Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-13

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ed as more or less delayed from the
west, with a prospect OF serious block
AIDES before nightiall.
FT. WAYNE, mp, February IA
genuine blizzard with all its varieties
broke loose here at 10 o'clock last night
and still RACES with pnabated fury.
Street railway traffic is entirely sus-
pended, all railways leading into the
city are greatly interrupted, and pedes-
trianism can only be accomplished with
the greatest difficulty, The wind is
blowing gale and the mercury is fall
ing rapidly.
COLUMBUS, O.. February ia Sc
we're Seet storm prevailed here this
morning. Wires are covered with ice,
giving telephone people considerable
trouble and causing street cars to move
slower than usual. Business is delayed
accordingly.
CINCINNATI, O., February IA sleet
storm reached this locality after mid
night with a high northeast wind, but
by noon to-day the temperature had
risen until the ice had nearly melted
and rain was falling, the wind shifting
TO westerly.
FNDLAX, OHIO, February. 12.-The
most violent snow storm known here in
years began at 6 o'clock this morning
and has continued all day without ces-
sation. Fierce winds accompanied the
snow, blowing it into huge drifts sew
eral feet deep. Street car lines were
all blocked by noon aud cannot be
opened short of two or three days. All
trains are belated and travel practi-
cally suspended.
TOPEKA. KAs., February 12-To-day
found the big blizzard in full blast 1t
is still showing with fierce west wind
Glowing. The snow is about twelve
inches deep on level, but badly drift
ed. The mercury is ten above zero.
TOLEDO, o., February 12.-The bliz-
zard struck this city at $50 this morn
ing, and at 7:3O every street car in the
city was abandoned. The wind blew
the water up the river from the Maui
NEE Bay, and the docks and Water
street are inundated. Business has
been at a standstilI. A binding
snow storm has filled the streets
with drifts, and all trains are
behind time. Trains on the Hooking
Valley and Pennsylvania railroads were
stalled at the depot platform. There
was some trouble with vessels in winter
quarters, several of them parting from
their moorings. The schooner Mariner
vas blown against the Pennsylvania
bridge and damaged. She was towed
back 10 her dock by yard engine TO
which o cable was attached. The
storm is raging tonight, and no per-
ceptible abatement is promised until to-
morrow.
New YORK, February IA blizzard
scheduled by weather prophets TO reach
here tonight, has arrived on time. In
fact 10 has struck the city several hours
in advance Of the time predicted by the
expert photographer Tonight the
streets are covered with a mantle Of
snow several inches deep. All traffic is
impedsd Fhe railroad trains are be-
hind time, and mails from all parts Of
the country are delayed. The street
railroads are operated with difficulty,
and traffic on the river has been greatly
impeded.
SAGINAW, Mich, February 12.-The
worst blizzard experienced in years
made it's advent here at 10 a. N. aud a
binding snow storm has ragged all day,
accompanied by a fifty-mile gale from
the northeast The snow has drifted
badly. Trains are late tonight. The
storm seems TO be increasing in
violence.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. February 12.-
A dispatch from Guthrie, O. T., says
that last night the mercury registered
Is degrees below zero. This morning a
thaw set in but at O'CLOCK this after
noon another cold wave swooped down
on the territory, sending the mercury
down TO zero again. The suffering
throughout Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory must be very great.
New HAVEN, Conn, February 12.-
A storm of unusual severity is in pro-
gress I'm this city tonight. The sound
steamers did not venture out and the
harbor shelters a big fleet Of vessels.
Trains are greatly delayed.