The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-02
SNOW IN THE NORTH.
Blizzard Sweeps Over Oregon and
Washington.
StreetCar Traffic at Portland Suspended
by the Storm-The Mercury
lowering Near Zero.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb. l. - Snow has
reached depth of twelve inches in this
city. For the first time during the present
storm streetcar traffic was almost entirely
suspended this morning on the electric
lines. the cable is the only line In opera.
ton. The Southern Pacific train arrived
almost on schedule time, but the Union and
Northern Pacific are reported several hours
late.
The Weather Bureau bulletin issued to-
day says snow was falling this morning at
A. NJ. at all points in Western Washington
and Northwestern Oregon. The storm is
moving With great rapidty and will likely
appear on the east side OF the Cas- cades by
3 o'clock this afternoon. The cold wave
west of the Cascades has been dispelled by
warm atmos phere which attends the
storm. East of the Cascades the tempera-
ture ranges from degrees above at Baker
City to IA degrees below at Walla Walla.
This will be succeeded by warmer temper
allure to-day on the approach of the storm.
In Montana and the Dak0tas the tempera-
ture continued below zero from 30 to Al de-
grees.
The forecast for Oregon and Washington
for tbirty-six hours is, "wednesday, rain or
snow; Thursday. fair weather. decidedly
warmer, with brisk to high southerly winds,
changing to northwest and gales along tile
coast"
On the Columbia River the binding
snow, cold and ice rendered il painfully dis
agreeable and exceedingly dangerous 10
navigation. The Ice on each bank extends
a hundred feet into the channel, while tie
main channel is full of floating ice. The
har5or in front of Vancouver Is frozen
over, shutting off communication with that
city.
At Salem the storm continued furiously
all night and morning until shortly after
noon, when the sun shone FORTH and the
air was as balmy as a morning in spring.
During the morning all the street railways
and other traffic in this city was suspended.
but is now being slowly resumed. The
Oldest inhabitant declares 1t the worst
snowstOrm ever witnessed in Oregon. The
snow is from six to twenty inches deep.
TACOMA, Feb. About 20 inches of
snow has fallen since the storm began last
Thursday 1t is the seyerest snowstown
known since the seventies. Every streetcar
line in the city is paralYzed. The city has
fourteen teams and sn0wplows at work
that the people may get out Of their homes.
This morning the thermometer stood at 8
deg below zero. The indications tonight
are for colder and clearer weather. The
Northern Pacific trains to-day have been
from two to ten hours late. the Spokane
express, due at 2:15 this morning, not ar
irving till o'clock tonight.
ASTORIA, Feb IA heavy northwest
gale prevailed all day at the mouth of the
river and floating ice came down in great
masses for several hours. The wind
brought the tide up several feet above Its
ordinary height and no steamers or vessels
attempted to venture outside or across to
the Washington shore. The snow In the
city is over foot deep.
SPOKANE, Wash. Feb. 1.-Early this
morning the thermometer, which had
reached 10 below zero, began to ascend, and
about daylight heavy snowstolm set In,
which ragged until late this afternoon; about
ten inches being added TO that already on
the ground.
Fierce winds added to the discomforts of
the storm, filing the air with clouds OF
drifting ow. Much trouble was exper-
fenced by slreetcars in keeping the tracks
clear, and trips have been infrequent since
the cessation of the storm. The weather is
growing colder, the thermometer registering
below at II p. NJ.
Reports from neighboring towns show the
storm to have prevailed throughout this en-
tire section. At Davenport in the Big
Bend. the thermometer fell to 80 deg below
zero last night. The snowfall in that sec
ton was heavy and badly drifted. in some
places the drifts being ten feet deep.
A passenger train has been boekaded on
the Central Washington. between Almira
end Couee City. since Monday.
At Davenport no coal is to be had, and the
supply Of fresh meat is exhausted
lie Paluuse the storm is also severe, and
intense cold prevails