Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-23
THE STORM king.
The Northwest Visited BY a Terrible
Blizzard Mercury as Low as
az Below Zero
Western Roads in a Worse conditlan
than for Years Past Business
az . Standstlll.
rncinr Coast Cut on From ouiMde wond
BY one OF tho sevewst s,osrns N,sr
Known ln the West.

INDICATIONS.
WAsniNoras, Jan 20, li0Q q. N For
the Gull states, lair weather, slowly fls-
Ing temperature IN The northern portion,
followed by slowly rising temperature
aud warmer on Sunday. Winds generally
nARVur ON riiE rsciFiu tOxST.
SAN ERANcIsco, CAI.., Jan, ~ l'hc Sc.
verest storm that has eyer occurred on
this coast began sunday and reached lis
height shortly after noon yesterday. II
extended from the northern boundary Of
Washington Territory TO the southern
boundary OF California, and from the Rocky
mountains TO the Pacific ocean. There
was ali almost continuous fall Of sn0wand
rain, accompanied by wind, which from
i've miles per hour gradually Increased
until yesterday noon, when II blew hur
rlcnnc at ciahty-two miles per hour. The
storm was predicted hy The signal aeryice
and the cauilonaly storm signal WIS dis.
played. due TO this tiMely notice many
vessels postponed their departure from
hero and thus escaped the damages OF the
storm Considerable damage, however,
was done throughout the city hy the wind
anu rain. Houses were unroofed and
sheds, fences, trees, awnings, signs and
church spires and numerouss ke-Stacks
were blown down. Huge plate windows
were blown IN, Easements flooded, sewers
broken, cars lifted from the tracks, and
covered wagons caught up.
No loss OF life has been report
ed. About 1890, when the wind
was at its height, the west wall OF the
Mechanics peylllon was blown II, and q
few minutes later about eighty feet Of ne
roof were carried across the street and
damaged the building on the opposite
side. One OF the most unfortunate dis
astors caused BY the storm WAS Tho col
lapse OF two-storg building Oh The cor
uer Of Mission and Thirteenth stirpis. AZ
the time OF the Incident Mrs, Anne HUM
bert, Mrs Carroll and John Carroll were
n the buaepg The hitter rushed from
The building IN time 70 escape harul, but
tho women were buried under tte build
ing aud severely perhaps fatally, Injured
about the head. The most serious result
Of the storm was thccut on of SsnFruucia.
co cntirely,for she FIRST iiiu0 ID Us History,
from telcgraphic communication with the
outside world.
WORST STORM or TINS sIsAsoN.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 22.All
through trains West are again abandoned
aud business Is az a sland.still on the
Santa Fc, the Kausas Pacihc, and Bur
llngton s. Mlsaonrl River roads except for
local trains. The Missouri Paclnc 70
Omaha IS also reported blockaded above
Atehison. The present experience is the
worst the Western roads have known 10
many years. Tho Santa We road has been
cleared five times dnring the month and
as often blockaded again, partly from nd-
ditional SHOWS but chiefly by high winds
which iii up the cuts again after the
snow has been cleared. Tbs mercury II
falling here tonight
TRAINS niocKADEp
KANsAs CRY, Mo, Jan. 90 Through
trains on the overland roads were aban-
doncd to-day. Those which started yes
terday failed 20 get through, owing 70 the
snow.storm OF tbo night before. Tho
weather hero 81 clear and cold.
rIn nIIzzARp.
81. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 20. Ihs biz
zard which has been raging slico last
night Is the worst known among the rail-
reads Tor yenr, Ia tyery direction II IL
very cold and blowing az Il terrific rate,
Glling ems. and m the southern part OF
the country making It Impossible 10 keep
tracks clear long enough to run trains.
FoR1Y MEOW ZERO,
ArIpNpAiA ID N Ian. 70 - I.ast mint
ca,uc tha cnld1 n y6ather INA Winter. II
showed All night aud strong north wind
drlited The snow badly the thcrmome-
ter this morning IA 40 below zero.
now Tuc slypct5RY STOOD.
Nt,SNIs,pofta. M,rx Ian. - -For
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