The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-12
An Extraordinary Snowfall and
High Wind i'm kansas
Loss or LIFE TO &c EXPECTED.
Cattle on the Whl,ened Plains and
Oklahoma Boomers Suffer.
Railroads DELAYED ev Drifss-Sot saeh
astorm since isss-indsan Territory
and Tesraska lie rnder the same
Cold Blanket with KassAs.

Sr. LoUis. Feb. IA snowsterm began
at 10 +. m, and at midnight i, was snow
Ing hard. kilograms indicate that North-
era srd Central Illinois is experiencing a
heavy storm.
ST JOSEPH. Me-, Feb. IA heavy snow
sfarH set in this morning. Street car
srsshr Is entirely suspended. Reports at
the Burlington genera. office say the
storm exteads over the greater part of the
system. Freight trains are moving slowly,
aud passenger trains barely making time
SALT LAKE. Fen. u.-Snow blocked
Union Pacific trains between this city and
0gaen ali day yesterday and until O'Clock
this afternoon. High winds piled the
snow In cuts az fast as IL could be dug out.
The tracks are nov clear.
Exeosta. Kan, Fen. 1.-THE worst big
zaFd experienced here in years has been
prevailing all day. The snow Is now
twelve 20 fourteen inches deep. with the
appearance OF abating. 0n.y one train
has reached here from the ess,, and trains
are reported blocked all a.ang the lines.
The storm prevails throughout the state.
May cattle will perish.
ispEPESnEScE Kan. Feb. fl.-Snow
hegan 10 fall heavily last night and con-
tinued without ahating all day. with pros
poets of continuing. The wind has been
blowing hard and the snow has drifted
considerably. IL is the heaviest fall in
years.
LswRrScs. Kan, Feb. iL--A driving
snowstorm commenced early this morning
and continued all day long. accompanied
by . strong north wind. Al o'clock the
snow was six inches deep on level. The
thermometer 10 IS above zero.
0LArHE, Kan, Feb. ia binding
snowstorm has been raging since noon. In
some places the snow Is drifted several
feet deep and snow il falling as fast as
ever, with . strong wind from tho north.
1t Is the worst sno~s.orm for years.
although the weather ss not cold.
ELpoRApo, Kan. Feb 1.-THE snow
storm today Is the worst that has occurred
since 1856. Snow has been falling since
this morning. aud 10 still falling. lt Is
between six and eight inches deep on .
level and the wind has filled the cuts on
the railroads. Trafic is blocked. A train
of thirteen cars Of cattle on the Santa Fc
arrived here several hours late. The cattle
had to be unioaded. and will b kept here
until she track 10 cleared.
Parsons, Kan, Feb. 1.-THE worst
storm that has prevailed in Southeastern
Kansas since the memorable storm Of 1855
set in here at O'Clock this morning and
continued throughout the day, covering
the ground to q depth Of eight inches.
Advices received at tie headquarters Of
the Missouri. Kansas lS Texas railroad are
to the effect that the storm prevails along
the entire system of the road, from points
in Missouri TO Texas.
ARLENE. Kan, Feb. 1.-THE blizzard
which began yesterday has continued ali
day and is fiercer than ever tonight Fif-
teen inches of snow has fallen and is badly
drifted. Ali trains are much delayed.
HEssEssy. o. T.. Feb. 1i.--A terrible
norther, such as was never before expert
eneed in this part of the country, reached
here at @ O'Clock this morning. Ii has
been showing and blowing for the past
twelve hours with no abatement. Over a
foot OF snow has fallen and has drifted IN
places six feet deep. Railroad traffic Is
entirely suspended. Poorly sheltered set
tiers in the Cherokee strip will suffer
greatly from exposure. The thermometer
sands below zero. and the wind 10 blow.
ing sixty miles an hour.
Kansas CRY, Feb. 1.-THE great New
York blizzard sas almost outdone in the
West to lay. 1t began showing in this
cily about noon, and has continued ever
since, the snow coming down go thickiy
that it looks like iog. Up 10 = O'Clock
tonight the precipitation was fully one
foot, and 10 is still falling. accompanied by
a high wind. The street car lines we're
compelled TO abandon business ~ O'Clock.
DISPATCHES from Kansas indicate that
the storm - general. At Emporia the
sno sfa!l is reported to be two feet, while
a,iysccs from other POINTS report from one
foct TO eighteen inches. The blizzard is
the worst exeerIencei since the establish
ment of the signal Office IN this city. In
coming trains from the West are four TO
twelve hours late, and some are lost alto
gether. Dispatches from Oklahoma and
Indian territory say the snow is accom-
panied By cold winds. and the fhermome-
ter is several degree, below zero. The loss
OF life is expected 10 be great. AZ midnight
il is s;iii showing here.
OMAHA, Feo. 1.-THE storm has ragged
generally In the upper Missouri country,
between the river and mountains. In this
city the movement of railway trains Is
generally hampered. All trains on the
Z khorn. Missouri Pacific. Union Pacific
and Darlington are tao TO four hours late.
All out going trains are abandoned. Re-
ports from the West say the snox is drift
ing, and general blockade Is imminent
There 10 great suffering and loss among
range cattle.
QufScY. ILL.,, Feb. ia severe blizzard
Is raging In this vicinity tonight. The
thermometer Is sinking steadily. and the
snow and ssset are almost binding. A
strong northwest wind prevails and street,
car and railway servics Is impaired.