The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-14
BLIZZARD'S SWOOP.
The Storm Swept in Fury Over
an Immense Range of
Country.
Railroads Blocked in Every Direction
snow Lies from several Inche.
to several Feet Deep.

CHICAGO, Feb. IA genuine blizzard
set in here last night and continued for
hours unabated. A fierce wind swept
from the northeast. accompanied by
wet, binding snow which piled up in
drifts on the streets. delaying the incom-
ing trains and blockading street car
traffic. At noon the wind was blowing
seventy miles an hour with indications
that the blizzard will continue through.
out the night. with the coolest weather
of the year. Many pedestrians were in.
jured by being carried off their feet by
the gale. The waves on the lake are ex-
trsordinarily high.
During the afternoon the storm in.
creased in violence. the wind at times
rising to velocity Of seventy five miles
an hour and the snow growing heavier.
II is the worst storm Chicago has ever
known. and by 4 o'clock this afternoon
business was at standstill. Trains are
great. delayed. and tonight most Of the
eastern roads did not start their train.
The New York limited on the Erie
pulled out at > o'clock with two en-
gines. and three hours later was twelve
miles from the city. stuck fast. and two
additional engines sent after il could do
no good. The incoming New York linn
tied. on the same road, stuck fast in a
snow bank mile from the depot. and
six engines gave il up as bad job.
The Rock Island started out one pas
senger train, and it got back after run
ming something over a mile in three
hours. A wreck occurred on the Lake
Shore road at Seventy ninth street. ow-
ing owing to the imposslbility Of the en-
gineer seeing ahead. and one man was
badly crushed and several freigh, cars
splintered.
On the streets collisions and accidents
were numerous. in many instances ped.
estrians and vehicles were overturned by
wind
The new addition tc the postoffice was
badly damaged. windows being blown
in and the glass roof shattered. Snow
an1nch deep covered the fioor and water
softened the plaster causing it to fall.
The gale from the lake continued to
blow furiously well into the night. Drifts
Six or more feet deep. which formed in
many streets. renderol them almost i'm
passable. High wind caused numerous
fires. and il was almost impossible for
Tor the firemen TO get through the streets.
AT III o'clock the storm showed signs OF
dying out and the wind was abating.
BUFFALO. Feb. L.. A cold wave has
swooped down upon Buffalo and west
ern New York. followed by heavy fall
OF snow. A water famine was threat.
ened. though the men have been kept at
work removing slush and ice which had
drifted into the inlet tunnel that sup.
plies the city from the river. Dispatches
from Niagara falls announce that an ice
bridge has formed and 1solidified. In
the psssage Of the ice which flows down
the river a great amount Of timber vas
brought down. and is frozen tight in the
bridge. II is unusual to have bridge
form in February.
cate that this end Of the state is being
blanketed with snow and the area OF
severe cold is extensive.
Buffalo is practically without water
supply tonight. A heavy northeast wind
is blowing, and forces the water in Nj
agara river below the inlets at the pump
ing station, and there is but little water
in the Dodge street reservoir In hotels
and private houses no water can be OBJ
tanned above the 1rst story and but little
there. The water has been blown com
pletely out Of the Hamburg canal. and
but foot or so is left in the Erie canal.
Slush and ice are filling the engine
wheels at the pumping station, and il
the wind does not abste the grsyes con.
sequences are feared
GUTHRIE, Okla, Feb. 12.-Snow is two
feet deep. Reports OF suffering and
death come in from all parts Of the ter.
ritory. Mrs. Fannie c. Spencer.
-homesteader. near Cross, was found
frossn stiff. James Mulligan, near Perry.
was frosen to death. and his partner.
Harvey Newcomb. died from exposure.
At PoDca. Mr.. Cramer and two children
were found frozen sti6 in coyote'sbur-
row. Ton yards from their abode Col
Henry Melton. cowboy was discovered
dead. This evening report reached here
that family named Sears. near Wood
ward, was found frozen to death. Word
comes from Croes that Sherman Stone
and family. consisting OF wife and five
children; we're found sitting about their