Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-02-17
STORM AND THAJY.
The snow Fail OF Friday--Serious
Floods in the Southern, Western,
Middle and Eastern StRtes-Im-
nense Damage TO Property.


" a"u i',ef" Sl"'es-"-
"e"s' D""'nse I" property
From Every Evening OF Monday.
The snow storm of Friday and Saturday
in tn, West mad Northwssf was tba ,vo q,
OF the season, and IT hs. boep followed by
90 weather. I.KIusss. Wisconsin Iowa
Minnesota, and M,chip.n ,bere haa been a
eumpie,a blockade on most of the rail-
'Oet5 o. .ne Sioux City railroad, in
UsuAeso.t, the suow ia foot on level,
Flth ar f.s higher than the telegraph
l,oi,s. A lrai. al Mountain Like has been
,.uGSadoi Tor zen days. Council Bluffs,
iowa, Is completely isolated. .x,ept for
olckrtphic communication from the outer
word, 80 trains having lott or arrived
hero since Friday night. The supply of
loai 10 tie retail yards of the CITY il re.
ported 10 be exhausted. A similar report
Of lack of fuel comes from Lawrence,
Kansas.
S.,io,s e,o5, oo,,,iu,s 49,
and yests,dav in the southa., MidI,,.
ElsLern and Waatern S,ut.. I, Pr
-ylyania the D.lawara Schnylh,il sn,ona
hanna I ab,ob I,,,.k,,,,a,,,,. g., /, IL, -.
rivers continued hiyh thonnh IL, e.,
,he w.tar had greatly ,nb.idod raa,i,I...
On the upn.r DaI.wara norna N.Y.
fnrnar at Rnshk,lI nnd a ,o,.S r..
ROUNDING cnnn,,y ,nn,iI,, -.
Buckley w.ra isnl,tsd ~, r,,,,,oah'',,s,b
Island oono-,fs M,,fo,d h,t ne - 800
zunsid.d tner vastorJ,t ,n,,,, l,','a''' :,
10 bo s.fe M dt,n"sa t W. a.; o. ".;n. =; -
.s,in,.t.d al ,,t,,,n, .5n nnn 80
,o" '"o "nter zap tne river
,.N'''n'u 'o,s Hsn yes'~toay' MUCH
HS'~h' %"a "oie at aien'op, burlington,
~ y ''"I,'o ne raifoao facks
a our i's'oh anu iientoh were
- ''"e'' nnu oanal uuats were lying upon
,ue'h. All we suia'l ouiiuings near The
De'aH ware ".u nN'1"h CANAL LOCKS, and the
r a. AZ amooy SHOPS were Inundated,
uu n'eain iotRe oI heThersoh, willard &
'o'' Agar potHehtn~h, mad It's hres put
u, i""'"au pIluge On tue man line
W "sm ior" ""7 III uauser last nlSnt, and
- 'oaueu o'ih "eie placeu upon IL To hold
|""L'
'no fehoFyi'auia shote all was IN
"uuateu' 'h' water being very nigh, Nth
e'ionS CURRENT nut very little Ice. The
ee ~ the LmhaWhhuh river was moving
rAp'uiy yehtefuH>, nud some uneasluess
"'S zen lh Oafbp1uhle, but the cold last
.lEht pfopapiy aVerted the danger. The
u 'on III the Juhlala ~ reported to have
p"Hh 'ne most disastrous tVer known IN
Vn's FAileS,the loss on bridges in hunting
Iuh eoubty hlHue being estimated ~
F"',ooO' me gu qlehanne, though still
A'Rh' vas tfilag Yesterday.
AT hdrr7hn'2 the ea9tern and southern
u'6d'cts were hloded, aud some people
were compelled 10 lravb their houses in
ooAt+' Tue railroad track, however, was
| 1'earea of Ice. aud the running of trAius
was Resumed, AiUtB the Upper Schnvi
! SUI, Tue Little Sthuylkil and fulpehOck, u
cterE, u humber OF bridges have been se NJ
away. the use If George K Oympr
4 A. t,nple, neHr keauiug was damaged o.
| hghthinR Gu saturday, night.
| Along the L2high, there were great {, arr
| OF saturday Tor tRo immense amount Of
llnlner htor Il aJ certaiu points. Tgu
/ tre-iie- Of the rH,iroAa bridge at Peur,
/ Haven WrTr carried away N.Er All,,,in,yn
t"o canal noa's WEI, wrecked, tho bridge
| ~ IL ASA Island Wa4 bestowed. i4nvi,,u
iva families IsoiAb Il. aud hoy y.r
! dcuwas Il by ttlug caught IN the ruAl,,,v
icr De huuiruI iget Of the l.. hlnG
I Valley tract at G,eudtn were washed III
! L, legrlms fran Washington. ID C.1e.
/ port the ii bod IL the Pplnu,c -nbsi,;. a
1 yesi' td4y. Wiiis the water wa. At Il.
/ aiSHt or SATURDAY,, he streets nlnry NJ,
{ rir,r H. G-nrg-town ard IN W,sb,n',,t,,
| frOm the iiver TO Pennsylvania svYnna a., u
| tIat great thieouyufATe IN ira tno, - ''i
| C.pit@, tl.G, W.. ,1,nna.,aa ~ '",m oi
water yaryirg from one 10 tiys feet ~
/ r~nusylvania Railroad nm, -, .no
street, the WnsAipplon Msrkat and ~
basement of the Census Office were n ,od' a
Ia u depth Of : yeral feet, and on Lon;si'
ana avenue much DAMAGE was dnna -
perchandise in the baAemr,,,s ,T u,ho, ~
allo stores In or stnr.. a +, r, ,,,, "n'',
/ Dy the contact 81 the water w,,h on,r,i,;..
/ Of limo ard cement T,.ins a,,'i .,,', a''.
s,ds the dspot. and nnsso,,,ar., r t,'. ou''
mpg, d 10 and from tha nail, ~, d -
| vanje avenue at Ar.t in r.t,iat, Ivy
| Ia boats. Boats were also "a Va,
people from their A,od. a d..ui.' :" t' 't'
HpotIopg near IN. r,v., "s' III 'ne
Three spuns of IN. lam R,i1.. -
t. st.oycd, nnd t,legrn,,hi, na'th,' "e''
tiau With the s nth sAs hldln ;ntnu, /,
VITA. The losses in yss.sis "a '' .'',i'''
property are variouaiv es,ima,.S N'.,
SjG 900 to 500 cOOo, the dn,n Nv
property and ,nercLandis. in H. "
I SIOii 900 and luss.s II, c. 80 wy ~
e75 QUO Au inma,,aa core ~ = - 800 y
extending from ahovs ,ha "a, 20, u'1neu,
several mics below and Tho - ~ pol"'
lhle ice will il = f.s,aJ "oN in''iioVe'
havoc to pbnrvcs ard 80. "9Ih worse
aro,her Aaoa "'' 'eSSeis IN Case OF