New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-10
SNOW AND ROARING WINDS.
4 BIG BLIZZARD IN The NORTHWEST.
THE WORST STORM IN SEVERAL YEARs-TRINh
DELAYED. TELEGRAPH LINES DOWN AND
BUSINESS PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED

DELAYED. TELEGRAPH LINES down AND
BUSINESS PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED
Minneapolis March 9.-Thc c;y is now IN the 7'o''"
centre of the worst blizzard that has been sen III "
Northwest I'm four wears \ cold wind that blows from
the west AT the rate OF forty miles AN h"ur - III
COMMANDED by a fine dry snow that penefacs cN''H-
where. ~ vet the temperature has not oc'- ""
and that is the only rcdccmng feature oi 'no o'''"'
The unusual violence Of the blizzard Is u'u'o"' ""
ly the fact that o'clock this n"fl'"- " '-''
maker who was passing the West Hotel corner Wheic
the wind rl-he, IN between tla bhlidIn- anu "0
twelve story Lumber EXchans" with m"'h '"''' was
lifted from h, feet by the wind and thrown I" 'He
ground IN, nc,c being broken and shoulder u'Sio '
The electric ear systems Of the two 'leS - "e"e
desperately 10 keep II, cars moving -" ,'''"''7
trains were an hour two late ana 'n' "'''
trliu. from the West have not been hcaTu i''' az
all owing TO telegraph lines being down. ioPo'H
came frum tle Canadan Northwest OF low temperature
,horc tc decree, below zcra being reported rom some
points at.
+. paul. March 9.-Ycsterday the weather IN tm'
,tnte and throughout the Northwest was paln'' anu
spring like; to-day there has been raging 'h' "o''t
hIizzard for wears II WIS reported late last night
I'm North Dakota and extended from thhi S'"'e "'''
ward this morning. To-day a bowling gaze WIN neN
drifting snow was reported from WISCONSIN, "i"-
nc.ota and the DalOta~ aud tonight III" bnZhatu 'oh
time, with unabaed fury while th" mercury u """N
down. Cuisines, has been practically suspended
throughout the Northwest. schools, Streetcar service
i'm this city and elsewhere have been closed trains are
DELAYED or abandoned. and general paItlNsiH "'
everything has resulted. several trains were
abandoned or held in projected places because 'h'
official, feared they would be thrown from thc ""'H
n started out in the blizzard. Communication has
been cut on TO = large extent by the weather. Inc
Weather Eurcau announces that the storm VIII pioo
ably continue until tomorrow night.
"' ~ - ,..,.,,.b fran, winnipeg say
~ \ bad ~now,torm set in here last night The "lnd
Is blowing "A perfect gale and roads VIII be badly
blocked
\di>patch from Fargo. y D.. says" \ terrific wind
storm from the north struck TN, city at II "'''"
lat ,i.ht and the wind is AZ least hfty miles An hour
Il came ON in less than ten minutes 'P 10 .,''
limo il had been raining steadily since noon Inc
,lr,r,.,,r fell - degrees IN u quarter Of An hour
, rrn,l.r of telephone wire, are already down ana
,lc electro .tror lights are all ont. 'on-ideiFhic
damage h., been done, property being blown down
and hon~,- uuiooicd.7
According 10 the st Paul Weather Bureau th" th'r
momct-r At : O'Clock 10 night IN this dtY rAS''''n
lcro a drop Of 4i degree, In twenty l"nF honi'' "
is -;ill SIo@us colder.
Irilltl Niun March 9-A heavy wet >n'" h''
been falling hoe -iuce an early hour TN m" H' =
,cco,rp,4ioi b. "a uorthct-t gale which rh h'd a
,,v nun. yolirty II twenty seven mile di h"ul.
r,ir,ad t,.,gi %, o., "a ,tind,'in. NbJI -"vcn in'he'
r ,l., la, fallen already. Lumber nc ME Ib'''lhu
81 g. D. 200. the m,f,nry lad .al!cn ten ir-''>' ~
,,nd changed t. uortavc,: and wa hf"ln- '' '"'
rat. nf ,,rtc nuIe, au hour The Snow J, -ul fhn-
1bc street. are oceetbd. IN" street rIvav company
lay. abandoned a attempts To gel their lnc nt" "pc
alton. - j, tlc worst storm know h'r &" 'r"l-.
-unilrot.. Nnu. March 9.-A fearful -:orri is r'S-
ing in rd. region. II 3, showing hard Win 'iUbe
wind from tIc Northwest and the Thermometer -
r.nuius down. So TIA .olug c1n bc done nlnI INC
bh.zard Lex, up. objects cannot he seen Two ""i'
AWAY aud no one face the storm.
owataura MINI, March o.The fair weather OF
fla. I.t fv da,, las been -uccc'dcd b. ID" harvest
.toln q the year ard pcrhAp, Of several Se"r@- Inc
wind 1, terrific, accompanied by binding sn""S'"l'
u.inr. Of all kind, Is at a sandstl and the succt'
ar, dc-crted.
C,oohstou Mimi WAS visited by tho -e,erc't storm
c>,icncod ip ,rtr l,,t night and II 1, still ranng
II -tartcd early ~ III" evening with gentle ram D"' D>
10 O'Clock turned into binding snow storm with a
tin gale from the north. shortly after midnight u
gained great vciocty ,nd the wind rose to y peic'
tcrlal aud doing many dollar worth "i damage i'
bu-iuc-, bl'ch~. Tonight the ,iy l. H. iot.i darh
moss. and the storm f. -till raging. EarOtiing "p
cIatiou- are 1T ,ttud-ull - al trains hh'r be"h
abandoned In me 'uceN ,hc ,n"w @ T. p',." p i,,' 49,, ,
''-,t' t ,tf, u,r.b pN terrific windst,rm hu, been
raging mere for the last tWcut, four h0lr and -il
ruutinuc, The storm tc-m at . O'Clock this morn
ug. and wa, accompanied hf I'p' I'. ~ 'm" w."
I
degree. The weather la, been clear with no ,NW
or rain but the wind ha- blown ~ N" rai" "t foriN
cvcI mile. au rOur. The storm prevail, with equal
force. throughout kan-,- and t"lcgraptlr service is
seriously interrupted. the postal icporte IT, -crN'r
| L.dl, .rfrr,d I'm the Sorth and N,.t The Western
| Union ha- few Wire wording lu kai~a-, ana al
| service over it, lines hctWc"n here ana 'Wfhr i
aba, doucd Nn other danl,. the ha, bccn
| reported. ,,.
l'd, p"ndcucc. Iowa March 9.-Ecclnnng It-t ulslt
and continuing to-day /. tine worst hnIlhtd and Wlud
storm kuowu - tti- place for YEAR. business and
! traffic Of all kiud- ill Pr1dcd.
March .. most NOW Storm
NJ tho season raging here tnd the weather j. getting
c1ldcl. II Just in time 10 keep logging camps
! u -m hteaNng zap.
LI,chGcd. Mimi. March o. The wort >tpm FOR year
| - raging here. The wind l. blowing u regular hurfi
cane and i- getting Uorc. All the ,chOp- clos"
-. ClDrd, MN. March o. The hcr-crl bluard
eye" known here begun . day aud ha, continued tu
aiatcd all dav II Is impossible 10 remain exposed 10
! i,- f.ry lnr aas lcu-ih Of umc.
Grand Fuih-. y. -. March 9TH" storm which
began lat uignt hi. continued AL dav without ahat"
mcrt. the wind blowing fo'ty I" forty FIVE milo, Al
hour TIE storm the worst ever experienced here.
| VI trains have been abandoned.