Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-01-27
WORST OF THE WINTER
STORM TAKES ON PROPORTIONS
OF A BLIZZARD.
High Wind and Extremely Low Tenn
perature Make Outdoor Life Almost
Unendurable-How Brattleboro and
the Surrounding Towns Fared.

Brattleboro and the surrounding
towns got their full share of the storm
which ragged all over the eastern states
Tuesday night and Wednesday. /.
was one Of the worst In this section
that has been encountered since the
big blizzard of 1888. Not that the
fall of snow was unusually heavy but
the tremendously high wind drifted it
to great extent and the accompany
ing low temperature made outdoor
life almost an impossibility. Veteran
weather observers say that they new
er knew the wind to blow any harder
than 1t did Wednesday afternoon and
evening.
| In Brattleboro the storm began
early Tuesday evening when the tenn
| perature was so low that nobody ex-
pected ii. Snow fell i'm tiny, icy par
ticles during the night and by Wed
nesday morning about inches had ac-
accumulated. The storm increased in
violence all day Wednesday and was at
its height late in the afternoon and
early in the evening. Snow ceased
to fab about midnight but the winI
continued to blow a gale all day yes
terday making it impossible to break
out roads or keep the sidewalks free
from snow.
managed TO keep one car running ir-
regularly during Wednesday, but the
snow plow broke down early yester-
day morning and no attempt was al
terward made to keep the tracks open.
The Wilmington stage arrived here
Wednesday morning about II o'clock
and started on its return trip abolt
one. Whether it succeeded in getting
through is not known for nothing was
seen of it yesterday. The stage be-
tween here and Jacksonville has not
made a trip since Tuesday. The
ruarl letter carriers had an extremely
hard time of it both Wednesday AMI |
yesterday, Carriers Eddy and Wall |
being unable to make full trips on
either day on account of the enormous
drifts they encountered. The schools |
have had one session for the past two |
days and yesterday the pupils should |
not have been obliged to go at all.
The storm proved the most serious
problem that the steam railways have
this season On We'd
nesday evening the passenger train
over the Narrow Gauge road started
from here about $50. 1t became
stalled about half way between the
station and West river and 20 men
were occupied for three hours in
sledTillS the lIdth So lbdl II COutI
'eturn. The mixed train due here at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon did
not arrive until nearly noon yester
lay being obliged to remain at New
ane station over night. Yesterday Il
the Narrow Gauge snow plow
tarted out and succeeded in reaching /
south Londonderry about noon. The
eturn trip was not completed until
asst evening. All the broad gauge
rains were late yesterday and there
we're no Boston or New York connec-
ions. The Passumpsic division of
he owl train, which should have
,assed here at 5:23 yesterday morn
ng, was stalled near Barton all night,
Iot arriving here until about 4: 80 yes
erday afternoon. The 2:30 train
rom the north consisted of an en- .
inc and one passenger car from
Windsor.
The storm seems to have been gem
raj through the New England and !
1iddle Atlantic states and extended .
ar into the west where heavy snow !
nd a remarkably low temperature {
re reported Everywhere railroad I
raffic was delayed and there were |
lany disasters to shipping on the
oast So severe was the storm il
lew York city that many persons
ere frozen to death during the day,
nd the hospitals, police stations and v
ouses of refuge We're crowded to C
leir capacity Wednesday night. il