Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-13
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE AIR FULL OF SNOW. "A Furious Blizzard in The
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YELLOW FEVER IN FLORIDA.
Loss Of Life In A Church Panic.
HEAVY DRIFTS OF SNOW.

1 The Worst storm Ever Known In the l NorthWest-The Air Filled With
 Saow and the Mercury Way Below L Zero.
 | I ST. PAUL, Jan. 12.-Railroad men agree that the storm of to-day is quite the worst ever known in the Northwest for their busi- | ness. It extends from the Rocky Mountains | to Lake Michigan, but it's worst effects are ! felt in Dakota and Minnesota. Everywhere | it has been accompanied by high wind, which l drifts the snow badly and in northern Dako- ta with below zero temperature it assumes | the character of blizzard. The railroads had hardly finished clearing their tracks from the previous storm and that of to-day has absolutely blocked all the small roads, Trains on the roads to Chicago are one to nine hours late, but all the main lines are open and eastern trains left as usual to night All freights on the Northern Pacific and Manitoba lines have been abandoned and no passengers were sent out tonight. The Kansas City train on the Omaha
 was also abandoned. The Manitoba passen- ger trains are laid up at stations where there is plenty to eat. The St. Paul and Duluth is trying to keep its main line open, but has abandoned the branches.
 HURON, Dak., Jan. 12.-The wind is blow ing fifty miles an hour. The air is so full of snow that one is unable to see fifty feet at any time. Unthinking teachers to-day dis missed young school children, some of whom have to go four or five blocks across the open land. Five or six children got lost. Whistles blew, bells rang and people turned out and took long ropes and walked fifteen or twenty abreast back and forth over the ground. Two children were found, but at last accounts the others were missing. The mercury is four degrees below zero and has fallen twenty-six degrees since 10 o'clock.
 PIERRE, Dak., Jan. 12.-The wind is blow ing sixty miles an hour and it is impossible to see one hundred feet, Two trains are snow bound at Rec Heights and there is a reported collision between two freights at the same point.
 M1Nor, Dak., Jan. 12.-The storm has been raging here for twenty-four hours and the temperature is fifteen below. All travel is suspended. Jamestown, Dak., reports no trains moving on the main line of the North ern Pacific.
 GRoToN, Dak., reports the wind blowing gale, the mercury twenty below and impossi- ble to see two rods
 OSHKOSH, Wis, Jan. 12.-A blizzard set in about o'clock this afternoon and already threatens to seriously interfere with railroads. The snow is very fine and drifting badly. The street railway service has been abandoned. The snow WILL cr1ppl6 1unDorlnS OpeEAtlouS, CH6 recent fall having been much in excess of the demand.
 MUscAr1NE, Ia, Jan. 12.-The worst bliz- gard of the season is raging. The snow is heavy and deep and roads will be badly blocked.
 SIOUX C1TY, Ia., Jan. 12.-The worst bliz- gard for years has been raging since 3 p. m. No trains are running tonight and if the storm continues there will be a general blockade. sst
 LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 12.-A heavy snow began at o'clock this morning and contin- ued steady throughout the day. At 8 o'clock the wind, which had been from the south, changed to the northwest, blowing blizzard with indications of continuance for several hours. Trains are somewhat delayed. All trains arriving at this point are side tracked with others not to leave until the abatement of the storm.