, 1881-02-13
CHICAGO.

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than n rpst or wind wn,1d tns,,n1anao,sfv NJ,
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sos ~ soo A@Ao oaAo @N'oas4 e4ns Aao ~
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course the Iowa lines suffered to greater ex-
tent than the others.
The ROCK Island was badly blcckaded bv drifts
IN Westcrn rirn,s ] ,,na ir.ss .r,a srorn, ~ on thts
- 49, eoseA' t"o4 aao Ao"o -" slut IL W en's
the faReo alt Jay Hitu uhparaHeted fary from
about l5o miles west OF this city all the way to
Council Bluffs. A very bad snow-drifr was en-
ss.a,. s-, .ss'sa. 60. sn'ao,
Nn1cn gave Inc tfAlns mucn tronnIe- several
freight trains stuck fast IN the snow "a, at this thts
yesterday morning ~ from getting through and
pes rraios
sarar,, ,o,,ts b, Inv. ~, rho WV ~ Kansas
City and Council Bluffs All the freight~trains
had to be abandoned, but they will be started
again as sooa as the storm ceases.
n-Af1 oSo" "1@ ~ -, no'" @ooo4 4
MILES
east OF tue aaisslss.pp'' "'anAn WHICH ols'oace II
was almost Impossible Tor train to move With
out being 6h0vRled out within every few miles,
Al, fraIvhr and sareraf nas.enppr trnfns uore
bs.,'.sas C-;.a,- ,,trt+ ~ ~ rr,t- ,zaa.
sDan a-a.n nn.saast E.das ,,,ns+ 49, r,a,se'
from davenport On FTioay nlgne tho news
agent boy named Hood, in tho
employ OF the Railroad News COMPANY,
80 I...a ,,,+,-oo. Ntl..,, o,. T.,r-o f.;.r orha
was missed oet"cen naton anu 1o"a eis,' Inv
supposlQon - tn3a1 ne WIS oio"u ARom iuo t1aia
by the severe gale which prevailed while pass-
r. 1ba snnu Search was mafto. but IN to last
evenfnr nnthino had been heard Of the missinr
aren't.
The Chicago Burlington l. Quincy Railroad
sntYered nh,nt as severely "A thn Rick Island.
The lncui rr7,ins berween: here and Mendota wer,s
run Without trouble, aud arrived here on dime,
from i've rn tweivn hours late, Tne i. o'clock
train for Council BIufrs and Knnsas CITY lerI
here On time, but no evening trains we're start
tion nf 1hosc carrSinu live stocr. vore abaud-
oned @ y Tor T the - time ne being. In illinois
thts rad Ind rha nnst trouhlo al
bnro s'Sa~a7 ~ 1ossn .he nrincfnal troubie
,rss shetween iSnsscu ana t,restun. Four pas-
1hTS,ah tho drtfts and sn1,y- piows and vancs
II The % VIM, was so hiTh TINT as oui:k as Irift
had been cleared aSav The snow WIS blown
r;~h, hsct aSnin and fko work had tn t,e rone
ni1 o1er
rur u1rvo1s CENTRAL,
had most Of 1ts trouble IN iowa, puI 1ne stosn
was alsn severe N ll!noss: Generai ~ f,
1.h,,, 1a Ihe storn Son',menced ls nn,x snnyhonnt
and Us the wires are down 40 particulars can be
due here at q. d., came Ia at noon. NJ train
west of that point arrived uD to a late hour last
evening. The passenger-1rain from the south
The Northwestcrn suffered severely on all its
lines, and the trains from Iowa, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin came in from four to ten hours late,
those carrying perishuble freight, were aban-
doned. Tho Iowa trains did not so out last
time.
The Milwaukee s St. Paul also suffered
severely, and the trains bad much trouble In
The Chicago g. Alton had but little trouble on
account OF the storm in illinois, and the st.
Louis trains were not much out of time. The
Kansus City trains, however caught it hot and
heavy in Missouri. where tho storm ragged as
furiously as iu iowa. AT some points there vas
four to five feet OF snow III tho cuts Tho
freight trains carrying other than Perisbable
freight bud to be Abandoned
The Michigan Central suffered more from
broken telegraph wires than from snow. The
early morning train came III On time. and the