Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-19
A TERRIBLE TORNADO
SWEEPS OVER THE NORTHWEST
WITH FURY.
MOI a Click is Heard in Chicago by the Tcle.
graph Companies From The Section
Having ST. Paul as Center.

Chicago ILL.,, Nov. 1S.--For the past
thirty-siX hours not click has been
heard from telegraph instruments con-
Meeting Chicago with the great North
west. All that section, having st. Paul
as the center, has been practically isO-
lated. Up to midnight the situation is
unchanged. The only way the twin
cities can be reached from Chicago is via
Omaha, Ogden, San Francisco and
Helena back again via the northern
route. With view Of obtaining some
reliable news from the storm-bound sec
ton the Associated Press has had re-
porters watching incoming trains from
tine north west TO interview trainmcn
and others who might have
the necessary information. On the arli-
val Of a passenger train on the Chicago
Milwaukee and st Paul road tonight
two officials of the road, Messrs. A. j.
Earring, general manager and h. p.
Ripley t'atlic manager, stepped of the
train from trip through Wisconsin
and the northwest In speaking Of tue
storm last night and this morning, Mr..
Earring said: 1T has been q very Sc
we're storm throughout western Wis
consin, Northern Iowa and Southern
Minnesota.
It started with a heavy wind and
rain and the rain suddenly turned to
ice. ] guess there must have been
about foot Of it in all, through West
ern Wisconsin and Southern Nlinne-
sofa. The rain froze on the telegraph
wires, breaking them down with
the weight Of tho ice and any
number. OF telegraph poles are down in
every direction. We have experienced
the greatest difficulty in getting trains
through. Our train dispatchers have
not been able tUsend a single message
for over twonty-nine hours. Large
gangs OF men have been sent out and
the damage Is being repaired as
rapidly us possible, but it will
be some time l think before
telegraphic communication will be
opened up, | have heard no reports OF
any loss OF life, but it is possible there
may be something OF the kind. The
lall IN the temperature. while not Sc
we're for the actual winter, was very
sharp for this time Of the year and
came so suddenly that / do not
think many were prepared for it,
Inc storm seems to have done its
work thoroughly throughout Wiscon-
SIN Early this morning a smash-up
occurred on the Chicago Milwaukee,
and ST. Paul road between PlattsvilIe
and Mineral Point, but the railroad
officials have been unable IN
obtain the slightest particulars
regarding its cause or seyeritv.
They have the information in n yag5e
sort Of way that no lives were I6st
but know nothing further. The o(fi-
cers of the road, however, think II the
disaster had been of any magnitude,
special engine would have been semi
along with the news, as long as II il
impossible to convey any intelligence.
The extreme northern part Of MINI.
nesota and North Dakota are reportsd
TO have escaped the storm altogether
but 1t seems to have ragged with great
violence throughout northern and cen.
trai lllinoisand Iowa. Railroads report
that they have been unable To get n
single dispatch into or out Of anv town
on their lines between here and Copn.
Gil Bluffs. ~ IVAN