New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
WINTER IN GRIM EARNEST
A GREAT BLIZZARD RAGING
THE STORM REACHES FROM THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS TO THE ATLANTIC

MOUNTAINS TO THE ATLANTIC.
FROM THE LAKES TO THE GULF ONE VAST
STRETCH OF SNOW. sLEET WIND AND
RAMA HURRICANE SWEEPS THE
STREETS OF CHICAGo-TRAINs
sNowBoUND on WEST
ERN ROADS.
Chicago, Feb. 12.--The worst blizzard, so far as
the Weather Bureau records show, for twenty
three years ragged here to-day. Street traffic
was greatly impeded and walking was accom-
panied with great danger to life and limb Many
persons were injured by being blown to the
ground and against walls and posts by the wind.
The winds velocity was eighty miles hour,
the highest ever recorded for this city, and al
most double the velocity of the wind which is
blowing a blizzard in the Western States The
following statement was made by the chief of
the Weather Bureau this morning:
This storm started on the south coast of Cali
fornia Saturday morning, and Sunday 1t struck
Texas Then IL turned to the northeast and in
creased in energy. This morning II was central
| in the Ohio Valley. There Is over Lake Superior
an area Of very high pressure and Its prox-
| unity to the storm centre Of the Ohio Valley has
caused the abnormally high wind in this vicinity.
The storm has stopped in the Southwest, and
| will stop in this neighborhOOd tonight and be
followed by fair weather with a cold wave to-
morrow The wind will shift to the northwest
from the northeasterly tomorrow morning and
moderate greatly. The storm is now moving east
ward This is the highest steady wind since the
bureau was established thirty-two years ago.
The thermometer Is 90 degrees above zero, but 1t
will go down to zero when the wind abates.'
The wind was so furious at the corners where
"sky-scrapers" are built especially the Monad-
mock and Annex Block bounded by Jackson,
Van Buren, and Dearborn SITS. and Custom House
Place, that extra policemen gave all their alten-
ton to the pedestrians. Dozens OF women were
lifted off their feet and blown to the ground or
else pushed across the streets until they came
in violent contact with walls, posts and other
distractions Mrs Brahany. of No. 361 South
Cnton-st, a charwoman at the Art institute
was lifted in the air and dashed against the fire
plug at Dearborn and Van Buren sts Two OF
her ribs were broken and it is believed she Is
internally injured She lay in the snowdrift until
men rushed to her rescue and the police ambu-
lance took her home. The gusts Of wind ard
binding particles OF snow frightened men as well
as women from attempting to cross Dearborn-st.
AZ Van Buren, Civilians and policemen became
a volunteer brigade, and on the principle that in
union there is strength they locked arms with
the belated office-workels and crossed in safety.
At the Stock Yards there practical sus-
pension of business all the morning No buyers
were to be seen. Stock trains were late and
when they did arrive were covered with snow.
In the suburbs the storm was felt with rather
more severity than in the heart of the city. AT
Evanston the houses which line Sheridan Drive
along the lake shore caught the full force OF the
blizzard. The wind piled the snow up against
the front doors, filed up their verandas and
made any getting out OF doors almost impossible
except upon the most urgent necessity.
One OF the big front windows Of the Leland
Hotel was blown in early this morning at the
beginning of the storm. The glass was blown
clear across one OF the parlors by the force OF
the wind, but the window was boarded up be-
fore any serious damage was done by the snow.
The drifted snow and the high wind played
havoc with the mail service. Nearly all the mail
trains were late. and from some of them no tid-
ings were received until late In the day. All the
roads suffered. both the Eastern and the West
ern trains being from one to eight hours late.
At 10 o'clock nothing had been heard from the
Chicago and Alton train due at O'Clock. Local
delivery Of mail was seriously interrupted.
The driving made signals on railroad
tracks practically useless and caused collision
between two freight trains on the Lake Shore
tracks. Several cars were wrecked.
The storm played havoc with the Lincoln ami
versary exercises which were held in all the
schools during the afternoon. The attendance
of pupils was small
Omaha, Feb. 12-Nebraska is snowbound
in the strictest sense OF the word. For the last
twenty-four hours a terrific blizzard has pre-
vailed throughout the State piling the snow In
enormous drifts The fall has been about twelve
inches, and following the eght-inch fall OF snow
Thursday last makes the depth at least twenty
inches. The cold Is extremely severe. With few
exceptions Omaha traffic of every description Is
suspended Trains in every direction last night
were abandoned. The mail trains are being got
through with difficulty. The high wind has been
png the snow in great drifts Reports from the
interior show stock in good condition and farm
ers are pleased with the immense snowfall, as 1t
assures a fine winter wheat crop.
ST. Louis, Feb 12--At IL o'clock last night
snow began falling here and continued through
out the night until this morning. when about
ten inches covered the ground. The snow con-
tinued the greater part Of the day. Reports re-
ceived this morning show that the storm ~ gen.
eral throughout Missouri and surrounding States.
Railroad traffic Is badly delayed nearly all trains
being from one four hours late. The local
observer at the weather bureau this morning Is
sued cold wave bulletin and predicted a fall
Of 80 degrees IN the temperature before to-
morrow This would place the mercury 10 de-
grees below
Detroit Feb. 12.-The great southwest
ern blizzard reached this city about 10 o'clock
this morning and ragged furiousy Reports from
all over the State show that the blizzard Is pre-
vaing.
All street-car traffic here is badly crippled, and
some of the electric lines completely clogged.
The wind Is blowing fifty miles an hour and
increasing in velocity. All railroad trains are
coming In late, and the different roads are pre-
81,
Grand Rapids. Mich. Feb. 1.-THE wind Is
blowing at the rate OF sixty miles an hour here.
and the snow is drifting badly. The blizzard Is
the worst here in years, and the storm Is general
from Forty Wayne to the Straits Of Mackinaw.