Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-02-14

Impeding Street and Steam Railway
Trafac-Great Damage Was Done at
Chicago--It Skipped the Northwestern
States.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1SS.-This city was Wis
tied during the day by the worst biz
zard ever experienced here. The storm
began during the early morning and
ragged with increasing velocity all day.
AT p. M. business OF all kinds was at a
standstill At that time all the big
Office buildings were practically de-
serted, people having started for home,
in order to do their travelling before
nightfall. Trains were badly delayed
during the afternoon, and most OF the
Eastern roads did not send out trains OF
any kind. The New York limited on
the Erie pulled out at ? o'clock with two
engines and three hours later was IL
miles from Chicago, stuck fast, and two
additional engines which had been sent
after it could do no good. The incom-
irg New York limited on the same line,
Stuck in a Snow Bank
at Fourteenth street, one mile from the
depot, and six engines gave it up as a
bad job. The Rock Island started out
one passenger train, and it came back,
after running something over mile In
three hours. The same conditions pre-
vailed on all lines.
Owing to the driving snow, which
made it impossible to see so feet,
wreck occurred on the Lake Shore road
at Seventy-ninth street and Stony Island
avenue. The fireman, Luther S. Web
ster of Elkhart, Ind, was caught be-
tween the engine and tender and badly
crushed. Several freight cars were
knocked into kindling wood.
On the streets collisions and accidents
were numerous. Charles Chase, driver
of bakery wagon, received a broken
leg when his vehicle was
Overturned by the Wind.
W. B. Cunningham was blown down
Iy gust of wind, which struck him as
he was passing the corner of Wabash
avenue and Adams street. His left arm
was broken and he was badly bruised.
Moses Bloom, Jr., d member of the
board of trade, was struck by a gust of
wind and badly injured.
John II. Wood, manager of Carson,
Pirie, Scott G. Co.'S retail store, was
struck by falling sign and painfully
injured.
An exceedingly dangerous spot to
pedestrians was directly behind the
Masonic Temple, which is % stories
high. The wind was drawn down the
narrow alley behind it at an awful rate
and whoever attempted to cross the
alley was blown off the sidewalk and
was very fortunate if he kept his feet.
SO many people were injured here that
special detail of police was made to
keep everybody off that side of the
street.
PostOfIice Building Damaged.
The new addition to the postoffice was
badly damaged. Windows were blown
in and the glass roof shattered. Snow
an inch deep covered the floor, and the
water, dripping through the roof, soft
ened the plaster covering the supporting
beams, and great Jumps of the plastic
material fell to the floor.
The gale from the lake continued to
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before it was driven binding snow.
Drifts six or more feet deep, which
formed in the streets along the lake
front, rendered them almost impossible.
The high wind caused numerous fires,
and it was almost impossible for the
firemen to get through the streets.
Four and six horses were put on each
fire engine, and even then, with the
most desperate efforts, one block in five
minutes was excellent progress.
Dispatches from all over Northern
Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and Iowa
tell the same story of furious storm and
interruption of business. n