Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-08
SHOWED UNDER.
The Northwest Almost Entirely Cut
or From the Outside uerid.
An Average Depth Of Five Feet Of the
Beautiful Snow Nearly all Over North.
ern Michigan, Southern Min.
nesota and Iowa.
THE. COOLEST WINTER EVER KNOWN.

MILWAUKEE, February The snow
storm and blizzard that has prevailed for
three or four days past has been the most
disastrous ever experienced in the North.
west. There was . greater fall OF snow
during the terrible times Of 1891, but the
storm in its disastrous effects Was not near
90. serious as the present For three
days the Northwest has been almost
entirely cut of from the outside world.
Telegraph wires have all been down
and railroad communication cut OIL. The
great snowfall, averaging all the way 70
fve feet In depth, extended over the great
er part OF Wisconsin, Northern Michigan,
Dakota, Southern Minnesota and Iowa.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad, extend.
ing from this city 10 Lake Superior, was
com pietely blocked for four dayS Trains
are getting along slowly over . portion OF
the road Tor the first time to-day. The
Milwaukee and Northern and the Lake
Shore have been showed under since the
storm began. With great difficulty trains
over the St. Paul have worked their way
visions of the Northwestern have been
kept open only by very hard work. The
81 Psuls far western division, west OF the
Mississippi, is almost wholly blockaded.
and there is no telling when trains will
operate on schedule ume-not for weeks
at the earliest. Large gangs Of men, thoa.
sands in q gang, are
workisg Day and Night,
but the job is necessarily slow and very
tedious one. Winter before last the ~.
Paul road expended nearly s., 0o0, 900 clear.
ing snow from the tracks, and from the
outlook the expense this year will be quite
ss great. The line between Milbank and
Aberdeen, in Dskota, has been closed TO
traffic since the middle OF October, and
there is no shew OF raising the snow EN-:
bargo before late in the spring, Fast OF
the Mississippi river all Chicago, Milwan.
kee and 81. Paul trains will be running
within twenty.four hours unless there Is
another snow storm.
Snow has been falling In the northern
part OF this State for . week, and In many
places has drifted to a depth OF l2 or ID
feet. In and about Milwautee the snow
fall has been very great, and siuce Satur.
day there has been almost complete sus.
pension Of business. Horse can could not
run, rs the streets were blocksded with
snow, and rything In commercial way
has been
At . Dead Htasdstili.
To-day there Is slight moderation In the
y, West st and md? ea.ips,, a.ii.t., will sdu'lly regain
The Winter thus far has been the coldest
ever known. The murcury at noon Monday
was l0' below zero. In the morninRtt was
from l5o 10 80 delow, according TO the ex.
posure Of the instrument. Last Saturday
Il ranged all the way FROM 80 10 40' below
zero In different parts Of the state. Such
weather was never before experienced. Ol
course, humanity In general has suffered
terribly, while the railway companies.have
been surrounded by many difficulties ari.-
ing from the lnte storm. The telegraph
companies have also experienced q great
deal Of inconvenience from the same
cause. Sunday morning nearly all the
principal lines west Of Chicago were either
down or in q condition which caused al
most complete
suspension or Busisess.
The lines used f5r the Associated Press dis.
patches were all down Sunday morning.
cutting oil the usual telcBraphic reports
for the morning papers OF the northwest
The wires operated by the railway compa'
nies were also down, or 50 badly crossed by
the wind as Ia shut OF all railway bust.
ness. The Wisconsin Central and Chicago.
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Companies were
greatly Inconvenience by the high wind,
which in n number OF instances leyelei
their telegraph wires 10 the ground. The
Western Union and Northwestern Offices
report the same trouble, principally In
Wisconsin and Illinois.
The trouble occurring Saturday and fat /.
urday night, cutting of communication
during Sunday, caused less Inconvenience
10 the business public thxn had the wind
storm prevailed during the early part Of
the week. The latest indications are tbs
another blizzard has sprung up In the IA
Northwest and IL coming this way. IL !
reaches this far south on the heels of the
last storm nll kinds Of business will DO 70.
tally blockAded.