The record-union., 1891-02-09
STORMY WEATHER.
a BLIZZARD RAGING IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
The Steamship Polar1a Encounters a
Terrible Gale on the
Atlantic.
Special to the REcoRp-uN1oN.

optCIut 10 the RECORD-UNION.
ST.. PAUL, Feb. Sat noon to-day Snow
began falling in this city, and there has
been promise of blizzard during the
afternoon. The storm was pretty general
in the Northwest, although North Da-
kota seems to have escaped to a consider
able extent. In South Dakota the storm
that was raging at Rapid City has ex-
tended over the entire State. Aberdeen,
Huron, Pierre and other points report a
very severe blizzard.
A Pioneer Press correspondent at Pierre
says: The worst blizzard since 1888 has
been raging here since last night, with
little prospect of cessation. The ther-
mometer went as low as 2O0 below zero
this morning, and it has been freezing all
day. 1t is doubtful if trains will be able
to get through.
A Huron correspondent says snow
storm tonight developed into gigantic
blizzard, almost equal in fury to that of
January, 1888, the wind blowing at a
velocity of from thirtytive to forty miles
an hour.
At o'clock tonight the thermometer
was lG' below zero at st. Vincent, Mimi,
II below at MinnedoSa 80 below at Fort
Buford and A. at Moorehead Minn. The
blizzard did not appear in North Dakota
tonight, but is confined to South Dakota.
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wis
consin, being severest in South Dakota.
SNow-sToRM IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, Feb. S.-There was heavy
Snow-storm here to-day, nearly blockad-
ing street-car traffic. Reports from all
portions of the State show that the storm
was very severe. In the northwestern
part a blizzard has been raging for twelve
hours, and the people dare not venture
away from their houses. In the southern
part the snow has drifted from four to ten
feet.
THE THERMOMETER AT ZERO.
LINCOLN (Neb.), Feb. Sat midnight
the thermometer ranged around zero and
strong wind was blowing. The snow
fall at this place is very light. Hastings
and Nelson, to the west. report heavy
SHOWS and blizzard raging, and all
through trains from the west are de-
layed.
STOCK SUFFERING.
DENVER, Feb. 8.-The weather through
out Colorado and New Mexico turned
very cold last night, and by this morning
the mercury dropped from 50 to 12o, and
to-day has been pronounced the coldest
of the season. Snow fell in many places.
Dispatches from Albuquerque n. NJ, re-
port great distress among the stock, and
especially sheep, which are freezing to
death.
ALBANY IN DARKNESS.
ALBANY, Feb. S.-The effects of the
storm in this city can be summed up
briefly by saying that the present condi-
tions here are, on smaller scale, exactly
what they were in New York City two
weeks ago. The city is in darkness, it
being unsafe to connect the electric light
wires, and no electric cars We're running
for the same reason. The fire-alarm tele-
graph and telephone wires are all down.
AT Auburn the wires are all down and
the city is in darkness. A large number
OF shade and fruit trees were blown down
and ruined.
Great damage was done to the large
orchards of this vicinity. In Mohawk
Valley over a foot of snow has fallen since
6 O'Clock last night. Other places report
considerable damage done by the storm,
and trains are somewhat delayed.
AN OCEAN STEAMSHIP DISABLED.
New YORK, Feb. S.-The steamship
Polaria, regarding whose safety much
anxiety was felt, reached port tonight,
i've days overdue. Her foremast was
gone, the engines out of order, and she
presented a battered appearance gener-
ally.
Captain George Busch said:
The 9th of January was particularly
stormy day. In the afternoon gigan-
tic wave struck us, and tons of water
came rolling on the deck. Above the din
of surging waters, sharp crash was
heard and the big foremost was seen
hanging level with the main-deck over
the starboaId side. The forward bull
warks had been carried away, and could
be seen dancing off the wave crests. The
stairs leading from the quarterback to
the main-deck was gone, and the sheet
iron end of the cabin compartment burst
in. Portions of the bridge are missing,
and the iron guard-rail is broken A small
boat has been carried off. 1t was a mar
row escape from an ocean grave. No one,
fortunately, was seriously injured''