, 1874-01-10
A WEST-lNDlAN STORM,
Its Itiso md Passage Over tho
Country.
General Dreaking-Down Of TolegranhH
Wiro3.

From ths Clepeland Leader, jan. 3.
Tho storm wlioh Inns visited Cleveland for tho
pass two days is one Of tho most remarkable TINT
las ovor lnon Nitnos4od in this section OF tho
o}'aa ' Is Se vSGeF @ esonsa out
mtndsug ono Of sprlng rather tlian tho beginning
OF tho now yaar, Saturday aftcrnoou aud Sun
day tho. wcathor vaa as pleasant ns could llnvo
been aslsota for, though storm was uot fur dis
taut. Saturday morning
4 RAIN STORM
arose In tho Wcst, passed over Wsconsin during
tho day, reached Michigan mud Lako Michigan
Saturday ovcning, md IN SundaY, ht TILT O'clock
this city. It contorcd ovor Cleveland u1til y.25
o'clock In tho afternoon whom 1t announced It's
preHouce BY hoavyawlnds, mud foil In dronching
Showers Of aloct and rain. Tho thousands
er ushorod in BY tlo carly bart of tho
day, 'wefe oaught In tue storm TINT lasted
Tor about an hour, mud then swept away toward
| tno 81. Lnwronco Valley, leaving us cold, crisp,
genuine Jnnuary weather tor Monday.
=, The lrehont storm, which is unoq1,alcd IN ita
| character by my that wo havo cyor Experienced
| in this section,
! a., STARTED IN TIE WEST INDIES.
| tlo cehtro Of tho most terrific dtorme that
aweop over lund aild aoa~ A. LsaIsr reporter
who visited the storm signal oaico last evening,
WAS INFORMED that tho Atorn arose in tho
anov,c.mentiono4 ABOVE. quarter, and Travelled
! this CITY,. 1t moved ut tito ratio of about Il;
| milos an hour. From the roportH ut the sirnnl
Chico ,So learned. TINT 1t EXTENDED oycr Florida
ueorgla, Maryland, alassachusetts, Now York,
haps other States. AL tue country east Of tho
M1sataslppi 1slvcr has been visited 6Y tho storm,
and 1t IL probable TINT it's resultB IN other
cities Wero eimilar to thoBo wftnesscd in
Cleveland. As telegraph wires woro down
and communications broton, It waB impoaaiblo
to lcnrn tho exact condition of tlo wcathor
last night In other cities.
THE sfonM YESTERDAY
try. Yesterday morning lie barometer vi was t stilt
hign Ia tho Now England States and low In Tho
middle sections OF tic country, Indicating tjlat
1t was moving vory slowly: It was blowing great.
| guns and raiuing throughout New York Pam.
| sylyania, Virginia, aud Vermont. Ii wn,
| clearing up slightly in Floriln. Alabama.
| and icorgin, and "Oll Prob" PREDICTS that tAa
storm will havo partially cleared array from this
neishbor:hood boforo tho Leader Of this nlorning
| reaches it's readers.
Violent storms layo boen very common this
fall ana winter, aud tue winds on tic lulses hare
| exhibited frcaks never before known. 4 storm
in November arose ii, tho southeast, and moved
with growing violence TO the Northwest, a
rursoaESoS MEYER nEronE w1rSEssEp.
| Tho teoyrapl,-wireH foil On eyory i,c loatline.
from tE!s city, and nll communication with other
citios was for time suspended. Tho wires work
od vel! until about o'clock Tuesday morning,
when they aosan to fall. For IN hour inter ths,
ope,asora wore forced to resort to every arti1lce
to keep up any communication at all. Tho vires
were covered With heavy cantinns OF leo, and they
feil to the ground oycry fow minutes, com.
pol!lnG operators to change wires in tht
middle OF paragraph. BY o'clock a. III. Tues,
uay, tho Wifes Stretching out to tho East und
West wore oil down. and tho operators having tt
con'nnn1cato iarI with cities in thoso dircctionA
wof9 ,elt . to carry Tie messagea on foot. or wat
Wires from tho South withstood tha pressure
until about, o'clock Tuesday morning,
when they became unsteady and shaky, and
began to give way. One by ono thoy fell,
@ amd ny y o'clock but ono Or two wros waro Lett.
Inc %lrcs reacht',g to Pittsburgh all foil, except
| one, Dy hDouI IL Inegduy morning, and that SOL
ltary wire over which I'LL tito dispatches wcrs
sent, followed tue others at half.past T. com-'
municaAons Wero thus
ENTIRELY, SUSPENDED.
and Cleveland was entiroly cut OF from all tolo-
Efaphio Ielatlons r.! with every other city Ia tho
Union. The city occupied tho sa1ne position to
other cltos M It d5d before the invention Of tclo-
grap,n Ill., IIe 1;n Influence Of storm moving from
tho West lndles had deprived It's Of ono Of the
most l1Hoful inventions Of tho ngo, nnl put us