Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
THE BLiZZARD.


p-rienced m the Northwest = Rs irsaa
Trsfic Seriously Imfsefru' and Ia oss~
Cases wholly ssspend~d-Stiii fn~re'-
More to Follow.
ST: PAUL, MINI, Jan. 13.--YeSterday's
storm was, without exception, the worst
that has ever been experienced In the
Northwest. Snow 10 the depth OF two
feet ON the level and from five to fifteen
feet in tho cuts, was sufficient 20 almost
suspend the running OF trains; hut, added
to this, the severe wind which blew In
some parts, and the blizzard which ragged
in others. has suspended railway business
entirely. Freight trains were hung up
early yesterday. not q wheel moving after
MONDAY. Passenger trains. one by one,
followed suit, and by eight o'clock last
night there was no attempt at run
ing train At any point west OF here.
The eastern lines, however, worked bard
to keep their tracks open, but without
success. AT ak O'Clock the reports from
various points along the several roads
were dtscouraging, and II was decided 10
abandon almost every thing. Snow
plows and engines were sent out, and
are now stuck ON some hill or laid up at
some station along the limos. Many
roads in this State are totally blcckadsd,
and Il is thought they will be laid up for
the next six weeks.
Another storm, or a continuation OF the
present one, is expected to strike Minneso.
Ia Sunday. IL is now raging In Idaho.
Things look so dubuos to-day that rail
way men will not venture an opinion
when traffic will be resumed. Each line
is putting forth every effort to keep their
Chicago line. open, but even that Is almost
an impossibiiity. At noon to-day not u
train had come in, the Omaha limited he
ing reported nearer than any ther one.
1t, however, was at Knapp Wis, fifty
five miles east Of st. Paul, with the snow
plow stuck in hill. The officials hope to
see II reach st. Paul not later than six
O'Clock this evening. although it may come
in before that time. and II tmay not come
in at all tonight, as there ara two bad
cuts between Knapp and this city.
Some little idea of the severity Of the
storm and its effect on the roads can be
CLEANED from the fact that up to eleven
o'clock this morning but two trains had
come in on the Milwaukee Short lina
from MINNEAPOLIS, aud each OF these wsro
drawn by two engnss. The Manitoba
ran two trains each way before ten o'cl ock
and the Albert Lea line experienced about
the same. difficulty. At ono O'clock this
afternoon the trains were all making the
run, each with two engines, about half an
hour behind time. With the exception OF
these trains aud the Sioux City express
over the Omaha, which came in at a. m.
seven hours late, not a train has arrived
in st. Paul since last night.
The Omaha line felt tho storm worst In
its western divisions. All the branches
are closed, and il is feared the Mitchell
q Pipestown division will not he cleared
for months. The Kansas City train, due
here last night, is tied up somewhere
along the route, and train sont out to its
relief has only reached a point fifty miles
from St Paul. All trains will bs aiau-
doned aud suoft maus 10 run fhAp
until the tracks can he cleared,
The Rock Island abandoned all trains
last night, aud up to noon to-day no
efforts were made to move a wheel except
on their short-line trains to Minneapolis.
On the Northern Pacific the storm was
unusually severe and blizzard is rag ug
on its western divisions to-day. Their
last overland train rived hero
Wednesday night, aud the officials will
not offer an opinion when they will start
trains out.
The snow as IL fell Yesterday was moist
but not too wet to drift. aud a, il filed up
the cuts it froze in the soft snow and con-
sequentiy makes il a severe task to clear
it from the tracks.