Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-27
BORHAL BLASTS.
A Blizzard Sweeping Across the Con-
tinent From West to East
Some Of Its Footprints,
The Gale Feared to be MS Disastrous
10 Atlantic shipping as tho
Great January storm.
The sister OF the Late FS.Gov. seymnu
iilown From n Passenger rrn,n and
Seriously Injured,
oRANn rnosprcrs.

GRAND PROSPECTS.
Special 10 the Gazette.
SwEgrwArEn, Tnx., Feb. 26.-A good
rain has been falling discovering, and TO.
night farmers are reiolced IN the pros.
ptct OF q splendid season.
NEW YORK STRUCK.
NRw YORK, Feb. 2G.--Thc western blIz-
sard has reached New York. The mer.
curry has fallen over 20 in the past few
hours, and the wind IA blowing. The sea
IN the bay is unusually high, and 81 Ia
feared the gale will prove almost as dis
astrous to shipping as the great storm OF
January last
TnR STORM Ar BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Mn, Feb. 2E.- After o
fearful rain storm last ulght Baltimore
and vicinity was visited BY s hurricane
more severe than for several years. In
the western portion Of the city houses
were unroofed, The damage win be con-
siderable, To-day the wind was SIN
very high, with frequent gusts OF snow,
AT pIrrenuR1.
PuTsBuno, PA, Feb. 2d.---rhe wind
storm which struck here Last night IN adj
vance OF the western blizzard did no
\ serious damage In this Vicinity. IN the
eastern portion OF tho state, however,
the telegraph wires were blown down and
communication was almost entirely inter,
ruptod. The gale continued ali night,
and was accompanied by slight fall OF
snow, Within twenty hours the
mercury fell t97,
nLowN FROM rnE CARS.
BUFFALO, N. ", Fee, 2G.--One OF tn,
hcaylent gales of the season set IN las
night aud continued to-day The wine
reached a velocity OF lfty.sevcn miles a.
hour. AZ about o'clock last night
while the wind was blowing strong gale
q lady, said TO be the sister OF the late OK
GOV. Seymour was blown from III,
Lake Shore train between Erie and Dun
kirk She attempted to pass from III
, dinlng-car to the sleeper with her hus
band. No sooner had she stepped upoi
the platform than she was carried swiitl
, of the train, The train was backed near
, ly a milo before they found the indy, VIII,
, had escaped death, but received dee
, cash over her left temple,
! INCREASING IN yEIoCry
!. NEW YORK, Feb 20 The wind Is In
! creasing in velocity, and fences, Sign
! aud awnings are being blown dow
| everywhere. Travel on the elevate
/ roads Is greatly delayed. The sign,
, service officers say the velocity {
! the wind since : o'clobk this morn
ing has been iltty.three miles per houl
,, The temperature has fallen greatly, an
:. at noon was IL. Signal service peopl
say that the storm In point OF velocity {
y the wind Is the seyerest In tlftcen year
|. ALONG THE NEw ENGLAND COAST.
BosroS, MASS, Feb. 26.--A furiou
blizzard prevailed during the night
this vicinity and for long distanc
down the eastern coast. AT portlan
:. twenty inches Of snow has fallen an
= 1t is still showing. Business isat stanC
still. The Grand trunk railway is blocl
AIDED at Bethel, and between there an
: South Paris 1t Is in bad condition
+ At ST. Johns, N, b., the snow Is ii
+ heaviest Of the season, and the wind
4 blowing at the rate OF sixty miles q
h hour