The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-01
SNOW SLIDE AND ICE JAM
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE ON THE CA
~ MADAM PACIFIC ROAD.

No Way Of Getting at the Exact Num-
Der of Those Who Perished-The Ice
Gorge in the River at st. Louis
Breaking Up and Destroying Prop
erty.
WINNIPEG, MAN, Jan. 31.-The latest re-
ports from the mountains indicate that there
has been great loss Of life on the Canadian
Pacific railroad owing to snow slides. Pas
sengers coming on trains from Calgary
bring meagre particulars of disasters.
Strong winds have been prevailing for tho
last week, and all along the line from Don
aid to Glacier the snow has been coming
down on the track in tremendous quantities.
Near Pallser Station, British Columbia,
several men were caught in a slide. Only
ono was dug out alive, and he was so badly
bruised that he is not expected to recover
The mild weather has put an effectual stop
to through Canadian Pacific trains, and, az
the mountain streams are considerably
swollen, it may be some time before traffic
is resumed.
TWO WEEKS WITHOUT MAIL
NANTUCKET, MASS, Jan. Silt is two
weeks to-day since any mail has been re-
ceived here. The sound is full of ice and it
extends seaward as far as the eve can see.
A three-nasted schooner is drifting with the
ice near Tuckernut Shoals and is likely to
be carried ashore. There is good sleighing
from the town to Hold of Harbor six miles.
This has not been experienced for a number
of years. There is no suffering on the island
at present, although there is q scarcity of
many things, including coal. The weather
Is moderating.
MINNEsoTA's FUEL FAMINE.
DULUTH, MINI, jan. 31.-So urgent has
the demand for fuel become west of here,
especially along the Northern Pacific rail
road, that orders have been issued by this
road to its Duluth agents to'ship nothing
butcoal All its motive power and equip
ment is to be used for coal shipment and
other freight must wait until the fuel
famine is checked. Two hundred cars OF
coal are sent out daily.
NO SUFFERING IN BROWNS VALLEY.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 31.-Mr. Wheel
ock, editor Of the ioneer- Press, is author
lty for the following: "Since the snow
blockade was raised on the Browns Valley
branch of the Manitoba road, reports from
all stations on the line concur in saying
that there was no truth whatever in the
newspaper rumors that there was suffering
from lack Of fuel during the blockade.
Diligent inquiry has failed to discover a
single case of suffering or hardship from
the blockade anywhere on the line or It's
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a week within two miles of Beardsley,
where suffering was reported, without an
applicant for relief"
ST. LOUIS ICE GORGE.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3l.-For some days past,
several tug boats have been butting the
shore ice in the harbor, and with the oc-
casional aid Of dynamite, succeeded yester-
day in opening passage of from 100 to $50
feet wide outside OF the steamers and other
Al
down nearly TO the arsenal This relieved
the pressure on the boats, but, in conjunc.
ton with warm weather, weakened
great mass Of ice in the
harbor, and about midnight and
later tonight a movement took place
both below and above the bridge. filing UP
the open waterway and doing considerable
damage TO shipping. A second and third
movement took place to-day, and, although
the main body of the gorge is still firm,
there is here and there an open bit of water
and the wearing away process is actively
going on, and general rushout may take
place at any hour.
THE DAMAGE DONE.
SO far the following damage has been
done;
The ice barge Suce, belonging to Huse S5
Loomis, lying outside of the Barton street
dump first broke away and was carried
with great force against the little steamer
Matte Belle, crushing her side
in and sinking her. She
now lies careened on the bank and is badly
wrecked. She was valued at 5000 and
partly insured.
Just below this point lay the viii s.
Hays and feet of sand boats, all of whose
lines were broken, and they moved down
for some distance.
The barge Suce crashed into the HAYS,
forced her upon the shore, and left her
there in badly wrecked condition. Her
hull is not crushed, but she is
twisted into all kinds of shaps
from stem to stern, and is
almost worthless. She was valued at
$4,000
The Deliver, sand -barger, was also car
ried down and was crushed by the ice and
sunk. She belonged to the Missouri Sand
Company.
boat, was caught in this rush aud carried
down the bank, but is not much injured.
On her way down, however, she stove the
ferry boat Jacob Tamm, which now
lies sunk below Anna street. She was
worth $4,000 and was insured. The total
damage so far done to shipping in the har-
Dor since the gorge formed some three
weeks ago is estimated at $55 900, of which
the Anchor line loses $50, 600, the Missouri
Sand Company $4,000, the Huse &
Loomis Ice Company 5000, the United
States government on the light house
launch Ivy 5000 and the ST. Clair County
Ferry Company $4,000.
About 1870 O'clock tonight the lower
end of the gorge, five miles below the city,
gave way, and since then the ice has been
flowing out in continuous stream. Luck
lily no further damage was done, or at
least none had been reported at midnight,
and steamboat men say that the really
dangerous part of the gorge has gone, aud
they do not apprehend any more trouble.
Ice is coming down from above in a great
stream, but it flows quietly and harmlessly
through the harbor.