The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-18
THE STORM KING.
HE HAS HIS GRIP on TIE COUNTRY
IN GENERAL.
Heavy Winds and High Tides work de-
structIon on The Atlantic CGast-8ncw
ParaIyzas the Locomotive
East and West.

New YORK, Feb 1s-A special from
Newport. r. J., says: The storm ii this
vicinity Tuesday morning was unusually Sc
yere and there has been nothing like 1t
here since the famous September gale.
Trees, fence ami chimneys were blown
down. The high tiles swept the wharves
and washed off lumber, the barber Icing
strewn with it, ans entered tho eel
lars through the town. The steamer
City of New York, plying between here AMI
Providence, broke her ru idGr, anu was do'
tanned at Providence all night, The high
wind blew the water out of wexford
harbOr, and detaine! the steamer Eolus,
connecting with the Shore line train at that
place, several hours. The Fort Adams ter
pado station and training station launches
were prevented from running. The railroad
tracks were flooded, delaying the trains.
The boat Of the Fan River line, singular as
it may SEEM came from New FORK all right
and was almost on time. She proceeded to
Fall River, which viii be the terminus here
after, as TIE ice embargo has been removed
in Mount Hope bay. 4 grand sight was
witnessed at the beach Monday morning.
Seventy-iive teet OF the handsome sea wall
is washed away, End the sea broke over
into the road AMI pond just north Of the
beach The ocean is sill! flashing the beach
with relentless fury, AMI many sjght-seeIs
on The cliffs witnessed tine spectacle
CMCAGo, Feb iS-'Iha embargo on rail-
road travel III this region, caused by sun
days storm, is very serious In the llu-
buque section it is reported as the worst in
eighteen years, AMI from various points
= rt-Ef IDEa
and Of others imtaddeI i'll mountainous
drifts For leo miles around Dickinson,
| D.. T.. fierce snuWstorm ragged
with tie temper tture at zero, masking all
| Northern Pacific trains several hours late.
Snow and rain fell in renuSs iyania. Snow
| fell at Wiikcabarra reaching thirteen inches.
Six inches OF saow, followed 10y torrents of
rain, fell in tue Port Jegyi5 N. "
| district Report, from Gil oye? tie country
are to the same effect, and the railway uCsl-
| ness is well nigh paralyze1. Another snow
| set in Tuesday evening ia this city, which
! the signal service officers say ls general
throughout the west
| MONTREAL, Feb lS-The heaviest snow
storm for years has been raging here since
| Sunday evening. Traffic On the railways is
at a standstill No trains arrived Tuesday
! from any point, and it is impossible 10 say
when the lines Will lie opened for traffic, Ow-
| ing to the immense quantity OF snow now
| drifted on the rail.
LANCASTER. Ia, Feb lS-Owiny to the
damage threat ring The Penn-y iyHnja rail-
road bridge at Columbia. Ia the event Of the
ice breaking in the Sus IUeaauna river the
railroad official, decided t. blast the ice
from the inlnaj.ate vicinity of the bridges.
| 1t was then discovered that the river i'll
many places is frozen to the bottom, thus
rendering the plsn impracticable. Great
| damage 10 property along the river Is appre-
hended when the ice moves of
Troy, n. Y, Feb 1S-The storm has en-
tailed grea: delay 80 traffic in TINS section.
OF the six lines Of horse cars cut Of this
city, none nre ruuuia& except that between
| Troy and Albany TRAINS are showed il on
all the roads coming into Troy except the
Hudson River The gale has blown over
barns. fences ami trees. All the western
trains due here Moudsy night and Tuesday
| we're still buuCLe3 al Schenectady n I2.j,
p. NJ.
Ro2E, n y, Fsh iS-Ovar foot Of
snow fell Monday night, drifting and block
aiding ali railroads. On the Central The pas
scuger tracks were cleared between
Utica and Syracusa by 10 o'cloci a. IN
but all trains are stin many hours late
North ana south roads are blocked Tn.
Utica * Black River road is snow bound
The temparqtUre Is bslow zero aQi the wini
continues strong,
AUBURN, y. y. Feb. lS-TEe snowfall
has been the heaviest single storm for years
All trains north aud south are tlockadei
AMI some have heen abandoned. The snow
plows are ct wors. ami it Is thought that th
roads viii he clear shortly.
QUE3yr. Feb iS-Ihe ti.zmri which So
in from tGs east Sunday night continue
with unabate} fury till day iig3t Tuassla.
inornin-. 0hel tie wi.,i moderated! an.
now aiI the raiirua i are blocked