Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-11
SNOW, BOUND.
The Northwest Buried Under Noun
tains Of Snow Traffic Almost
at a standstili.
Many Stock Trains are Showed Under
and the Hopes Of the Shipper
Fall with the Mercury.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. i0.-Chicsgo
seems to be the center Of 3 snow ares,
and for the distance of about sixty
miles ia every direction IL has fallen
TO great depth and Is drifting bsuly.
Most Of II was very moist when IL fell.
which makes it very heavy and
As hRrd 10 handle almost rs
sand, having since been frozen
marc ana ground almost to powder py
ollitlng. la cons, q1encs OF this ANA
OF the extremely low temperAture
which prevailed all day, most of the
RAILROADS are in worse conui ion than
they were yesterday. 1t Is next 10
impossible for the men 10 work. and
about Rs difficult TO steam 40
the engines. From every direr-
ton tpOrts come OF eupiues
"oead" aud side-tl acked The Chit
cage u Alton road rent out no trains
today, nor did any come in. Tue track
Ia blocked az BrAueVill5 by "A train IN
he snow which left here YESTERDAY.
The Baltimore Il Ohio has run no
trains since Sunday. Il has three
trains blOckaded near SJuth chi.
cago. The Niuktl.PlAts sent out
Que train to-day. The Louisville
New Albany d Chicago ia completely
bluckadtd. The Illtnuia Central mas
hall u dozen trains IN the snow, and it
Is impossible TO get trains past them
Inc haukakee line is blUcKAded be-
tween hankAkee and ST. Anue. The
fanhAudle road had no trains either
In or out TO day. The Northwestern
ROAD sent out no through trains,
ana It's consolidated suburban
trains are blOckgded ut the city hmits
Its trein from Milwaukee il in the
snow at RsvenwOOd, few miles out
The Dsnville route has not turned b
wheel. Though the trains arrive q
nom two 20 eight houra late over the
PennsylvaDiA road, its trains went
out as usual tonight The Chi.
cago division OF the Rock Island is
IN fair working Order Tue W. b lsh has
been out NJ business tince yes trday
The Michigan Central had one train
IN late to-day and sent it's usual train
out this aft rnoon. The ChicsRO IL
Atlantic Is blocked The Lake Shore
seems TO have suffered less than the
Others. Its trains are running nearly
on time. the suburuAn trains In every
direction are moving slowly but many
persons fear To rick the Night In the
cars and remain In the cit
The cattle at the stock.yards are
suffering intensely from cold, the sheds
being unprotected by zoos Many
stock trains are SNOW ed la on various
roads, and IA the mercury goes down
the hopes OF shippers aud c0nsisnors
20 down corFespOndinRly. The deal
A. No NIL a b Iau
released moot Of the cooped up stock
not now be estimated,
Twelve car-loads Of cattle were
brought to the yards TO day by eight
were started out with trains
Liverpool markets, but sfer going a
short distance II was found impossible
TO make any head way. They were
returned to the yards. The railroad
men report snOwbAnks fifteen 10
eighteen feet IN height along the
Southwestern roads ThlTty.four cars
OF stock on the Milwaukee a ST. Paul
came in with tWenty.one engines
Thirteen carloads of sheep, few miles
out on the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy, we're found frszeR 10 death.
AT FlftY.niuth street this afternoon
the Fort Wayne express was ran into
head and head by switch engine 60
ing to the relief OF hesubutbau trains
The trRinmen saved themselves by
jumping. The passengers were bad y
shaken up. Both engines were
wrecked.
On the Grand Trunk four engines
spent forty hours clearing TWO miles
Of track and two OF them were ditched.
The weather hes been very cold all
day. AT 8 O'Clock this morning
it WAS showing and the Their
mometer marked l6o below, and
1t remained unchanged till now. At
3p M, it was l4o below, the highest
point OF the day. AT u. IN. II marked
l5s below, az p. NJ. 20' below and at
1880 p. m. 70 below.