Telegram-herald., 1889-12-31
A COLD WAVE.
y Sweeps over Large Part Of
the Nor1hw
4 FIERCE BLIZZARD IFS COKPlylOy.
Railroad rraias BlookAaed ~ suew-
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wgNTERs ARKIv AL
ST paw Ainn.. dee 50 Winter
"estaer Is reported a. having SET ln
generally throgE Ehcut The Aortbwest
Heavy snow has fallen ever a s4ae area.
Gna trains ~lll unoou btbdly be- DELAYED
81 many points. Ihe gentle snow "a d
~hlch reached tie tWln cities
early Saturday evening had strength
ened into gale ot tie llll-
tArd persuasion later and ragged fuu-
ously untll morning Late sleepers
we're awakened by the sounds % sleigh
bells and al day long both cities wore
gaia appearance. clothed IA gllstenIng
white under clOudloss SKY Huron. s
u reports the nearest approach D. "a
blizzard slnce the memore ble January
l., 1857 snow has drftaa badly All
trains wers held there Saturday night
and Sunday.
Sunday morning the tbormometer
stood "a degrees below zero In Nlunl-
peg, while AZ o. Appelle. soIae 200 m.l-s
west Of Winnipeg, the mercury showed
5 degrees below zero; az Prince Albert
10 VAS II below al Fort Assinibcino,
Mont, below; az Forts Slliy and Ne
Kinney, below. Al o'clock Sunday
night the fhtr..omttcr showed u te-
grees below zero az Winnipeg and 81
Vincent, below az Fort ASSN i5olue.
aud zero az bismarck
ST paul, Mlln., Dec. 20 A3vices
here seem 10 indicate that the great
snow-storin q Saturday extended over
large area Kumors were rife IN Tie
newspaper Offices that many wires
west OF here were Gown
and travel much delayed The
center o. the disturbance ap-
pears 70 have been - Huron. s. D..
whore the wind veeged 10 the north ard
the storm increased until il became q
ye-itable blizzard, blowing fifty miles
an hour The memorable experl-
ence OF two years ago pre-
vented people from unduly exposing
themselves on the prairics, and 10 bad
results are anticipated. The storm las
been marked IN places by singular phe-
nomena At Winona, Mimi, rain
descended IN great sheets, and the
whole city was flooded. When
the rain stopped the mercury
fell rapidly 80 degrees in three
hours. People can skate 70 business.
At other points electrical disturbances
proceeded the fall OF snow. Duluth was
visited with severe blizzard. ushering
in the heaviest snowfall Of the seasop.
Much damage has been done in the
city and street cars are blockaded.
Trains are delayed by drifts six feet
deep in many places.
DULUTH, MINI, Dec 3o.-Duluth was
visited Saturday night and Sunday by
the most furious storm and the nearest
approach to a blizzard for two years.
Over half foot OF snow fell which was
badly drifted all about the streets by
the high wind. Travel was difficult
during the storm.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Dec. so.-The
first genuine norther Of the season made
itself felt Sunday morning, and the
weather has been growing colder ever
since. The mercury fell % degrees ia
twenty-four hours.
KANSAS CITY, No, Dee 3o.-A violent
wind-storm prevailed in Kansas and
Missouri Sunday, accompanied by a
furry OF snow early In tho
day and a decided drop in tenn
perature. The thermometer fell
70 near the zorro point, but
about noon the weather cleared and
only the high wind continued, but lit
tie damage was caused by the wind
At Macon, Mo, fences were lev
eled to the ground. Several out
houses az Abilene, Kan, were blown
down, and a barn at Wichita was
demolished. The greatest damage was
done 20 the crops. The winter wheat
has been forced BY the recent mild
weather 20 an advanced state OF develop
ment, and with no-ling 70 protect Il,
the severe cold, IL is feared, will kill The
crops, thus causing considerable damage
WICHITA, Kan, Dec 3O-The au-
thorities OF stevens County have wired
the authorities here that. owing to the
intense cold and snow nearly a foot
deep, there IS much suffering from lack
OF fuel, and very few days WI
find many starving from lack az
food. They pray for immediate ss-
sistance in tho way Of fuel. food and
clothing It Is nearly City miles from
the railroad 20 the distressed districts.
and with the present cold wave transpor-
tstiOn 81 relief will be Of aoglt II not
impossible. The last four wears that
county has failed IN crops, owing 70 hot
winds and lack OF rain Tho people
have been Afforded relief every winter
They have been sssSng FOR help recent
II. but few responded, owing 70 the un-
usually fair vtather. The author "a
here are al work collecting -four. meat.
clothing and coal
The people Of Sherman County seen
20 be also suffering from cold and hgnFsr
and sunday dispstch vas rscsivsd by
the county suthori ties asking that as
sistance be rendered without delay
From reports the cold snap which blew
over Kansas during Saturday night
seems % have developed into . hliz-
,a-d ont West and snyvher. from =
foo- n three feet 81 SNOW covers ths
ground