The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-03-14
STORMS. BL1zzARDs AND FLOODS.
The Severe~t Snow Storm OF the season
i'm the SOrfhwest-FIoOds in the South

urday night and all day Sunday. There was
a regular blizzard blowing and the snow IS
badly drifted. Trains are running behind
time, and especially in Minnesota with great
difficulty. In some localities not wheel IS
turning Travel on wagon roads has been
wholly suspended, and in cities street car
traffic is more or less delayed St. Cloud,
Mimi, reports drifts from TO 20 feet deep.
Moorhead reports snow three to five feet deep
on the prairies, and in many localities the
drifts are ten feet deep In the vicinity Of
Winterset, Iowa, u inches Of snow fell.
Immense drifts FL the roads and travel IS
almost impossible.
ASHLAND, Wis, March 9.-This section of
the country experienced verItable blizzard
last night, and today it is buried in snow.
Trains are blockaded everywhere. 1t was by
far the worst storm Of the season. 1t Is III
mored two settlers on government land near
here persisted in the snow.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March "a Knox
vile special says: Very heavy rains pre-
vailed throughout this section yesterday and
last night, and all streams are out of bank.
7-year-old child was drowned this morning
by falling in raging creek. 4 colored man
named Hunter was drowned in the afternoon
yesterday.
The phenomenal rise in the river continues,
and at l clock this morning the gauge read
1876 feet, rise since Friday morning of 25.6
feet. Much damage has been done by reason
of the rapidity of the rise than would other
wise have occurred. Probably between 1900
and 1000 people have been driven from their
homes, and goods in warehouses and cellars
have suffered much damage As viewed from
the bridge the river is a vast angry torrent,
spreading out over the lowlands. Nearly all
the lumber yards are overfowed, and in some
1asg all -asr,ft The hos
brought out vast amount of driftwoOd, and
it is passing the city in great quantities.
| During the day it was gaining slowly and
steadily. Merchants were busy all day re-
moving goods from cellars and warehouses
near the wharf to higher ground.
The reports from all points on the nver
/ show that it is rising everywhere. and the
/ fullness of the Ohio and Mississippi will pre-
vent the Cumberland from running down as
rapidly as it otherwise would.
/ The river continues to rise slowly. Last
| night at dark the guage read 47.9 feet, 40 feet
/ being the danger line. River men predict
that without any more rain the river will go
I two feet higher. 1t was clear and cooler here
today. The large lumber yards and the saw
| mills have suffered considerably, the damage
50 far to them being estimated at $4,000.
A Chattanooga special says: The Tennes
see river at this point has reached the danger
line and is rising three inches per hour.
I Experienced river men predict that 1t will
1 reach at least As feet. which will overflow
much of the city in low lying places, cut off
several railroads, and, for time, suspend
1 the operations of several manufactures The
rainfall here for 36 hours is 81 inches, and
extends up the river and in East Tennessee
generally. The sky is overcast, and the indi
cations for more showers are very promising
/ L. g,fT
this city and section of the South for the past
two days is unprecedented. Nearly FIVE
inches of rain has fallen in this city during
the past As hours.
The entire lower part of Canton, Miss, is
under water, and all trains on the Illinois
Central road are delayed. The Pearl river
rose three feet in II hours and all trains are
delayed at jackson, Miss, no trains having
arrived from the South since Saturday. The
Mississippi at Memphis is l. feet above the
danger Tide and still rising.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Severe storms are
reported from various points in Texas. At
San Antonio at noon yesterday heavy sleet
storm from the northeast lasted from 20 min
utes to half an hour. doing considerable dam
age to fruit trees. After heavy rain at
Jefferson, Texas, last evening the weather
turned very cold and it showed for about an
hour 1t is feared fruit trees have been very
badly damaged.
Texarkana, Ark, reports light snow, the
first this winter.
The first snow at Palestine, Texas, for three
years, fell yesterday. Very cold.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March AT . O'Clock
this evening a mass of dark clouds lowered
over this city and valley, the air became thick
and oppressive and the deep rumble of dis
1 tant thunder denoted severe storm ap-
I The xr5lInaes nft the slr.- and ba
premature darkness recalled to the people
the horrors of the cyclone of last August.
When the storm broke it was very severe for
a short time, but the damage done was com
paratively slight. Many of the streets in the
lower part of the city were flooded, and eel
lars were filed with water
NYAcK, \. Y. March 9.-The first thunder
storm of the season visited this region to-
night 1t was quite severe. The lightning
was in sharp forks, the thunder heavy, and
the rain came in the form of a deluge.
BALTIMORE, March 9.-The heavy fog on
the bay and river has stopped all navigation.
At noon today there had not been a single
arrival. A despatch from Cape Charles states
that the fog is impenetrable there, and no
vessels have been sighted either passing in
or going out. On the harbor the fog is also
very thick, and no vessels are moving about.
The fog has lasted since Sunday, and several
vessels which expected to get away yesterday
are still at their wharves or lying in Canton
Hollow, awaiting the lifting ofthe mist. Sew.
eral schooners reported in the bay before the
fog settled down are not yet in.
NORFOLK, Va, March 9.-During dense
fog this morning the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk steamer New York collided of
Lambert's Point with the barge Lawrence,
with 1000 tons of coal for New London. The
| hanna eunl- and the Sfaaunar Snstaiu al
slight damage TO her bows.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 9.-The mills closed
down here today on account of high water.
The upper and lower portions of the city are
flooded, bnt there has been no damage to
property. The river is 30 feet above low
water and will begin to fall at midnight. The
weather is clear and cold.
HARTFORD, Conn, March "a thunder
storm came on about 10 o'clock this evening,
and continued for an hour. An inch and a
quarter of rain has fallen since Saturday.
NV YORK, March "a terrific thunder
storm, the first of the season, occurred to-
night The lightning was very sharp and rain
fell in torrents.
PAcHUrA, Miss, March 9.-The railroad
bridge north of Enterprise was washed away
last evening, which delayed trains for several
hours. The Harris Palatial car, with the
Boston party on board, is sidetracked here
waiting for the wrecking train from New Or
leans to pass aud repair the bridge.
LONDON, March "a terrific blizzard pre-
walls throughout the southwest portion OF
England. The storm is the severest on rec
ord in that part of the country, and it is
feared an enormous amount of damage has
been done. Reports already received show
that many small vessels have been wrecked
off the coast. The loss of live stock is also
reported to be heavy. Hundreds of sheep
and lambs have persisted in the storm.
Tuesday nights dispatches from Loudon
state that the storm of Monday and Tuesday
was the worst that has occurred for the past
ten years. Trains were blockaded and all
roads were drilted full of snow, causing a
shortage of country produce. In the sheep
districts many hocks were destroyed, and
cattle suffered from the intense cold. Great
loss of life along the coast is reported, espe-
cially among the fishermen.
Snow fell all day Thursday, and those rail-
roads and country roads that had been cleared
are again shut by the drifted snow. Water is