Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-27

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 26-A swirl of snow, thick and sticky, driven by n forty y-mile wind, swept over Connec- ticuM in common with the rest of this part of the country last night and to- day, bringing conditions which are Hkened to the famous blizzard of 1888. While the storm fell short of that bliz-
 sard, 1t has been good many winters since a snowstorm has so completely placed an embargo upon ordinary means of communication. The tenn peratures did not run low, and for this reason the suffering thus far has not sleen severe. The fact that it was Sunday following a holiday had much to do with the blockade by snow of highways and trolley lines, for there was not the usual amount of traffic to assist in clearing the way.
 Twenty Foot snowdrIfts.
 Along the sound shore the snowfall was not quite so heavy as farther in- land. At Woodbury tonight, where the snow was still falling thick, the aver lge fall was above two and half feet. Many snowdrifts were figured at twen- ty feet in thickness. That town has had no communication by trolley since late Saturday and no prospect of any for another day. The wind swept up the Pomperaug valley at the rate of AANE lhAAIo lh AiO4As 1T MCIC uli- .ble to reach stock in outlying build ings and the roads were badly choked.
 Wires in a Bad TansIe.
 Out of New Haven the indications were that the storm was much more fevere east of here, especially in Rhode island. Telegram ph and telephone wires were down in many places to the cast, and in the Thames valley many poles had, fallen, mixing wires in bad tangle.
 Church Services Suspended.
 The Central New England read northwest of Winsted is blocked and 70 trains are running East of that )lace the trains are running at long in -ervals and away behind time. A tnow blow train was derailed in the Winsted yards this afternoon. but the crew escaped injury. The smaller towns around Winsted were cut off rom all communication, telephone and telegraph wires being down and the snow drifted fifteen feet, in places, blocking the country roads. In the smaller towns church services were | The storm was the worst | experienced in this section for many | years.
 Trolley Traffic Almost Suspended. Willimantic and the surrounding country suffered severely, Trolley tr.af- | hc was almost suspended and the milk i men were unable to get into the city | with their daily supply.
 Columbia Boy Drowned.
 One death by drowning is thought | to have occurred in Columbia. Rich ] ard Lyman, IS years old, was last seen Christmas afternoon crossing Columbia | pond on his skates, and it is thought | that he broke through the ice and | drowned The Ice was known to be | thin in many places. Today the pond | vas carefully gone over by Columbia | residents, but whatever breaks there | nay have been were frozen over and overed with snow. Lyman was the son of William A. Lyman.
 Fatal Struggle of Motorman.
 After walking a mile from his home n South Coventry to the trolley car larns Frank Holloway, a motornan or the Connecticut company, suffered
 stroke of apoplexy and died early lHs morning. In the opinion of the | medical examiner the stroke was su- ,erinduced by Holloway's struggle trough the storm. He was 50 years i'd and unmarried.
 livestock Suffers from Lack of Care, In New Milford snow was piled up eght feet high on Bank street, the lain business thoroughfare and in the urrounding country the snow was rffted ten feet high in places. Farm IFS will have to be dug out before thev an reach town, and livestock suffered rom lack of food and water, owing to he inability of their owners to reach hem.