The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-14

| Indt 10 would go down bodily. It rocked to
and fro like cradle, and an official closed
the approaches and would not allow any
one to cross the structure.
The storm decreased in violence about
noon, preventing further damages. Tele-
graph and telephone wires are down in
| every direction.
| THROWN FROM THE TRACK.
A tree fell across the Rome, Watertown
| and Ogdensburg railroad in front of a
freight train near the suspension bridge in
New York, plling the engine and nineteen
freight cars in ditch. The engineer was
badly hurt. The water rose several feet
and washed away portions of the promenade
and buildings of Whirlpool Rapids Park
Company.
A VESSEL BLOWN FROM HER MooRINGs.
DETROIT, Jan. ia terrific wind storm
mas ragged since last evening. In the earli-
est part OF the night it was accompanied by
O heavy rain, but later it turned colder, and
the rain ceased, while the wind remained
violent. Several trees were blown
| down in the heart of the
city, and signs innumberable were
found in the streets this morning. Several
large, valuable windows were blown in by
the force of the gale also. This morning is
the coldest experienced so far this winter,
and there is slight fall of snow.
The steamer Ossifrage, which was in
winter quarters, was torn from her moor
lngs and blown up the river to Belle Isle,
where she stranded. She will probably be
got off without damage. Nearly all the
telephone wires are down, causing much
inconvenience to the puohc. Telegraphic
communication is also seriously interrupted.
BLIZZARD IN KANSAS.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13.-Dispatches from
! different portions of Kansas report a bliz-
srIi IN Aha% %eta A s,t,sk
of snow fell, and for 100 miles west the
storm ragged with fury, and the whole coun-
try is covered with snow to the depth of a
| foot or more. Trains are stuck at several
! places, and traffic is perfectly suspended.
Intense suffering is reported in destitute
districts in several of the western
counties. There are forty or more
cars of provisions at the town
OF Liberal en- route to the sufferers, but
that is fifty miles away from the starving
people, aud nobody is willing to take the
chances Of freezing by hauling the freight
in wagons. The temperature is not very
low yet, but the mercury is falling, and
severe cold is apprehended.
TIAIBERS BLOWN THROUGH A CAR,
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13.-Passengers on the
Ferguson, Mo-, accommodation train had a
narrow escape during the storm, and they
congratulate themselves now that a dozen
VI uAOl6 VA lubll OAA UO0 udN0 BUelT ueduS
cut off. Col. Thomas Throughman tells the
story of the passengers frightful ex-
perience. He says the train had left
Vine street, and had proceeded as far north
ward along the river front as Knapp.
Stout q Co.'s lumber yards, when the
rain poured down in such quantities that
nobody could see outside the coach. Slowly
the train proceeded, and when everything
looked dark and most dismal from the
fiIrx or fhov-
smashing of glass that rose above
the din, and inch planks came shooting into
the coach windows on one side and went
out at the other. The few passengers that
were in the passenger coach crouched down
close to the floor, aud the lumber went hy-
ing over their heads. The storm of
planks and wood was SO heavy
glass in the rear coach, and the wind
jammed it in piles on the track between
the trucks, stopping the train. There the
cars stood until the storm had somewhat
abated, when the train crew got out and
cleared the roadway after half hours
tussle in drenching rain. The car was
taken on TO Ferguson, where it was side
tracked for repairs.
WILD WORK AT ROCHESTER,.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 13-The wind
to-day is said to have reached a velocity of
ings have been partially demolished and
several persons injured by failing debris.
George Miller was killed by a fall
ing chimney. George Seward. an
express wagon driver, was kicked
on the head by his horse, which
had been blown down by the force of the
wind. He fell, and the horse rolled on him,
causing internal injuries He may die
The south wall was blown out of the Jose
lyn block, on State street, falling on aud
crushing frame building next door. No
one was injured. The roof of the Genessee
brewery malt house, part of the roof of
Curtis Bros. canning factory, and part of
the spire of ST. Johns church were blown
off. There were many narrow escapes.
The wind died away at about O'clock
REPORT OF THE SIGNAL OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The signal office
reports that the storm, which was central
in the southwest yesterday morning, moved
northeastward rapidly, with great energy,
passing over the central valleys and lake
regions, attended by severe gales and de-
structive local storms. Unusually warm
southerly winds prevailed to the eastward
of the storm center, while the cold wave
was extended southwark over the Missis-
sippi valley to the gulf coast, the change in
temperature in twelve hours ranging from
4O0 to 500 from Missouri and Illinois south
WdIu W DlO WSob 0ulL CO1Sts hO bSAAlpcA a
ture is now below freezing in Northern
Louisiana aud Texas, and is above co. from
Florida northward to New York.
BLEW CAR FROM THE TRACK.
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 13.-During the heavy
gale of last night, freight car was blown
from siding at Custer station, thirty-four
miles south of Toledo, upon the main track
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton
railroad, and then driven three miles north,
where it collided with the south-bound pas
senger traiu leaving here at midnight. The
baggage aud mail car of the train were
wrecked, and both engineer and fireman
injured, but not fatally. The passengers in
the Pullman were not awakened. The track
was cleared at noon to-day. The gale in
jured roofs and did minor damage in the
city vicinity, but the above is the only seri-
Gus casualty, so far reported.
SEVERE DAMAGE AT SYRACUSE.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. ia severe
wind storm ragged here this afternoon,
many buildings being unroofed. The new
freight house of the Rome, Watertown and
Ogdensburg railroad, now in course of
erection on Fulton street, was blown down.
Sixty-ive men were at work on the build
ing. and William Wills, carpenter, was
killed. About dozen carpenters were Sc
verely injured. The building was S00x50
feet. one and one-half stories high, and was
built of brick and stone. Only a small
portion of the roof of the south end is left