The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-17
FROM THE IVEST.
Heavy snow storm In ChicnRa-Rrnvel Sus-
nended-TeIegrnphI I.lnea Down.

peBded-TeieRraph Lines Down.
CHICAGO. Jan. 16.-A fierce snow storm, the
most violent and protracted of the season, set in
on Saturday night about o'clock. A large
amount of snow and seet fell, and is much
drifted in the streets. The street cars have been
laid up all day and the railroad trains have been
more or less interrupted. The telegraph lines
east and south were disabled. The storm,
which prevailed for forty eight hours, termiua-
ted last night about II o'clock. The snow this
morning is from twenty to twenty four inches
deep on a level. Many of the streets are almost
impassable.A The railroad trains have been but
little interrupted, AS the storm extended only
few miles out of the city.
Killed on the Railway.
The conductor of a freight train, named
Locke, and n brakeman, named Williams, on
the Michigan Southern Railroad, while engaged
in shOveling snow from the front of their train,
near Englewood, last evening, we're run over by
q locomotive coming from opposite direction,
and almost instantly killed.
ees,ruc,,yc fires in CHICAGO -SiagahterIns
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The large slaughtering
and packing establishment of Armour & Co., on
the corner of Salt street and Archer avenue.
took fire at au early hour this morning and is
completely destroyed. The main portion of the
mense size. In the pens were about 1000 live
hogs all of which were rescued. Some 2O00
dressed hogs were saved from the fire. The loss
on the building is $40 600, fully insured, as fol-
lows Western, Buffalo, Buffalo City, Market,
New York Equitable, and Merchants, Chicago,
each $5000 Fireman's S, Chicago, S3700; Republic,
Chicago, $500; Franklin, Philadelphia; Corn
Exchange, New York; North British, and Mer-
camille, each 1880; Norwich, 1920. The loss
on the stock is estimated at $60 600, with $35 900
insurance, as folows:-
Germania, $5000 Continental, $4,000; Hart
ford, S5000; Merchants, of Hartford $4,000;
Irving. Of New York, $4,000: and North British,
$4,000. Some two hundred persons are thrown
out of employment by this disaster. During the
progress of the fire Francis Hugo, Thomas
Barry, and Claude Blair we're seriously injured,
and Richard Dubach slightly, by the falling
walls. The fire had lis origin in the explosion
of gasoline lamp in the tool room.
Dear"ctIon of Cutlery woriss-I.sss, 100000.
The American Cutlery Company'5 Works on
Ewing street, between Hasted street and Blue
Island avenue, we're burned last night, with
their entire contents. The loss is estimated at
100000. The origin of the fire has not been
ascertained. The following is list of the
insurances:-
Albany; Sargamo, of Springfield; Lancaster City,
of Pennsylvania; State, of Chicago; Knicker-
booker, of New York; Ph9nix, of Hartford;
Albany City: Firemau's, of Chicago; North Anne
rican, OF New York; Fulton. of New York;
Home. of Columbus; Independent, of Boston;
State Fire, of Cleveland; German, of Cleveland;
Aurora aud Alemauia, of Cleveland, and Occi-
dental, of San Francisco, each, $1,000. Firemen's.
of New York; Lamar, of New York; Teuton. OF
Cleveland; Chicago Fire; Detroit Fire and Ma
ripe, of Chicago: Garden City; Excelsior Fire.
of New York; Home of Chicago; Bloomington
and Cleveland. each, $1,000 North American.
of Hartford State Fire, of Hartford; Lancaster
City, Germania, and Lamar, of Chicago.
each. $500. Merchants. of Chicago; aud Put
nam. of Hartford each, $3250. YOnkers, New
York; and Equitable, of Chicago. each, $2750
Firemen's Fund and Peoples, of San Francisco
each, $500. Phoenix, of Brooklyn, $3000 In
all $S1, 600.
KILLED by n Horse.
George Bau, in the employ of Witbeck &
Co. was kicked by horse last evening" in the
stables of that concern, and instantly killed.
Obituary.
MILwAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 16.-Judge Byron
Paine, of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, died
on Saturday, after a painful illness of some
weeks.
Teiegraphic Deteatiou.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The Associated Press des-
patches last night from New York arrived via
Omaha having passed through Cincinnati and
st. Louis to that point.