The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-03-10
FIERCE BLIZZARD
The Northwest Visited BY the Worst
Storm in Years.
HIGH WINDS, LOW TEMPERATURE

A Man In Minneapolis Picked Up
BY the Wind aud Dashed Against
Telegraph Pole Tho wind Biows
|, az the Rate OF six,y-one Miles an
Hour.
MINNEAPoIls, March i0.Since
o'clock yesterday morning Minneapolis
has been the center Of furious blizzard.
and reports coming in from outside
points state that the wind i blowing
across the plains at velocity ranging
from thirty-iive TO fifty miles an hour.
The temperature, too. has fallen from 20
to 45 dogs. and registers all the way
from 1e to 90 dogs. below zero, and Is
still falling In the city the streets are
given up TO the wind and flying snow,
and during a part Of the day IL WAS inn
possible TO see across the street. A
number Of the leading merchants closed
their stores. The street railway service
Is paralyzed.
Railway superintendent pronounce
the storm the heaviest that they have
seen in years. Incoming trains, with the
exception OF the Chicago trains, which
did not meet the storm until near their
destination, are universally late. An
yet no casualties are reported, but many
of the pranks Ut the wind have resulted
seriously. a passenger on the Chicago,
St. Paul and Kansas City road while
passing from one car to another was
blown from the train against an EN-
bankment and severely bruised. About
B o'clock man passing down the street
was caught In s'whiriwind" and car
ried in the air, and thrown with terrible
force against a telephone pole.
The Worst storm IN Years.
AT Duluth the mercury has fallen 10
dogs. In as many hours. The wind
changed to northwest and is now blow
ing at the rate Of forty miles an hour.
The snow is still falling. The streets
are deserted. The street railways have
abandoned all attempts to get into OPP
Grafton. It Is the worst storm known
there for years.
Devil's Lake, N. D., reports . blind
ing blizzard. It Is the worst storm OF
/ the season. A heavy gale from the
north, with snow. No fatalities are yet
reported, but some are unprecedented.
From Sioux Falls comes the following
information; A. terrible gale has been
Il
neys, clapboards and sidewalks were
tumbled around like rubber balls.
i From all reports the suffering In the
country district will be more intense.
Schools Closed By the Storm,
i ST.. PAUL, March 10. - Reports re-
ceived here from all over the northwest
show that most terrific storm " every
where prevailing. Schools are generally
closed and people cannot venture out "a
doors. All wires west Of Fargo are re-
ported down. In this city the electric
car traffic between the city and outside
Is seriously delayed. When the Chicago,
st. Paul and Kansas City train was
about seventy miles west of the city Ed.
ward O'Brien. printer from New
i York, stepped on the platform and was
blown OF. The train was stopped and
he was brought to the city and sent to d
hospital. His injuries are painful, but
not serious.
Blowing Sixty-onc Miles an Hour.
OMAHA, Neb., March 0.-rFor the past
twenty -four hours one Of the most severe
gales ever experienced In Nebraska hal
been prevailing The wind has beer
blowing at the rate OF Aixty-one miles an
hour, and every light portable thing ii
the vicinity has been blown away
Large plate glass windows have been
smashed, chirnneys and trees blown
down, small buildings blown over and
fences, etc, blown away. Throughout
the state the gale has been severe, but
owing TO no wires particulars cannot be
given.
A special from Sioux Falls says ter
rife northwest wind has been blowing
the past twenty four hours, doing much
damage. Chimneys were blown of,
plate glass windows blown in and houses
In process Of erection were overturned
and demolished. Small buildings were
taken mp and carried off by the gale.
The damage to property will amount to
many thousands Of dollars.
To Go to nm Asylum.