Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-14
Worst Storm In Yenrs.

ST. PAUL, MINI Jan. Is Yesterdays
storm was without exception, consider
ing its extent, the worst that hes ever
been experienced in the northwest. The
snow, to the depth Of two feet On the
level and from five 20 fifteen feet In cuts,
was sufficient to almost suspend the run
ming CT trairs, but added 10 this the
severe wind which blew in some parts
and the blizzard which ragged in
others, suspended railroad business
entirely. Freight tEains were hung Up
early this week, not wheel moving af
ter Monday. The passenger trains, one
by one, followed suit, and b7 O'Clock
last night there Was ate mpt ST the run
ming OF trains st any point west Of ST.
Paul. The eastern lia-s, however, worked
hard to keep their tracks Cper, put with
out success. Ga the branch lines
the trains were gil abandoned st
the lEc'jou ct pCists last night snd It is
uncertain when they will be opened. 1t
is thought some Of them will be closed
for six weeks. The wind IS blowing hsrd
on almost all the lines today ands,ae cuts
sro being Oiled in "a fast IS they are
shoveled cut. The storm of yesterday IS
now
RAGING IN IOWA.
Besides that, ano h-r storm or 8 con-
tinuati0n OF the present one is ex-
peCted to strike Minnesota Sunday,
in which case there is no
filing what the result will oe l. is
raging in Idaho with the thermometer AZ
various points as low as To- below zero.
Mauitoba reports from the northwest
indicate cold wave with high wind
coming from that direction. In fact,
things look so dubious to-day that rail-
road men will not venture an opinion as
RI when traffic VIII sgain be resumed
Each line is IuttiGg forth every
effort 20 keep their Chicago lines open,
but even thst is almost an lmpossibility.
At - O'Clock to-day not e train had come
in from Omaha, the limited express
being reported nearer than any other one.
All the trains are 81 points where the
passengers
CAN BE WE'LL CARED FOR.
All the trains over the western Gi-
visions have been abandoned and no
effort will be made 20 clear
the tTacks until the storm ceases ana the
wiGd falls. The Il ck Island abandoned
al trains last night, and up to noon to-
DAY 10 Effort YVES being made 10 turn q
wheel except on the short line trains.
Ou'goir trains were abandoned on the
Missouri Paciac. The STERN is the most
severe that has ever been felt, and TO-DAY
there is regular blizzard raging 10 Idaho
with the tnermC meter st IN unusually
low point. The last overland train
which reached St. Paul came on Weunes-
day evening, and the officials Will not
etfer an opinion &c TO when the next one
will resch here. Tee storm was severe
all through Montana, Dskola and Min
nesota.
Extent and Eject Of the Storm
ST. PAUL MINI, Jan. I3.-The follow
ing specials to the Pioneer Press tonight
show something of the extent and eject
of the great storm:
Jamestown, d. THE storm still
continues, although much abated. The
Thermometer st noon marked 81 below.
The old sDO~driits have blown away and
new snd larger ones have formed. The
extreme cold forms crust or the drifts
which almost proves too much for assaults
Cf snow ploWs. Yesterday the west
bound limited wss showed up AZ Wheat
land all Day ard arrived this evening
about forty hours late. The Northern
Pacific main line ana eli branches are
blocked, and Gil trsins are delayed FROM
twelve TO thirty-six hours.
TRAIN STUCK.
Fergus Falls, Miun-The blizzard has
subsidized and is succeeded by intense
cold. The roads are driised full and
business is at a stand still. There has
! been no train from either dire ction on
the Mari'ooa road siDce Wednesday
night, the first time in six years th.s the
road mas not been open. The Northern
Pacific passenger train got in Yesterday
st noon, and go. through to Wahpeton,
buagot stuck on the return journey. No
reports OF suffering has been received.
No trains are expected for st least TWEEN
ty-four hours.
BAD DRIFTS.
Mineoit, D. T--No trsins moving yet.
The storm has absted, but the wind Is
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