The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-19
THE GREAT BLIZZARD.
Rallroadlng In the Northwest 0us.
pended and the Storm the ttorst
Ever Seen.
AWlnd DIovvlng viii, Great Velocity
Made worse BY q Low Tenn
D01atur0.

Paul papers OF tho 14th show the effect OF,
'FINssfoeos:
Railroadins was practically at = stand.
still in the Northwest yesterday. None oil
the railroad officers could recall day
when there was 50 complete Il blockade.
andseertainly there has been none for years.
Thsday previous some trains were run,
very little attempt was made
to run trains except between St.
Paul and Chicago. as the wind
in Minnesota and Dakota was still blow.
ing hard. filling up tho cuts nearly as fast
as cleaned out. and the temperature was
SO low that neither. men nor engines could
work to advantage. On the whole Mani
toba system no trains were run except
between St. Paul and Minneapolis and
between Barnesville and Nechs the latter
being piece of track on the level prairie
snow Trains out OF st. Paul were all
abandoned except on the short line.
The Northern Pacific was not much
better off in Minnesota and Dakota. The
train out OF St. Paul at p. m. Thurs
day. Jan. IL, got only as far as Clear
Lake. where it met another stuck in the
snow in attempting to Get on a side track,
thus blocking tho way. Beyond Clear Lake
were three other, trains this side of Brain.
erd, all bound for St. Paul. and blocked
by the one at Clear Lake. Assistant Gen.
eral Manager Ainslie WAS at Fargo yoster-
day morning, and went from there to
Green, Of the Missouri division. said the
wind at Mandan had not abated. that the
drifts were AS hard as ice and the tempera-
ture so low that he got men to work with
difficulty. The o'clock train out OF St.
Paul on Wednesday was hung up at Cas-
selton, Dak.. while the one leaving on the
10th (Tuesday). was getting along
very well out in Montana, and
only nine hours late. At Glendive were
four trains, oil bound east, and two were
consolidated; one was sent back west in
lieu OF those delayed in Dakota. The st.
Paul 4 Duluth got no trains through during
the day, but the main line to Hiuckley was
clear Of trains and tho limited WAS sent out
last evening with hopes OF ma king the trip.
train from the Northern division OF the
Omaha came in last evening q day late,
but no other attempt was made to run
trains there. Southern Minnesota il it
could he surveyed with a telescope would
have presented
A SORRY SIGHT
for a railroad man. On the Milwaukee &
St. Paul. tho Hastings & Dakota. South.
ern Minnesota and Iowa & Minnesota divis-
ions were abandoned throughout the day.
not wheel turning with numerous trains
tied up here and there. The Western di-
visions Of the Omaha and the Minneapolis
& st. Louis were in the Same boat, or
rather snowdrift. and tho Minnesota &
Northwestern found it impossible to get a
train through. On this road the blockade
is on this side OF Elma, Iowa.
All trains from Chicago were hung up at
Dubuque, where passengers were quartered
in hotels ut the railroad company's ex-
pense. The train which left St. Paul
Thursday evening was stalled at Randolph
thirty miles out, while the one leaving
Chicago at the same time got as far as
West Concord, fifty miles from St. Paul.
Preparations were being made to begin
the work OF clearing the line early
this morning. All trains out for the
north. west and south were, of course,
abandoned. except those mentioned as
running. On the lines to Chicago every
effort was made to get the trains through.
There is great rivalry among the different
companies and the business was impor-
tant. The Omaha train due here in the
evening was stalled at Knapp, Wis.,, all
day and was expected about midnight. The
Milwaukee 4, st. Paul got stuck sc somewhere,
and three trains. including the fast mail.
were still expected in a bunch during last
HSAos VI GIL VH0 uuHCEOuo VCdIuS VIlA0
daily run into the union depot. besides
suburban and interUrban, and they are
numbered by the hundreds, but a solitary
one showed itself until after 10 o'clock
last evening. The Wisconsin Central train
from Chicago due in St. Paul at 9:15 yes.
terday morning pulled in four hours
late, having five engines, and this was
the only train of the day at the un-
ion depot except Short Line
and suburban. OF the trains due to 20
out last evening only the Wisconsin Cen
tai and the Burlington went out on time.
The Omaha left late. the others being
abandoned. AlthouAh travel was neces-
sari'y light the union depot was crowded all
day with people who were anxious to get
out OF town. Railroad officials said that
90 soon as the snow stopped blowing and
the severe cold moderated the tracks
would be quickly cleared, but nothing
could be done to advantage as long as the
wind and cold con tinued.