Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-03
SNOW AND WIND.
We Had Plenty of Both all Day Last
Tuesday.

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This section was visited last Tuesday
by the fiercest snow and wind storm ex
perienced here in the last 81 years, in
deed the oldest inhabitant'sn mind
runneth not back to time when we
had another like it. The snow began
to fall early in the morning and con
tinued long into the night. and was ac
companied by one of the strongest
winds that ever come up the Wisconsin
river. The exact depth of snowfall
would be hard to determine, but one
thing is certain-there is more on, the
ground at present than there was at
any time during last winter. il some
places it is only a foot in depth ia
other places it is ten feet. The gauge
kept by WeathorIan Fred Rienow
failed of its duty. The gauge is a tin
can about three feet in depth, yet on
Wednesday morning there was only
about two inches of snow in the old
can, the balance had been carried away
By the wind the Bostonians pronounce
the word as if it were spelled w-i-n-e-d,
the old English spelling is w.nd) At
times during the day there would be a
fair amount of snow on the streets for
sleighing (about four feet or more) then
the "wynde" would hustle down Rib
valley from point somewhere in the
vicinity of the Eichert mill, and when
it struck the Wisconse would gig back
and carry off all the snow up into Lin
coin county, and few minutes later
would bring it back with compound in
terest added. 1t was the busiest wynde
we ever noted and we've noted many
in past political campaigns, originated
by the opposition party. In strength
of effort it had Foghorn Worsely, of
Racine, skinned to finish.
Those people who, from force of hab-
it and not from choice, work down
town for living, found it no easy task
to get home that evening. The snow
in many places was drifted five feet
high on the sidewalks, and pedestrians
were compelled to seek the streets. 1t
was of no use for property owners to
shovel snow off walks. At the same
time the wind was blowing with such
force as to make ones breath come short
and quick as does that of blushing
maid when she receives her first pro-
posal of marriage. Several instances
are reported where people became ex-
hausted and had to seek shelter and
rest IN neighboring houses before they
got home, and it would have been ex-
treinely dangerous for an old person to
have tried to walk any distance alone
that evening.
Trains due here that night were
from six to eight hours late, and next
day conditions on railroads were still
worse.
City mail carriers had very little mail
to carry on account of few trains get
ting in and spent their time in getting
rid of the Christmas accumulation of
mail.
Rural mail carriers confined their de-
liveries only to that portion of their dis
tricts lying at the Immediate outskirts
of town, and those carrying mail by
stage to country towns suspended bust
ness for several days.
Very few farmers were able to get in
to town and not stick of wood or load
of hay was offered for sale on the mark
ct square.
Patrons of dairymen in most cases
had their supply of bovine product cut
of, and grocery stores and meat mar
kets. doing large business, were forced
to change delivery horses at intervals
during Wednesday, because the ami
mails got exhausted from the hard pull
ling in the deep snow.
On Wednesday the snow shovel was
the .handiest and most used impliment
aboutthe house. Nearly every hardware
dealer in town was all sold out on these
weapons Wednesday night. and those
who, could buy none borrowed their
neighbours.
The city had large force of men at
work all day Wednesday shovehng
snow from the cross walks.
Two ladies, living in the First ward,
went down Grand Ave. Tuesday morn
ing to visit their mother. They got
snow bound and were unable to get
home until Thursday morning.
The storm appears to have been gen.
eral all over the Northwest and as far
south as Missouri. Reports from every
state in the middle west tell of a heavy
fall of snow, high wind, delayed traffic,
wires down and of property damaged
resulting from high wind. Shipping on
the great lakes suffered terribly, and it
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