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During the winter there were five heavy snowstorms,
viz: on the 28th November, the 15th December, the 19th
and 20th December, the 8th January, and the 9th, 10th,
and 11th March.
The first snowfall on the 28th November, was two
inches in thickness, and 30 tons of salt were used for melting
the snow, but as the whole did not dissolve, horses and
carts were obtained, and 155 cubic yards were carted to the
Thames Embankment and cast into the river. The streets
were all cleared before night.
The second snowfall on the 15th December, was also
about two inches in thickness, but was dissolved without
much difficulty before night by the use of 22 tons of salt.
The third snowfall occurred on the 19th and 20th
December. The fall on the 19th December was five inches
in thickness, and nearly as much more fell on the 20th, but
although a good deal of the latter thawed soon after it fell,
it had the effect of making those thoroughfares which had
previously been cleared very dirty. On this occasion,
notwithstanding that 46 tons of salt were used, it was
necessary to cart away to the River and elsewhere 6,067
cubic yards of consolidated snow. The snow was removed
from all the streets, mews and courts in the parish, before
Christmas Day, except from less than a dozen short thoroughfares,
measuring in all 1¼ miles in which there is comparatively
little traffic. During the Christmas season great
difficulty was experienced in obtaining horses and carts,
but the whole of the streets, &c., were thoroughly clcared
by the 31st December.
The fourth snowfall, on the 8th January, was about
three inchess in thickness, 29 tons of salt were used, and
728 cubic yards of snow taken to the river.