New-York tribune., 1886-01-10
THE NORTHWESTERN BLOCKADE.
C6NTINUANCE or THE GALE-A GREAT MANY
TRAINS ABANDONED.

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TRAINS ABANDONED.
CuIcAGo. Jan. Q (SpcciaD.-From advices
received by the telegraph and railway officials in this
city il is thought tha: the magnitude OF the b1zad
which prevailed throughout Illinois. Iowa, MISSOURI
| Nebraska, Wisconsin. Minnesota. Dakota and MONTANA
appreciated for several days yet Chieago
ccved her first touch Of the storm last night ana WING
the wind has been blowing hard all day. drIuhg 'ho
| snow badly the temperature has not dropped Delow
zero While the situation is bad throughout Illinois rs
affecting the movement OF railway trains ana the tce
graph service bears comparison to the character
| OF The storm throughout almost tho entire stare
! Of Iowa a practical embargo has Deeh paceu
| upon raiw Y travel throughout that state.
The five omaha trunk lines showed in. not having
been able work any trains through since thursday
and the passage tickets has ceased until the roads
can extrlcatc from the drifts the sn0w-hound trains al
ready sent out The companies were hanpered by the
almost entire interruption Of their telegraph service yes
terIay and last night All of tho through roads aar-
doned their Iowa branches yesterday and devoted their
energies to clearing the main lines The telegraph ser
vice Omaha improved somewhat to-day but tic re-
received from points the roads have tended 10
Indicate how much serious the blockade Is than
was generally imagined. The snow has fallen
not only TO great depth, but. having
been preceded by see storm and succeeded by
an almost unprecedented cold wavc has made the work
OF the gangs of unusual hardship and great
delay appears Inevitable before the roads can be cleared
| for their usual traffic
Officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company
port that in many respects the storm proved dcs
truotive than any that has occurred I'm many years
The sleet storm of Tuesday carried down poles ana
wires from Northern Iowa to Southern Kansas, AM be
fore any elective repairing could be done the present
Storm set In. which resulted in the practical
paralysis OF the entire telegraph system
in that district, besides crippling the service
extensively in Nebraska, Dakota and Montana For
time yesterday direct service with Omaha was cut of
and all California messages by way OF ST. Paul ana the
Northern Pacific To-day three wires have been work
ing to Omaha and the situation west Of there has also
improved somewhat. -Four engines went out from
Omaha this morning with repair parties. which report
that for long stretches the poles and wires were com
pletely prostrated. kilograms from Sioux City and
Marshalltown indicate that the weather has been too
severe to permit any effort being made to open tho
roads.
4 dtspatch from MarshalliOwn says that last night
was the severest experienced there m twenty years
The wind was blowing blizzard, and the mercury was
from 20 $40 below zero All trains west ana north
Of here. all the lines. are showed IN. Tho North
western Railroad has trains In the snow west o
this city, and will let 40 out The roads are
open east SOUTH trains greatly delay ed The
wind moderated somewhat thus morning but Is still
blowing severely. and the cold il Intense Tho Their
noneter at noon marked 80 below zero Tho temper
ture throughout Iowa ranged all day from 2O' To 3O'
blow Tho temperature IN Central and southern
Illinois ranged from lOo TO lj9 below zero
The receipts Of i've stock at the yards hero this morn
ing were light 40 Of freezing were reported The
Chicago Milwaukee and 81 Pau aud the Burlington have
not had train from Council Blun since Thursday. Tho
ST. P4uI train the former road was an hour aud a
quarter late this morning the Eastern train from
Fort Wayne. Trains the Burlington road were about
an hour on the Rock Island road the far Western
trains all late Tue Lake shore officials said that
the storm had iutcrierci with them The North
western onic Is reported the west OF Marshall
anal Ersif rail- on H
were delayed except wi,hn rd.u. of hundred miles
Of this city The suburban trains have not been inter
fercd with.
OMAHA. Jan. 9No winter storm has been so general
throughout the that which prevailed ycster.
day. Tie Thermometer Indicated ~ below zero IN tue
Business portion OF tho city, wniic on the high plaeu
the mercury went down to 3Os TLs, with the bitter
north wind made the temperature cold any
bcred by the Oldest Inhabitants No trains hAyo run In
early yesterday aud no efforts have been
made clear the tracks because OF tho impossbliy OF
men working in tho extreme cold and tho fact ha, the
drifting snow wonld MI up any cuts made Two trains
started on the Union Pacific mail limo West yes
erday. but had TO be pulled back after reaching
the suburbs OF the city. All lie Union Pacific
branches have been abandoned and the exact
condition Of the main lne further west cannot be nsccr-
tanned. the telegraph wires are down. The Burning
ton aud NJ s,Ouri; Chicago IT. faul. hlnneapohs ana
Omaha Fremont, Ekhorn and Missouri Valley aud.
IN fa every he OF Track III thc nlAte mas pren h6nh
dOued No trains left for the East yesterday and 40
Business Is at sandrt. only AN occasional farmer ap-
peaung III the city. one year ago yesterday the ther-
m 100 above zero being tho highest point
reached that winter. No mails arrived today not even
from Council Bluffs IA no ears crossed tho bridge
JUNCTION CITY. KaG.. Jan 0.Ihis region was visited
by the worst storm on Thursday and Thursday night
ever known. Tho thermometer at Fort Riley marked
IS below zero yesterday business OF all kinIs is
almost suspended. and railroad communication has been
cut of since Thursday morning. not train arriving
from any direction since tha; time The wea thtr mod
Grated somewhat last night
CLEVELAND Jan. . tSpcciab.-The blizzard from tho
northwest reacLo Cleveland at o'clock last night and
tins morning snow covered tho ground 10 depth vary
ing from few inches TO many feet street car travel
uerfered with. the DRIFTS covering the tracks
rapidly than the sn0w-plonghs could remove them On
Of The lines II To reduce the number
attached to tho during portions the
day Travel mpedrd on the Lake shore Cleveland
indianapolis; New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio;
Nickel Plate and othc: lines OF railway centrins In
OF the earlier morning trains were abandoned.
This evening the snow WAS -t falling and lierce gale
blew. The temperature f-ll steadily all day ard It Is
probable that the mercury will descend below he
turo and mprded railway traiitc.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio, Jan. 0 GSpeeaL.- L.-Eghteen inches
and ont of the city are frOm one to ye hOuIs late No
accidents have yet boen reported.
MONTREAL. Jan. o (Speeiab-The river has risen six
inches to-day ana the danger OF a food IL not yet past
There Las been binding snow and rain storm all day.
the speed Of the wind being at times over sixty miles
hour
ToRoSTo Jan. "a violent and wind storm IL
raging throughout Ontario and Quebec. The weather
continues cold.
QUEBEC. jan 9.-snow has been falling fast all day.
been able leave their moorIngs The Western malls
behind time. aud II tho storm continues all trains
will probably DO cancelled.
THE STORM IN OTHER STATES
DEEP SHOWS IN PENNSYLVANIA VIRGINIA AND |
MARYLAND AND THROUGHOUT 1HH SOUTH
PITTsBURG, Jan. 9 (Specidb. -Pittsburg has |