TIE AMERICAN BLIZZARD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1840, 14 May 1888, Page 2

TIE AMERICAN BLIZZARD.

There were some peculiar experiences connected with the great snowstorm m America last March. Ia Philadelphia the milk supply ceased. In New York, says a caustic newspaper correspondent, while thousands were suffering u;ider the blizzard tho Board of Aldermen met, and true to their instincts, passed a resolution instructing the mayor to hoist the Irish flag on the Oity Hall on St. Patrick's Day, which Mapcr Hewett, however, refused to do. Theatrical travelling compan ; e3, be'ng snow boand, had to put off no end of appointments, and amugenu nta were for a time practically suspended. Some of the railway tunneli were blocked iv a curious maDner through the snow entering the air openiugs as well os the entrances, then becoming frozen Into blocks of io9. Twenty funeral . at Brooklyn were caught m snow-drifts on Maroh 13th, and the corpses had to be placed m the nearest hou;es for tha night. Trains, with members of the New York Legislature, arrived at Albany afer two days' blockade. The members wore almost starved, and had to pay 4dol apiece for pies, 2a each for sandwiches, Is a piece for eggs, and, tell it not in^ Gath, a bottle of whisky — precious stimulant — was sold by auction on the train and realised 50dol. .