Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1916 — Unusally Deep Snow Visit Washington State. [ARTICLE]

Unusally Deep Snow Visit Washington State.

The Democrat received a letter a few days ago from Christie Vick of Seattle; Wash., formerly of Rensselaer, in which he tells of a heavy snowstorm, 28 inches, occurring there recently. He states that, owing to the heavy weight of the snow —about 40' pounds to the square foot—a large portion of the roof of the St. James’ cathedral in Seattle was crushed In, totaling a loss of approximately $75,000. Street tar traffic was completely demoralized and schools were dismissed until the storm had abated. The Democrat also received a paper, from Everett. Wash., last week, in which mention was made of the .destruction of a dozen or more buildings there by the heavy snow, and that men were hard to get even though they were offered 75 cents an hour to shovel snow. This is the worst snowstorm to hit the Puget sound country in practically 35 years, according to reports from that section.