Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
BLIZZARDS AND FLOODS.
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IN
THE NORTHWEST.

Biocksded with snow Drifts.
Sv p,,rY Mr>N Jsr 90 To.dav ia
,1oao,.1Ia.r 49,. -. -. 'rrha
'"e ooi"esV Vi tue present seaSoh,
mercury early TINS morning ranged from
- to 50 deg. below zero, and at noon
marked % IN 95 der balov. with a high
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,''u Oio'' .is' 'i'''N'uN II 'No'e'.-u-l'
olsagreeaole' Inc railways are eNpeIi
encing serious difficulty from drifting
snow. The greatest trouble on the Mil
waukee and ST. Panl line il near Lake
Perrin. where the wind is blowing the
suow off tbp ice ON fine lake into cuts
aIonp The r,,od f0rminy d heavy hlockade
ard grpatlv delayipg trains Four en-
ofnpa have benn af work since daylight
t.huclipg,, tho SNOW and endeay0rinc to
cIesrthe track
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IN every Girecuoh Al is very cOlu ana
bloWihg al teIflhc I"ts, ming we cu's
and IN mo southefn part OIL the country,
ihaAins II I'M pcssloie 10 keep 'heih ciedr
I"hs enough W run tlaiA7' Trans on .ne
southern 0tichesoia ulNlsion oil Ihe MIL
Wauhee hallroad nave oeeh abandohed'
heaVy llelShD IIaln - stUcN ia Ihe snow
near Lake Clty' me lhioueu Di@lh ilulu
me east Is no" ABOUT l"enty-louf nouie
1iINe, thoueh experiencing fouSh We"'h-
cI. IL is .. ueS' oelow zero
aG 9t' NlhcehC. on Uhe WeSt,I , ~
DIVISIONS oi the Mli"auhee ana ~ 1 aul
everything As an IlSn'' t1ouEh CheIe -
more or less orIluh&, me second olVisioh
OF lne ot' LOUIS IoaI' tVulh Oh ApeI 10
Is abah0cheo' me bu' iiu S'oh ana NoI tt-
ein Ioau Is also osuly oioSNeu' OluSna -
a.. W. tinn rho ,' i.' m a. ~ s'1
trnseIv cold Novtb ana \yaet HIM there
a,e 10 hIookodes
.ru, C,,,,,,op>-,. p,,lz.pD
mr. oAi-ii Oi'. "a . ne :
oAN FRANCISCO, Jan. z2'-i eieRrapulc
'coih III unicaGioh' "hiou was e"'Hely su9-
pended ednesday IN consequence OF the
storm, v as partially resumed aJ ABOUT
lO:oO O'clock Nestefudy IhorhIhs' rue rue
SITUATION continued 10 improve anu ldso
night there was eXceiiehJ prospect oi
speedy resumption OF communication pe-
tween all points ana san Francisco.
large iorce OF men were pusy Ispa,,lng
Jhe breahs on the ooulhefh racine ha!i-
Ioau' Whlch was IepotCeu 70
~ To,,o,zi,or uot,Toor
there and Newhau a d,stance of 40 miles
nothing could he learned of its condition.
as Inc wires were down. The most seri-
otis Vvashouts arc beliaved To have occur
red there. From Newhau TO Yuma the
road is ranortad in be in working order.
A. - tbonght that all inc reDairs will he
conplatsd in ohout i've davs
Disnat,bes from tha interior Of the
State rtce1ved vesferdav renort that the
storm was NOT felt As severely there as il
was here aItbourb al MANY 1oipts trees.
fences. etc. were prostrated. and in a few
instances houses were uprooled.
.cIo1rn pUpsT
rrto.st,o,,,,,r ort,,t., which arrived horo
LtO-day from Los Angeles. brings details Of
I,fhe devastafIon produced by the storm in
that citv and vicinity. Fbe.rainso of sun
dav and Monday and Tuesday were
su1Dlemeuted bv cloud burst
in San Rernardiro valley ON the last
named day. and Los Angeles river
almost without warning became a raging
torrent and soon flooded the southern and
central parts of the town. The water also
covared . OGO acres of orchards and vine
wards. The river rose . feet higher than
the flood OF February, 1884. Over fifty
houses were washed away or completely
wrecked.
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Every Dildse across Los hhSeles river
was sWePG away, ana also iVJieet ol lhe
track vi tle southern acluc ana local
roads. IeiegIapn po!es were ihcluueu IN
I IN 49,
Jays the clLy was cut on liVm Idllroau
com Wlt2 tii5 g, .es1o ol Ine WoIlu.
Mr7' maze Ly 'Lle an anu lneiesS Ils nItney
MeLe Iio't9 ,,',,od hoSa ie tbonoht
1pptrnber Of ofher lives nave been lost.
Iar.a utantitv of live stock perjsbed
Tbs dsina0p To propertv in the CITY IA. 3
cauntv of los Angeles is estimated at
S56o 600
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FAsShN'E"S eNo" hOOND'
DUBUQUE, IA Jan. Z-'-lhe mercury
mere IS II 90 ID oeg. DeIoW zero, ana - sun
. railing. Railroads are pdaif Dlockadeu.
No trains on the Illinois central, west Oi
here, were moving to-day Inc DlhSard
and blockade on the road btyond fofL
Dodge, IS the most severe ever eXpeHenc-
ed. A pass niger tram leaving sioux CITY
Thursday evening, was caushl near bem-
sen, IN a amt d,OoO ieeJ iohg ana ~ leet
ueep. Ine eislue5 are ~ ~ qnu ~ Pr
~ % 70 5e do,, below
S,,ro,I,ts,,tent 1;ijiaae sovsi n will tol,e
cro, tl',.oo tl t,Ii,. az to oi,eo the road
a., 10 t,bioaco NTilVauLee srd ~ Paui
a ,,'.,l ha,,r,l naesanoar train ana fbree
s-';,t't. oro ir tbc enou, near yVinona
'T[i,. er',, tbe rertb ,-,. r,n,,i,,,, ll,t noi
90, ,s,,,a WI of ,fcfir1.l,. tr,ina are I'm
JriCia and over,,tbia0 H. ~ a stanJsfili
Two passepgeT trains are blocked MI
Colmar. 4 negro minstrel company is
f IN "a ia uI n