The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-31
BLIZZARD HITS COUNTRY

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lay directly across the sidewalk.
Trains on the Rutland and Central
Vermont railroads were running Sat
urday but with greatly delayed sche
dulles. There was however a large
amount of travel on both roads as is
usual at the week end.
Saturday morning at Bellows Falls
the full effect of Thursday nights
rainstorm was seen in the Connect
cut river, and at that time the depth
of water flowing over the Connecti-
cut River Power Co.'s dam at Yer
non was II feet. Since that time the
depth has decreased gradually and
at noon it was 10 1-2 feet.
Since the water rose about the Cen
trail Vermont railroad tracks between
here and South Vernon there was no
traffic over that section the Central
! Vermont trains being sent over the
Boston & Maine tracks on the New
Hampshire side of the river.
| At Rutland the snow fell nearly all
day Friday and well along into Sat-
urday night and piled onto the tracks
| of the Rutland Railway, Light and
Power company and along the lines
| of the Rutland and Delaware and
Hudson railroads.
The rain of Thursday night turned
to snow about daylight Friday and
at $50 full-fedged blizzard with a
temperature reading of 10 degrees
below freezing was turning things
topsy-turvy.
The trolley service was discommod-
ed to a considerable extent, cars run
ming behind their schedule on the belt
lines. The telephone and telegraph
wires, however, withstood the gale
and only minor Inconvenience were
| reported.
At 1920 thermometers registered
20 degrees. Twelve hours later, at
the same hour Friday evening, the
mercury in the business section stood
at 18 degrees above zero.
NEW YORK, Saturday-Gales
| from 60 to 90 miles an hour ragged
over the coast and far inland, sweep
ing before them in some places tor
rents of rain that caused washouts
and threatened floods and in other
places laid down a barrage of from
eight to twelve inches of snow. Ships
foundered and drifted from their
moorings, signs We're blown down and
telegraph and telephone poles and
electric feed wires fell, disrupting
wire communication and rail traffic
| generally.
| New York state suffered heaviest
from the snow. In upper Hudson
Valley the blizzard was said to be the
worst one in March since the mem
orable winter. of 1888. A foot of
snow and more fell over the great
area north of Saratoga Springs.
Poughkeepsie reported fall of four
inches. Many Long Island towns
were cut off from communication with
the rest of the world and coast guards
| there and along the Jersey coast keep
an extra sharp lookout for ships in
distress.
! Pennsylvania and, New Jersey suf-
fered worst from the wind. One
steamship foundered off Delaware
Breakwater and another in Phila-
| delphia's harbor, besides damage to
other craft. Long Branch, N. j., re-
ported the worst gale in years. The
gale and rain caused difficulty in sub
DUNG a fire that RACED seven buildings
at Atlantic Highlands, N. J. New
:. England suffered mostly from the
;, rain. Word came from Springfield
e Mass, that the Connecticut River hae
been flooded ten feet above it's nor
:, NAL level and freshet warnings wer,
sent up and down the valley.
At Boston the snow and sleet Fri
day night, as an aftermath of a win,
and rain storm that had paid inter
nittent visits to Boston during tn
/ day before, came as anything but
: gentle reminder that spring days ca
: clothe themselves in the habiliament
of winter. But, at that Boston wa
only mildly affected by the storm j
comparison with New York, tn
Connecticut valley and other point
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