N&W in 1910--Weather

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
February 18, 1910

STORM STRIKES HERE
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Mercury Drops Forty-three Degrees Within Five Hours

    At three o'clock this morning every wire connecting Bluefield with the outside world was down and out as a result of the terrific snowstorm which is in the west.  Train No. 4 left Columbus last night one hour and forty minutes late, hauled by three engine, and as snow was falling all the way to Kenova, it is hard to tell when it will arrive here this morning.  Shortly after midnight there was reported twenty-four inches of snow in Columbus and still snowing.  All the way down the Ohio river to Kenova the snow was reported as falling fast.  Cincinnati is tied up worse than it has been for fifty years, while hardly a telegraph office with Western Union wires has a connection with any of the larger cities.  It is a complete tie-up.  Locally even Williamson cannot be reached on account of the ice and sleet which has covered the wires, and there was a light snowfall early this morning.  The thermometer fell forty-three degrees in five hours last night, giving some idea of the suddenness with which the storm struck Bluefield.  Every town in Ohio, Indiana and parts of Illinois report snow, and judging from what reports have been received, in no place is it less than twenty inches deep.
    Last night about 7 o'clock the high wind tore out a large plate glass window in the Hearn building, occupied by W. A. Bodell.  Every revolving sign in the city was tearing off a speed of about 2,000 miles per hour and all of the refuse cans on the streets were turned over.  The streets were so slippery that walking was dangerous.
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Gordon Hamilton
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