Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-19
THE STORM THE w EST.

Particulars of the wiutry Blast Which
Covered Hsfthe Continent With Snow
and Ice.
Council BLUFFS, Iowa, O,'tober 49,
The snow and wind storm which visited
the West on Friday and Saturday, al.
though not SO severe in this portion oil
Iowa as at other points, was something
unusual for this season. Snow Tell all
of Friday night, melting as 1t descend
cd. Ii has been very cold since, with
raw northwestern gale, and to-day the
roads are frozen solid and very rough,
blocking up the heavy vehicles.
At Pacific Junction, twenty miles
south of this city, large brick round
house, about completed there by the L.
B. x VI. railroad company, was demol'
ished bv Friday nights storm.
Ga Saturday train on the Maple
Valley branch of the Chicago and North
western road was blocksded by snow
drii,s, reported to be from five to seven
feet deep. =,
At Missouri Valley, twenty miles
north of here, the walls OF a new two
story brick building were twisted and
warned from five Ia seven inches out oil
line and the building had to he held TO-
gether.
An along the Sioux City railroad from
that to Sioux City snow fell continuously
Friday night and Saturday. melting al
most as last rs it fell. Saturday night
sheet Of ice and snow was reported three
To- iOur inches thick.
Trains iron II. Paul and Iankton due
Saturday have not vet arrived here.
Up in michigan.
PoRr HUsoN Deck, Micu., OCTOBER lS
"A lirht snow storm passed over TINS
plsre M 10 o'clock this morning rom
The west, with heavy winds. There are
mo- marine disasters reported at this end
cf Lake Huron. There are large num-
Der OF vessels rcpcr,ed al anchor al
Palz Presque, M'ch IN, aud thunder
Bay. ,-r.
CnrcAGo. October lS-The Jo'"n"rs
Des Moiues opec;al says: The gioahu
ia frozen several inches deep hereabouts
Two. thirds of the po,aioe crop ,s not
vet dug. and is probably a total loss.
Railroad Traius Showed UP.
CuIc,Ga. October lS.-The train that
lel, Dubuqe Friday morning. over tue
Uliuois Central Tor the west. ls stlli
s,nrk in snow drift west OF Howell,
aud the wind fills in the snow iaster
than IL can be shoveled out. The conf
n,nv does not expect to get the road
np,n Ia Sioux City before Tuesday.
Additional News from the Polar wave
DkrRolr, October lS.-As vet no re.
mort of serious disasters has reached
tSis port. Vessel generally had warn.
iuy OF the approach OF the storm, anu
ysmsined in port or reached shelter.
The wind has been blowing continuous
Iv for rty.eight hours. and still con-
Times high. Will send further report
to night.
NO, been very severe AZ st. Paul, and
| the absence of telegraphic communica'
| lions preyents rs obtaining any definite
| ;niormation OF the condition OF the coun-
| try north and west OF here. To- day Is
| hrioht and warm here, with the little
snow on the ground fast disappearing.
| Communication bv telegraph in every
| direction is cut oil for a distance ex.
cseJipe twenty or thirty miles. All
Known of southern Minnesota is learned
| from Milwaukee.
Nothing is known of the northern
Pacific country vet. except the report
that the storm is more severe and the
snow heavier than was experienced all
last winter.
| A Foot Of Snow In Canada
TORONTO, October lS.-Dispatches from
the north and northwest reports severe
storm in progress. About . loot oi
snow has already fallen.