New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
IN THE TRACK or THE STORM.
GREAT DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY WINDS
AND WAVES.
LIVES LOTT. BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN AID
BRIDGES WASHED AwAY-vEssELs MISS
ING OK THE GREAT LAKES.

D4AI''-' NANiII-D AWA1-NISSEIS MISS
ING on THE GREAT LAKES.
Chicago, Nov. 1o.-normatIon gathered 20 day shows
that the telegraph system IS Gcmoralzed. Through
ont the Mississippi Valley from It. Paul TO ST. Louis,
along tho wabash line, In Missouri near Kansas
City, The pole, Tor fifty miles are down. and alto
gether there are over 100 miles OF poles down on
The system From Apple River Junction. In thl'
State, along the Illinois Central, twenty-five miles
Of poles have been blown down.
Railroad people say that the storm was OF tbs
most peculiar well dsagrccable they had 70
contend with. 1t appeared to diff up the Mississippi
Valley from Eastern Arkansas 10 II point directly
over the spot whore Iowa Joins Illinois and Wscon
sin. There the wind seemed t. gather renewed fore,
and went vhirllng about In n circle 100 miles IN
diameter. The wind accompanied BY nlin. which
turned 20 eleet ard then 10 snow. The Chicago NIL
waukcc and st. Paul was heavy sufferer. About
900 q rs telegraph poles between savannah and
Lansrk and on the La Crosse division, between Port
age and Leesvllle, and also between Savannah and
Marion ard Stoughton and Madison. broken down
with the weight Of the slect. Great icicles, two
feet long and largo mans arm. c!ung % the
polo arms and wire fascnings. In Iowa and Central
Wisconsin, west OF Cedar Rapids and north OF LarlboO
the wires OF the Chicago and Northwestern were fiat
on the ground. on tie Chicago Burlington and
Quincy, between Galcsburs and Burlington, two mles
Of wires were prostrated, and many more between
OtiumWu and CrcstOa. The wires OF thc EocA lSlinu
road, between Davenport and West Liberty. the
main line AID between Davenport and Ed0n or the
Kansas CITY division, destroyed. The Chicago
and Great Western seriously crippled the
DUBUQUE and for somc distance north, and tae CHI
Gag, burlington AMI Northern knocked ont OF It's
telegraph service all along the Mississippi River.
LARGE gangs Of men arr at work repairing the wires
throughout the storm-siricEcn section.
MARQUETTE Mich. Nov. ia lcrco gale with
,f~t.. nyfo ~
vessel men for the safety Of the steamer c. J. Ker-
shaw which left hero with the barge Ironton In tow
O. Wednesday FOR Portage Lake. They should have
reached there on THURSDAY but telesrams addressed
TO Csptan W. :. Mack. Of the kershaw, have re
nalncd unanswered
Cleveland Ohio. Nov. 1o.-Ncws from the Pontiac
was onNl,usly awaited today, but this afternoon
nothing had been heard from her she Is "A large
steel propeller. sister ship of the Cllcher and the
Western Reserve, which recently went down with
all board.
sault Ste Marie, Nov. l0-Ip to 10 O'Clock today
no news from the missing steamer Pontiac had been
received at til, port. Ncws received from MunisinS
state, that she Is not lying at Grand Island. Ihe
Alberta arrived lrse at today AID reports seeing
the GIenora lying or Clnhoo Island with broken
rudGcr An attempt at assistance was made' but
owing IN Tie heavy seas had 20 De- abandoned.
The Canadian schoDucr GlcAora IS missing. and II
K greatly feared tAat She has been lost Win all on
board Sic was Oh kor way here Thursday night
from Fort william sTa.Hiadcn. but broke two to"-
lines. and her tus was obliged To ran for She'tF
leaving TIE schooner TO Aer own devices No'iahs
has been heard from her yet
Boise. Idaho NOV. ia heavy snowstorm has
prevailed in southern Idaho during tho last few days
r.ulc iogau the s!xyearold daughter u James
Logan o. Hillside started across the divide for school!
4 short time after the firs departure snow began
to fan heavily. and Is she had not reached her uc'
tnation at noon. II was known 'A-' N. was ~ -.
s-a,,,aa buIs sm'pc 10 ind taco Of the missing
'-"" % '''1 ''''.' ,[r, ,-,.r ~. u.ancorcr vns
found alive and Wei. lut terribly weak IN one ct
wilson & pol,pcr's Old sheds. with dozen sheep
"''''" a., .,...,, .rt ,..s cscauod
death liz freczlag
ps,r.,r-c Va Nov l9-A terrific windstorm
i'V'S'''h' ".' -, ,.. ,,s..-,., hor,ua
passed over Chea'e'''N emmy - ,','
dOSn barns and other ouih"l''' I''''Hs Ic"''
up,oonn; rec' ana . r'- ,,.,. tly e,,.u1 shook
Of the Wind vs. 80 t'.' ''''' '"'.' -
Is II t.cy would tuHi.r down. ana ~" O'o"'""''
v.rc badly nightoucd.
-. 60 ,y,.,i, ,., l,.t ,,c.uty. four hours
IacJMA' NV'' ~ "'"''' '"' -, -.
over thr~ inchc, Il rdH icA Ario' u,Ah '".
hcavIo.t rainfall ever known in iAr Puget sound
-, -,,,.,,,,. ,r,. .,,o,.u and tAc Northern
.-. vty.- tr,y f,,,r mile, c.ist
Pacific bridge over '4t'" "''''' '"''' ''"' ~ W
e Tacoma Wa, carried away. Trains o-unot pas
before sandny.
r,.,.., 1r. ~, 10 r.l.ll. IA. occurred
an tb, Iul,a Pacific lDgr mii,, vet o. Chase. Pas
u" wy ,,,,., tram. f.r,ot ly boat
scHsc'' h"d H''"' "'' '''r '''' , a.
Tie slide j. about 800 Ir'. 4At' "Yb s'''4'i "''
will be required 20 n.ovc y.
:, t,' ,,ov ID New reaches here that a
90 ~ O.. ,,.. -, 81, y,.,u.~
tornad" passed wr'ush WI 4I"ii'' ''V.' ." "''''
dly night causing considerable loss. Inc nous; "i
49,, Ar,n.tr,r. VII, blown down aud all tue
JON" "'''',' '1 ,,, '.,, ,.,,. ,,r,,,,ry f.t,ilv.
cupahtS ih!u'''' I"'" '''' anu "'', -,
~. Mary. Ohio, N't. ia tcGli' "'II'o'.,.n. t
swept over thi' section I't hsAl VA" VI Ias". s
,r,3it damage 10 property. >corca " Gr.i'n, We'o
blown down IN the oil AelG, near tl' Guy eH'HiI"s
b.,vv loss.
Lurcha spnuS.. Ark, Nov. New mas In''
reached here That tornado struck HARRISON Hth,
Thursday might. Killing nve p ,plc am @
many others. y l"iEc hn"igcI o' ",In1 'rd ,orJi-J
down, and conalHcia'I' e'"'h VIZ Hi @ a. .o,'cc Ly
of. Two small children wee '1'4'eu So'o u'' -
the wind. but @-c"p,d uNIH TIN, .ovorcet snoustorm