The record-union., 1893-02-01
A Blizzard Raging Throughout the
Northwestern States.
FORTY EIGHT DEGREES BELOW ZERO
AT HELENA. MONTANA.
A Difference of Fifty-Eight Degrees in
Temperature Between Two Points
in Montana One Hundred Miles
Apart-Seyeral Degrees Below at
Victoria and Spokane-Only Four
teen Above at Portland, Oregon.
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ST. PAUL (Minn.), Jan. 3l.-A blizzard
ragged all over the Northwest last night
and to-day and is still at it. Driving
snow broke over st. Paul during the,
morning. The wind blew at the rate of
twenty miles an hour, driving clouds of
snow before It. Reports from the North
west are meager at the Weather Bureau,
owing to the prostration Of wires. Those
received show some peculiar freaks of
the weather. At o'clock this morning
at Helena it was 4So below zero, while at
Missoula, little over a hundred miles
north, it was 10o above. AT the former
place there was high wind from the
west. Nlissoula was simultaneously catch
ing small hurricane from the east.
All through Montana, with the excep-
ton of one point, the cold was intense.
In Portland it was 80 above, and in st.
Paul l50 below. In Duluth it was 60 be-
low, Winnipeg 100 and jamestown 90,
while at Fergus Falls, Grand Forks and
Fargo it was fully 20o warmer, with
high wind from different point in each
of the six place. The snowfall in the
Northwest was not enough to cause seri-
Gus delays, but high winds caused drifts,
and they kept through trains three to
four hours late.
This evening the storm is more severe
in the Dakotas and Minnesota, and the
temperature is rapidly dropping below
zero. Later tonight reports from many
points in the Northwest state that the
blizzard is general and very severe.
Glendale, n. D., reports a severe change.
At this morning it was 81 above, and
tonight it is 250 below. The schools have
been closed, business is at standstill
and terrific blizzard is raging. 1t is 2O0
below at Huron, S. D., tonight, with
65-mile gale. Watertown, S. D., reports
trains abandoned because of the storm.
HELENA (Mont.), Jan. 3l.-The State is
now in the throes of the coolest wave ex-
perienced in seven years. Within four
days Is inches of snow have fallen. Stock
men are uneasy. 1t was 307 below zero
here last evening, and 49o below this
morning. At Great Falls it was $50 be-
low, and al, Glasson, in the northern part
of the State, 40 below.
BELOW ZERO AT VICTORIA.
VICTORIA (B. c., Jan. 3l.-The hopes
entertained yesterday that the cold snap
had run its course were disappointed last
evening when the mercury began drop
ping. 1t lowered just above zero for an
hour or two and then went below The
lowest accurate records show 50 be-
low zero, but the weather grew warmer
toward morning. 1t started to snow
again this morning, but snow fell only
for short time. Zero is the lowest ever
before reached in the province. The
mercury has been running from 207 be-
low freezing to zero.
COLD AT PORTLAND.
PORTLAND or, Jan. 3l.-The snow
storm ceased in the Northwest last night
and the weather turned cold. The
heaviest fall was in the Puget Sound
country, where a depth of fifteen to
twenty inches was reached. At Spokane
the thermometer was 12o below zero to-
night. In this city it is 14o above.