The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-24
Snowbound City Emerges
From Worst Blizzard Felt
in Eastern Indiana in 20
Years.
INTERURBAN TRAFFIC
ASSUMES SCHEDULE
Street Department Clears
Away Drifts Eight Feet
High and Opens Sidewalks
For Residents.

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the worst blizzard it has experienced
in twenty years. After an isolation
Of almost twenty-four hours with in
terurban and railroad lines blockaded
by storms, streets impossible and
sidewalks covered with drifts eight
feet high in places. the city late this
afternoon was emerging from the man.
tie of snow that began to fall Sunday
morning.
Complete cessation OF business
marked the growing intensity of the
storm yesterday. and even today there
was little activity in Main street
stores. The fsct that yesterday was
fs legal holiday paltated what other
! wise might have been heavy loss to
i merchants
Prompl steps were taken by city.
krfilrcad and interurban officials today
to alleviate a conditions with which
they have not coped for many years.
Blizzard Intense.
Few people could be found today
who remembered a blizzard which SO
completely tied up railroad traffic and
city transportation as the storm which
yesterday held Wayne county in its
grip. Telephone and telegraph COM
munication suffered comparatively lit
tie from the storm. The fine driving
snow. dry and hard, did not cling to
the wires, and permitted communica-
ton all over the state.
1t was noon today before traction
service between Richmond and Indi
annapolis was resumed Last night.
,ft~
bridge City. one at Dublin and one at
Dunrieth had been literally dug out
of huge drifts and their passengers put
aboard Pennsylvania local train and
brought to Richmond, the work of
clearing the line was begun. A big
snow plow was started west from Cam
bridge City and went as far as Indi-
annapolis. Another plow left Cambridge
! City to clear the track to Richmond.
! The four snowbound traction cars
had been held prisoners in drifts from
1870 in the morning until O'Clock
at night. There were only three or
four passengers on each car. who man.
aged to keep warm, but had the raw
enous appetites of wolves when res
cued
Open Schedule.
Effort to open schedule was made
by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis &
Eastern Traction company at 6 o'clock
this morning, when it sent a car to
Indianapolis. The car had little trou-
BILE getting to the city limits. but il
was stalled in the cut below Earlham
college when it ran into a snow drift
six feet deep.
intendent Gordon. had cleared the
track tho nrncao6od in
effort to restore communication with
| Indianapolis. Snow shovelers went
along to dig the car out of drifts which
traction officials feared would stall the
car between here and Greenfield.
1nterurban connection with Dayton
and other eastern points is not ex
pected all day. There was no power
to move a wheel on the Ohio Electric
lines this morning Reports that had
drifted into the city were that power
houses at Hamilton. Dayton and Wes,
Alexandria were out of commission.
City Service Resumes.
City street car service. suspended
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning
was partially resumed about the same
hour this morning on the Main stree,
and Eighth street lines.
Street Commissioner Knollenbers
tic job of having hundreds of tons o.
snow removed from the streets ant
sidewalks in every section of the city
Ten snow plows we're assigned to the
Job. while seven wagons were used in
hauling away the snow. A gang o.
fourteen men cleaned street intersec
tons and assisted in shoveling snow
into wagons.
Hundreds Of men found employment
from householders opening up side
walks. and by afternoon there was
scarcely a street or sidewalk that was
impossible. a marked change in the
condition of yesterday when the con
stantly drifting snow made traffic
practically impossible, and compelled
the annuling of nearly all deliver,
service.
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