Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-02-12
A GREAT STORM.
Blizzard and Snow Everywhere
From Durango to KOkOmO-
A Record Breaker.
Thirty-two Inches Of Snow in Sever
Hours-Business Suspended and
Wheels Idle.

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Topeka, Kas., Feb. 12.-At $50 this
morning it was still showing. The snow
is about twelve inches deep on the level
and badly drifted. The mercury is 10
degrees above zero. The storm is re-
ported very severe in the western part of
the state, and no passenger trains from
the west on the Santa Fe have arrived
since Sunday afternoon. The Chicago pas
senger train due here yesterday at 4:30,
had only reached Newton at 8 O'Clock
this morning. Santa Fe officials report
trains moving all right between Emporia
and Topeka and Topeka and st. Joe.
The Rock Island has no trains into
Topeka up to 8 O'Clock and reports trains
delayed and tied up along the Kansas
lines.
St. Joseph, Mo.-The storm which
reached here yesterday morning contin-
ued. all night and the snow now is almost
foot and half deep on the level. No
street cars have run since yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock, and on the principal
streets the snow is drifted SO badly they
are almost impossible. ALI trains are
delayed, and some that were due early this
morning are not yet in.
Ft., Wayne, Ind.-A general blizzard
with all it's varieties broke loose here
at 10 O'Clock last night and still RACES
with unabated fury.
Cleveland, Ohio.-The blizzard which
ragged with severity throughout the west
last evening, reached here at O'Clock
this morning. At noon the street car
service was demoralized until only an
occasional car could get through. There
are heavy snow drifts on the Lake Shore
road.
Chicago.--A blizzard of most approved
pattern with snow, sleet and winds, swept
down on the city of Chicago last night
and to-day it ragged with constantly in
creasing violence. Great snow drifts
block all the streets. The suburban trains
are delayed and the snow sweepers are
kept necessarily in use to prevent stop.
page of street car lines. The blizzard is
the most severe that has visited Chicago
in many years.
st. Louis.-1he storm which began
yesterday ended at IL o'clock to-day after
having run a varied course including
rain, slest, drizzle and snow, each repeat
ed two or three times during the night.
At present there lies on the ground about
four inches of ice, snow and slush which
has practically interrupted all traffic. Re-
ports received from points in southern
Illinois and central Indiana, Missouri in
general and Arkansas give the same
story. The heaviest snow of the season
has fallen with winds in majority of
cases drifting the deposit badly. Fort
Smith reports rising streams, with rail
and wagon roads suffering thereby. Tele-
graphically the situation is worse than in
long time, no wires are working south
from this city and very few in any other
direction.
Fort Scott, Kas.- The heaviest snow
fall in southern Kansas for years lays
upon the ground this afternoon. Trains
are all delayed and many are bound in
snow banks. The Missouri Pacific pass
enger, which left here yesterday was snow
bound on hill near Moran and three
engines were sent from this city to pull it
back, but neither of the engines have yet
returned, and it is thought they are also
tied up, as they went ont during blind
ing snow storm. Many trains due here
have not arrived and those that have are
from twelve to sixteen hours late.
Chicago-At noon the wind was blow
ing at the rate of seventy miles an
hour and the indications are that the
storm will continue throughout the night
The coldest weather of the year prevailed.
All incoming trains are late and the roads
are becoming worse blocked all the time.
Lake Michigan was lashed into fury
and the waves rushed over the break
water and swept clear across the Illinois
Central tracks into Lake Front park.
Durango, Colo.--Snow began falling
here Saturday morning at o'clock and
has continued without interruption until
noon to-day. The snow is twenty-six
inches deep on the level. The street
cars have been unable to run since Satur-
day evening. The condition in La Plata
mountains, where miners are trying to
keep trails open, is somewhat discour-
aging. In seven hours the snowfall on
Lightner creek was thirty-two inches.
London-The Channel and British
coast is again swept by heavy storm.
Much damage has been done to shipping.
Several wrecks are reported and several
lives have been lost.
Denver.-Reports received to-day indi-
cate that an unusually severe blizzard has
visited the country east and west of here
During the past thirty-six hours alltrains
from the west are ten to twenty hours late
because of the heavy fall Of snow in the
Salt Lake valley. Eastern trains are
equally behind on account Of storms in
Kansas and Nebraska. 49,.
Frank Daniels and his Little Puck COM
pany, billed to play at the Tabor Opera
house tonight, are snow bound in west
ern Kansas.
In Denver only about two inches of
snow cover the ground. In the mountain
towns it is much deeper. The lowest
tenn perature in this city during the past
twenty -four hours was one degree below
zero. Idaho Springs is registered twelve
degrees and at Crested Butte twenty-five
below.
Kansas City After continuing for
twenty-four hours and breaking all rec