The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-04
FEAREUL STORM.
Throughout wisconsin. Iowa Illinois.
Michigan and Minnesota

Chicago, March 8. 3.-Nothing like the
storm which has prevailed in Wisconsin,
Iowa. Illinois and Michigan, since yes
terday, has been known for years. From
one to six feet of snow is reported as
having fallen in different places. This
being accompanied by fierce wind, a
general blockade has ensued.
Traffic on the railroads centering here
has been brought to a standstill. No
trains left for the west tonight, and
only one or two for the east. One line
of street cars has been forced to stop,
and the teams are doubled up on the
other lines. No trains have passed be-
tween here and Milwaukee since noon,
and nearly all the trains on the Chica-
go. Milwaukee and st. Paul, the Chica-
60 & Northwestern and the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, have been aban-
| doned.
A dispatch from Milwaukee says:
The storm which began last night at 8
O'Clock was general all over Wisconsin.
1t has ragged, without a moments ces-
sation, over "a hours, and is the heavi-
est snowfall ever known in Wisconsin
and the northwest. Reports from all
telegraphic points in Wisconsin show
that the snow is from three to six feet
deep on level, and drifts are reported
covering houses, telegraph poles, trains
etc. The cuts on all the railroads are
full. Not single railroad train is
running in the entire state, every line
being effectually blockaded. All busi-
ness is suspended.
Railway men estimate that fully a
week must elapse, even with favorable
weather, before trains can be resumed
regularly. Mails all over the state are
stopped. The Oldest residents in Mil
waukee and throughout the state say
that nothing approaching this storm has
ever been known. From almost every
interior town come dispatches announc.
ing distress among the people, and
stating that unless the storm ceases SC
supplies can be got in within few days
there will be great suffering and actua
danger of starvation among people who
are isolated from neighbors and assist
ance. All of the railroad lines have
passenger and other trains showed in al
various points on their lines.
In Milwaukee there is genuine Goa
famine. There is but little coal in the
city, and it is impossible for dealers tt
deliver. All business is suspended. The
railroad companies have ceased to sent
out snow plows.
Dispatches from the interior of Wis
consin state that the snow is absolutely
burying everything smaller than tn,
larger buildings. The railroads are al
buried. outbuildings are showed under
and the storm still continues.
A special to the Inter Ocean from
st. Paul, says: The Fort Dodge trair
on the Minneapolis and st. Louis road
to-day was suspended. This division
of the road is buried beneath the snow
from Forest City to Fort Dodge.
A special to the Inter Ocean from
Watertown, Wis, says: Business is en-
tirely suspended here on account o.
snow, and if 1t continues all night peo
pie will not be able to leave their house:
in the morning. The main streets are
lined with drifts from 10 to 20 feet
deep. .
The storm at Galena. Ills, was pre-.
ceded by thunder and lightning. Every
thing is blocked. There have been nc
trains east or west since yesterday
morning.
A special to the Inter Ocean from
Dubuque, Iowa, says: All trains on the
road here are abandoned and freight is
refused at all depots. The roads are
completely blockaded.