The record-union., 1894-02-13

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snow, had much trouble in getting trains
through, but the worst is over, and six
trains Will be run regularly tomorrow.
Train No. l, which should have arrived
early this morning, was held at Leaven-
worth over night and left that city at 8
a. NJ, arriving in Omaha tonight. Train
| No. 2, which left at 10 o'clock last night,
was held at Baker, Kas., on account of a
| freight train engulfed in the snow south
of that point. The Nebraska local, held
at Weeping Water, did not get into
Omaha until l O'Clock, four hours after
the scheduled time. Passenger train No.
left for the south at noon with two en-
gines. which will probably pull it through
on time. Freight trains that should have
gone out last night were held over, but
sent out this morning to break the way.
A gang of men is at work opening up the
track Tor train standing near Superior,
! Neb. The Belt line was not affected by
| the blizzard. The Burlington, Elkhorn
and u nion Pacific were little hampered
! by the snow and their trains are geuer
ally on time.
KANSAS.
WICHITA tKas.). Feb. l2.-Train service
has been abandoned since yesterday, on
account of the SnoWStorm. The Missouri
Pacific and Frisco trains have been stuck
in the Flint Hills since yesterday. The
storm has been extremely severe. The
snow is from one to fifteen feet deep.
TOPEKA (Mas.), Feb. 12.-Trains which
| left Denver yesterday spent the night at
| Cimarron, tied up by the storm. West
| bound Colorado trains are snow bound at
Newton. There is seven feet Of snow be-
| tween Horton and st. Joseph.
! OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. PA dispatch
from Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, says:
| Last night the mercury registered six
degrees below zero. This morning
thaw set in, but in the afternoon another
cold wave swooped down on the Terri
tory, sending the mercury down to the
zero mark again. The suffering through
out Oklahoma and Indian Territory
must be great. Nothing can be learned,
owing to the severe weather and the
condition OF the roads. Trains due Sun
day have not yet arrived. Three are
showed in between Red Rock and Cross,
and as the country is not we'll watered or
| timbered, to say nothing of provisions.
passengers are certainly in precarions
condition.
COLORADO.
DURANGO Coli, Feb. 12.-Snow has
fallen continually since five O'Clock Sat
urday morning. 1t is now 26 inches on
level.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
SIOUX FALLS IS. d., Feb. 12.-It is
showing hard and drifting badly. Trains
are moving with great difficulty.
KENTUCKY.
DANvILLE (Ky.), Feb. 12.-The tornado
which passed five miles north of this city
at O'Clock this morning destroyed 50, 900
worth of property. 4 large barn was
smashed, and huge trees were splintered.
HARRoDsBURG (Ky.). Feb. PA storm
of unusual severity swept over the west
ing, doing considerable damage to prop
erty. Several large stock barns near here
together with the stock contained therein,
were blown distance of a quarter OF
mile. Great damage was done near
Pleasant Hill, where the Postoffice was
blown down.
MICHIGAN.
SAGINAW (Mich.), Feb. 12-The worst
blizzard experienced in years ragged all
day. The snow drifted badly, and street.
car travel is blocked, while business was
largely suspended during the afternoon.
Trains were late tonight. The storm
seems to be Increasing in violence.
PORT HURON (Mich.), Feb. IA biz
Zard has ragged since early this morning.
Business is almost entirely suspended.
Railroads are badly bIOckaded and tele
graph wires nearly all down.
NEW YORK.
New YORK, Feb. 12.-The blizzard
scheduled by the weather prophets to
reach mere tonight has arrived on time.
In fact it has struck the city several hours
in advance of the time predicted by eX-
pert photographers. Tonight the streets
are covered with snow several inches
deep, all traffic is impeded, railroad trains
are behind time, and mails from all
parts of the country are delayed. Street
railways are operated with difficulty, and
traffic on the river has been greatly inn
peded. A snowstorm commenced early
| this afternoon, and has continued many
hours. A high wind accompanied the
blizzard, and Weather Prophet Dunn
says it will reach a velocity of sixty miles
an hour before midnight. He predicts
that severe cold weather will follow the
storm.
NYACK N. ". Feb. IA snow
storm which has the form of blizzard
prevails in Rockland County. Tonight
terrific wind is blowing, and the drifts
prevent travelling in some portions of the
country.
BUFFALO, Feb. IA cold wave has
swooped down upon Buffalo and Western
New York, followed by a heavy fall of
snow. A water famine was threatened,
though men have been kept at work re-
moving the slush OF ice which drifted
! into the inlet of the tunnel that supplies
the city from Niagara Falls. 1t is an
nounced that an ice bridge has formed
! and soliditied. In the passage of the
ice foes down the river, great amount
of timber was brought down, and is
| frozen tight in the bridge. 1t is unusual
| to have the bridge form III February.
! Advices from other nearby towns indi-
cate that this end of the State is being
| blanketed with snow. The area of severe
! cold is extensive.
Louisiana AND MISSISSIPPI.
New ORLEANS, Feb. ia cyclone, ac-
companied by heavy rain, passed over
| Central Louisiana and Mississippi last
night about IL O'Clock, doing considerable
| damage especially in the section trav-
ersed by the Illinois Central Railroad. 1t
| is reported that Newton, Miss, has been
| wiped of the map, but this lacks con-
! firmation, on account of the wires being
! down. Just on the outskirts of Wesson,
| Miss. the residence Of w. 5. Glenn was
unroofed and Z. NJ. Simpsons house
turned completely around and twisted.
| 1t next struck the residence of John
| QUAR-. and John and Albert Flynn, COM
pleteIy demolishing the former, while the
! latter was taken up intact and set down
some distance from where it had origi-
nally stood. Quarts wife and children
were lifted up and deposited fully 100 feet
| away. escaping with only a few slight
bruises and scratches. The damage to
fences and outbuildings in the surround
ing country Is considerable. The section
north and west of Sheridan was also WIS.,
tied. but no material damage is reported.
To the Memory of senator Stanford.
WASHINGTON. Feb. l2.-Atter the pas
SAGE of bill regulating the sale of intox-
icating liquors in the District Of Colum-
bia. by special order the remainder OF the
day in the House was consumed IN pay
- ta tribrtp To the memory of