Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-19
THE BLIZZARD.

The Recent Storm One of the Worst Ea :
pertenced in the Northwest - Railroad
Traffic Seriously Impeded' and in some
Cases Wholly Suspeuded-Stiu There's
More to Follow.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 1o.-Y esterday's
storm was, without exception, the worst
that has ever been experienced in the
Northwest. Snow to the depth of two
feet on the level and from five to fifteen
feet in the cuts, was sufficient to almost
suspend the running of trains; but, added
to this, the severe wind which blew in
some parts, aud the blizzard which ragged
i'll others, has suspended railway business
entirely. Freight trains were hung up
early yesterday. not a wheel moving after
MONDAY. Passenger trains, one by one,
followed suit, and by eight O'Clock last
night there was attempt at run
ing train at any point west of here.
The eastern lines, however, worked hard
to keep their tracks open, but without
success. At six O'Clock the reports from
various points along the several roads
We're discouragiag, and il was decided to
abandon almost every thing. Snow
plows and engines were sent out, and
are now stuck on some hill or laid up at
some station along the lines. Many
roads in this State are totally biockaded,
aud il is thought they VIII be laid up for
the next six weeks.
Another storm, or continuation of the
present one, is expected to strike Minneso'
ia Sunday. 1t is now raging in Idaho.
Things look so dubiuos to-day that rail
way men will not venture an opinion
when traffic will be resumed. Each line
is putting forth every effort to keep THEN
Chicago line open, but even that is almost
an imDoss biIity. AT noon to-day not
},o in, a 0p1 aha limited Ia-
ing reported nearer than any other one.
It, however, was ct Knapp, Wis, fifty.
five miles east of ST. Paul, with the snow.
pillow stuck in a hill. The officials hope to
see it reach ST. Paul not later than SIX
O'Clock this evening, although it may come
in before that time and it may not come
in at all tonight, as there are two bad
cuts between Knapp and this city.
Some little idea of the severity of the
storm and it's effect on the roads can be
CLEANED from the fact that up to eleven
O'Clock this morning but two trains had
come in on the Milwaukee Short line
from Minneapolis, and each of these were
drawn by two eng mes. The Manitoba
ran two trains each way before ten o'cl ock
and the Albert Lea line experienced about
the same difficulty. At O'Clock this
afternoon the trains We're all making the
run, each with two engines, about half an
hour behind time. With the exception of
these trains and the Sioux City express
over the Omaha, which cams in at a. M.
seven hours late, not a train has arrived
in st. Paul since last night.
The Omaha line felt the storm worst in
It's western divisions. All the branches
are closed, and it is feared the Mitchell
s. Pipestown division will not be cleared
for months. The Kansas City train, due
here last night, is tied up somewhere
along the route, and train sent out to its
relief has only reached point fifty miles
from st. Paul. Ali trains will be aban-
doned and no effort made to run them
until the ira cks can be cleared.
The Rock Island abandoned all trains
last night, and up to noon to-day no
efforts were made to move a wheel except
on their short-line trains to Minneapolis.
On the Northern Pacific the storm was
unusually severe aud q blizzard is raging
ON it's western divisions to-day. Their
last overland train arrived here
Wednesday night, and the officials will
not offer an opinion when they will start
trains out.
The snow as it fell yesterday was moist
but not too wet to drift, aud it filed up
the cuts it froze in the soft snow and con-
sequently makes it severe task to clear
it from the tracks.