New-York tribune., 1885-02-11

tn6 angry waters fece0eQ. Mauy VI tHc pcoPo
were almost crazed by fear aud their terrible suf-
ferinGs. 1t was almost miracle thae no lives
were lost.
STOPPING WESTERN RAILWAY TRAVEL
THE BLOCKADE IN CHICAGo-MAIs BEHIND TINE
INTENSE COLD.
CHICAGO, Feb 10.-The mercury began falling
rapidly after midnight, and reports from all West
ern points indicate clear and cold weather. In this
city at o'clock the temperature was 14o below
zero Omaha, II below; Kansas City, 14o below;
st. Paul, 23o below Dubuque, 2Go below; KeOkuk,
100 below; Fargo, 800 below. and Winnipeg, 800
below.
The worst effects of the storm appear to be SOUTH
east Of Chicago. Trains between here, Louisville
and Cincinnati are completely blocked. Morning
passenger trains east have been abandoned, except
by one line. All incoming trains from the west
are from sixtO eighteen hours late. Freight bus-
ness on all the roads is practically suspended.
Owing to the storm trains laden with live stock
are delayed on nearye all the roads, and there is
more or less confusion in the yards. On the ST.
Paul road thrty-three cars loaded with hogs,
sheep and cattle were blocked up from Sunday
noon till last night. though force of 100 men and
fifteen locomotives were working and trying all
day yesterday to extricate the train On the Bur-
lunton road 25 cars of stock SHOWED in" about
forty miles from the city. At Chenoa Junction.
on the Burlington road, passenger and freight cars
were delayed and nine engines worked trying to
dslodge seven cars of stock buried in a huge snow
drift On the Rock Island 1O3 cars were block
AIDED near the yard.
Many minor accidents occurred in this vicinity
last night. The 8 o'clock Milwaukee express on
the Northwestern road, pulled by two engines, ran
into the Kenosha tram at Indiana-st. and both
engines were badly smashed but nobody
was injured The road was blocked
for some time. The North
western train which left Chicago at 11:3O in
the foronOOn pulled by two engines ran into the
rear end of the Lake Forest tram at Highland
Park. The fireman on the Lake Forest train was
thrown off the tender and his shoulder dislocated.
were slightly injured. The passenger coach and
three engines were badly damaged. he Waukesha
train, which was due in Chicago at 4:3O Yesterday
afternoon. stuck fast at Evanstown, and, after an
hours work, was helped out by the milwaukee,
train. The two came on to Chicago together,
pulled by three engines. At Chicago-aye. they ran
into an engine standing on the track The four
engines were damaged. and the trains stuck fast
under the viaduct. The passengers remained IN
the cars and at late hour had little prospect OF
JACKSON. Mich, Feb. 1O.-The fall of snow
stopped this morning. There is about three feet on
level. The trains are all late and no mails ar ar
10 growing collier with sharp wind, and the ROADS
in the country fearful to traverse The chicago
and Alton has nearly trans az s1o"ed m
K,NKAKRr ILL.,, Feb. 1O.-The Illinois Central
has passenger trains showed in as follows: One at
Rantoul: one at Dauforth; four between M9nee
and Peotone two between Blooming on aud Kan
kakee and one on the Illinois Central branch near
Buckingham.
tensely cold in this section, with northwestern
blIzzard-the worst experienced for years. The
thermometer showed % degrees below zero thls
morning and the mercury now stands at lO degrees
below No mails have been received for the past
twenty -four hours The snow is packed IN the cuts
like sand.
caIly isolated this morning. The Michigan Gen.
trail trains were stalled" last night at Battle
harts, the Grand Rapids and Indiana at s,urgis,
and the Michigan ard Ohio at Marshall and Mon
teith Tho drift blockadcs are the worst OF the
season. r 90 =. ,,,
|. MAgsHALLrowS, Iowa, Feb. 10 AT o'clock
this morning the Thermometer recorded 2So below
zero and at noon 1s9 below. The Northwestern
main line east of here it is expected will be open
Tonight Everythin has been abandoned and no
work Is being done on the Central Iowa or dlago-
nal roads.
DAMAGE TO BRIDGES AND VESSELS.
PoRr d P0sIr. Nd, Feb 1O.-The immense body
of ice gorged opposite Port Deposit moved down
short distance to-day and gorged against the piers
of tho new bridge of the Baltimore and ONO KALI
road and remains intact. as also the gorges
at Columbia and McCalps Ferry. The water is
u DN''
Railroad bridge over the Brandywne was washed
avay last night Ice twelve inches thick moved of
the dam of the Mccullough Iron Company at Row
landyille last night. Nathan Smoker, travelling
salesman of Philadelphia, who attempted to ford
Octoraro Creek at RowandvIlle, this morning, mar
rowly escaped with his life, losing samples robe.
etc. The inevitable disaster appears to be only de-
ferred.
STOCKTON. Me-, Feb 1O,-The schooner G. c.
Crowell, owned by +. p. Gordon, of Bucksport,
loaded with grain for WinterpOrt and Bucksport,
WAS driven ashore at Fort Point by the ice this
morning and badly damaged
PROVIDENCE. X. l., Feb. 1O.-The tug Helen NJ
Rowley from Savannah for Fall River. went ashore
on Casey's Beach, Narragansett, last night and
there remains
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 10.-The Brandywine
becan to rise last night and early this morning IT
swept away the false work and unfinished central
IRON span of the new Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
bridge causing a loss of about $40, OOO The water
ia very high and more damage is threatened. The
PbiIadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
bridges over the Chrstiana River have also been IN
danger but trains are still running. Houses and
mills along the Brandywine have been Hooded aud
the water is higher than for many years.
RAIN AND GALES IN THE EAST.
Do,rox Eah ~ (Snecj1D While the West