Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-23
A GREAT BLIZZARD.
The Worst Storm known In the Northwest
Fer MANI Years.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch. !

Fer Mauy Years.
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.
SAN FRANCISCO. January o.
Telegraphic communication, which was
entirely suspended Wednesday in con-
sequence of the storm, was partially
resumed at about 1890 yesterday
morning. The situation continued to
improve, and last night there was ex-
cellent prospect Of speedy resumption
of communication between all points
and San Francisco. A lS,ye force Of
men were busy repairing breaks on the
South Pacific railroad, which was re-
ported to be in good working order as
far south as Lancaster. Between there
and Newhall, distance Of forty miles.
Nothing could be learned Of It's condi-
ton, as the wires were down. The
most serious washOuts are believed to
have occurred there. From Newhsll
to Yuma the road is reported to be in
working order. 1t is thought that all
repairs will be completed in about five
days.
Dispatches from the interior Of the
State received yesterday report that the
storm was not felt as severely there as
1t was here, although at many points
trees. fences. etc, were Frustrated, and
in a few instances houses were un-
rooted.
ST. PAUL, January 22.-To-day is
the coolest Of the season. The mercury
early this morning ranged from p to
35o below zero, and at noon marked
% TO 25' below, with a high wind
blowing, making it exceedingly dlsa-
greeable. Railways are experiencing
serious difficulty from drifting snow.
The greatest trouble on the Milwaukee
and St. Paul line is near Lake Pepin,
where the wind is blowing the snow off
the ice on the lake into cuts along the
road, forming a heavy blockade and
greatly delaying trains. Four engines
have been at work since daylight buck
ing the snow and endeayOring to clear
the track.
ST. PAUL, MIN, January o.
The blizzard which has been raging
since last night is the worst known
among railroads for years. In
every direction II Is very cold and
blowing al a terrific rate, filling cuts,
and IN the southern part Of the coun.
try making it impossible to keep them
clear long enough 10 run trains. Trans
on the Southern Minneapolis division
Of the Milwaukee road have been
abandoned. 4 heavy freight-train
is stuck in q snow-drift near Lake City.
A through train from the East is now
about nine hours late. North trains
are practically on time, though expe-
riencing rough weather 1t Is s. de-
crees below zero at St. Vincent. On
the western divisions Of the Milwaukee
and St. Paul road everything is all
right, though there Is more or less
drifting. The Second division Of the
81. Louis road south Of Albert Lea Is
abandoned. The Burlington and North
ern is also badly blocked. The Omaha
is al right. The Northern Pacific and
Manitoba trains are on time. The
weather IS intensely cold north and
west. but no blockaders.
FLLENDALE, OAK, January o.
With last night came the coolest
weather this winter. Il showed all
night and a strong northerly wind drift
ed the snow badly. The thermometer
this morning was 40 degrees below
zero. The storm has passed.
MINNEAPOLIs. MINI, January -.
For suddenne-s and severity the pre-
sent blizzard has no superior and few
equals within the memory Of the oldes.
inhabitants. At sunrise to-day the
mercury stood 49, lower than at 10
O'Clock last night. or 23.5' below
zero. At noon II was 22' below,
making the extreme for the twenty-four
hours ended al noon to-day IS degrees.
WINNIPEG, NAN, Januar; D.
At Medicine Hat last night at Q o'clock
the mercury was 40 degrees below
zero. and at Fort Assinaiboine ~ de-
grees below. There is no blockade.
The weather is cold to-day.
CHICAGO. January 22.-At II ?.
N. the mercury stood 10 to Is degrees
below zero and still falling.
DUBUQUE, Iowa. January o.
The mercury here is u to Is degrees
below zero and still falling. Rail
roads are badly blockaded. No trains
on the Illinois Central west Of here are
moving to-day. The blizzard and
blockade on the road beyond Fort
Dodge are the most severe ever expert
enced. \ passengeI-train leaving Sioux
City Thursday evening was caught near
Remsen IL a drift three thousand feet
long and twenty feet deep The en-
glnes are dead and no provisions are
obtalnable. The thermometer is % to %
below. Superintendent Giles says it
will take from three to four days TO
open the road. On the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul road a north
bound passenger-train and three freights
are in the snow near Wenona. Trains
from the North are moving, but not on
time. West Of McGregor trains are in
drift, and everything IS at standstill. |
Two passenger-trains are blockaded at
Colmar. \ negro-minstrel company is 4
showed in near Marcus, and are giving I
on the train.
MARsHALLTowN, Iowa, January I
pa blizzard struck this section at
o'clock this morning, and everything
IS showed in. The thermometer to-day I
vas q degrees below zero. The cuts !
Ire all snow-packed. No trains can
each here for twenty-four to forty
,ight hours.