Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-19
7HE BIG STORM.
Many Schoones, Bargss and Scows
Ashore Along Lake Mlchlgan-0thers
Known to Have Gone Down.
The Barge wallace with Her COnsort
Wrecked Near Marquette The Sea
Too High 10 Save tho Crews.
A Three Days snow storm Reported
throughout the Northwest--RailwAy
rranic Ia Abandoned.
A aREAr SNOW nIooKApE.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA, Nov. IL The great
snow storm continues and seems TO be
general throughout the North vest. The
snow began falling Monday evening at
10 O'Clock and continued falling gently
through the night until O'Clock that
morning, when the wind began blowing
and Increased TO q gale The weather
grew little cooler rs the lay passed.
The gale Increased In violence until 1t be-
came q Vertiaole blizzard. The snow In
being driven 10 olindiug sheets, piling up
Ia drifts and hlliug the cuts. An during
Tuesday night the storm continued with
unabated fury, and when Wednee-
day dawned there was attn no
chanlIe OF consequence, aud at 6 A. m,
to-day II Is still blowing, with promise
OF continuing three days, which time Ia
generally occupied by q etorm Of thlA
character In this locality. The storm ls
the most severe for ton or eleven years
No such amount OF snow has fallen uon-
tinuously for such length OF time though
there have been storms OF a few hours
duration much moro severe. A remark
able feature Is the mildness OF the temper
ature. No one suffers discomfort from
the cold. tits simply drifting, binding
snow. Huge drifts arc seen
everywhere In the most uu-
accountable places. The snow Is piled
up In store doors, hiding tho windows,
aud Is frequently drif,cd In the middle OF
the street. The railroads are the worst
sufferers, and nearly all are abandoned,
ON the Illinois Central two PASSENGER
trains are IN drifts between here and Fort
Dodge Trains coming west arc turred
back at Fort Dodge The trains on all
the Dakota and Nebraska lines have been
abandoned, No business Is being done
during the continuance OF the storm.
SNOW AT KILDARE,
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
KILDARE, TEX, Nov. l7.--t com.
menced 20 snow here this morning at 8
O'Clock, Tho ground IL covered one aud
one-half Inches. The snow continues to
fall thick and fast
THE 1LL-FATHD JUaTIoE FIEIDs,
GREEN BAY, WIS, Nov. 10 The steam.
barge Justice Fields, with four ail.barVes
coal.laden, was driven into Kewaunoe
yesterday morning, The w. w. Dlckin-
son soon bro Q away aud went on he
rocks. A small boat broke away soon
after she struck, and the captain and tour
men sprang into the water and managed
TO reach the pier in very exhausted con.
dition, As tho spars went over two
men and q female cook jumped ftom
the vessel, but were not aftarward
seen alive. The body OF the cook came
ashore about one mile south OF the pier.
Capt Robinson gives the names OF the
drowned as Jerry Joru and Arthur preyo
OF Green Bay, and the cook Mary Waters
OF Toledo. The names OF the rescued are,
Capt, Thomas Robinson, Mate Louis
Todd, Il Il Demar, Henry Domar, and
James Mcdonald, The Emerald, another
OF Justice Fields tow, was dragged ashore
"A few hours later. Her crew, consisting
uf i've men and q female cook, took To
n small boat and attempted TO reach the
shore. The frpil craft soon swamped and
and iye Of the crew were seen 70 dr. wn.
One the mate, reached the beach upon
an oar after desperate struggle. lie
was dragged out " The water In an ex-
hausted condition Capt. German lived
at Marine City, the cook in Milwaukee,
and the rest Of the crew at Green Bay.
DISASTERS Al MILWAUKEE,.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. Is AN nm
known three.ma9t schooner was driven
ashore about three miles north Of Two
Rivers early this morning, The crew es-
capped with difficulty TO steam barge
which was anchored near by. The manic
Of the unfortunate vessel cunnot BIO
ltbfhcN uWibB W lHh DlHulnH hioW
which prevails The schooner Cuyahoga
and scows Nellie, Church and Tallahassee
are ashore IN North Bay. The vessels
are not much injured md the crews are
safe.
IN MICHIGAN
EAST TAwAs, MICH, Nv lS "A
heavy southeastern prevails drifting 10
southwest with snow The tug Ella
Smith Is here with the barges o. II.
Davis, J. McDougal, s. =. Buckout,
Golden Harvest, u m Baker and Star OF
the North. The Davis Is safely anchored
but four OF the other Ave barges we're
driven on the beach above Emgry's. The
Star Of the North was sunk. The crew
escaped.
MANY LIVES LosT
MARQUETTE, Micn., Nov. lg.--A heavy
northeast gale spraDg up on the lakes
Tuesday night, which developed into the
seyerest storm known here In six years..
The snow had been falling all day, the
lake grew higher every hour, washing
over the brcAkwater and throwing spray
forty feet into the air. At 2 O'Clock this
afternoon the waves destroyed the harbor
lighthouse, throwing " over into tho
harbor All docks in tho city not
especially protected were severely
damaged during the afternoon. The
schooner Eliza Gerlach, laden with coal,
succeeded In coming safely into harbor,
but the schooner Florida was mol 80
fortunate 4 She was driven Ia about
O'Clock and dropped anchor outside tbs
harbor. Ike tug Gillette went ont to
rescue The men and succeeded IN getting
them all on safely except Andrew Peter.
son, the mate, Igho IN jumpiug into the
tug was canght between the tug and
schooner 40 they came together and VI rs
50 badly hurt that he d.od
last evening. The storm aDated a li,tle
dnriDg the night, but to-day was rsgilg
with renewed iufy. The barge Wallnce
with her consort are at Chocolay besch,
four miles eeEt Of here. Both boats VIII
be q total loss. rrew of sailors have