The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-19
EARLIEST SNOW ON RECORD.
Oldest Inhabitant- Fail 10 Recall
Such a November Storm.
crv SWEPT BY COLD WINDS.
weather Man Predicts Rain ana
Warm Breeses, and shuts up
shop IN Disgust ON seeing Fall
Gre OF His Observation-Disclosures
Predict Hard wtnter-TeIephone
System II Badly Disorgantsed.

seatsIe awoke yesterday morning. shiv-
ering with cold. and peered through frosty
windows out upon a bleak, white land
seape and an al sosphere heavy with
snowy flakes The prospect WAS 80 unin-
wiling that all who could. except juvenile
Seattle, went back TO bed again and tried
20 sleep away the dream Of nnidwinter.
in this they were without success. As the
day grew older the wintry prospect. In
stead Of growing nsiider. became more IN
tense. tho mercury dropped slowly lower
and lower Nothing stopped but the snow,
md the occasional gusts 81 wind gave
proof that the icy attack Of the elements
had not been abandoned
The wsAther prophet offers no prospect
or better AinKr. His prediction for today
reads. ''0ccarional snow. continued cold
The only way 10 get any encouragement
out OF this Is 20 compare the prediction
for yesterday: Occasional rain: station
AIRY temperature AZ co. with what actual
~ happened
follow the desires ~ the local weather
bureau. AK announced In the Official bulie-
tin Issued Saturday night. apparently dis
outraged the worthy Seattle representa-
tivex ~ that branch Of the government.
ard they closed up shop for most OF the
day yesterday.
A a consequence II was Impossible TO
secure any OF the usual statistics as to the
time or the first snowfall In previous
years. II IL believed however, that the
present capcr Of the weather n the ear
Hest ~ It's kind TO strike Seattle In many
years.
Predictions Of OLA settlers.
Tho otd settlers. who were among the
Hrxt 10 expose Themselves to the cold
all day spreading dire predictions Of
hsrd winter 70 come possess no exact
statistics bearing upon the important sub
Jert M inHne but have no end of lore Of a
. or less doubtful degree Of vcracsty.
The only unanimous statement possible TO
be sagfega,ed from all this lore Is that
the present snowfall and cold snap break
nil Seattle records for the early com
msufefnens az winter.
The storm king has broken bounds early
savaral Times during the past thirty years.
bus the present storm IL the earliest OF all
early fuowstnFmH by nj least three days.
Eueh Information II necessarily not off~
eiai and IL possibly erroneous, but when
those venerable saers. ia whose ayes the
winters and everything else Of the T0s
and SOS were the most wonderful eSer
known, sami, ma h = , mase moasfn ss s
admission " worthy ~ belief
The SNOW was not the mnNt disagreeshie
feature of yesterdays weather. The cold,
which came Unexpectedly. and WAS made
fhe more Intense by nerre Northwestern.
was productive or more physical discern
fort. The thefmometer performed few
acfohntic stunts SATURDAY afternoon IN this
course Of ia rapid descent from ~ 10 ~
degrees above zero. bat after its arrival al
the later notch = asaln became peac.eahle
attitude. not going above x nor below
hogan 10 slowly creep downward. and Il Is
feaTod that before the turning point ar
rtesr Il will come Into uncomfortable
proximity % zero,
phone system Wires were grounded. tam
SLED and crossed and last night large
rereenisse o. the residence phones 81 the
eiiy were out Of order and those working
were 50 wax end unsatisfactory that
COLLAPSE seemed tn snamentary danger
Seattle was not alone In suffering from
from Montana and TAR opt into the Pa
eittc ocean waH swept by the gale A ter
risic storm RACED along the coast Tho
steamer Cnmox attempted to start up the
coast. bat MAS forced TO return to VAN
eouyrr. N II feared that much damage
was dans To shipping
ssovm IN Es.s~ss wsshsastss.
ia Eastern Washington the storm came
IN ,he share Of tetrifse wind and a fan
Of mlert, which tore down wires and
arepped the Thermometer 20 far below
ffecsing
The greatest ceid sas experiences at
Helena. Mont. mhsfa the Thermometer
reached degrees below xcvo The cotsfeat
weather IN this state was 10 Spokane. with
Seattle close Neeeud.
The Wind attained greatest velocity AZ
Neah Ray. where q thew teenty-two
mties an houf At Portland there was an
eighseenrrn,te hrweHe hat without snow
and the THERMOMETERS dd not hrsensr an
fAlya With tbs exception nf those two
rnsNsK. the 1raftie Wind waa the strongest
r tns NerthweFf. tAe yeinglts here beinx
fNlftspn n4t}ee hour
The weather huFeaE reports the pfeeipi.
tatieH AZ seattle during the iast twenty
fuat hanrR 81 have Baan q n a. tnch
rats Il slightly nsafu than ire average 81
ire remainder u No ssagm-swept dis
A result ~ the stafta ahigh proved BAR
fisniagiy unltleesaal % sarh senfils pea-
rif sN were compelled ts H. atsaag Ne~rnfs
aAv wNs tae remarkably sitpfete rarft.
sipn n which the tirssts sna si.lewAik
wete ieft ~ the sanwfaii Ihs ~. ~
sssns aNNa heavy and aagnp. ART nssk 4
hart svtTYwaare 10 aasf AIS ts5Fe ani
STREETS ava sidewalks Wafs cefcffa Min a
ahe~i ~ ire
Ths npfartuHatsg abroad wsthaeg rub.
her sFFYNa.sf~ snd thsv spgafsntls Nsre
greatly ~ Inv aaa iaftiS sIid snlaa ftuta 4
harmed p'sAssaY suffered any severe esrys
tsaf aaWaEe hsst sssise % fhlisr Ms,
were NnkaftEDake cnaaxh Is scleet tha
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