The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-06

THE GREAT sNow-sroRM WEsT.--A party of four
gentlemen who left St Louis on the morning of Sunday
the 21st ut, the Chicago and Mississippi railroad
reached Chicago the 3oh having been nine days the
route The train which they started forced stop
by the snow and they travelled dstanc of 100 miles in
sxteenhorse sleigh in order reach Chicago They re-
ported bank of eighteen miles long and from three
to eight feet deep in which two trains from Chicago
fast AT either end of it to be locomotives which
made frantic attempts to break through and which, hav
ing frozen fast covered entirely up with snow their
smokesacks only sticking show where they are
thought the road could not be opened for travel under
week. On one Of the roads Galena four engines
disabled in four miles by their pumps freezing up AT
Chicago it had showed continuously for four days. and the
Chicago Press Of the Both ult says:
g 1t does not stop showing blowing Everybody asks
everybody il they anything like it and eyerybody
tells everybo they did The telegraph fortunately
keeps up, that we have dispatches, but mails The
railroads again blocked up yesterday, and it
use to open them so long as the drifting. No
road sent ont train yesterday except the Michigan Gen.
trail Old New England residents say they saw any,
thing like it The oldest inhabitants in these parts it
has been equaed by thing in the West before
1t doubt the greatest snowstorm experienced in
the Northwest or the Union for aught we know"
The Chicago Journal the 10th utimo under the head
of shpwreck the Praresp gives the following ac-
count of the dangers attending railroad travelling during
snow-storm
About 40 miles from Wilmington appears the train
came to snowrft about Is feet in depth The locomo-
tive being nearly of water the engineer and conductor
proceeded to the next station to get supply when on
rving the tank found be frozen so that the engine
could not return and the passengers $50 in number
left to pass the night Being out of fuel the first on
slaught made upon the emigran cars the seats of
which answered the purpose Next the wants of the inner
man claimed attention, and attack made upon the
express which very fell into the hands of the vic
tors yielding substantial share of spells in the shape Of
oysters for the cuisine Of his exceency Governor
Matt1son
When morning broke the party found themselves alone
upon the dcep but spying house some four miles dis
tant an abe-boded corps of sappers and miners de-
spatched for little aid and comfort
The house proved to be the residence Of worthy far
mer who forthwith loaded his with fuel and prov
ender, and took off the and children couple Of
gentlemen took conveyance Morris miles dis
tan where they struck the Rock Island train some few
Others started foot for Pontiac 10 miles distant but
greater share remained at the scene of disaster
hen last heard from the speaker Of the house. in
hand, was presiding wood pile; the chairman of
banks and interpretations had under consideration snow
bank 10 feet deep and 90 miles in extent clearly bank
deposite The committee internal improvements were
despatched after mnce pies and sandwiches while the
lobby, my Lord Coke in the chair had resolved itself
into committee of the whole the state of the country
despatch from Chicago states that all the railroads
open with the exception Of the Chicago and Mis-
sissppi