The independent-reporter., 1909-12-30
SNOW, SNOW, SNOW
EVERYWHERE
Open Winter Likely To
Prove A Myth.
Local Storm Severe Enough But Not
Too Bad.

II is evident from the newspaper
accounts Of the severe storm that
swept over the country Saturday and
Sunday last was much worse In the
territory south of US than II was
here Still Ii was severe enough
white 1t lasted even though the
amount of snow which fell suffers bad
ly In comparison to the fall reported
in Philadelphia, New York, and else
where
Saturday was an ideal Christmas
day. The ground was barely covered
with snow and the sky clear over
head. Saturday night, however, things
began to take on different hue, and
very little snow fell. Sunday MORN
ing a high wind set In and before the
forenoon was over people began to
realize for the first time this winter
that the much reported open winter
was likely to be myth. All day
long and we'll into the night, snow
fell and the winds blew a gale. AS a
result of the storm, but little damage,
if any, is reported. while the sleigh
ing has been vastly improved.
The following clippings give the
reader fair idea of the severity of
the storm in other places:
Philadelphia, Dec ga snow fall
of 16 inches which drifted in places
to a heighth of 10 feet or more COM
pletely blocked for hours today all
steam and trolley traffic in this vicin.
ity. Many trains were stalled and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. an
nounced tonight that eight trains had
been held at Frazer, Pa, 3S miles
west of this city for five hours.
Boston. Dec 26-Grim winter
swept into New England today on the
wings of northeast storm with such
terrible energy as to cause great
damage, much Inconvenience. not a
little suffering and few deaths.
The gale drove a tide into Massa-
chusetts bay which nearly equalled
that of the famous storm of 1851. A
heavy wet snow prostrated all wires
throughout the southeastern sections,
railroad trains were stalled and three
persons lost their lives in Everett and
Chelsea by the sudden rise of the tide.
The big tide was the feature of the
storm. Coming on a full moon, the
gale rolled wave along the coast
which, in some places, reached a
height of over Ia feet above low wa
ter mark, only being exceeded by that
which swept the coast at the time
Minots light was destroyed in April
in 1851.
In this city the tide went across
Atlantic avenue, filing hundreds of
cellars and causing an estimated dam
age of over $1,000,000.
New York Dec. 26.-The snow fall,
which began shortly before noon yes
terday, continued steadily nearly all
night, with intermittent flurries
throughout the greater part of the
day. This was followed by a cold
wave, which froze the damp snow to
wires, switches and roadways. Near
ly 10 inches of snow fell in the city,
and the poor who ate their fill of
free Christmas dinner yesterday had
opportunity to work up another ap-
petite today by shoveling. More than
10000 shovelers and 5000 trucks were
put to work.
The delay of railroad traffic was
one of the severest in several years.
Trains from the south and west bore
the most of the delay, service in these
directions being practically cut OFF all
day, while the upstate and Canadian
trains were one to three hours behind
their schedules.