The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-07
SNOW FALLS FOR
THIRTEEN HOURS
REACHES DEPTH OF SEVEN
INCHES. WHICH WAS REC
ORD FOR MARCH.
SCHOOLS TAKE DAY OFF
SUFFERING RENEWED AMONG
RICHMOND's NEEDY AND
CHARITIES APPEAL
FOR HELP.
SCHOOLS TAKE DAY OFF

| Coming as the climax OF winter
| OF unusual severity. the heaviest snow
! Of the year fell Tuesday night and
| Yesterday morning. Not till II o'clock
| and 1t had been falling since 10
o'clock the night before-a period OF
! thirteen solid hours.
! When the snow ceased to fall the
! de pth of the spotless mantle which
| covered the earth and every exposed
| object was seven, making it the rec
lord snow of the winter for depth.
and the heaviest snow for March in
! the history of the Weather Bureau.
! That IL was not accompanied by the
biting cold which characterized the
January SHOWS was its one redeeming
| feature-for with spring just around
] the corner snow does not awaken
| sentiments Of enthusiasm as 1t does
| in the dead of winter when folks are
| prepared for that sort Of thing.
| When Richmond walked up yester-
| day morning, yawned the usual num-
| Der of times. arose and went to IT'S
| window, IL beheld a snow that Ii was
| easy to see meant trouble ahead. With
feelings akin to dismay and down
right disbursement. the people be-
held the truly arctic seene.
The town braced itself for the
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aactian that surely King Winter
! wouldn't indulge in any further
| FRANKS of the kind. Probably the
| first people to realize that snow
+starn- means a pile Of work We're the
street railway employees. 1t took hard
| work TO clear the tracks. but there
| was no serious delay of traffic. al-
| though travel was necessarily heaN-
! Ter than in clear weather.
Schools Close.
When the school authorities took
in the situation they realized that it
would lie a bad day for schools. in
as,nlIch as the attendance would be
slim and the work done doubtless oil
/ a very unsatisfactory nature. SO he
usual signal-~"three mines from the
IRE stations of the city-was gwen
and the thousands of pupils were thus
| awarded a holiday that they haah
| contemplated on, but when was
nevertheless thoroughly welcome. Not
| since 1897 had holiday been given
for similar reasons.
| There was only partial observance
Of the ordinance requiring the clean
ing off Of the snow from the side
walks But even with the limited
| observance of the law there was
| tremendous lot OF work done bs
househ oiders their wives. their chill
dren and their servants, and every.
| where one looked in the residential
portions of the city there was hardy
A block In which there were not sew
eral persons lighting the snow with
vengeance Needless to say. 10
them snow was not a thing to awaken
nortic or romantic sentiments
Wagon traffic was more or less Inn
NEEDED, but owing TO the hgntness "a
tho snow inconvenience OF THIS nature
was not a big item
| With customary prom ptness ana Ell :
fectiveness Richmond's white wings
got to work early on the business
streets and the result OF their ehoit -
, was speedily apparent. 80
| "A snow always brings applications
! fer help from the poor" said secre-
! tary James Buchanan, of the Ass"-
ctated Charities. He added that yes
| ,erday there had been consideraose
number of these applications. and max
he had early gotten three speciai
wagons In use for the delivery OF
/ wood and coal to needy iahliiiss
| With bad weather today. he saia, the
| suffering would become acute anu
,hara wouid be conditions akin to
those in January when the resources
| of the charities were taxed almost
| beyond their capacity. But with good
| weather today said DIR. Buchanan, the
situation will gradually ease up and
t the charities quickly get hack to me
| routine incident upon normal weath-
er. To meet the calls made yester-
day and the additional calls sure to
| come In later as a result OF the Sc
| we're weather, Z. c. Chaplin. treas
urer of the Associated Charities. urges
| the public to make donations to the
charities. sending contributions 10
him at box sac. city
The Salvation Army. 9ls East
Broad street. also makes request
that the public send cash, fuel. 1000
shoes, or clothing for the relief OF
the poor who apply to the army for
relief from the pangs of cold and
hunger.
Anxious About Today.
Thousands OF people anx!ousfy
y awaited the forecast tfsr tftihy-. It'd
were relieved to find that fair wealth
er was predicted. But the weather
| man--even the weather handsome
times makes a mistake. and last night
the prospects for f&ir weather were
reported to be sweeping toward Rich
mond with about equal chances Of
veertng out to sea or of coming
straight on through Virginia, and the
other Stafex Of the Atlantic Seaboard.
There was cold rain accompanied
2 by wind with velocity of a dezensffsiies
an hour.
Not since FEBRUARY, 1899. has there
been such a deep snow in Richmond
as that of yesterday.
Heavy Fall IN Oinwiddis.
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| FORD. VA. March s.--Snow be-
gan to fall here between ana ?
O'Clock last night, and continued
through the night. At 8 o'clock this
morning II was showing very fast.
This lasted till $3.50 O'Clock. Then
hail began. md now at 1880. we are
having a liEht RAIN with wind still
coming from the Northeast. The
snow IL nine inches deep on the
1 level. There are drifts where 1t Is
deeper. So we really have the
heaviest snow OF the winter. Win
] ter not only Fingers In the lap OF
+, spring." but has taken a fun seat with
US.
4 Heaviest Fall Of Winter.
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