The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-12-28
STORMS IN THE LAND.


Washington. Dec. 27-Trom The !
weather bureau view. the chief charao-
terlstlc Gf the present storm has been
the rhpidity of its development and
movement this result being largely due
TO the bnromctrlo pressure IN Montana
OF 3l.3 inches. the highest recorded by
the weather bureau. Rain or snow has
fallen generally east of the Mississippi,
while from west of that river cold
weather and high winds are advancing
Bismarck leads the cold weather sta
tions with ~ below, and II ~ ~ below
al many points In the FAR northwest
Storm signals are displayed all along
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Damage
10 shipping lR feared, ns the winds We
loclty Will range from 10 tO 20 miles per
hour.
New York. Dec. 27.-News from Bos-
ton is that travel is much impeded by
the storm, street car travel being much
delayed. Railroad trains are much be-
hind time. In South Boston the wind
carried away the roof ~ the First Bgp-
list church this morning and blew down
the big chimney OF the Dawson Safe
and Iron works, but only slight dam
age by the gale is reported to business
IN other sections. New Haven reports
the harbor full of storm bound craft
Hartford reports trafile badly delayed
From points through New England
there Is news Of delayed travel and Inn
peded tTallic, but no serious casualties
In New York state the snowfall is
heavy and trains blocked,
PtttsbuTg, Dec. 27.-The snow storm
which started last evening proved the
heaviest known here for several years,
Up 10 10 o'clock this morning twelve
t... q If aHNN
showing. Street car travel In the city
is seriously interfeTed with, and ia
some parts of the city telephone aud
telegraph wires are down. The bllZ-
zard was general over this section and
especially severe In the Allegheny
mountains. where the snow drllted and
impeded travel, Through trains from
the east are four To seven hours late.
and from the west they were nearly as
much behind time,
Yankton, S. d., Dec. 27.-The Misso url
ilver Is practically closed at this point
for the winter by dee. The very cold
weather Of the past two days has made
ice about two Inches thick, and has
sufficient strength 10 sustain foot pas
sengers.
st. Louis. Dec. 27.--All incoming
trains at this point bear evidence OF
the storm i'm the Mississippi valley.
Those from the south especially are COW
cred with snow. Conductors report
fourteen inches OF snow about Paducah.
Western tIainmen do not report as
heavy a fall.
Martins Ferry. o., Dec. 27.-John
Moreland was found frozen this morn
ing at Gleim's Run near home. He was
an old soldier and worked In the Elson
glass factory. He started TO walk home
from here last night, and was caught
in the storm.
Toronto, ont. Dec. H.-A blizzard
struck the city early this morning, de-
moralizing street railway traffic three
hours. The velocity of the wind de-
creased towards noon, but snow Is still
falling. In the eastern part Of the prov
ince there Is a heavy snow storm, with
the thermometer hovering around the
bulb.
Dubois, Pa, Dec. 27-The storm
which began at dusk last evening con-
tinues without abatement. The ground
is covered 10 the depth Of twenty inches.
Traffic on the Pennsylvania Valley road
is practically at a standstilL 1ele-
graph and telephone wires are pros
trated.
Saratoga. ". Y, Dec 27-The Adiron-
daek region is being swept by bllZ-
zard A foot Of snow has fallen : nee
midnight. Ii Is being drifted by a
northern gale.
Chicago. Dec. .7-The mercury fell
with the snow here to-day, and the
storm developed into a veritable piiZ-
gard Railway trains were generally
on time. but street bIockades were num-
aTOug