The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13

ten feet high were pleu NJ hgaluSt tho ~"
doors OF many stores In numerous localities
the streets were impossible 10 vehicles. enor
nous drifts nlling the entire thorodghfare 10
shsieht OF ten feet.
Nearly all the mail trains were late. and
from some ~ them no tidings were received
until late In the day. All the roads suffered
both the Eastern and Western trains being
from one TO eight hours late. Local delivery
Of mail was seriously interrupted By the block
ade on the street car Ines
The driving snow made signals on railroad
tracks practicable useless and caused co..
Usion between two freight trains on the Lake
Shore tracks near Seventy-ninth street and
stony Island about noon. ,,
Several ~ the cars were wrecked and tho
engine ofthe second train WAS badly dam sCed.
Luther n. Webster fireman ofthe second train,
was caught in the wreck ana MS right Ioo'
More accidents we're reported TO the police
to-day resulting from the high wind and the
generally di,agreea6is weather than for an =
hay for years The ambuances were kept
All daS long rapt BSrne o, the Central sta
ton found it necess.rJ TO have SIX big police
men stationed At me enrt d o. Sne A Aie
blew gale down the alley behind this high
building and people going to the Illinois en-
blown Tpi from nHT their feet. and msny narrowly
escaped serious INJURIES ,.o,,
the weather bureau. q veritnble Manitoba
blizzard struck this city at 9,clock last
Rails hail. sieet and snow alternately swept
over the city before high wind. -,-
daJSht street tai" s nsS rss nisored
By snow plouehs. All railroad ira nsIthat were
not abandoned entirely were late: me AItoh
express from Chicago being eight hours ue-
The snow snow is four inches deer. which is .phe-
pomenal for this latitude As time passed, the
storm increased in severity. and At L. NJ. the
wlud had risen to athirty-siS- mile gale. with
the thermometer - above zero and falling.
Tho casualties are numerous. but none IS
The overhead wires look like masses OF white
ropes and many have been snapped by the
weight OF ice. Two horses were shocked to
death By coming in contact with broken live
kilograms from all points South and West
show that the storm Is widespread and disas-
KASs,s CRY. Feb. 1.-THE worst snow
etorm in years, ragged all over kansas and
Missouri Yesterday and last night. and to-day
not a single train in the two states is on time.
The, SNOW AVERAGED from foot To- tive feet on
tho level High winds accompanied IL. aud at
some points in cuts the snow is twenty or
thirty iest deep.
In towns with street railroads the service was
paralyzsd. THIS was particularly true OF this
The snow was dry and the telegraph service
was not injured
omsHi, Feb i2;-Seeraska is snow ; bound SI,d
gard has prevailed throughout the State,
pilne the snow In enormous drifts The fall
makes the depth at least twenty INCHES:
ceptions Omaha traffic Of every, description
Is Suspended. Trains in every direction last
being got through with difficulty
The high wind has been piling the snow in
:cst GOOD nn hf 'nS.
pleased with the immense snowfall. as 1t as
'1 re- nr winter fsn wheat TOP storm
this city at 4 o'clock this morning. and is still
raging. Ali street car traffic Was abandoned
AZ ri EyaFw q
here i. block cd. aud traiiic is practically sus.
pended on all lines,
places is six or seven feet deep Nickel Plate
ternoon. The en- CINE turned over on its eide
KnGineer Moore and his fireman escaped with
bESyER. Feb. 1.-THE Colorado railroads
west and east trains were greatly delayed or
- The greatest trouble Is reported in central
east Was repoTtsd abandoned.
Salt Lake Valley is having the toughest
Tho driving snow storm Of last week blocked
UP the Union Pacific between Ogden and Salt
CLEVELAND. FeOI IA severe wind and
snow storm from tho northwest struck this |
blew at sixty mile Sait From ali along S the
RAJ, eeStrnE IL Ssys d s9Te reports
trains. and nearly all were late.
THE STORM IN NEW YORK STATE.
DUSKIEK. \. Y. Feb. 12.-All along the shore |
OF Lake Erie to-day's storm has ragged with |
great Jury and. the heavy of shore wind in |
driving the water with tremendous force up |
the lake, has caused the cutting of OF the on |
tire water supply from the city OF Dunkirk. |
This city Is furnished with water By the Holly /
system Of pumping from two cribs sunk in Lake |
Erie. All over the city the water ceased to fiow
At the water works il was learned that the on
shore wind had driven the water from the
cribs. One could walk out dry shod to the
nearnest crtb. which Is six hundred feet from
shore, and at the outer crib. fifteen hundred
feet from shore the usual depth OF nine feet OF
IN take ripe above water: Until the wind
changes the city will be without water.
RISGsToN Feb l2.-One of the seyerest
snow storms 1.-THE season set in this afternoon |
at about O'Clock. The wind Is blowing a gale
from the northeast. and people from the coun-
try towns say the roads are drifting badly.
Trains are all behind time. Reports from
OF men were put TO work this morning storing /
the ice crop. but that oIIrg TO the severity OF !
the storm. work had TO be suspended In the
SAT,NtC L.ES. Feb. II. The wors. storm OF
the season is now raging here. The theTmom- !
etsr has dToppsd -. in four hours and now
aided ~ a terrific west wind Is drifting BADLY. |
LlNgEEsICvN. Fen l2.-BllZzard weather !
prevails here to- night The wiad is blowing
gale and snow IL falling rapidly. The mercury |
auks point but little above zero,
WATEGgp~N. Feb. ia blizzard Of great
severity has been raging here since q o'clock
Dsriencec here in several years.