The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-13

inches On o Level and badly drsfse1. 10
stysst cars are rruninR- Cedar Rapids.
L.. reports snow six inches deep. With
no appearances 81 let mp TraHac sxs not
much intsrfered WITH AZ Gaiesbnrg. H..
ssrsst car traffic h abandoned. The Bur-
lsngton road IL sending cat onIy passenger
trains The country roads are blockadsd
and 1t - still showing.
HARnopoBrna. KY, Feb IA storm Of
unusual severity swept over the ssstern
portion Of Mercer county this morning,
doing ccnsfdsrahse dsmage 20 propsrty.
Several largo stock bsyns near here, To-
eexher With the stock contained therein,
were blown . distance Of . qusrser Of .
mile. Great damage was done near Pleas
ant Hill. where the postoface was blown
down.
AspUr1 Park. y. j., Feb. IA snow
storm set in on the Jersey coast this morn
ing. Tbs surf 10 raging. and no doubt
before morning wrecks viii b seen along
the beach from Sandy Hook 70 Point
Pleasant. The velocity Of the wind 10 fifty
miles m hour and Increasing. The life
saving crews from Sandy Hook 20 Ssagirt
are on double duty, watching vessels.
FoRr wosfa, Tex. Feb. f2-Tremend-
Gus suffering has been caused BY the great
blizzard. Great loss Of life 10 expected.
Trains on the Santa Fe, Rock Island and
Denver roads are snowbound at different
points. A loaded cattle train was caught
and some stock frozen to death. A big
death list on the cattle ranges 10 coz
sidered certain.
Dallas. Tex. Feb. 1.-THE thsrmome-
ter this morning was "a degrees above
zero, with ice two inches thick. Dis
patches from points in the Panhandle and
Western Texas report that the weather
last night and today was terrible. At San
Angelo the Thermometer was 2 degrees
below zero. Il - thought cattle will suf-
Ter greatly.
CIscInsArr, Feb. f2.-After . day OF
furious storm, with gale reaching
maximum of fifty-xx miles an honr. the
VIVID ceased about O'Clock tonight and
the rainfall subsidized Near midnight Il
Was growing colder. The SHOWS In the
Aiieghanses afford q condition for big
fool in the Ohio river.
Hamxosp. lad. Feb. i2--FreiRht traffic
on the Nickel Pate. Erie. Moaon and
Michigan Central In practically suspended
on aecount of the snowstorm. Six Erie
trains are In the drifts near Crown Point.
The Michigan Central has abandoned
three trains. Eastern trains are five to
seven hours Late.
Drs Mo1sss, Ia. Feb. I2-Snow lies
nine inches on level, and Is badly drifted.
Traffic 10 badly interrupted, and trains are
delayed. Trains from surrounding towns
report that the snowstorm has been
equally severe over q large district. and
that there Is mach suffering in conss-
qnence.
WICHITA, Kan, Feb. 12.-Train service
has been abandoned since yesterday on
account Of the snow storm. Missouri Pa
cific and Frisco trains have been stuck in
tho Flint hills since yesterday. The
storm has been extremely severe. The
snow Is from one TO fifteen feet deep.
SAGINAW, Mich, Feb. 12-The worst
blizzard experienced in years ragged oil day.
The snow il badly drifted. and street car
travel Is blocked, while business was
largely suspended during the afternoon.
Trains are late tonight The storm seems
to be increasing in violence.
SAX ANTONIO. Tex, Feb. IA severe
wind and haiistorm last evening was fol-
lowed by one Of the worst northerns of
the season. The counties west of here re-
port that cattle suffered severely, and hun
drcds OF those in weak condition died of
extreme cold.
FfspLAy. o., Feb. 12-The most violent
snoWstorm known hero In years began at
o O'Clock this morning and continued ali
day. Fierce winds accompanied the snow,
blowing IL into huge drifts several feet
deep. The street car lines were all blocked
by noon.
Providence. r. l.. Feb. II A schooner
ran ashore between Race point and Peek
hills tonight She is the Fortune, a Glou-
cester fishing vessel. Tho captain and
seventeen men got Oft ell right. with q
boy. Two men were lost and two are
missing.
TorEKA. Kan, Feb. f2.-Ths trains
which left Denver yesterday spent the
night AT Cimarron, tied up by the storm.
West-bound Colorado trains are snow
bound at Newton. There IL seven feet of
snow between Horton and st. Joseph.
QurScy, H.. Feb. f2.-Thc snow IL
nearly eighteen inches deep on level.
There has been nothing like 1t for more
than ten years. The street railways are
helpless. and telephone and telegraph
service il much impaired.
MrscAriNg. Ia, Feb. IA heavy snow
storm and high wind have prevailed dur
Ing the past twenty-four hours. Street
ear lines are oil abandoned and railway
traffic interrupted, all frei ghts being
abandoned.
NEW HavEs. Conn, Feb. IA storm
of unusual severity Is In progress in this
city tonight. Sound steamers did not
venture out, and the harbor sheltered a
big feet of vessels. Trains are greatly
delayed.
CoLusRia Crry. Ind, Feb. l. - The
worst storm ever known in Northern In
diana has been raging all day. The high
ways are completely blocked. aud COM
munieation between town aud country is
cut Off
WARasH. Ind. Feb. IA terrible big
gard has ragged since 4 q. IN. The snow is
drifted four TO i've feet deep on the rail-
way tracks and streets. Business is sns-
pended and trains are one 10 nye hours
late.
NEwARK. O, Feb. 12.--Snow. rain and
sleet followed each other today. A
wrecking train went out to clear the tele-
graph poles of the Baltimore G OHIO rail.
way between here and Mount Vernon.
naSyuIK. Ky, Feb. IA tornado
which passed fivs miles north of this city
at 10 O'Clock this morning DESTROYED s. 900
worth Of property. 4 large barn was
smashed and huge trees splilatered.
Posr HuRoS. Mich. Feb. IA blizzard
has ragged since early morning, and bus,-
ness is almost entirely suspended Rail.
roads are badly blocksded, and telegraph
wires are nearly all down.
NyAcK, y, Y, Feb. is--The storm has
taken the form of blizzard in R0cklana