The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-10
Railway Service Partially Resumed in Kansas
Serious Effects Of the Low Temperature
in the South, Southeast and East.
A Number of Accidents and Some Loss
of Life Caused by Stormy Weather.
Three Men Killed and Horribly Mutilated
in a CollisiOn-Vessels Driven Ashore and
Lives Lost on the Eastern Coast.
THE GREAT STORM.

THE GREAT STORM.
High Winds and Low Temperature Through
out Large Section of Country.
CHICAGO, Jan. "a strong wind is blowing
throughout northern Illinois. drifting the snow
badly, but the cold is not so intense as that
which has prevailed west and north. At 6 o'clock
this morning the mercury registered 10 degrees
above zero in this city, and has since risen to
degrees Omaha is reported % degrees below
zero. and clear. 1t is still blowing hard in CEN
tral Iowa. with the thermometer registering %
degrees below zero at Des Moines. st. Paul is Is
degrees below. The embargo on railroad travel in
central Iowa has not yet been raised. The rail-
roads have ceased selling tickets to Omaha, and
unless the situation improves during the day no
through passenger trains are expected to leave
for the West tonight The lowest point re-
ported by the Signal Service this morning was at
Minnedoga, on the Canadian Pacific railway, in
Manitoba, where the thermometer registered 52o
below Zero Winnipeg is quoted 44o below.
The receipts Of live stock at the yards here
this morning were light No cases of freezing
are reported. The Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul,
and the Burlington have not had train from
Council Bluffs since Thursday, and these trains
are abandoned for the present. The st. Paul
train of the former road was an hour ard quar-
ter late this morning, as was the Eastern train
on the Fort Wayne. The Illinois trains on the
Burlington road were about an hour late. On
the Rock Island road the far Western trains are
all late, but the Lake Shore folks claim that the
storm has not interfered with them. The North
western officials report their trains west of Mar
shalltown all abandoned. Freight trains on all
divisions are delayed except within radius of
one hundred miles Of this city. Suburban trains
are not interfered with.
The telegraph officials state that the storm
was more destructive in Iowa than they have
known before in many years. A sleet storm on
Tuesday swept down poles and wires from north.
ern Iowa to southern Kansas, ard before th6
lines could be restored the present fierce storm
broke, completing the work of destruction. For
time yesterday very few lines we're available IN
Iowa. but the situation has since begun to inn
prove somewhat The cold has been so intense,
in addition. that it makes the work of repairing
a very serious one. Four engines were sent out
from Omaha this morning with gangs of repair
ing linemen, and the service west of Omaha is
showing some signs of Improvement There are
no signs yet of the railway companies being able
to relieve their snow-bound trains in central
Iowa
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 9-The mercury this
morning early marked 23o below zero, with the
wind blowing strong enough to make anything
but pleasant travelling. At this hour the mer-
curry stands 100 below zero The weather is clear.
No trouble is reported on the railroads running
west and north of here. All the trains on the
Iowa and Minnesota division of the Milwaukee
road have been abandoned on account of snow
drifts. Trains on all roads south and south
east of here are badly delayed. While the
cold has not been so intense as year ago, it has
been felt more severely because of its blizzardy
character The indications point to another very
cold night
Signal-oficer Lyons says every indication
shows that the force of the cold wave is broken.
but, as a matter of fact it will be some time be-
fore the weather will become very moderate. At
present the mercury registers above, which
shows that the wave has left this part of the
country. and is travelling down the Mississippi
valley The wave will probably strike Chicago to-
night or tomorrow morning, and travel thence
Eastward. The lowest point reached was at
Minnedosa Manitoba, where the mercury regis
tered 500 below, st. Vincent registered 4lo be-
west will be quite perceptible by to morrow.
DEs MONIES, Ia., Jan. 9.-The intense cold
has Kept up all day. the mercury not getting
above 100 above, or 15o below zero. The intense
cold has hindered the work of clearing the tracks,
and most of the north and south lines have laid
off until mild weather. Eastern trains nave
arrived, but are late. There will be no trains
from the west tonight The Fort Dodge line
has had no trains since Thursday night and
made no attempt to go north today. The Chi
cago Burlington & Quincy trains were laid up
to-day. All trains on the narrow gauge roads
have been abandoned. The Chicago & North
western have no definite knowledge of any OF
their trains, and expect them whenever they
can get here. The Diagonal has abandoned all
trains until the storm subsidies.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Jan. 9-The sun shines
brightly to day and tie blizzard is ended. East
ern trains arrived without serious delay, and the
Santa Fe and Union Pacific delayed trains
are expected to arrive to night. The through
trains on those roads were also started West to-
day. The Burlington & Missouri River road iS
expected to be open by tomorrow train on the
Southern Kansas road came in this morning.
The mercury here was ID degrees below zero at
o'clock this morning, but Is not felt as it was
yesterday, owing to the subsistence OF the gale
MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Jan. 9.-Last night was
the severest experienced here In twenty i've
years The wind was blowing a blizzard and
the mercury was from q to 80 degrees below
zero. All trains west and north of here on all
the lines are showed in. The Northwestern
has seven trains in the snow west OF this city,
and will let no more go out The roads are open
east and south. but trains are demoralized The
wind has moderated somewhat this morning. but
is still blowing severely and the cold is intense
The thermometer at noon marked 23o below Zero
BURLINGTON. Ia, Jan. GA terrific blizzard
prevailed here all night. the storm subsding this
morning The thermometer registered 24o below
zero. Trains are all irregular, with none from
the west beyond one from Creston. The weather
is clear, but the mercury is still 80 below.
The Storm In the South.
GALVESTON, Texas. Jan. 9.-The cold wave
extends over q vast area, and win result in inn
mense damage to stock OF all kinds. Telegraph
ic communication is seriously impeded. Austin
reports the temperature 10o above zero, with
hundreds of Water-pipes frozen. At Laredo the