The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-22
A BLASTED BLIZZARD
Has Again Played Havoc With
the Roads Centering in
Sedalia.
The Ground Covered With the
Beautiful" to the Depth OF Q
Foot Oh the Level,
Causing the HighWays and Bywsys
to be Blocksded and Trains
Abandoned.

Seisiisns have had no cause to eon,-
plan OF . ecsrci,y ii ,ieig.ins during the
past Water, !or more snow hes fallen
siDee November last ny 10 the present time
ihsn the oidss; irhahitsnt renemt~rs bsv.
ing se-n during sny similar period for
years !org back.
/ Tscee who thought, or Ws.ipesdav and
Thursday last. that sprinY weather sas
/ ufoa us sid nov would he thing Of the
pact until DOnihs ehou;d roll Ground. are
nov prepared to sdmis that they we're '.oif"
Ia their sufmire., ard would not b NJ all
srRPRnED 10 SEE sLuoalNo
in Central Missouri in tie usually scoreb.
ihR month Of August.
The anything out ''bssuiiful" heesp
fal:ing about hslf.pasi I've O'Clock Fs,d.,
evening. ard although Prof. Vennor had
given warning that IN extensive siosm
would prevail throughout the coun,s,.
notb,ng ike chat hss siu~e bern shossrrr
90 Scientifically upon 10 vac Locked fr.
During all Of Friday nigh, il came down
remarkably fast, ard when S<d.Iisns
awoke ye.terdsy wcininx many If sh<aa
icun1 dri!is in front Of ihei. residence.
from too To i've feet 10 depth. While il ~
! several incbss ceep On the level.
Throughout yesterday the snow cousin.
ued TO fall 10 earth. std IL becsms evident
! that railroad travel vcuId be greatly ~
tardse, II not entirely su.pendei.
on THE PACIFIC.
Tie 6rst train due in the sscruiu. Va.
tie express from 81. Louis, which case in
Or: tween three aud four hours is,~, add the
locke of the Locomotive told ri.Ia.y that
snow bucking bad been INDUCED in 10 .
, considerable extent.
Toe passenger tram from the vest, due
! II 1910 .. NJ. came 1esr teiag on time, a.
u vas only half an hour late. Some hesv,
drifts we're encountered, though, but the
eoeise managed 10 pull through.
Lar the Afternoon the expse-s train from
81. Louis, due ~ $50 O'Clock, reached
lii.ion without encounterirg serious diff
6eui:y, but between Tip,on and Syracuse
osnks of SNOW from Eve 70 seven isst de~p
sere run into. aud il VAS rot until y
O'Clock Iast Eight that tie tran reached
the Garrison houss.
LIS, pixL,'s eae, -brund train, due At
lv:45. wss only one hour ls,e. but il zee
thought the drifts east Of here would throw
AZ several hcu's txhind time before -.
Louie vas TsAci ed.
On THE KANeAs 4 TEXAS DIVISION.
things we're even wore than on the mai.
lire. train Was siasied south in the
NO: rieE, but vent only . short distance.
when II returned and slI southern trains
vert abandoned. No trains G. u,s in from
the south. but a; midnight the train due 81
1880 yesiesdsy morning wsa in tine drift.
between i"is ci,y and Green Ridge.
One train IVES slsr'ed north. Ont n, La,
reports 1t wAs snow bound between hess and
.,on, lie.
on THE BRANCH.
Ccntuc;o. Ms,h and hia crew STOOL
around the Carbon house from 4 O. 10. |
us,ii 10 .. m, waiting for order. 10 go on,
on the ellington branch, hut when M.sri. !
hPit c,me m TN lime snd ,r,,er,si the I
state 1t affair, ell branch train, xere
shsncon d ne; seen Ssdai;a and Rrowu,- !
vile The now was drilled n = der,h Of
several i-e', end il wss aii Merri6sId'. I.
train could do 70 pillow through.
on THE NARROW e.rsI. /.
Or ihi. r>,d ~ s,ieu,p, vas INSIDE f.
Hesch War.sw, hut Supefin,end.n, nua,.
ingI"n room discovered .hs; i, xould rro,e
ling, AID gave ossisr, that trains
would he abandoned during the cav.
Bsaif!e. the passenger trains shove men.
timed, freight trains were laid ur a,
vsricus poin,s sionz the different
roads. and ill the section men
assil,bie ~ere pa, 70 xork shovel,ns
snow. Engines were sent ont ahead OF
regular P's'enser tram. 60 b,e.k The war,
and even then j, was with difficulty the, 4
mansg~d 10 pull through.
In the city tnsiness was almost en.irely
sEc pedesfrians Travelled on.v
saen compelled tc. In tie ssreese the
eSow wss OMITTED il
Sd thst 'eau,.,rts hsd great difficulty IN
lrsnsscting bu.ine.s, and taken altogether.
Inc day sns "ns Of the most di>sRreesbie
10 the hi-ior, of Seda!ia. /.
Teiesraphic di-pslchts show that the
''orm wss not confined TO auy particular
locality. II extended from Omshs on the
ser tn Crestiine. Oain, ON the east, end !
rom the !.kes On the north, 10 Tex-s.
IRE probabilities are thsi nesriy all the
ai;rosds In The s-ciion above mentioned
will be block AIDED for time, and in come
instances for msuy Days. C
LATER
At two o'clock this mcrning the train
rom the south. that Wss due af 1890 Q. n
arrived 1t The Garrison house,
'nd half sn hour iales the irsin due ~ ,
0:30 lest night also arrived. Passenger t,
spost no drifts south Of For, Scott.
The worst point along the road 10 BE-
wssn Seds:is and WInd-os.
Storm Notes. :
Very little snow vest of Pleasant d
Hill. n
Two freight trains stuck for Eve hours q
ear Upton yesterday evening. p
The LEGAL freight. Conductor Harvey o
Usher. 10 st;Il stuck .; Green Ridge.
The night train into 81. Louie vssier.
~ morning Was four hours late. Cause,
sow.
1T rainsd in ST. Louis from 4 o'clock q. :,
}. Friday to o'clock .. u. Saturday. No 4.
.oa there. r
Eight esginss we're engaged in bnck- y
e crow besvssa Ssdsiia sed Windsor a
Ut evening. n,
The telegraph linss have been down ii
sevefsl poih;s On the K. and T. road n
nee Yesterday forenoon. %
Two freight trains headed east ssrd Ct
ERE stuck for four hours between Ksob. !"
,sisr aud Lamon:e lssi evening.
TIE pay car 70 With The s.uth.bcssd
. and T. train. doe here Lee, evening 1t n
80, which 10 siill stuck 1t Pilot Grove. n,
The telegraph lines on the Pacific ri
I'D between Hermann and st. Loun have y,
en- down since early yesterday afternoon. -
The owl train from ST. Louis yestes. In
y morning vss about three hours late, co
account Of snow between here end es
lamoia. ~
AT 6 p. n. last evening Roadmasler "'
e. Kipp With 20 men and work train
mt westward On the Psc,6c to tackle
. snow drifts.
Mr.. J. NJ. Hudson, IN old circus msn M
es, hss been in 81. Louis for cone time 81.
u, pushing the buainea Of Hudson;s W
"A Nc,sk ed Eousk A->,s>s. q