Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1880-10-23
The Grent Storm I'm the West

The Great Storm I'm the West.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct. 18. Early
this morning snow fell to the deptf
of one foot around Batavia. The
East bound express train over the
line of the New York Central Railroad
was stuck two hours in the snow
the locomotives having no snow SHOW
els on. A train on the Erie branch
stuck two hours in the snow at Lam
caster.
Chicago. Oct. 10. A train thai
left Dubuque on Friday morning ovel
the Illinois Central Road for the West
is still stuck in a snow drift west o.
Howell, and the winds fill in the snow
faster than it can be shoveled out
The company does not expect to get
the road open to Sioux City before
Tuesday.
On Saturday a train on the Maple
Valley branch Of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad was blockadeo
by snow drifts, reported to be from
five to seven feet deep.
NFw YORK, Oct. 18. At places
in the West in the same latitude as
New York the mercury ranges from
25 to 80 degrees, with high westerly
winds.
Council BLUFFS, Iowa, Oct. IL
The snow and wind storm which visit
ed the West on Friday and Saturday
although not so severe in this section
as at othes points, was something un
usual for this season. Snow fell al
of Friday night, melting as it de
seconded. 1t has been very cold sine
with raw northwesterly gale, ant
to-day the roads are frozen solid an
very rough, bearing up heavy vehicles
TORONTO, Oct. IS. Numerous dis
asters to shipping are reported fror
ports on the inland lakes, during tn
gales prevailing since Friday last
The damages SO far are slight.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. IS. Th
propeller Northern Queen, the frs
boat from below, reached h ere to-day
Capt. Campbell says that on Satu
day every nook and Granny in the VI
entity of Two Rivers sheltered ves
sells at anchor. He says that in twer
ty years on the lake he never sa'
such sea. At Detroit Island thre
schooners were stranded and thre
at anchor with signals of distress.
In Rowley's Bay, south of Death
Door, four vessels lay on the beac
in bad shape, and one on the mort
point of the bay and one on the sout
side of the same point, some of thes
undertaken. At White Fish Bo
two vessels are ashore, lumber-lade
and another is stranded on Poll
South.
Two RIVERS, WIS. Oct. 10.
storm arose over this section Frida
at midnight. The same evening tt
Macinaw boat left with load of fl!
for Two Rivers, with Frank Oswa
and Henry Linsted, fishermen. III
storm overlook them, capsized the
boat, and both men were drowne'
their bodies being picked up betwet
Sandy Bay and Two Rivers point.
The Durham, loading at Ola,
banks pier, lost her deck load and
now ashore at White Fish Bay Poin
The schooner Hungarian dragg'
, her anchor, went ashore, broke
r two and is a total wreck.
At White Fish Bay schooner Pc
, nv Hannah is sunk. At Jacksonpo
!. the City of Woodstock is ashore
3 White Fish Bay. The barque Br
t nette, with $4,000 bushels Of corn,
3 ashore in 81 feet of water at Bale.
I Harbor; schooner d. j. Conway
t high and dry on the beach at the sar
t place.
The schooner Lottie May, whe'
+ laden, Is high and dry, the Lawren
q and Ebenezer, stone laden, are DO
wrecks, and the schooner Gazelle
damaged. The Contest is ashore
s Wind Bay. A large black schoon
{ passed this place on Saturday eli
mantled, drifting northward. II
3 captain of the barge Brunette had /
3 leg broken and was otherwise bad
f injured by being lifted bodily al
| hurled through the cabin in his vess
t Iby the force of the wind.
The Hanapee pier, the Kilgare pr
and the Higgins pier at Bailey's ha
Dor were destroyed, also the Reynold