Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-10
VLGGINS.
The Canadian Weather Prophets Little
Breeze the Topic OF the Hour.
HEAVY STORM IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Freight Trains West Of Fargo Tempo
rarily Withdrawn.
WIGGINS' GREAT PERTURBATION.
He Says the BOreal Display viii Come
Off Before Tuesday Next.
AND Is ALEEADy IN PROGRESS.
Precautions Against Disaster Being
Taken All Over the Country.
Freight Trains West Of Fargo Tempo
rarily Withdrawn.
GREAT PERTURBATION.
He Says the BOreal Display viii Come
Off Before Tuesday Next.
AND Is ALGEADy IN PROGRESS.
Precautions Against Disaster Being
Taken Al Over the Country.
w1eG1xs ON THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.

part of Prof. Wiggins' storm struck
over onto the Hastings & Dakota road yes
terday. The manager of that road has
been at work for some time clearing the
cuts along that line and had just got the
job completed when Virgins strHck them
yesterday and blocked it all up again
worse than ever clear out to Milbank and
beyond.
All along the Dakota division of the
Northern Pacific road a storm of wind and
snow was raging yesterday with great VIC
lence and blocking up the road all along.
All freight trains were suspended. Pas
senger trains alone were running. The
dispatches from all along the line showed
that one could not SEQ his hand before his
face in many places owing to the snow.
At Fargo and west of there it was as much
as mans life was worth to go out OF
doors. The railroad men regard this as
by all odds the worst storm of the season.
AT GRAFTON, D. T.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
GRAFTON, D. T., March 9.-Ths strength
Of the storm struck this point about q.
M. The wind is blowing a regular gale,
and all business is suspended, though the
train south left on time.
AT DETROIT, MINI.
Special Telegram to the Globe
DETROIT, Mimi, March 9.-Prof. Wig
gins storm bega to make itself evident
at - noon to-day. At 6p. m. it is the
worst storm of the winter. Thermometer
22o above zero.
AT FARGO.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
FARGO, D. T., March 9.-Reports of
damage to Fargo by the Virgins breeze
are entirely unfounded. A high wind pre-
vailed this forenoon, bat did not the slight
est injury. Now all is quiet ana serene.
wIGGINs ON THE SITUATION.
OTTAWA, March 9.--Great interest is
taken in Wiggins' storms. The weather
to-day is springlike and the question is
asked, ''Where is the storm ?" In an inter
view to-day Wiggins said there seemed to
be a general misunderstanding as to the
time that the great storm will begin. ''This,' -
he added, sis no fault of mine, for in my al
manac this year l say, under March, that it
will be first felt in the Northern Pacific on
the 10th, and will strike this continent from
the southwest on the afternoon of Saturday
the 10th. 1t will cross the continent from
east to west, south of the parallel of forty
five degrees to morrow afternoon, and be-
ing DETECTED by the Rocky mountains, will
pass down the great Canadian lakes to-
ward the east on Sunday morning. The
grsat tidal wave must have already oe-
Cured on the Bay of Bengal and tre
mendous storm must now be raging over
India. If the theory of the opposite tide
be true, though have always
disputed it, then the tidal waves
must occur in the Gulf of Mexico to-day.
am glad to know that the Gloucester
fishermen were wise enough to keep on
shore, as they must all have perished had
they been on the banks of Newfoundland
yesterday morning. 1 suppose there is
not storm signal displayed on all the
North American coast at this moment,
though there will be upon US in few
hours one of the greatest storms that has
occurred in the memory of any one now
living.
During the last six months have done
everything in my power to prevent loss at
sea by keeping shipping in safe harbors
from the 5th until the 18th of March
Whether will get credit or not, felt I
had at all events done my duty to myself
and the public.
The weather to-day must be mild over the
western hemisphere, for the pressure is all
upon the opposite side of the earth, but
will be transferred to US tomorrow. Re-
member the storm does not begin until the
18th in this meridian, and it will be some
hours before its full force will be expert
enced, and it will probably last several
days.
This is what I said in:4my letter first
published on the subject, and 1 adhere to
it in every particular. No respectable as
tronomer has risked his reputation by
saving the storm will not come, and scisn.
tific men generally throughout the world il
we accept meterorologists, who arc inter
ested parties, have either endorsed tht
storm or remained silent. see the mete
geological bureau at Toronto indicates
mild weather in the maritime province to-
morrow. We shall see.
POOR wIGGINs.
OTTAWA, March 9.-"Uneasy 8. lies th'
head that dips into the future" said Wig
gins to friend to-day. The force of th'
remark will be observed when it is knowI
that the weather prophet has been so sorely
troubled in mind that he has been unable
to sleep for the past few nights, and to ado
to his discontinue, threatening letters are
said to have poured in from all sides. He
is heartily sick of the business, and
longs for Tuesday next, so that
his mind may be relieved. 1t is stated
that a large crowd of excited women
called upon the professor this morning
and asked where they could find place OF
safety during the progress of the storm
He quieted them by saying that Ottawa
would only experience the tail end of the