The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-14
THE STORM SUBSIDIES.
mt the Wind Still Roars on the
New England Coast.
YcloNss SWEEP THE SOUTH.


Moderafes In the West
errrrATE. Mass, Feb l3-severai nm
suocessfaG attempts were made so.s.v TO
rspeae the crew OF the schooner Minnie
Roxan. discovered wrecked of the cliff
ssrsy In the day. The crews OF two life
swing stations we're engaged In the work
4 rescue. but could accompiish nothing
neause OF the heavy sea- Half dozen OF
1&e schooner's crew were in the rie
pns, and the captain, with . broken
w. vas wrapped In blankets and
Isahed in the main shrouds. The
int hfeboat got under the schooner's
boz and Capt. ST. John was lowered by
npe over the side. A limo from the life
boat had also been made fast TO him. but
When the captain was almost within reach
d the men In the boat. the vessels crew
s infused TO let go their end Of the line and
3 pulled the captain hack on board again.
Jast then heavy sea swept the boat
sway, and though she struggled 70 get
s. back alongside. the crew Of the schooner
made no further effort to get into it. The
& Htsboat then returned to the beach.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. I3 --Adyices 70 the
Z Associated Press from various points in
louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama re-
8 port severe wind and rain storm. Houses,
fences and barns were blown down. The
streams are swollen, carrying away bridges
I and doing other damage. Just on the
outskirts of Wssson. sAiss. the residence
d w. :. Glenn WAS unroofed and r. NJ.
simpsons house turned completely around
md twisted. The storm next struck the
evidences of John Quar- and John and
Z albert Flynn, completely demolishing the
/ Two former. while the latter was taken no
intact and set down some distance from
: where il had originally stood. Quarts
wife and children were lifted MP and de-
posted fully 100 feet away, escaping with
only q few slight bruises and scratches.
The damage to fences and ontbuildings in
the surrounding country vas conssdera-
bic. Tho section north and west OF Nerd
] Ian was also visited, bat no mstsrisl dam
age Is reported.
BosroS. Feb. 13.--Ail the New England
towns and cities report great smbarrass-
mert from the storm. Haverhill is buried
under two feet Of snow and drifts are ten
feet deep. At Lynn the street car CON-
panies have given up the light. Lowell,
Salem and Gloucester report severe storms.
In this city the blizzard has abated. Ii
reached its height at O'Clock this morn
ing and was the severest In years. The
snow 10 seven inches deep. Street car
lines are blockaded, telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down and many schools
are closed. General traffic 10 impossible.
Trains south and east are blocked or more
or less badly delayed. Many schooners
I out are an xiousiy looked for. The storm
vas severest in Southern New England.
MiLwAuSgE. Feb. I3.-There were anx-
Ions watchers all night on the light on the
crib at the lake end of the new water
works tunnel, on which twenty men were
At the mercy Of the wind and waves,
should the structure give way. When
daylight came II showed the crib still In
tact. and the watchers heaved . sigh of
relief The steamer Roanoke, from Mil
wsukee for Grand Haven, Mich, out In
yesterdays storm with thirty persons, for
whose safety grave fears were entertained,
has arrived safely.
DE.yER. Feb. f3.-Railway men report
that in Kansas there are snowdrifts fifteen
TO twenty feet high. One of the Rio
Grande conductors reported that his en-
tire train was blown from the track near
Palmer lake by gale blowing eighty
miles an hour. Another train was blown
from the Rio Grande Western track near
B Fafnington, Utah. and q number Of peo-
pie injured.
CHICAGO, Feb. l3-Fifty workmen, i'm
psisoned in the fraiI temporary water
works crib four miles out in the lake
Though the blizzard all day yesterday and
lat night we're rescued by tugs this morn
Ing. The crib came near being carried
aray By the waves. Water pu. the fires
cut and the men suffered severely from
epsd.
BAg3ct ssvILLE, KY, Feb. ia severe
cyclone is reported near Redhird Greek,
Harlan county, with great loss of life.
Mrs. skidmore aud her 9-year-old son and
another woman are reported as having
patched. while live stock and property
asvs suffered severely.
ST. Louis, Feb. lS.-Advices from oil
parts OF Missouri. Southern Illinois.
Northern Arkansas and contiguous terri
iory state that yesterdays storm has been
replaced by clear. cold weather. Traffic Is
rapidly resuming the normal condition,
hANsAs CRY, Feb. i3.--Passenger and
Height traffic has gradually resumed
rs normal condition. Most Of the
t'aihs are running about on time. but on
81 TIE branches of the Santa Fe snowplows
have not been able TO force passage.
CLEVELAND. Feb. i3.--The snowstorm
here continues. with a bitter, biting wind
B ifom the northeast. Snow is nearly foot
eeep on level. and has drifted to many
'eet In places. Trains are moving with
Tie utmost difficulty.
Jackson. Miss. Feb. Is A terribly cy-
Gone passed between Martinsville and
seauregart sunday night. Many houses
sesc swept from their foundations. Sew
sfa people were killed and many seriously
hurt
Max Ycxx FEB. I2--While the storm
aete was quite severe it was not blizzard.
saa no serious damage is reported. Trains
sefe very much DELAYED.
MONTGOMERY. Ala, Feb. IA cyclone
hrsF Trey. Ala. blew down church and
sssraI buildings. Several negroes are
reported killed
osAHs, Feb. is-The big storm has
fsssei and the weather is delightfully."-
ssm. All suspended traffic has been re-
ssmsd.
KANSAS City. Feb. ia-~The Guthrie. q.
~ !, correspondent of the Associated Press
seasss reports OF deaths or suffering from
eela
Asttsr rtSK, \. j.. Feb. S.-The
sasy Wind aud snow has nearly paralyEed
ss1at aad II Is growing worse.
INDIANAPOLIS Feb. iS-The storm IS
'9. Five hundred men are st work re
~eF'ng snow rom the streets.
niesEgsylItN Y y Feb, lathe