St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
BUSINESS IN BOATS.
The Southern Pacific Making Con.
nectiOns bY Water,

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 26.-The snow
blockade on the Central Pacific in Cali
fornia and Oregon is still "on." In
general, the rain and snow storms
in the northern portion of Cali
fornia have ceased, but whether
or not pleasant weather will last un-
til the blockade is raised cannot be
fOretold. The warm rain that has
fallen in northern points is shifting
southwark, but the storm is much less
on the mountains is therefore less.
Rain has fallen in San Joaquin valley
as far south as Los Angeles and San
Diego, but so far as is now
known little damage has resulted.
The rainfall in the neighbOr
hood of this city the past two days was
so heavy that small washouts are re-
ported on all sides. No trains are run
ming on the Southern Pacific coast road.
The three lines to Sacramento via
Benlcia, Martinez and Niles are closed.
No trains are running from Vallejo TO
CalistOga and Santa Rosa. On the
northern division of the Southern
Pacific the trains are only running as far
south as San Jose. The Placerville
and lone branches are closed. The
wrecked. The Oregon line is open
San Francisco & Northern Pacific road
no trains are running beyond Heald-
burg. For two or three days. at least.
the Southern Pacific company will carry
on its business by running two boats
between here and Sacramento, which
will give San Francisco connection with
Los Angeles and New Orleans, and
with the Eastern cities over the Allan
tic and Pacific roads.
COLFAX, Cal, Jan. 26.-Two east
bound overland trains. one of which has
been snow-bound at Shady Run and the
other at this place. for the past nine or
ten days, were released yesterday and
returned to Sacramento. At rruckee
over three feet of snow has fallen in the
last twenty-fOur hours. The latest re.
ports show that the railroad is clear
from Tunnel Is east. Snow plows are
being kept in constant motion.
PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 26.-The block
ade on the Union Pacific is again viz
tually raised. A chinook is blowing,
and the snow is melting rapidly. Supt.
johnson, of the Union Pacific, says,
barring snow-slides, no fear is felt of
further interruption. The San Fran
cisco route is still closed.
DENVER. Col, Jan. 26.-Adviees from
the southern part of the state show that
considerable damage was done to many
towns by yesterdays hurricane. many
houses being unrOOfed and otherwise
damaged. The fire which started on the
Cheyenne mountain, near Colorado
Springs last evening, was eXtinguiShed
before it had caused any great damage.
A wreck occurred on the Pacific, neal
Berthoud. Col. in which Engineer John
French and Fireman John Richmond
were roasted to death. The hurricane
famed the flames to furnace intensity
but by heroic efforts the trainmen sue.
ceededin eXtinguishing. They were pull.
ing a freighttrain, and the storm was SC
blindingthey did not seethat the sand had
drlIted a foot deep in the cut. The
locomotive jumped the track, burying
the engineer and fireman. A telegraph
line repairer was found unconscious
under one of the cars, but will recover
The conductor, in attempting to reach
the closest station to telegraph for
help, had to crawl a part of the
distance on his hands and knees and
hold on to the rails. Even then he could
hardly face the tempest of wind thai
swept ovea the mountains, threatening
to dash him down to death. Trains on
all roads were delayed, for the sand
drifted like snow.