Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-16
SNOW, SNOW, SNOW.

The storm which began Monday and
terminated Wednesday of last week.
was the worst of the season and the
equal OF any we have had for several
years, During that time total of eigh-
teen inches fell. as recorded by the
guage on the county square. If it had
remained where it fell there would not
have been so much trouble and cussipg
resulting, but the flaky stuff persisted
In moving into places where not wanted
and piling Rib hill-high. As fast as one
could shovel out path it would fill up
again and during Tuesday and Wednes-
day most people found it necessary to
shovel the snow from their walks at
least three times day.
IRe storm, it appears, was worse
south OF here, the snow being mixed
with rain. Wausau people arriving
from Milwaukee say that along the lake
shore, trees and shrubbery presented a
very fantastic appearance, being cov-
cred with a coating of ice from top to
bare. Trains arriving in the city from
the south showed tie effects of the
storm. The snow on top of coaches
was so deep that only an inch or two of
the stove pipes could be seen project
ing above the coach roofs ana two en-
gines were used to draw the trains. The
drive wheels of the locomotives were
clogged up with snow between the
spokes and covered with sheet of ice.
Some trains were as much as six hours
late.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Lange was buried
Tuesday from the home of her daughter
in the town of Hamburg. A number of
people OF this city went out to attend
the funeral. The funeral procession
started from the house at about 80 and
as it proceeded to the church the storm
increased in fury, the snow falling so
thick that one could hardly see the
horses ahead of him and at the same
time 1t was drifting, the drifts in some
places being even with the tops of the
fences. Before the Lutheran church
was reached the procession got stalled
in the snow. sleighs being abandoned
in the road and all of the people, aside
from the pail bearers, seeking shelter in
the nearest farm houses. The people
and their horses were exhausted. The
corpse was taken out of the hearse and
the pail bearers, after exhaustive labor,
succeeded in carrying it to the church,
where short services were conducted
and the remains were deposited in
churchyard grave near by. Only one
was able to reach his home in this city
the same day, coming part of the way
on logging road through the woods.
Some were delayed until as late as Fri
day, and it was two days later before
those in attendance got their sleighs
out of the drifts in the roadway.
On Wednesday no rural mail carriers
attempted to leave the city, and the
service was impaired for several days.
The effect of the storm on the goads
was noticeable here in the city, for it
was not until Saturday that farmers in
any number were able to reach town.
The Milwaukee Free Press of Friday
printed some illustrations which
showed the effects of the storm up in
the upper peninsula of Michigan. One
of these illustrations showed snow
drift eighteen feet high across the street
car tracks. Another showed drifts
reaching to the second story of build
ings, so high that people had to dig tun-
nels through them.
Near Green Bay' train got stalled
and relief train sent out met with
like experience. Both were held snow
bound for hours. tying up all traffic.
We have had several light flurries
since and March, 1909, will be recorded
on the copper plate of the tombstone of
history as "corker" The fellow who
wrote those lines, "Snow, snow, beauti-
full snow," should have been guillotined
before the thought entered his cocoa
nut