New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-19
GALE FROM The SOUTHWEST.
BRINGING A COLD WAVE AND HEAVY SNOW.
VESSELS DAMAGED IN LAKE MICHIGAN-rRAINs

VESSELS DAMAGED IN LAKE MfCHIGAN-rRAINs
BLoCK.DED-sUNsHINE AFrrR THE STORM.
CHICAGO Nov 1s.-The western blizzard reached this
city last night, and early this morning the wind was
blowing at the rate of thirty miles an hour IL was
accompanied by heavy fall of snow 1t made to-day the
quietest Of the along the docks The only arrivals
were couple OF steam lumber carriers covered Win
Their cordage iced up and the fured sails
beed out with the weight Of the snow they had caught
From the lookout" the Life Saving Station II was
impossible to the north pier because OF the bnning
The struck the lake about midnight ana IN
creased In severity until 10 to-day, when II biew
gale with a velocity of from twenty five to thirty miles an
hour from the southwest.
rhe record Of marine disasters caused by the gale is an
appalling one Reports up to late hour tonight show
that following vessels foLndered Barge Emerald
near Kewannee five lives lost; Barge f. NJ Dickinson
Kewaunee, two unknown schoOners, one suppo'oo
be the Helen, near Port Sherman; an uhkho"h
schooner Hog Island Reef and barge star OF the
North East fate OF the crew uDknown Inc
vessels known TO been driven ashore arc: pargo
Wallace ami Consort Chocolay Beach east OF
Parquette, probably los'; several vrsseis AZ
Presque Ise unknown many lives lost; schooner
South Haven Port Sherman captain badly injured;
schooner Mary Benhem. Ontario; schooner ram
dnd.r near Two Rivers, cargo ana vessels total Loss;
schooner Cuyahoga and Two scows IN North baY'
schooner p S. Marsn, aud unknown schooner AT 81
Iepsce; an unki own south of Muskeg IN Iier
propeller City Of Ne~YOrk, near Cheboygan; schooner
Kolfage near Goneric, Ont, all broken propeller
Nasha on Grass Isand Green Bay; barge bisseli near
Kewaunee, leaking badly; schooner Golden Ago. oeiow
China Beach, propeller Belle Cross and Darges across
from China Beach; shooncr Florida on Marquette
Beach total loss barges Buckout McDoueall. Baker,
COLLEEN Harvest near East Tawas two unsno"n
schooners on OLD Mackinaw Reef. In majority OF
these cases the SAFE but the result In NUMBER
OF the others is at best uncertain.
In St. Paul the weather is moderatng Snow has ceased
falling and the wind has ceased blowing The therno
eter fifteen above this morning The total snow
fall was thirteen and oneha inches The peculiarly OF
the storm that from the southwest NOrtn OF
St Cloud west of Branard there has been little snow
and trains on the Manitoba and Northern Pacific have
not been delayed On roads southeast ana soutnwes.
tain due at 225 p. and the last mall due AT Zoo
d. m. were detained ten hours at Langdon by snow,
drifts The drift stopped the eastbonnd limited
which left here night All trains the eastern dvi-
sion Of the Omaha have been abandoned and also on us
Sioux City division officials of the various roads think
that trains will run all right tomorrow r,o
continued with increased severity To-Day
railroads the northern part OF the slate were
ThelChcago and Rock Island Passenger train No was
snowbound west OF Des Moines at midnight; Mmie tnS
the Fonda road ofthe wabash
system pushing through drift near Panorh Sestei
day three trackmen Mr. Farow and bis son and Joseph
his son died last evening Davis had both legs broken
and otherwise severely hurt The storm was so blind
Ing that the could not he seen by the engineer
last evening The wind blew during the night but not
hard The Sioux City and Pacific passenger train from
the South the first train to arrive, coming IN at
p All other roads will be opened as soon as plough
can the drifts. ~
No through trains from the West reached Kansas City
TODAY but all were expected TO arrive tonight Cattle
storm as ranchmen they say had generally prepared for
winter.