St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-19
STORM NOTES.
Reports Show that the Storm Of Fri
day Night Vas General.
Heavy Wind Storms in New York, Doing
Much Damage to Property.
ILLINOIS,.


throughout the west aud northwest abou
midnight to be succeeded by rapid drop il
the temperature. Trains arc delayed il
every direction, and a number are reporte
showed in, and in the absence Of telegraph
communication the exact situation has no
yet been disclosed. The storm has been un
usually severe in its effect upon the tele
graphic service. Communication with NeI
York was entirely shut off about this morn
ing and had not been resumed up to II
this morning. The chief difficulty appeare,
to be east of Crestline, Ohio, and Buffalo
N. Y. The weather at all points is reported
clear aud cold. Fargo, "a ? below zero
jamestown, D. t., zoe below; Des Moines
15o below; Omaha, IA below; st. Louis
zero; Chicago, 70 above; Cincin natl
100 above. Throughout low
the railroads are reported as operating wit
great difficulty, and freight traffic has BEEF
almost entirely suspended for the time being
PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 1.-THE cold wave ha
what threatened to be disastrous flood. TIL
waters rose steadily all night, and at day
break the Pittsburg g. Western railway tracks
exposition park and large portion of tn
low lands in Allegheny City were inundated
Many persons, remembering the great fooC
of a year ago, moved their goods t.
place of safety, while others liv
ing on the river avenue remained
up all night, fearing to 60 to bed. At moor
both rivers were on a stand, with abou
twenty feet of water on the marks. At mid
night terrific storm struck this section, ant
for several hours the wind blew at the rate o
thirtytwo miles an hour, doing widespread
damage. Telegraph wires are down in al
directions and trains are behind time. Con
siderable damage was also done to DWELLING
and manufacturing houses. Numerous
roofs, shutters, chimneys and smoke stack
were blown down in all parts of the city. n
East Liverpool, o. Thompson & Co. pottery
was wrecked entirely. Loss So, 900, and The
opera house was partly unroofed. At Steu
bensville property was damaged to the ex-
tent of $4,000.
MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. II. The storm
ragged all night, and it only stopped showing
at daylight. 1t is still blowing hard and thu
snow is drifting badly. Trains from all di
rections are delayed from two to eight hours
the majority being from two to six hour
late. Telegraph communication is cut of
from New York and a few other points. Th,
signal service Office reports the lowest TEN.
perature here as six above, but the cutting
wind makes the cold more severely felt. The
street cars are delayed and all city business
is behind. tt5.
WEST VIRGINIA.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 1I.-This cit,
was visited last night by very heavy wine
stosm. A number of business houses were
unroofed, trees uprooted and several small
factories damaged The loss is extensive
but cannot ascertain the amount Of damage
The telephone company sustained severe
damages.
MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE weather cleared
about midnight last night, and became cold
the mercury sinking to zero and below. To
day is bright, with low temperature and NJ
wind to speak Of. Travel is rapidly being re
sumed. All street cars are running again
and the railroads are getting into good shape
There will probably be no further trouble.
IOWA.
Sioux CITY, Iowa. Jan. l7.-The weather to
day Is cold, but no snow is falling No through
trains are yet in on the Illinois Central. Th'
Sioux City & Pacific is on time, but made no con
nection with the Northwestern at Missouri Valley
The latter train is reported three and hal
hours late. The st. Paut was on time. The
late storm was not bad in this immediate vlcin
ity. but southeast and east it reported the wors
of the season. The wreck on the Illinois Cen
trail, near Storm Lake, was cleared to-day. The
persons injured by the wreck are all improv
ing So far as learned. dispatch regarding tho
condition OF j. VI. b. Floyd states that he is moi
dangerously injured.
KEoKUK, Ia, Jan. 17.-The storm abated II
the night and the thermometer fell to eight be
low zero. Trains are still belated but all road
except the Wabash are clear OF snow. The Wa
bash will be all right by tomorrow. The FranR
Mayo company en- route TO Charlottesville, Ind .
Is laid out here, and may miss an engagement al
Cincinnati Sunday night.
NEW YORK.
BUFFALO, Y. Y, Jan. 17.-Tbs morning
about o'clock the wind attained velocity OIL
fifty miles an hour, and at O'Clock was blowing
seventy one miles and for about n half hour il
blew at the rate Of seventy-two miles. House,
rocked, numerous signs were blown down ant
some few trees uprooted. At Eas
Buffalo a newspaper reporter was blown bodily
across the street. sustaining a few bruises and a
large load OF hay was blown over and scattered
for hundred feet in the road. The thermom-
eter has fallen from twenty five to six degrees
above zero.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Dispatches
from various points report a Sc
we're wind storm from the west last night
and to-day. Barns had been unroofed, houses
badly shaken, trees uprooted, and telegraph and
telephone wires also badly damaged The snow
was accompanied by wind In the northwestern
portion Of Ontario, and trains on branch lines
are badly detained, and in some cases abandoned.
MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 17.-Thls city was visited by
heavy wind storm to-day, and considerable
damage was done. A number OF plate glass
windows were broken. In South Baltimore roofs
were blown from six houses. Ia the northern
portion OF the city twelve houses were badly
damaged. In West Baltimore the gable wall was
blown from q house.
MONTANA.
Special Telegram to the Globe
MrLEs TY. Mont. Jan. 17.--There was a
light snow at intervals during to-day, about an
inch altogether. The thermometer averaged 4
below to-day and IL below at D. IN