The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-23


!. communication, which n IL impossible
y maintain mare than lew seconds nnlufel
y rnptedlyi Tho storm IL said 10 be- M
neroest known In q long time. Experience,
photographers say u IN the worst storm II
: many years. The feg wires that arc work
r inG nro continually liable 10 disturbance
e nnd 10 IL almost impossible 10 send or 70
= ceiYo n long message continuously. Tho
storm extends throughout the United
states aud the eastern provinces Of Canada,
ana 10 principally severe IN It's effect on
cnble transmlssions. The Atlantic cables
are oil working very slowly this morning,
caused by an q ectric storm. Consequently
European markets are delayed.
WORK or THE STORM.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE electrical
storm of to-day seems to have extended ali
over the United states and Europe. No
reports have been received beyond the con-
tinent of Europe. Communication between
| London and this continent was much de-
lsyed and at times wholly interrupted.
Around New York it ceased between 8 and
o'clock p. M, but has again
been felt at night: 1t WAS felt as
OF Omaha. At Chicago at times to-day
commu nication was wholly suspended. The
switch bosrd in the Western Union tele-
graph Office there was set on fire several
times, and much damage was done TO the
telegraph apparatus. From Milwaukee
comes the report that the voluntary cleo
trio current was enough at one time to light |
up the electric lamps
REACHING DOWN IN DIXIE.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.-THE electric storm
began to be observed here on the western
wires at 8 a. m. It's effect gradually in
creased until at 1920 this place was com.
pletely surrounded. The storm reached
southeast as Tar as Augusta, Kentucky;
wires worked here to Columbus and ST.
Louis without battery. At this end the
wires were heavily charged. A flame .ap-
peared when contact was broken.
SERIOUSLY INCoMMoDING THB SERVICE.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE officials of the
Western Union Telegraph company here
say the electrical disturbances in the coun-
try lately are the most pronounced and
y ide-xpread experienced fer years, if, in
deed, they have been paralleled in some re
spects, at any time. An electric storm of
great violence is raging in all the territory {
from New ork to point beyond Omaha /
and from Kansas City north to the tele.
graph terminus, practically puttinga sop
10 the telegraph service over the entire
lbout 4 o'clock in the morning,
md increased in Intensity till 9:45 p. M, f
when communication from every direction I
Sas cut off. This electric storm seemed TO I,
20 in succession Of negative and positive y
waves, alternately, neutralizing the smount |
IN the waves or increasing their intensity
such degree as to burn everything up. I
The switch board here has been on fire a :
io2en times during the forenoon and half a II
lozen keys of the instrument have been
melted by the current which continued to II
)ass through the screw turned up, and the +
points parted to the farthest limit The
lupleX and auadrupleX wires are rendered
entirely useless, and at noon but a single G
wire ont of fifteen between this city and }
New York are in operation, and that is fire. =
luent!y interrupted. Word received from o
Milwaukee says the atmosphere OF cleo g
riCity coming in over one OF its wires from u
ng in over one of its wires from the coun. r
ry had such power as to suffice for keep ?
ng the electricity burning. All business 4
It the office here is accepted subject to de- G.
ay. Even the Associated Press report is v
delayed, and up to l o'clock u
his afternoon less than 500 words had been IT
At NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Nov. 1.-THE cleo
ric storm at noon to-day almost suspended Ut
perations in the Western Union office. y,
Vt intervals the wires were worked solely Y
" the aurora current. The needle in the tC
oscillated in most eccentric n
manner, varying as much so degrees, EX- A
'erienced operators say it is the most re- N
narkable electric storm for many years. al
OBSERVATIONS AT DIFFERENT POINTS. d
New York, Nov. 19 The great electric 81
torn OF yesterday extended from Boston n
s far west IN Ogden, Utah, and this morn t,
ne its Influence in still felt in certain locai- 81
les so that telegraph communication is CT
interrupted: A great number d
f experiments wee tried by telegraphers e!
uring the prevalence of the storm, to work
he wires and dispose of the great accumu-
alton of business, but with little success,
ntil it was discovered that by taking two
tires from the ground between any two r
iven points and joining their ends, q cir IT
ut was formed that could be operated. In lie
his way eight wires between Buffalo and IL
hicago were made to do the SER cl
Ice OF four. Electricians seem 50
D agree that the disturbances T
'ere unlike any heretofore expert FIR
need, as it appeared to be acting upon the W
'ires in strong waves, causing constant Of
hanging Of the polar currents. At Dem al
er the storm seriously impeded business a
| the Western Union telegraph office. AT
olympia, Washington territory, magnifi-
ent aurora was witnessed in the north and
asst. At San Francisco brilliant aurora II
as seen from the northern part of the ST
ate, and so far south as San Diego. The
dest residents of the latter place don't re-
lember previously any similar display.
t Denver, Colorado, the auroral display
the northern heavens last night was
lie most brilliant and dazzling char, ct ,r 70