Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-05

Serious Snow and Wind Storm Along
the Atlantic Coast Wreck of a Bark Of
Coney Island With Only One Survivor
Four of the Survivors, Crazed by Fear,
Escape Death by Drowning by Cutting
Their Throats.
CHICAGO, March "A slight snow has been
falling throughout the day, and aided by fresh
wind, has served to continue the disastrous ef-
fects OF the great storm of Wednesday and yes
terday. Railroads centering here, especially
those from the north and west, are still practi-
cally showed up, and trains, if running at all,
are very irregular. The street cars move
slowly with four horses, and In the
country the public highways are obstructed
by huge drifts, rendering traffic impossible
The receipts of grain in the city during the
past twenty-four hours were only eight car
loads. There are nine trains stuck between
Hyde Park and Kensington, fourteen miles
to break the blockade. The cattle and hogs
from five of these trains were unloaded last
night on the prairie and driven across to the
stock yards.
At Waukegan, ILL.,, the public schools are
closed owing to the storm. Drifts in the
streets are up to the secondj story and it
is still showing.
At Libertyvllle, ILL.,, it has been showing
thirty-slx hours and the Libertyville passenger
train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road has been showed In sirce Wednesday and
snow falling as fast as ever.
1t is reported from Freeport, ILL.,, that forty
car loads of stock are shut up in snow banks
west of there, near Elroy on the Central
Three engines and gang of sixty shovelers
and men went to their relief, but were them
selves blockaded and are unable to return.
A dispatch from Omaha, Neb., says that no
trains have arrived there from the East since
yesterday morning. The wind is high and
the cuts are drifting full. The Annie Pixley
"M'liss" party, booked for Omaha tonight,
have not been heard ftom, probably showed in
at Rock Island. The storm is not so fierce
along the Union Pacific.
At Madison, Wis, where the storm was
heaviest, there was prospect tonight OF
clearing off, butno prospect of trains running
for several days.
A dispatch from Clinton, Iowa, says there is
hardly wheel moving on the Northwestern
railway from Chicago to Council Bluffs. The
wind fills the cuts as fast as plows and shovel
ers clean them.
A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch says except the
railway to La Crosse all outside communica-
ton is cut off and no trains are likely to reach
Tie CITY UO-ulRub lTOul any ulTtcllOll.
The only redeeming feature of the storm is
the mildness of the temperature. Were the
cold intense the suffering would be severe and
life jeopardized. The supply of hard coal is
exhausted and wood has been substituted.
Reports of like tenor come from all points
in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, northern
Iowa, Nebraska, southern Minnesota and
northern Michigan. The railroads are the
worst sufferers, and managers hardly know
xry1,a 70 hn~ ha off ri fn n
blockade
SUFFERING IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, March 4.-The storm contin-
ued at intervals to-day, but the back bone OF
the blizzard is considered broken. No trains
north or west as yet and no attempt to open
the lines will be made till tomorrow. Re
ports from interior points all state the storm
is continuing, but with less severity. A gen
eral scarcity of fuel is complained of. In
Milwaukee the steam supply company, fur
nishing heat to hundreds of residences, and
steam to engines, factories, ETC., could get no
fuel on credit, suspended and put the manage
ment into the hands of committee OF
a cord and both almost impossible
to get. Dealers are selling coal at 81 for two
bushels. Business continues suspended. The
streets are being cleared as rapidly as snow
plows and hundreds of shovelers can do So
All country roads are impossible. Milk sold
to-day at 25 cents quart. Ninety cents a
dozen was offered for eggs, but they couldn't
be bought. Interior points predict great suf
fering. The railroad blockade north and west
will continue two or three days.
IN THE EAST.
NEW YoRK, March A rain and snow
storm, accompanied by high wind, is reported
from all sections east and in Canada. Storms
particularly severe here and all along the
Jersey coast, where much damage has been
done. Telegraph communication is inter
rupted and travel impeded
A portion of the pier at Long Branch
washed away, while the bluff in the vicinity
of the pier and the west end is badly damaged,
| land which separates 1t from Shrewsbury river,
| threatening destruction of the Bellevue hotel,
and stopping travel on the Southern New
Jersey road. The beach for miles Is strewed
with wrecked stuff, tropical fruits, etc., in
dicating vessel has been wrecked, or been
compelled to heave part OF her cargo over
board:
| ton Bay were wrecked, being washed
on the meadows and swamped in
| Matcwan creek and sunk after running against
| the railroad dock. Several fishing smacEs
at anchor were sunk and three sloops arc re-
ported ashore below.
The storm was very severe along the Hud-
son river. Many wharves are submerged.
Harrisburg reports that five regiments front
the Western part of Pennsylvania, on the way
to the Inauguration, were detained there all
night, and only left between and 9 this
morning. Snow continued round about
Harrisburg during the day.
Claremont, N. H., has its severest storm Of
the season and no signs of abatement
WRECKED OFF CoNEY ISLAND.
NEW YORK, March 4.--The Brooklyn Eagle
saws o. terrible catastrophe took place of
Coney Island to-day, the first great wreck in
the history of the beach. 1t occurred during
the great storm which burst on the coast
from the northeast last evening. The italian
bark Ajoice, in ballast, from Antwerp to New
York, with partial cargo of
kerosene, became water logged last
night of Rockaway Beach The
crew numbered fifteen men, including the
captain. When 1t became evident that the
bark could not be saved, panic took place
among @ the crew. Capt. Morice tried his'best
to keep the men under discipline, but was un-
able to do so. Heavy seas broke over the ves-
the fh, " wreck. Four of the men,
in despair, against the earnest expostulation
of the captain, committed suicide by cutting
their throats. and their bodies were washed
overheard. The remainder of the crew, with
the exception of one man, who alone remains
to tell the dreadful tale, becoming gradu-
ally exhausted, were washed over
board and were lost The bark first
struck Rockaway shoals. The wreck grad
ualIy broke up. The wreck was first seen
this forenoon about o'clock, off Mani Sattan
beach at a distance of two and one-half miles
The life station crew went to the wreck, and
rescued the only survivor.
FLOODS ON THE YELLOWSTONE.