New-York tribune., 1886-01-09
WESTERN TRAVEL STOPPED.
IMpAssABLE DRIFTS IN ST. LOUIS.
MISSOURI PACIFIC TRAIN BLocK-HERoIsM OF
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ST, LOUIS, Jan. S.-A binding snow storm
led the cold last night and the result IL 'na'
tonight nearly all and railroad traho was
suspended The thermometer registers from ~ W ~
degrees below in the street level ana the sno"
drfted entirely obstruct travel In the street
traffic The wind blew fierce gale and the river is rap
idly freezing The weather reports received al
quarters Of the various railroads west Of the Mssspp
River discouraging. Between Atchison anu Ho''
scott In north and south lne not wheel turned 10
day Central Branch OF the Missouri RACINE the
outs are filed from eighteen to twenty feet Deep Inc
Council Bluffs train the Wabash is abandoned Inc
Wabash reports 24o below at Council Bluns
200 below at Stansbury 16o below at ST. Joseph ana
lao below at Kansas City. All OF the reports were
that there was high wind blowing and that
the snow drifed badly. No serious trouble hsd been
experienced from the snow. At the Missouri racine
Office the startling information received that the
Thermometers stood just three degrees above zero at
Palestine, Tex, something unheard OF IN years. Inc
eastern lines were delayed and many OF them were
snow bound.
A dispatch from Atchison, Kan. says: "The bliz-
card of last night OF the most violent on
record here The thermometer fell to 1So below zero
and is still that point. Great suffering exists
among poor and many applications have been maze
to city authorities for aid. The railroad managers
have large gangs of clearing tho tracks, but the
tanned at the expeuse of railroads"
The Missouri Pacific passenger train was blocked by
snow in the Downing Cut about eight miles north OF
Council Bluffs. Iowa. Conductor John A Brown ana
mail John Pullman started to walk BACK 10
Council Bluffs for assistance. In walking over bridge
Pullman slipped fell. breaking the bone OF his left
leg between the knee and ankle Conductor Brown
him the city. distance of several miles, Inc
wind blowing blizzard aud the Thermometer 23'
below The train was buried In snow DahK al
night and was taken back TO Council Bluffs to-day The
passengers we're comfortably cared for by the trainmen
IL has been showing in the neighborhood OF Cincinnati
since o'clock this afternoon and about four inehes was
the depth tonight with snow still falling Inc
temperature about 200 above this evening but
falling.
A cold wave struck Memphis about daylight this
morning. 1t has been showing since 10 o'clock last
night and bleak wind from the northwest adds to the
dIsagreeable condition Of affairs.
CHICAGO Jan s-The blizzard raging throughout
Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota and Minne-
sota is declared to be wider and fierce
in character than has been known before in years All
the western trains are behind time. Many have been
and abandoned and little can be learned con
cernng them, of the effects OF the Storm owing to the
blowing down Of telegraph poles and wires ana the
stoppage of telegra phc communications. The tempera
ture throughout stated to be 200 to 4O below
zero. A dispatch from Fargo says the thermometer
Sish Wind with the thermometer $50 below Zero
high wind is prevailing at Sioux CITY a1d tne temOera-
ture Is 200 below Zero Omaha registered ZO' DeloW'
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, JAN S.-Six inches OF snow fell
throughout this region to-day. Tonight at o'clock
the temperature 1872 fall of 34o in eight hours 1t
Ia growing colder rapidly
ST. PAUL, MiDn.. Jan. S.-The mercury at Gendive s
so z-rc Fargo 800 in Minnesota 900, while in
Western Montana is 100 above. Manitoba reports the
mercury at Portland OAK, at 35o CrookstOn 25o Hal
lock 30o. On the Northern Pacific regular blizzard Is
in progress. On the Omaha road the reports are
TO the effect that is blowing SO Violently on the
ig all trains until after the wind On the sioux
City division the thermometer stands at 800 below and
the snow is drifting badly.
NEw-ORLEAYs, La, jan s.-Dispatches to The Pica |
ne report the mercury above follows being the
codest known in each place: Shreveport, Alex
andria, 8; Now IBERIA IA Franklin, II. Throughout
sugar belt of Louisiana fears expressed that the
stubbe will be killed. Ali points report the Iner-
curry falling tonight