Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1913 — SUNDAY EVENING WITNESSED BLIZZARD [ARTICLE]

SUNDAY EVENING WITNESSED BLIZZARD

Short-Idved Storm Spread Mantle of Snow Over Earth and Caused '■ Temperature to Drop.

A real blizzard raged for a few moments here just after 6 o’clock Sunday evening. The day had been chilly but otherwise not very disagreeable and the storm whicti came almost without warning was the worst while it lasted that has occurred this winter.

A low black cloud eame from the west and all of a sudden almost complete darkness enveloped the earth or the part 61 it that lies in northwest Indiana. A rushing wind carried dense snow .with it and inside of five minutes the earth was entirely covered with snow. People who were caught out without adequate protection from the elements were caused much temporary suffering. The temperature seemed to fall 15 degrees in five minutes time and the snow was so dense that it seemed almost like a cloud burst. The wind blew a gale from the west. Fortunately it did not last long and the worst of it was over in about 5 minutes. A full half inch of snow fell within that time. The wind- soon subsided but the mercury continued to drop and it reached 8 above zero before morning. It was a very peculiar storm and had it continued for an hour at the furious pace it went for five minutes much damage and suffering would have been caused.