Evening journal., 1902-02-19
BIG SHOWS OF
YEARS GGEE BY
Mondays Storm a Squat COM
pared With 1883 Blizzard
It Vas the Greatest Storm Country Has
Been Visited by in Twenty
five Years

On April s. 1898. this city was swept
bv a snow storm that very few people
were prepared for. The storm, which
the dav previous had been central over
Arkansas moved southwark and then
came I'D the coast striking Whining
ton with all it's fury The fall of snow
greatly interfered with traffic. and,
owing TO its heayiness, caused serious
trouble with the telegraph and tele-
phone wires Compared with the bliz-
gard of 1888 that storm was but a
slight sQuall Citizens retired on the
night of Monday. March H. of that
year. listening to the beating rain.
When they arose on Monday morning
the city was covered with a thick blan-
ket OF snow that had been hurled
about by a fierce northwest wind and
deposited i'm mountainous drifts. They
saw the greatest storm that ever held
this city i'm its icy clutches for nearly
a century. The storm area extended
over all the North Atlantic States, be-
ing more severe in many other locali-
ties that It was here. The records
show that during the progress of the
storm seventy lives We're lost, many
NNnciAr MANAhAAs anu ANAAMhN AAhAAAh
suspended for several days.
Some Big Snow Storms
Among the great snow storms on
record few were more extended in their
range or more disastrous to life and
property than the storm OF January H.
1867 Ii lasted twenty-five hours, and
was accompanied by furious gale and
extremely cold weather Ii extended
as far West as the plains and was
bounded on the south by the Ohio and
Potomac. although some OF it's effects
reached to Hampton Roads. This was
followed by another severe storm three
DAYS later Wrecks were piled up along
the coast and scores Of lives were lost.
During this storm but two to four feet
of snow fell. the latter depth being at
Pittsburg. In April, 1868, another
great snow storm swent over the East
'ern States. but this city felt little of it.
The great storm of New Years night,
1877 is recalled by thousands of our
citizens The severity of the storm
caused a total suspension of street car
traffic. and railroads were blocked in
every direction. Snow at a level is re-
ported to have been eighteen inches.
and huge drifts blocked many of the
streets
On February %, 1929. snow fell to
such a depth. and drifted in such a
way that persons who attended public
festivities commemorative of Wash
ington's Birthday IN this and other
parts of the country were showed up
IN halls and other public places and
compelled to remain there for days.
on January 10, 1881. another stipend
Gus snowstOrm visited this city. The
snow drifted In places TO q depth of
fifteen feet The churches We're gener-
ally closed on the following Sunday.
because the snow was piled so high
above the doors that they could not be
opened.
On December 2S. 1858, snow began
falling at ii o'clock in the morning
and continued until 4 o'clock I'm the
afternoon of the following day The
snow drifted as high as the tops of
the cars. A train of three locomotives
started from neighboring city to-
ward Boston and became imbedded in
a drift at the end Of the seventh mile.
The Blizzard Of 8e9
The severe snow storm of 1899 began
Saturday night. February II, and for
three days held the city in its grasp.
The weather previous to the blizzard
had for several days been mild and in
clined TO fogginess
On SATURDAY afternoon the weather
was comparatively mild. but in the
evening the temperature began to drop.
and at 10 o'clock the thermometer req
istered degrees below zero. A light
snow sifted down and a gale was blow
ing from the West Sunday morninr
the city awoke and found the streets
and housetops covered with drv ana
heavy snow. The flakes continued fall
ing all day Sunday. and in the evening
the streets We're impossible. No one
Nentured out and the trolley COMPANY
Withdrew its cars. Traffic Operations
We're suspended, and on Monday morn
ing IT was found quite hard TO move
about Those who came were com
PEELED to stay over night The eno-wl
kept on falling all day Monday and tlhe
heavy winds made huge drifts fr4m
curb TO curb Hotels were taxed
their utmost capacity. All railrrsf
We're blocked and remained so ant h
wednesday morning when trains a.
gan operating its lines. After Il ~
DAYS the storm abated and Tn itv
once again assumed its normsii coz al
ton. AT It's lowest stage ths I ho-
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Presiding Elder O. A. riudl,
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