The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-06
WINTERS WORST STORM.
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north and the rain changed to a driving
snowstorm.
The wind blew fiercely the rest of the
night and for large part of this fore
noon, making the roads impossible and
practically stopping traffic OF all kinds.
While the amount of snowfall was not as
large as in some previous storms this win
ter, being about 10 inches, it was the
worst storm of the winter.
Yesterdays rain storm increased in
intensity during the evening and con-
tinued to fall heavily until the blizzard
began. To the south the snow storm did
not begin until between 4 and O'Clock,
but up to noon about the same amount
of snow had fallen in Springfield, Mass,
as in Brattleboro. Reports received from
White River Junction this morning were
to the effect that two feet of snow had
fallen there at s o'clock.
Travelling in and about Brattleboro was
the worst this forenoon that it has been
in years. 1t has been impossible to use
teams TO any extent, and physicians have
been making what calls they could on
| foot, some of them using snowshoes.
| Many employees of the offices, stores
and factories used snowshoes and skis
| in going to work, while numerous others
were unable TO reach their places of work
The stores are open, but practically all OF
them are operating with largely reduced
forces OF clerks, some of the forces being
cut from 80 to IS per cent.
The Brattleboro Street Railroad Co
kept force of men at work until ]
O'Clock this morning in an effort to keel
the road open. At that time a car from
the western terminus was obliged tt
give up on Western avenue near the
Pratt farm and return to the car barn
There has been no street car service to
day and it is likely to be two or thre'
days and possibly more before the linz
is opened, depending upon the weathe
conditions from now on.
i. Reports from South Londonderry thi
t morning were that when conditions mad
A the attempt feasible a snowplow on tn
e West River branch of the Central Yer
e mont railroad would start toward Brat
r tleboro. There will be no service on tn
. road until the pillow has been able I
L cover the branch.
But little rolling stock is moving o
e the railroads, and only one passenge
;, train had reached here up to 1890 thi
/, afternoon. The owl train. due here a
= 5.0S a. m, left White River Junctio
/ shortly before IL o'clock behind snow
plow. The train due here at $40 froI
$ White River Junction was cancelled. TIL
y northbound Central Vermont due here q
el 100 was cancelled at Millers Falls o
n account of freight buried in drifts nea
e Gill. Mass. The 9.4S from Springfield
Mass, which left Greenfield only a fe
minutes late, did not arrive at the loo;
station until shortly before II o'cloc
= and the only newspapers it brought WEI
the Springfield dailies. With two locom
!, tives the train started north about
- minutes later The $50 train sout
w which makes up here, went out behiI
= two engines
no Only few telephone lines are out
IN commission, and the trouble with tho
no was due largely to snow sliding fro
lis roofs yesterday.
The city carriers started from Il
he postoflice as usual on their mOrnl
or routes but some returned after a tim
d. while others We're out at 1890. Fred
Coombs, the only mounted city carfi,
of covered Williams and West streets WI
res his horse and then returned. He pla
ce1 to start ont on foot this afternoon. /
rural carriers will start. to show tn
ar- they made an attempt, but there IS
lily possibility of their covering their rOut
he No parcel post delivery is being attemI
cd. as it is impossible to make the tri
he with horses. If any postoffice patron
expecting an important letter an etf'
MT, will be made to locate it if the pers
ee' calls at the postoffice.
lch 1t is presumed that no attempt "
!, made by the Wilmington and Jacksonvi
.'h stage drivers to get through, as such
zen attempt would be futile.