, 1864-01-03
THE GREAT SNOW STORM.
A Tremendous ViAl1ntf0n~ThG
Streets Decxertetl. The 1knits
rOuds all BEoclundcd.
Trains showed Up
Frozen PAHscnEers
Great @xl1crin@-
The Poor Sol.
l1fcrHs
Other IncIdcnts--No Rrcad In tho City.


The exceedingly mild weather which character
lied the Inst month OF tho year 1863 has been sac
ceedc1 by SNOW storm almost unpsrallcl In his
tory in extent and violcuce. It seemed As 1.-THE
Old year departed With throe Of agony, and the
dying struggle Was fais all over the West. From
NC eastern boundaries OF ONO 10 Inc plaihs oi
hansas; irom tac extreme SCUM OF illinois 10 INC
noHEe1h linita OF shen'9nn nno "1seonsso' 'ne
storm has sagta In uncontrolled ior5. Ino Fast
e&rahfe o. iet4Hoss kno"n as tao NotIawes,
naa oeen ooNea Gown y ns sSistta&soa. !.9se -as
s'tocco OF tne desert II has takcn IN as BROAD
eWecp amoet ooonncnt, and acYastanon n1s
marked lie course. On inc 4csc' pfalsles o1 lno's
the rtorn has held high carnival, no nssaral bar
scr tntcEposed tc chceE Its progress It hss loTeleo
Al before It IN ono icll ewoop. FOR ohys-potoaps
Neek&-the SAD tecofd @1ll NICE. WIN constant a..
ccettons,' rs fom places eituated ootsiae OF tac
regular line Of railroad ana telegraph eommuntea'
ton The details Will arrive. bcotcs, peiupa oun'
dreds Of persons Will have been LOST tae'f psUp-
csty destroyed, and their oomcs ic't ussol4.e'
Never etnce the bitter cold anu she~s o. me ",n.
tcrs Of 1861, and 1ss2'-0 haFo We eapc.asneeo
stozm ANYTHING Ike that Whosc tufs oas Jus. oeen
expended. Indeed 1t has fufpaseco those bl1tef
vlsitat1ons, for although the nnow was deeper the
wind ysas not so strong nor the cold so sevesc-
Then MI t1nre1 WAS suspended sor aweex at least,
and passengers On tho railroads wcrc showed In
and were compelled 10 burn up tho cars for fuelt
and levy contributions On The freight for food.
INT few pertons were seriousjy fptarcd. Nov We
bnrea crcat numlcr who have lost tho nae Of their
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Their USUAL ehare OF detention ana loss, and what
is Of vastly greater consequence, many of their
passengers have eufrcsed fcarfuly from tho bitter
roJ5 .Sd eo1,a mo- 55od ~. tHe.s~-Is-e
eopu ane eo1'e na'c a.e". 3ho o1oau psa!tlest
ccived Tue 1udo ia,ors Of the storm kins, who
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az ~ We inu'enaa. tna' tns sfein BOSOM OF
nsds @ he pathway for % toni tae and trs7e
cute. without htuarace when fences were wantinr
~ III, 1,t+1. .ss w.. ~aass'
the driving rnow d1ied ard fell. baking aad pack.
ing under The inbuenee Of the wind, uutu it com,
pletey barred all progress. Trains laden with pas
thcr advance OF withdraw, fences on either side
were hidden from sight. and in some instances the
snnu n11cd nm 1,v thc aldo ~ ,ho cp,. ana ,r,ra
falfeo oy ssaoua4 aecso1lons Which overtopped The
assds Of I the tnmates T These vs ue ersE
amonr the nn1nckv 7,asscnrcra. nc11ysa ,r.nf;-T
md cs,rs ra,rn.a eests sn 1cre,nn ,san" ann.s
pFiated indiscriminatc1y to keep out the freezing
cold. On some Of the trains they wcro forced {
rcuain nearly 5orty.cieht hours without 1noa ani
the pange OF hunger were added to the pangs O
cold. On come Of the trains there were oyster.
| aud ouafls and these Bcre ouiclfv nnnrnnrfatod
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TIE tra,ns on this rosa wsno geocza!ly b1ocket
up: one train being At Woodlawn, and three at the
Eock Island Junction. These weTe the trains dn.
ht1G at 10:so on Thursday night, at 6 O'Clock OF
drst OF these got as far IS Calumet, when tho Con
dnctor-J- E Cazter-carue to tte conclusion tha
II was OF no Ese to attempt to 60 further, arc
ntgsd p tsc iEaln ,on. on the side Track tLls va
down from The Michigan Central train whicl
mad etncs neas the crossing. The two trains weft
about twe1ty rods apart. Those On ths Centra
nearly i1oxen. They started to bring them to tht
many 81 ihe passengers cot severely ifosi bt bttea
6ne tsRIne W. h' s'oEn eope1 "
tEc ef9aud being landed head foremost In u ditch
1hc Children ialGl The worst In bling carried
across many OF then, wete severely bItteu- Ont
shawl having blown OF and LEFT Ills arm exposed
BY vigorous application Of Euow the arm was
put IN passihle condition.
ees &C es tns
lost hut It was only BY dint OF tho most saperhu
man eIcEtions t1nt their lses werc prrserTed. A
Mr. Harncs. OF Goshen, Ind, md the conductor
pp to. 4 great distance on each Side; fires wert
built In tic cars. Of such strength that iWo OF then
caueht l1e, thonGh the fames weEe distinguished
hayriei:, and 1hai immense quantity of eom6us IS
DC anes of WHICH anned hs atnospasft ospas
tor miles around. The passenger,
toling by that mesns to sig1afize the people O
CttElIQ 10 come TO fhE1$ &Jt buf the G1nn} Srat