The Portland daily press., 1880-10-18
TERRIBLE STORM.
Railroad Trains Buried in Snow in
Minnesota.
THE LAKES SWEPT BY HURRICANE.
Great Destruction of Property and Some
Loss of Life.

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-A terrific wind has been
blowing from the west all day, taking the
water out OF the river and crasing vessels to
ground, blowing down scaffolds and frames of
houses and causing much damage of minor i'm
portance, including the disabling of telegraph
and several seriously injured by slate falling
upon them.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 1.-THE wind storm
Which prevailed here yesterday and last night
was the severest ever known in this section.
Inc barometer was never known to be SO low.
tween sixty and seventy miles an hour A
large fleet of vessels sought the harbor for
safety and rode out the gale in the bay. The
storm all along the Southern Minnesota rail-
way is the severest known in years.
The passenger and freight trains along
the line were blockaded in snow drifts
from 10 to II feet deep and teams with
provisions have been despatched to their relief
from several points, The train which left La
Crosse Friday has not been heard from since
leaving Fulda that night. All the cuts west of
Paramount are filled with snow packed hard
Reports of cattle, horses, etc., having persisted
are constantly being received, but no loss of
life is yet reported.
The worst storm ever known in southern
Minnesota and eastern Dakota is still raging
Nothing has been heard from steamer Depre
which left Grand Haven Friday night for this
port and all sorts of opinions are expressed
concerning her safety. Many vessels were
caught outside and were damaged in canvass
and rigging and lost deck loads. A long list of
disasters is expected when the reports come in
from the east shore ports.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. H.-During the storm
last night schooner B. W. Willis, bound in
with iron ore from Escanaba, foundered off
North Chicago. Her masts alone remained
above water. Her crew consisted of Capt. D.
klerkauH and seven Seamen, who have not
been heard from and are supposed to have per-
iShed.
The wind continued throughout the day with
somewhat less force than yesterday. 1t was far
less disastrous on the lakes than might be ex-
pected because sufficient warning had been
given to all on most of the craft to seek har-
Dor. Besides the loss of the schooner B. W.
Willis many minor accidents Incidental to the
heavy wind are coming to light, so that the
damage will IN the aggregate be very heavy in
this vicinity. The force of the wind seems to
have been most marked about the space in
cluded within the radius of 100 miles from
Chicago, but the blow itself has, according to
kilograms received, extended much farther,
Omaha being about the western limit, Michi-
gan most eastern. central Illinois most SOUTH
ern and Wisconsin the most northern. Tele.
graphic wires remain in precarious condition
and many are entirely useless at present
A special from Grand Haven says the heav-
lest wind storm ever experienced there pre-
vailed since early Saturday morning. No ma
rine disasters are reported there and as all the
telegraph lines are down nothing can be heard
oD this shore. Great anxiety is felt for the
safety of the steamers Alpena and Depre, es-
pecially the Alpena, which left there for Chi
cago at p. m. Friday and was last seen by the
steamer Muskegan at l a. m. Saturday half
way over.