The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
SEVERE STORMS.

Heavy Mains in Pennsylvania - Several
Towns Observation-Disclosures Sustain
Loss of $4,000, O0O-A Great Snowfall in
the Northwest-Fuel Famine Treatened
Railroads Blockaded - Kansas and
Colorado Visited.
TYRONE, Pa, Jan. 5.-Bald Eagle Greek
and the Little Juniata River OVERLOOKED
Yesterday and flooded the southeastern end
of the town. The stores and dwellings OB
Main street and Juniata streets are thre,
feet deep in water and much OF West
Tyrone is inundated. Twenty-Five fam
lilies deserted their homes and had
no time to remove their household effects.
The tenements of the Cambria Iron
Company at Birmingham, three miles from
Tyrone, are all submerged ana their occU-
pants driven out. All the collieries in the
vicinity of Shenandoah were compelled to
suspend operations at noon yesterday
owing to theWater.
WILLIAMSBURG, Pa, Jan. 5.-Heavy land
slides have occurred near Montgomery,
east OF here, in consequence OF the rains
The Susquehanna is>rising rapidly, and Il
big food Is inevitable
EMPORIUM, Pa, Jan. 5.-Heavy rains for
the past two days and large quantities OF
snow in the timbered hills have conspired
many years ahong the DriftwGod and Sun
namahoning creeks. Millions OF logs have
broken from their fastenings and are,
going down the swoolen rivers at a\territic
rate II is said the loss to lumbermeQ will
approach $4,000, 900. AT this place there
is over two feet of water in many OF the
streets. All telegraphic communication to-
the east is lost, and krains on the Phila
delphia & Erie Railroad are obliged to flag
heir way east Reports from Cameron
state that the greater part OF that place
is under water, and residents are IN great
fear lest their houses be swept away. Many
residences had to be vacated. A million
feet OF logs were torn loose and swept down
Hunts Run. Saw-mills and dams in
various places along the creeks are much
exposed and in imminent danger OF being
carried away. The water is well up in Drift
wood, where considerable damage has been
done.
OMAHA, Mob, Jan. ga severe snow
storm has ragged here since Friday night,
ceasing yesterday forenoon. The amount
of snow exceeds that of any storm for sew
eral years. Passenger trains ION all the
roads are seriously interfered with, except
those from the East, and on the Western
roads all the freight trains are stalled.
The street cars have not run since Satur-
day.. and business is seriously affected. Re
ports from the Wyoming and Western
Nebraska cattle country announce great
suffering and loss among the cattle on the
ranches. .+
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Jan. 5.-The overland
trains are delayed on account of the snow
west of here. Trains were made up on tie
Santa Fe and Union Pacific inWestern Kan
sas yesterday to bring east the passengers
on the blockaded through trains. Through
the cattle ranges of the Rocky Mountain
region the storm is said to have been e.
tremely severe.
From Missouri River one hundred and
eighty miles west the snow blockade is re-
ported to be the worst ever known. Rail
road cuts twenty feet deep are packed. All
the branches of the Burlington are closed
for ten days. The temperature in Eastern
Kansas and Nebraska is mild.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 5.-At Eau Claire,
Wis, q severe snow-storm is prevailing.
Two feet of snow has fallen and a brisk
wind is drifting it in all directions, and the
loggers are likely to get showed under.
Thirty inches are reported to have fallen at
Ashland and Phillips, on the Wisconsin
Central.
Dispatches from La Crosse, Phillips and
other points in Western and Northern WIS
consin report one of the heaviest snow
storms known for years. In many places
fifteen inches of snow has fallen and the
Storm shows no signs of abating.
Travel is greatly impeded at Minneapo-
lis, MINI. The snow is drifted in places to %
depth of three and four feet. The Manitoba
& Northwestern trains are on time.
OwAToNNA, Mimi, Jan. 5.-For twenty
four hours terrific snow-storm has pre-
vailed, falling to the depth OF three feet and
drifting to the depth of seven and eight
feet All trains have been delayed. Sew
eral trains are snOw-bound at this place
On account of no snow falling previous to
this very little wood has been brought to
lie city and fuel famine is feared, as
roads have to be shoveled for teams and
dIHt full again in few minutes ..-
MONTGOMERY. Ala, Jan. ga special an
nounces big rise of the Warrior River. 1t
has risen sixty feet at Tuscaloosa; at
Greensboro six and three-quarter inches of
rain fell in eighteen hours. Nearly all the
railroads in the State suffered some dam
age, but the delays were only for q few
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