Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-30
SUSSEX SHOWED Up
BY HEAVY DRIFTS
All Kinds OF Traffic Blocked,
But Digging Out Was Soon
Started.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
6eaford. Jan. so.-The blizzard
which had held lower Della ware In its
grip since Friday midnight. stopped
In its fury during Saturday night. al-
though snow fell again yesterday
morning between 10 and II O'clock.
While tho snow stopped falling during
Saturday night the high wind kept up
until late yesterday afternoon, when 1t
lowered to some extent. The snow fall
has been exceedingly heavy, ut least
two feet on level. The heavy wind
caused the snow to drift very Mdly
making travel on the highways II, amy
direction out OF the question. Auto
mobiles and other vehicles became
stalled In the snowdrifts. and the only
means farmers had OF getting to town
or town people OF getting provisions
to them was by horseback. Rural
route carriers had to abandon their
trips, Saturday, after making nm at
tempt TO get through the heavy drifts.
The blizzard demoralzed business Of
every description. Many Seaford
merchants after keeping open few
the day and night, and places OF work
were forced 10. shut down because
their labor could not reach them. The
two movie theatres were compelled
TO cancel their shows for Saturday
night, and the churches could hold no
services yesterday morning, but they
did manage tos have Sunday achool
and an evening worship. Many
automobiles and other vehicles ven.
turing out Saturday morning becamt
stalled In the drifts and had to bs
dug out or left at the mercy of the
storm. This was also the case o.
farmers starting TO town Saturday
Their machines were caught In tn,
drifts and they were unable to budg,
them. IL was after their cars wer,
PUT out of commission that they re
sorted to- horseback. and I'm this cas-,
many of them reached town witt
difficulty.
Some suffering was reported and Il
each case the unfortunate ones wer
looked after and made az comfortahi
as possible. Several families MS
scanty supplies of provisions an
fuel, but fortunately the coal yard
had some supplies of fuel on hand, an
there was a rush on them. As IA
as can be learned no family known I
be In want was forgotten.
, No serious accidents have been re
ported. but slight fire occurred yes
terday morning at the home of Frank
hin Marvel on Front street. Th
flames were extinguished before muc
, damage was done and without tn
, aid of the fire department.
Train Was Stalled.
1 Train service, considering the ea
I tent of the storm, has been excellen
Until Saturday night trains were run
|. ming only about half an hour lat
I | Yesterday afternoon the passenge
= trains were using two engines.s Tn
!, worst happening TO the railroad CON
g pany was on the Cambridge g. Seafor
}. branch OF the Delaware Division. TIL
s train became stalled in heavy drift
"A two miles west of Seaford, near Chap
Branch on it's return trip from Can
y bridge to Seaford, Saturday afternoo
The train was due here at 3.45 o'cloc
& but did not reach here until SIEVE
e hours afterwards, the passengers r
= naming on the train all this tim
C Relief trains were sent out 10 DIT
the train out of the drifts and op.
up the road but this could not be dor
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