Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-22
A BLIZZARD SURE.
Wateroury is Almost Isolated From Outside World To-Day.
TROLLEY SERVICE USELESS.

Down the Road at Il 1:30-It Was
 O'Clock When the First Train Came Up-Took an Hour to Make the Run 1 Between Naugatuck and Waterbury
 Roof of Large Shed at Watch Fac tory Fell With Crash-Shoyeler
 Make but Little Roadway as the Storm Continues.
 Waterbury is experiencing the big GeSt snow storm it has had since the blizzard, and if the white flakes keep coming down much longer busingsS of every kind will be at standstill for peo- Die will not be able to get out of the houses. Superintendent Kelley of the street department and superintendent Wales of the Connecticut Lighting and Power company have large forces of men carting the snow off the street and have done much during the day to- wards clearing the main thoroughfares, but the snow keeps falling so that by the time they get toward the end of a street they would want to begin again where they had started. The trolley cars could make no headway to-day and had to take a back seat. Things were but little better on the railroads, so that it looks like a Shutout, or shut in, whichever you like to say, for few days. The snow is packed tight and considering the amount of it on the ground, walking is not so bad as one might think. Many shoveled their walks this forenoon, but after people saw that the storm was likely to con- tinue the business of cleaning walks was given up in many places and pe- destrians had to get through the drifts as best they could. Many of the shop hands did not Venture out at all
 There was a big sensation in the vi cinity of Benedict and Clay streets shortly after s o'clock when the man. moth woodshed that stood in the Watch shop lot came down with a crash, and made such a noise that some people in the immediate vicinity thought the bot tom had fallen out of the earth. The building was several hundred feet long and about 50 or 75 feet wide. 1t was put up few years ago, and was prob ably the neatest building of the kind in town. It collapsed without a mo- ment's warning Fortunately nobody was working there at the time,. so that nothing serious happened. The only reason given for the building coming down is that snow settled on the roof was so heavy it had to go. This is the heighth of nonsense. The building was apt to tumble any day, and the owners ought to thank it for selecting q time to sit down when teamsters, horses and wagons were out of the way.
 The first train down on the Nauga- tuck road reached here at 11:3O this morning and the first up didn't show ~p until nearly o'clock this after noon. One of the passengers said II took an hour to come from Naugatuek to Waterbury.
 One of the big sweepers of the Con- necticut Lighting and Power Go, which is used to clear the snow off the tracks, jumped the tracks on East Main street about 1 o'clock. The sweeper in ques- ion was attached to the front of two trolley cars. while another sweeper brought up the rear. They were moy- ing along East Main street all right un- til they reached a place in front of Phelans tea store. There the first sweeper ran up against some solid snow and ice. It made Semi-circle dash and swept across the street al- most onto the sidewalk. It looked as if it would dash through one of the windows in Phelan's tea store. Two young lady clerks at Currans' were passing by the store at the time and when they saw the sweeper moving towards them they shrieked and ran q good distance. The sweeper was pulled back onto the track by another sweeper
 This afternoon a couple of cars went up North Willow street as far as RldgeWood street. A big effort is be- ing made to clear all the lines, but one of the Traction company fellows told a Democrat reporter that he thought it would be the Fourth of July before the cars will be running on the South Main street line.
 Janitor Loughlin was one of the maddest men in town to-day. Every body wanted to know why he did not have the flag at the City hall building flying at full mast in honor of Wash ington's birthday, while as a matter of fact he had worked at it until he came near being frozen to ,death and then had to give it up. The rope got frozen and refused to yield to the giant like tugging of the janitor The flag was missed, but MT Loughlin couldn't help it.
 ln0T0 was UlOIG SHOW OH NOclu Main street this morning than there was before. A sleigh belonging to AL bert Bley on North square overturn- ed near Spark street and parcels of meat and groceries were almost lost in the bosom of the snow banks. The sleigh fell over on top of the drivers back and thus he lay unable to help himself until George Reed, a fireman at the Scovill street house, came along and helped him I'D The man was hurt, but not seriously.
 A sleigh owned by Blakeslee, car- rying load of excelsior capsized on North square this noon. The pile of excelsior was about twenty feet high and it was a miracle that the driver escaped injury from the falling bales. The sleigh was also overturned completely. Scores laughed at the mishap, but not one gave the driver a helping hand
 John O'Brien's bakeshop on Bishop street was discovered to be on the verge of collapse this forenoon by one of the bakers. The cause was the great pressure of snow on the roof. Carpenters were immediate ly sent for and the danger removed Great apprehension was felt for a while, for the falling of the roof would undoubtedly mean bad fire.
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