The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-02
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
The Northwest Visited By an Unusually
Severe Blizzard-Buslness Suspended.

severe Bllzzard-Buslness suspended.
ST. PAUL, Feb 2S.-Street railway
traffic was entirely suspended this
morning both on the city and sub
urban lines. The lnterurban line is
also showed under and cars are STALL
ed all along the route between Min
neapolis aud st. Paul, despite the eff
forts of the company to keep the lat
ter Ii, open, but the fall OF Lwelve in
ches of snow in a few honrs proved too
much for the snow plOw in use and
the efforts had to be abandoned short
ly after midnight. The gale packed
the driited snow so hard that ii would
bear mans weight, and every line
in the two cities suffered.
Local business is almost paralized,
it being Impossible to reach work, es'
peciaily FIR those whose homes were
some distance away. However, all
lines are running this afternoon The
suow tall in Minneapolis and st. Paul,
as given out by the weather depart
menV here, was twelve inches. At
Duluth it was over SIX inches and at
Lacrosse nine inches.
The storm traversed Iowa, Southern
Minnesota, Illinois. Wisconsin and
Michigan, and the worst of it not far
from this city. Telegraphic service is
intertered considerably. Nearly all
the railroads suffered to greater or
less extent, especially those to the
south and east of here, which were
either several hours late or aban-
doned entirely. The trains aban-
doned were chiefly those on branch
lines, a although few through trains
were blocked twenty.four hours and
then dropped,
Red Wing, Mankata, Saltwater,
Winoua and other southeastern Min
nesota and southwestern wisconsin
towns were showed up and had no
wire communication with the outside
world. North Dakota reports no
storm at all and all trains from the
west @ on time. Lumbermen usual
ly want snow but special from
Chippewa Falls, Wis, says IA inches
of snow fell there and operations in
lumber camps are entirely at stand
still. Drifts 10 feet are reported on
the main streets OF Hudson, Wis, and
all country traffic will be shut off
there for week
IN MICHIGAN.
IRONwOOD, Mich, Feb. 28.-The
very worst storm of the winter as q
June zephyr to the Dakota blizzard in
comparison. with the terrific storm
which ragged here the past thirty.six
hours and still in progress. SnO is 5 to
8 feet deep. 1t is impossible to drive
teams on the streets and business is at
a \ Il Il
cOnsn Central trains from Milwaukee
and Chicago are snow bound thirty
miles south OF here, and relief train
with four engines and two coaches has
lett her to take off the passengers and
mail from the Lakeshore limited,
which is showed under near Manto-
wish.
A dispatch from Brosswell says the
blizzard struck the northern part of
Sanilac county yesterday afternoon
completely cutting off trains from that
direction. Trains due there this after
noon on the Sand Beach division of
the Flint and Pere Marquet road, are
stuck in five feet of snow near Minder.
Six engines and two snow plows are
unable to get the train through.
A Grand Rapids dispatch says the
Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad is
experiencing the worst blockade of
the winter on its northern division,
the terrific wind has filled the cut
with huge drifts of snow 6 to 10 feel
deep. The Marhinaw passenger train
due here at 1920 last light WIS STALL
ed at MancelOna and at last accounts
was still there. A snow pillow sent
from mere last night also stuck and
the road for several miles is irApas-
sable \ large force of men were sent
north from there this morning to dig
out the trains. Traffic is practically
suspended but no accidents are re-
ported.