New-York tribune., 1885-01-18


the extent of So 900. At other points the wind did
great damage and along the river in the lower part
of the country some of the people, fearful that the
wind and high water would break the banks, nave
moved to places of safety.
READING, JAM Hone of the large iron stacks
of the BlandOn Rolling Mill was blown down to-
day, crushing portion of the works. Several OF
the workmen were injured, but noue seriously.
FALLING TEMPERATURE IN THE WEST.
TRAINS DELAYED-TELEGRAPu WIRES DowN-SUF-
FERINGs OF STOCK.
CHICAG Jan. 17-After showing almost con-
tinually for twenty -four hours the storm appears
to have generally abated throughout the West and
Northwest About midnight to be succeeded by
rapid drop in the temperature. The storm has been
unusually severe in its effects upon the tele-
graph service. Communication with New-YOrk
was entirely cut off about o'clock
this morning. The chief difficulty appears to be
east of Crestne, Ohio, and Buffalo. n. Y. The
weather at all points is reported clear and cold.
The thermometer at Fargo marks 240 below zero :
jamestown, Dakota, 800 below; st. Paul, 80 be-
low Des NlOines 80 below; Omaha, 14o below;
st. Louis, at zero; Chicago, 70 above. aud CIncn-
natl, 100 above. Throughout Iowa the railroads
are reported operating with great difficulty, and
freight traffic has been almost entirely suspended
for the time beng.
The disagreeable features of the snow blockade
were intensified this morning by cold wave
Hansoms and Gurneys in active demand
by people going to their places OF business
and the telephone offices were kept busy transmit-
ting orders for these vehicles. The Wabash Avenue
and State Street Cable car tracks were not entirely
cleared of snow until $50 this morning. but after
that time the progress of the grip" street cars was
unimpeied All of the street railway SNOW ploughs
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and large gangs of men, employed by the Street
Department engaged in clearing the crossings.
Suburban trains were long delayed and Michigan
ave. ;was alive with cutters and sleghs of every
descrpt on. bearing business men to their Offices
The receiving clerks of the general Office OF the
Western Union were supplied with the following
instructions at o'clock this morning: Accept
business subject to delay for all points East except
the States of Indiana, Michigan and Western Ohio.
This includes New-York, New-England, and the
Atlantic States Tho wires are broken by sleet.'
The Grand Trunk through passenger train due in
Chicago at 73O last night stalled in aihuge
snowdrlft at Thornton Junction, eight miles east OF
Blue Island. for over twelve hours large gang OF
men were employed during the night IN shovelllng
the snow, aud it required six engines to start the
train this morning.
Trains last night ranged from one to nine hours
behind time. The fast mails were generally two to
three hours late. The situation is worse southeast
and east passenger train coming west on the
Chicago, Lafayette and Cincinnati Road was,
when last heard Of locked in drifts near ST. Anne,
III. Another passenger train on the Louisville and
New-Abany Road due here this evening Is caught
m a snow-bank few miles from this city, and the
people on board will probably stay in the coaches
ali night.
At Miles City Montana the thermometer
reached so below zero. Some small losses of sheep
are rcpor ed but the few boys who come III
to-day say that the condition of the cattle Is
fully as good a. II at this time last year.
The storm IN the neighborhood of Caldwell, Kan.
was severe on range stock, but the weather has
moderated aud the storm is over. AT Kansas CITY
the mercury this morning registered IA below
zero The weather was clear. Trains were delayed
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