The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-23
rHE ELscrRIc STORM
To-Day Is the worst Known In Years
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and Very General IN Extent
/ NEW York, Nov. Photographic
communication has been generally in
terrupied 10 day by exceptionally severe
electric storms. Experienced telegraph,
ers say it is the worst of the kind fol
wears. The storm extends through
out the United States and the eastern
| Provinces of Canada. The cables are
hours behind with the ocean messages
| II is showing al Buffalo, Albany aud
| Boston, aud alreads the snow is several
inches deep.
The quadruplex had 10 be abandoned
for a time and metallic circuit vas
| found TO work without the disturbance
| of current reversais-
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE officials of
the Western Union telegraph company
here, say the electrical disturbances in
this country to-day, are the most pro-
nounced and wide spread that have
been experienced for years. if indeed
they have been paralleled in SOME re.
spects at any time.
An electric storm of the greatest
violence is raging in all the territory
from New York to points beyond Oma-
ha, and from Kansas City north TO the
terminus, practically putting stop 10
telegraph services over the entire area.
1t frat began to be felt about four O'Clock
this morning and increased in intensity
TIL 9:2j when communication from ev-
cry direction was cut off.
THIS ELECTRIC aToRM
seemed to go liz in successive negative
and positive waves. alternately neutral
izing the currents on the wires or in
creasing their intensity to such degree
aS hlEn aVnrUf binD A
switch board here has been ON
fire dozen times during the
forenoon and half dozen
keys of the instrument have been melted
by THO current which continued TO pass
through q screw turned up aud the
points parted to the farthest limit. The
duplex and quadruplex instrument was
rendered entirely useless, aud at noon
But SINGLE WIRE,
out of fifteen between this city and New |
York was in operation, and it frequently |
interrupted. Word has been receiv'G from |
Milwaukee that atmospheric electricity |
had such dynamic power as to suffice |
for keeping an electric lamp burning.
All business at the Office here today |
is accepted only subject to delays. |
Even the associated press report is IN
avoidablY delayed, and up to O'Clock
this afternoon less than 800 words have
been transmitted.
AT CINCINNATI
The electric storm began TO be observed |
here on eastern wires at O'Clock this
morning. Its effect gradually inereas-
ed until 1890. This place was COM
pletely surrounded. The storm reached
southeast as far as Augusta, Kentucky.
The wires were worked here TO Column
bus and st. Louis without battery at
this end. The wires were very heavily
flame appearing when con-
tact was broken.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
A peculiar electrical disturbance in
with the working of the tel
egraph wires was noticed here this
1t commenced about O'Clock
and has continued up 10 noon. The
presented here was such as
10 charge the telegraph wires when the
were removed and attimes pre-
senting change of polarity in brief
periods.
AT CLEVELAND.
Magnetic storms of remarkable force
and unparalleled duration have prevailed
here since four O'Clock this morning,
Frustrating telegraph communication
until noon, when it began to abate. AT
the wires were worked without
a battery and with ground connection.
One line was worked with metallic
circuit by making loop with two wires.
District call wires and short lines were
not much affected, and telephones seem
ed to be improved. An extraordinary
feature is that the weather is rainy and
murky, whereas electric storms gener-
ally occur when the atmosphere is clear