken-~in fEet. sha impression tsaSs r. suasia
on them by passing teams ~ sx-7aitv w3gssi
ssst BY drifting saews during ta~ nsxns
breaking sran tarsszgh sssas drifts WITH
Are engine hoS,k an3 adter gruek IL
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