The morning call., 1894-02-13
THE MIDDLE WEST.
Great Winds Blow Over All the
States in the Valley.

thO uOAthCoob accompanied w WO'S
ing snow, which was piling up in drifts In
the streets. and delayed incoming trains
and blockaded streetcar traffic. 1t was the
worst of the winter and is steadily ncreas-
ing in violence. At noon the wind in
Chicago was blowing 20 miles an hour.
with indications that the blizzard would
continue throughout the night, with the
coldest weather of the year. Many pc
destrians were injured by being carried
off their feet by the gale. Many carriages
were overturned and occupants hurt. The
waves on the lake were extremely high.
Advices to the Associated Press show
the storm very widespread.
During the afternoon the storm in
creased in violence, the wind at times
rising TO a velocity Of seventy-five miles
an hour and the snow growing heavier. 1t
was the worst storm Chicago has ever
known, and by o'clock in the afternoon
business of all kinds was at a standstill.
Trains are greatly delayed, and tonight
most OF the Eastern roads did not start
trains. The New York limited on the
Erie pulled out at o'clock with two
engines and three hours later was twelve
miles from the city, stuck fast. and two
additional engines were sent after 1t, but
could do no good. The incoming New
York limited on the same road stuck in
snowbank one mile from the depot and
six engines gave it up as bad job.
The Rock Island started one passenger
train and it got back after running some
thing over q mile in three hours.
wreck occurred on the Lake Shore
road at Seventy-ninth street owing TO the
mpossibility of going ahead, and one man
was badly crushed and several freight
cars splntered.
On the streets collisions and accidents
were numerous, in many instances pedes-
trians and vehicles being overturned by
the wind. The new addition to the post
office was badly damage d. the windows
being blown in and the glass roof shat
tered. Snow an inch deep covered the
floor, and the water oftened the plaster,
causing it TO fall.
The gale from the lake continued to
blow furiously we'll into the night. Drifts
six or more feet deem. which formed in
many streets, rendered them almost i'm
passable. The high wind caused numer-
Gus fires. an il was almost impossible for
the tiremen to get through the streets.
At II O'clock the storm showed signs OF
dying out and the wind was abating.
QUINCY, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-THE snow is
nearly eighteen inches on the level Moth
ing like it has been seen for more than ten
years. The street railways are almost
helpless, and telephone and telegraph ser
vice much impaired.
SPRINGFIELD. H., Feb. 12.-Ten inches
of snow. Streetcars are barely moving
and business is practically sus pended. All
enboots ad ~ aft
ance.
ROCKFORD, H.. Feb. 1.-THE blizzard
ragged all day and much snow has fallen.
GALEsBURG. ILL.,, Feb. II. Streetcar
travel is abandoned. The Burlington road
is sending out only passenger trains. The
country roads are being blocked, and snow
is still falling.
AURORA. ILL.,. Feb. 12.-The most severe
blizzard known in years has prevailed all
day. Traffic is impeded and business
places are practically closed.
BLOOMINGTON. H., Feb. 12.-It showed
all day and the drifts are five feet deep.
The streetcars are completely blocked and
railway traffic seriously delayed.
TOLEDO. Feb. 12.-rhe blizzard struck
this city at 80 this morning and at z 80
every streetcar in the city was abandoned.
The wind blew the water up the river from
Maumee Bay and the docks and Water
street are inundated. Business has been
at sJandstill, the binding snowstorm has
filed the streets with drifts and all trains
are behind time. The trains on the Hook
ing Valley and Pennsylvania roads were
stalled at the depot platform. There was
some trouble with vessels in winter quar-
teis. several parting from their moorings.
The schooner Mariner was blown again st
the Pennsylvania bridge and damaged.
The storm is raging tonight and no per-
ceptiDle abatement is promised until to-
morrow.
BELLEVUE, Ohio, Feb. 1.-TWO freight
trains collided on the Wheeling and Lake
Erie road in the storm this morning near
here. Four men were killed-En gineers
Connell and Stowell. Fireman McMullen
and Brakeman johnson. Both engines
were smashed into scrap-iron and large
number OF cars splintered.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Feb. ia severe
sleetstorm prevailed here all day.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE storm
broke over Cleveland this morning. BY
noon the streetcar service was demoral-
lied, with a prospect that the railroads
would be blockaded before morning.
FINDLAY. Ohio. Feb. 1.-THE most
violent snowstorm known here in years
began at O'Clock this morning and con-
tinued all day. Fierce winds accom-
panied the snow, blowing it into huge
drifts several feet deep. The streetcar
lines were all blocked 10y noon.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Feb. ia wild
northeast gale swept in from the lake to-
day, and the air was filled with fine, biting
particles of snow. There will probably be
an embargo on iDtramural travel tonight
There is vicious sea Oh.
Advices from the interior state that the
storm is raging everywhere.
MADISON. Wis.,. Feb. 12-The worst
storm of the season is raging and railway
traffic suffers greatly.
MINoNK, ILL.,. Feb. 12.-The heaviest
snowstorm Of the season has been raging
for twenty-four hours. The roads are i'm
passable and railway traffic is greatly
hindered.
PORT HURON, Mich, Feb. 12.-The bliz-
zard has ragged here since early morning.
Business is almost entirely suspended.
The railroads are badly blockaded and