The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09
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Iss.ts on the Kailroads-hhe
s1e~.m in Chicago.

qnaf'.'" source we obtain = lengthy ac
the fits effects on the railroads running
coun,t chicago. and also its severity III the
city. ,,;,.hican Southern road. the
un ..erp an blocked within y few miles
uar rn;caro on Thursday night. One train
o. s.uck at Woodiawn and one at Calu-
~, The passengers were detained aboard
Me. ...,nrlay morning, when they We're Ia
IN 1 ;n,o the city in sleighs. Great suffer-
k en "a experienced by them, both from
ny, and hunger. Teams We're despatch
c,'rr-;dav evening from Chicago with pro-
e,ors and barely succeeded IN reaching
VS. VS., Several of the teams were unable
Ne ,ef through. Fences had 10 Toe torn up
" s,na road ut places in drifts from fourteen
" fifteen feet hign.
n, the Michigan Central the train whlen
IN I,q,roit Thursday morning got stuck al
WI Michigan Southern crossing. ten nii#s
IN, Chicago. In tho attcnp.s 10 Keep ~.
s,r~ warm. one 81 tsieEi was sci on u : ''isa
NJ IN he abandoned.
Da ne Michigan Southern trains coming
.,.,c about one hundred 81 The Oasseh-
80. we're transferred 10 that ROAD ~ tne
s.,o q, reaching Chicago. but they We're
l,cr,ed 10 isaprointinene. some ttu OF
s,,aon remained aboard the Central ears
ma arrived in Chicago saturday, nearly as
,,r a. the others The trans leaving De
,ro,f Friday ami Saturday morning ia'd
- II kalamazoo to await the opening ~
~ road and reached Chicago Sunday
aa~roor The trains which teft Chicago
Nd Detroit. Thursday evening. We're got
Mo Chicago Saturday evening, having on
| s,ard q boat 10 passengers.
Tne Thursday afternoon tram out Of t'hl-
/ .,co on the Milwaukee road broke cow a
| vSnosba. and had hot heen moved up &c
/ ssmriav. The tram which LETT Milwaukee
i .ha came afternoon stack within tive miles
| TChcaso and the passengers were taken
4 nto the ci,y on Friday in sleigi,s.
i on the &. Il. & q. Road. the Chicago
Y Tbnrsday morning trala prudentiy
N M al Mendoza. The Thursday
right tram stuck two miles west
4 SNendota. The Burlington train laid
m at Monmouth. x stock train was
Il aslayed near Harlem, and many OF the
,nimals peri,hed. On the Illinois Central
,ha Storm ragged as lar South as Dcngoia.-
! Tvery engine on the road save those in the
I nund-hoiises was frozen up. The passen-
rr train due in Chicago Thursday even
M GOT stuck ut Clifton. The cuts were all
ilIed with densely packed snow. a cut
near Monee, eighty rods long ana thirty
~ deep. was packed to the top. Five
re0ht trails were showed in at kankakee.
We have already given some account OF
matters on the Rock Island road. The
rain which left Davenport on Thursday,
] auck at Norris till Friday. On Saturday
/ morning, it started again and reached to
] within eight miles of Chicago. where it en-
uuntered a drift IL mile in length. Some
sxty men were set to work to clear the
mex. and the train, with others which had
pned it, reached Chicago at = p. NJ, Sun
Jay afternoon.
he trains on the Chicago, Alton and st.
lsuis Railroad, laid up at Alton, Spring
u t9d and Bloomington, and the passengers
1 v9e comfortably subsisted at the Compa-
i rvs expense.
/ The Cincinnati Il Chicago Air Line and
/ niisburg 4 Fort Wayne roads prudently
Aclined to send out any trains Thursday
night. The in trains laid up at Valparaiso.
On the Chicago and North Western road
Minis were frozen up at Howard, Clinton
motion and GAINESVILLE, Gottschalk, the
sanist, was on the train at Howard and
~ the best Of it by giving q concest for
Abenefit Of his fellow passengers. The
nd was opened on Saturday evening.
N Chicago all the street cars were of
ause laid up. At Camp Douglas there
NJ great suffering and many cases of par
il being badly frost bitten. Five or six
nsoners escaped during the storm Thurs
~ night, and there were reports that
Aiee OF them were frozen to death near
Hyde Park. The 18th Illinois cavalry, in
amp in tents, near Wright's Grove, wait
NJ for the erection of barracks, had to be
AIKEN into the city on Friday morning
nd quartered in Metropolitan Hall. How
Asy lived through Thursday night is a
Wonder. Several cases of death by freeZ-
ins in the city are reported.
The Quincy Republican, says the trains
which left that city on Thursday morning
drthe East, were both stopped by the
NOW drifts about sewn miles out. The
FChicago train, which was in the advance,
nn into the drift in the long deep cut
snile and half the other side of Cliola,
and was unable to force its way through it.
The Toledo train ran up within about a
hundred yards and was stopped. Both
Trains tried to back out, but conldn't. The
hres in the engines were then put out, and
word sent back to Quincy. A lot Of hands
vent up to dig the trains out. but the
now blew in faster than they could throw
aout, and they had to abandon the under
aking. The passengers-about fifty on
ach train-kept up good fires in the cars,
Procured food from the neighbOring
lhsuses, and made themselves as comfort
ne as circumstances would permit
lhey watched the old year out and the
Nw year in, and Friday afternoon were
lug out and taken back to the city. A
nan named Weber, travelling agent for a
yuncy house, attempted to cross the river
thursday, and sank down helpless from
, Acold, but was discovered and rescued.
!,nes Cushman, a laborer, was found dead
ION cold, Friday morning, on the levee.
thursday night is said to have been the
aldsstexperiencedin Quincy for ten years.
TERRIBLE MISUNDERSTANDING IN A
MA most terrible accident occurred
, Haun's distillery last Wednesday night.
} N ". Samuel Green has been employed
Sre during the winter as night watch
aaa, and it was while in the performance
+ ms duty that he received his INJURIES
part OF his work was 10 hoist the gates OF
large vat to pass off the contents into 9TH
N He was standing on q plank for that
purpose, when his lamp light was sudden
4! extinguished, and losing his balance
No foothold, he fell into the almost boil
' ag liquid Stops! The tortured man sue
: seded in dragging himself out Of the vat.
i0n the edge Of which he hung suspended
!, mill his strength failed, when he fell "a
aground, some eight or ten feet from the
Npof the tub. How long he Law on the
: roand-out of doors, and on that most I'M
cement might've cannot learn precisely.
l. akone account says an hour. When dis
@sered. he was taken into the distillerv
9 p0yslcians summoned, a team procured
. suo the scalded man taken home. His
l Huoes were frozen to his body, and it was
:. SNn before warmth was restored to his