The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-11
CITY IS IS
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SNOW u | AGAIN. !. J 4 II |.
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at a Late. Hour.
.ANNIVERS i: s; RSARY OF
BLIZZARD OF 1890.
The Fall General Over Yer. the lie, State.
and Was Very. Heav,y in North
Carolina Cutting Winds
Sweep the Streets-Ca
Have Hard Time
Getting Along

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On the anniversary OF the great bliz-F
zard Of five years ago Richmond is again
snow-clad and locked IN Ice, and there Is
sweeping up the. coast a gale fSWind and
sleet that bears many q chill and freezing
blast upon its bosom. N. ls5s
FIVE inches Sof rovtred SIs 3 ehrnendl
at midnight. and the vlad driven down
pour was as steady as whenit began.:A AT
that time the storm had uninterrupted
sway freight hours. and its grip upon
the city showed no signs of weakening.
The sky was still dull and black and the
swirl In the air was as binding as
ever Everything for miles about was
CHASTITY and mysteriously robed in white.
Driving mists of snow scudded before the
wind. and flew In fantastic figures in
every direction. Deep drifts began to pile
up in corners and out OF the way spots.
The track of the solitary pedestrian was
downy hand OF the snow-mist and no rift
In the white cloud tnat covered the earth
could be seen. The street cars struggled
manfully against the odds, but only an
Indifferent traffic could be maintained.
At late hour the railroads were run.
ming without serious Interruption.
Snowfall Heavy and General.
From every section Of the State reports
OF heavy snowfall began to come IN. 1t
was showing all along the James River
division OF the Chesapeake and Ohio to-
4 tho extent of two to five inches. Nor
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sent out. and giving notice OF great
blizzard sweeping up the coast. From
Richmond to Wilmington the storm ragged
with unabated fury. Wilmington had slcet
and wind and Weldon four inches Of
snow It was worse In North Carolina
than Virginia, and the Storm was said
to be heading this way. The night fore
cast Of the Washington office predicted
clearing weather in Southeast Virginia
to-day. and continued cold with rain or
snow In North Carolina.
A Striking Parallel.
e The habit OF drawing parallels becomes
a hobby and nuisance II It. Is not eX-'
ercised with care. But 1t Is a fact that the
people OF Richmond yesterday, with q SOFT
( OF nervous shock, recalled the fact that
to-day Is the anniversary Of the great
blizzard OF 1899. Moreover, the conditions
yesterday were in every way favorable
to repetition of tie other storm.
AT 500 p. NJ. OF February II, 1885, 1t
began to snow. The cold was intense and
on the day preceding. the thermometer
had registered three degrees below zero.
the coolest record in the history Of the
local weather bureau office, The snow
was caused by region Of low pressure
In tho gulf section, and tie map showed
n high pressure In tho northwest in the
direction of the Great Lakes. For nearly
three days the snow came down. On,
February 18th the fall amounted at s
bP. M. to 31S; on the 12th.nt the same hour,
to rs inches, and on the 1ath at $3.50 F.
M, when 1t stopped at7.5 inches. The
total fall was 1873 inches
About Up. NJ. of February 10, 19o+-yes-
terdny-it began to snow,'fhe tempera-
ture during the day had been harsh ana
biting to the last degree.9 Fierce anu
biting northeast winds swept the street,
Tho Thermometer registered twenty-ihree
degrees an ideal temperature for snow.
Theistorm was caused by u region OF low
pressure in the gulf section, and tho map
showed a high pressure In the northwest t
IN the direction of the Great Lakes, The
snow was fine, powdery, and dry, and Mt
s p. nj, measured inches, There was 80
inches of melted snow, The local weather
bureau predicted contlnued downlail
through the night and to-day. Al mid
night the snow was still coming down,
hut the Washington office now said clear
Ing weather to-day,
The general weather conditions prevail
Ing In the country to-day are set forth
in tho following official bulletin:
An area of abnormally high barometer
pressure la central over the upper lis
sourl Valley this morning, from Which
section 1t Is dominating the weather cons
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