St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-22
SNOW, WIND, FLOODS.
The Northwest Visited by a
Fierce Wind and Snow
Blockade.
High Waters Doing Much
Damage on the Upper
Mississippi.
The Sunny South Comes In
for a Share Of the Festive
Blizzard,
While the Cyclone HoWls
Through Georgia and
Tennessee.
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Special to the Globe.
OwATONNA, Mimi, March 21.-The
worst blizzard of the season has been
raging here to-day. Several farmers
started out of the city for home, but
were compelled to return, las their teams
refused to go against the storm. The
air is filled with snow, so that it is i'm
possible to see objects at distance of
few feet. The passenger train on the
Iowa q Minnesota division of the Chi
cagO, Milwaukee q st. Paul railway
reached here this afternoon. The trains
Oh the Chicago 81 Northwestern are all
suspended. The midnight train going
west, due here last night, is stalled in
the drifts three miles east of Havana
station. There are about 200 people on
the train, including two coaches filled
with eXcursionists bound for Dakota.
They have exhausted all the provisions
to be obtained at Havana, and team
loaded with more has been sent from
here by the railroad company, but it is
doubtful if it reaches them tonight, as
all roads are drifted full. The mercury
at o'clock this afternoon is 5 deg. be-
low zero and fast going lower.
AT ALBERT LEA.
Special to the GLOBE.
ALBERT LEA, Mimi, March 21.-The
hardest wind yet experienced this winter
has blown from the northwest all day.
AT times it has been so fOrceful that a
strong man could hardly walk against
it. The air is filled with loose, driven
snow, and yet the sun has shown all
day. All railroads are badly blocked.
No train has arrived to-day over the
Southern Minnesota from the East, and
none has come from or started for the
Twin Cities. Among the train-load of
passengers blockaded here was Jetfer-
son Davis, man twenty-Seven years
old, who was returning to his home at
Avon, Mont, having been to Florida
seeking relief from consumption. He
died here to-day His mother and a
sister, who have been with him, will
convey the remains to Montana.
AT WASECA.
Special TO the Globe.
WASECA. Mimi, March 21.-A terri
bic blizzard commenced here this morn
ing and ragged throughout the entire
dav. All trains on the Chicago d. North
western and Minneapolis q St. Louis
railroads are abandoned. District court
in session in this city adjourned to-day,
owing to the inability of parties and
witnesses to arrive on account of the
blockaded condition of the roads. At 9
p. m. tonight the storm had not abated
In the least.
At CHATFIELD,
Special to the Globe.
CHATFIELD, Mimi, March 21.-A ter
riff hnpJ1 T. hnrp
commencing last night at midnight, and
shows no signs of abating. This even
ing the wind is blowing at the rate of
twenty-five miles an hour. The ther-
mometer stands at zero and the air is
full If flying snow. All trains are SuS-
pended and the storm bids fair to equal
the January blizzard.
AT LITCHF1ELD.
Special to the Globe.
LlTCHFIELD, Mimi, March ala
weSt-bound freight was stuck in drift
all the afternoon five miles east Of here.
1t got back to Darwin late in the even
Ing. The regular eaSt-bound passenger
will be here all night. A very high
northwest wind has been blowing for
twenly-fOur hours with no signs of
change. No snow has fallen, the block
ade being formed of that broken from
he drifts by the wind.
AT MANKATO.
Special to the Globe.
MANKATo, Mimi, March 21.-A
severe wind storm, accompanied by in
tense cold and slight fall of snow, set
in last night and continued throughout
the day. Several trains are abandoned
and all others are seriously delayed.
AT LITTLE FALLS.
Special to the GLOBE.
LITTLE FALLS, Mimi, March 21.-
After passing through the most severe
winter during the past decade we are
now having excessively high winds,
which, with the thermometer from five
to twelve below, have been for four
teen hours causing considerable suffer
Ing. Several persons exposed have
been quite badly frozen. There have
been no serious detentions to trains.
AT PEAIBINA.
PEMBINA, OAK, March 21.--One of
the severeSt storms of the winter set in
here last evening. The fall of snow
was tremendous and a damp, cold wind
hurled it about at such furious rate it
was impossible for pedestrians to re-
main on the streets. Passengers on the
south bound train report the storm
worse north of here. The weather
Is growing colder.