Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-28
WILMINGTON AND PE;(INSULAN
The GRIP OF THE MOST SEVERE
SNOW STORM OF The WINTER
Raging Elements Assumed Blizzard Proportions in Kent
a.1 Sssez Counties, Resulting in High Drifts Which
B'scksd Sene Of the Roads, Southern Transportation
!. Ines Handicapped, Some Trains Being Subject to
Ssrisss Delays Local Railway Service in Fairly
Coed Shape.

noon to-day. the anow storm, which
heKsh last nlKht. has every appear
nnre ~ hcinw the most severe OF the
winter Nenow began falling In Will
Winutun ana vicinity about la.ao
c'riock this morning. whnc In lower
Delaware II started yesterday after
noon.
In Kent and SussVx counties mt
noon the atorm had assumed the pro-
portions ~ n blizzard. Tho hiHh wind
caused the SNOW 90 drift into high
banks
With IN. exception OF "a suspension
ot trolley service on the Wilmington
Delaware city iinc. between New
Castle and Delaware city. traffic has
not boon affected To- any great extent
in New Castle county. Il was reported.
N-csusc of the drifting of snow into
the low mnrshland through which the
line rasses. the trolicys were COM
rcilcd to stop ~ nohhinsyillc. the
lower end OF New Castle.
EARLY this morning the Wilmington
A Philadelphia Traction Co. had
sw."rers pass over all the lines sew
sral times, which prevented any SER
iou- DELAYS IN the service.
The street and Sewer Department,
had groups ~ workmcn out on Mar
~, street and Delaware avenue
rS,l, his morning ard later In the
dav simIlar group. were sent out 20
the other streets.
isr,su-e uf the drifting of the snow.
which i~ rofi and In small flakes. II
hNa i~en hard to determine Just how
deep N In. At 10 o'clock II was reported
a. he mnro than foot deep on. the
level nut-of-ihe way places about
Wilmington.
OfNcials of the PENNSYLVANIA rail.
rcah ssId this morning at 10 o'clock
that ,rAric on the Maryland division.
between Baltimore and Philadelphia,
MA practically on time. Al that time.
the delaware division was covered
With = carpet cf sncw from nve to
etght inches In depth. Il Vas said.
Tp~hss 81 washtastsa.
uselps3 3ltrsubs. IL rvpesuDupn th-
pvNoGoivahiA line At Waa43neton.
where the snow commenced fHlling
early last evening. Tickets 10 that
roin, ate h.ing sold from the local Of
nee with me undcrr,a nding that SER
vice " subject 10 INDEFINITE delay. one
train coming from Washington ar
rived In this city four hours late.
The trouble at the Washington end
ss due 30 the jammlng of the inter
locking switches with snow. As soon
q. shr switches have been opened by
N. hnndA of wurkmcn dispatched TO
that wofk. the SNOW drifts In again. 81
u aAid, and jHms the works. Where Il
A.. Att (S..xt l..
40 lnchcs htgh IN Washington. accord
ing 'r report received here.
Gangs of workm.n have been sent
out b. IN. various sections Of the
road. and are workine hard 20 keep
tho line ppcn Cor traffc.
South of pocomol1c. Md. the snow
ma. uurnei 'o rain, n is said.
rtar,r hss not been hindcrcd at
pe,es. II was reported this morning
The Eastern shore ~ Maryland re-
ported heavy snow. high wlnds. block
80 rosds, etc. hut not much damage
shottl, before noon today traiic had
iecn suspended on the Edge Moor line
g. The Traction Company.
Ths Postal and Western nlon tele
sfaph companies and tn. Bel Teie-
phone CO. reported az noon that their
lln.s were stil clear
The Wilson Line also reported that
iis schedule had not been affected BY
The storm. with the exception Of slight
delavs In the ferry irsffic between WI.
minGion and rcnns Grove
Heavy Rs"wfsli 10 Kent and Sussex.
In the Dover section Of Kent county
the esorn ~sr apparently at its heish
THE mswning. Tn. snow was falling in
dcnse quantities. and the weather. was
sHtreUselv coid. No damage had been
reported. however. and the streets and
roads wsre s,ill parsabic In most
,ss~s. NJ SNOW had been blown on
the rssttis into the fields The smyrua
scctior of the county WAS held In the
krtp - the raging storm. also. this
~ - georgetown. In sussex county.
snses Manage to the electric wires
w~e TePo rtcd. The weight of the snow
10 .aus> many of them to break.
pwe>er are ON constant
s~f' ;" ''"'' ssi the towns lighting
"e" ""s ~ good shape tonight.
inc s"'" S'"'''" to fall early last
NIGHT, N..
Nearly all cf fhe fnU A.. a.
S,rd scction Of the county - A..
- ~. hle At noon today. T.sSF
Whtch leGsn 10 fall about M ,..''',',
laat nluh', after an intern ,,,s.,,, 30
several hours. ~ns coming a.. ~
shickty about - o'clock that rr,ua.
could hardly see through h, 80
drifts oi anew have cut the 80, -,
sran communication with m 49,
rounding districts. The trains 49,,
tlvlns ~ Hcrford about half -
late The telephone and tel
~nss have not tsen Impaired. -
wind from the north " hank ~ ~
snow In the country roads and lan
No II mage MAS reported " -, -
s,ofm IN HrandNwinc hung ed ~s'. n
~ nd enusrd the <now W drift int
|. hlsh bAnks. but The ropds were said
10 he paasahle NJ noon To-day.
Al 4 o'clock the rnos was estlmstcd
~ the street and Sewer b.part,n. n,
us inches deep on the level and /,
tlsurss that lho snus nov exceeds
Ins is-inch mark.
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