The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-27
Facts About the Big Storm:

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 Facts About the Big storm:
 Weather Observer Jennings says
 f,e snowfall was 12 inches on the ievel one of the biggest since tne blizzard of 'ss, and the biggest since February, 1907, when the IaI "as
 The storm was accompanied by the highest tide within the memory or the oldest local harbormen-
 Trains today from Boston are ruh- ming an hour or more late
 Trolley service. in the center Is nearly regular. Suburban service very uncertain
 ling snow, either from private hn- diyidunls or from the city.
 Two trolley cars stalled in Mnuoru since Saturday night, returned hero with their crews thls morning. The crews caunped out I'm the cars
 At 10 o'clock this morning the hrst car pierced the snow drifts beyond Milford and made the trip to WOOL mont, the end of the Bridgeport division. =
 Telegraph wires to the east arc in had shape, but messages are going through without much delay through roundabout circuits
 Telephone wires arc now mostly underground in this vicinity, and lit tie trouble was experienced with teie- phonic Communication
 The bodies of the conductor and moforman drowned in a trolley catas- froDhe in Seymour were recovered to-
 Aside from the trolley mishap, only one fatality. the drowning Of small boy in TorringtOn while skating, mas been reported throughout the state
 Despite the heavy wind, there was no damage to shipping most all crafts being tied up over, Christmas
 Bridgeport escaped more fortunate ly than did other Connecticut cities the average fell reported being IS inches on the level
 Born on the wings of a terrific gale, swept from the Pacific coast, over Valley, over to the Jersey Shore and up through New England the Dig gest blizzard since February, 1907, and one of the few real whoppers since the memorable white storm of 1888, enveloped this section in snow blanket 2 inches eep. It would have been a uniform 12 inches if it weren't for the 40 to 60 miles-an-hour gale
 Worst Since Feb. 1907.
 Weather Observer William Jen- since February, 1907. He hasn't had a chance to delve into his records for the last score of years, but he would say orr-hand that this is one of the. few worst storms since the blizzard of 'ss. The snow fall was 12 inches on the level The snow was unusual ly heavy, damper than usual, owing no doubt to the comparative warmth this sort of snow is as damp as Is inches of the common or garden variety of snowflakes- The usual rule accepted is that ten inches of snow is equal to one inch of rain. as for moisture. but this snow is unusually | heavy. In February, 1907, there was a fall of 13-4 inches
 Death and Disaster In Wake
 In the wake of the storm came | death and disaster A double truck | ment along the Naugatuck river at Seymour, and motorman and conduc- | tor were drowned, penned in the | front vestibule and unable to escape. four men got out with their lives. l The victims were Frederick Beard, | motorman, who used to operate on the Bridgeport-Derby run, a native | whom Boards Corner is named; and Marcus Donovan, conductor, both of | Ansonia- Beard was married, but ] had no children It was the first car derailment resulted from an attempt | to buck through the piles of snow.
 Highest Tide on Record.
 Bridgeport had the highest tide yesterday it ever experienced. some thing like 13 feet above mean low K
 
 at times nearly 40 miles an hour. and l in the more exposed places, walking l was almost impossible. But the wind l. to be an off shore blow, and the result was that the tide came in at almost a dead calm |,
 Telephone System Held Up.
 Thanks to the underground wires of the S. N. E. Tel. Co.,, the telephone E service remained almost intact Tele- graph wires were down east of Hart -1. he live sN was only by use of roundabout loops that communication was kept up. In many instances the telegraph com panies sent their messages by phone
 Trolley and Train Service.
 The storm knocked the train and ran as much as IF hours late, and ( when the storm had subsfdsd there . was no attempt to run on anything ls like schedules. Trolleys were almost ( hopelessly tied up Saturday night and Sunday. Two cars were stranded be- I tween New Haven and Bridgeport. one in Milford Center and the other ( happened to be the onIy occupants, were forced to camp out in them over night. : The weather bureau gave little or no indication of what was on the I way The weather man told the ' Farmer Friday that there might be { 3 slight rain or snow Saturday, but ! ne Wasn Tn on the ground floor. The f storm, so they tell us now, originated along the Pacific slope and went s down into Texas- It was only a mod | \ est little affair there. but as it neared | I the Mississippi Valley and found d conditions favorable tol ' tE development. it swept over to Ter r sey with ever increasing force. Then | Q t swirled up through New England r md Bridgeport got it about as badly ls any point in Southern New Eng f and Hartford. Springfield and way a tations got more snow fall but the l a wind wasn't so terrific. according to n. eports- V The first snowflakes fell in this .