Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-13
A HEAVY STORM.

D1IAA0EU OuS VWcDS- AnN ASAo" Eighty miles an Hour-Blizzard
 Weather ProPhesied for These
 Parts To-day with Cold Wave.
 The gentle snow descended again yss- terday. It began to fall about noon and by evening depth of four or five inches had been attained and the sleigh bells be- gan to jingle again. out in the streets. The horse cars aud electric cars were impeded and delayed. The State street line had three horses to . car in the evening, and the Fair Haven and Westville line four horses. The electric cars had also consid- ersble battling with the snow. The trains on the New York road on all divisions came through with but slight delays.
 There is every prospect of some excel lent sleighing hereabouts again. Out west severe storm, Hkened to Q blizzard, was raging yesterday. In Chicago the wind was blowing at the rate of eighty miles sn hour making locomotion difficult when the big winds were doing their heaviest work. Many people were blown against posts and buildings so strong was the wind. The storm was reported to bs Ge8ElUK AlUuk edStWnAu 0V Q Aottoho AoeSS but it's violence, 1t was announced, would be spent in this section by noon to-day Boston's weather clerk sent out 8 tele- gram of warning to shipping merchants, railroads and marines in that part of the country. This was in response to die patch from Washington.
 Out in St. Louis the snow storm began at II o'clock Sunday night and up to yes terdsy morning @ foot of snow had fallen there. The weather bureau in the after noon announced probable drop to 10 de- grees below z gro at St. Louis b=fore mid night.
 WEATHER FORECAST FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 12 2--Looal Forecast Official E B. Dunn of the United States Weather bureau promises some lively weather for this city for the next two days.
 He said cone of the most ssvere storms of the winter is now in progress. l and 1t is at present centered over Louis vile, Ky. It is moving northeast at a vsry rapid rate. Last night it was central | of this s;orm Is being felt all over the country esst of the Rocky Mountains The wind is blowing gale over the whole I country. At Chicago this morning 1t was | blowing sixty eight miles an hour, and the tall buildings of the Windy City were probably shaking at @ great rate. | Ths high winds will extend to the At lantic coast to-day and tonight, blowing from the northeast. The s'orm IS at 1 tended by rain and snow over all the csn. tral statsr. Rein is falling principally south of the Tennessee valley.
 :Tt is extremely heavy over Florida and the Mississippi states. At Pensacola, Fla there have been 3 inches of rain during 1 cry, Ala, 66 inches: at Fort Smith Ark. 1 3a inches; Atlanta, Ga, 1.36 inches
 Kansas City. 1 40 inches.
 "It is cooler to day all over the northerr states, the lake region. the New Englane | and Middle Atlantic states A cold way, is likely to follow the storm. The tenn l psrature here at 8 o'clock this ornipi
 was go degrees. At Boston 1t was 16 de greet; Albany, IA degrees; Buffalo, IS de grees; Chicago. "A degre IS, and St. Louis 32 degrees.
 "The coldest temperature recorded in tn | United States this morning was at Huron s. D., where it wa 16 degrees below zero
 In Canada the inhabitants of Whit
 River were enjoying 8 temperature of B
 below zsro. The highest temperature wa
 at Key West, Fla, where it was bslmy a
 "A degrees above.
 "The To, al forecast is: Increasing cloudi
 ness today, followed by rain or snow to
 night and tomorrow, and colder to-mo1
 row.
 i've will have lively night of it fror
 all indications, though l cannot predic
 quite blizzard which may be defined a
 combination of @ temparature below zero
 6nd cutting snow and wind from sixty t
 s=vsnty miles an hour. The winds her
 will be at least from thirty to forty mic
 an hour, however, and blowing fror
 the northeast. All through the north wee
 there is snow-northwest of the Tennes } see valley, that is. Severe winds are blow !: ing on shore from the northeast. Ther
 was fog this morning, but it was nc
 dense. The temperature here will take
 fall and then remain stationary. ar just going to put out the marine dange l signal. It will be re l flag with blac
 center and @ red pennant above. No IL
 which indicates that all the wires hay b:eu blown down by the severe storr soCthw of the Arkansas valley. ) "The velocity of tte wind here at 1
 o'clock was thirteen miles an hour. It wi increase rapidly during the next twenty four hours. The edge of the storm ha ,, just reached this city at 10 o'clock thi ; morning. By to night or to- morrow at th , latest we should be fs slinR the full effet ot it. It is coming toward us at yer 3 high rate of speed, and will strike us har when it arrives"
 THE PECK DELAYED.
 In consequence of the severe storm ( , yesterday the steamer Richard Peck of th Old Line did not leave her moorings i . New York at her regular time and wac nc
 expected in this city until an early hou P this morning. The boat left New York
 7:30 o'clock and it is expected will sta,
 from here on her return trip about o'clock this morning. The wind at Bell dock last night was blowing at the rate ( fifty miles an hour and the harbor ws
 filled with sailing craft.
 THE STREETS DRIETED WITH SHOW.
 The storm increased in strength lat evening until about o'clock, when it ble perfect gale. Snow was drifted throug
 all the streets, which were almost deserted The cars on the various street car line
 with difficulty plowed through the COT
 stantly increasing covering of snow up midnight. The wind howled and ther
 seemed to be more to come of the sam
 sort. The weather congratulations fo
 to day promise heavy snow and northeas
 gales. It was a rough night out on th
 sound. Many vessels made haste to tax ] shelter under the protection of New Hs
 ven's break water.
 FIERCE IN NEW LONDON. NEW LONDON, Feb. i2-The fercei storm of the winter is raging to night. began showing soon after 9 o'clock this a
 ternoon and an hour later the storm ha
 assumed the nature of a blizzard, th clouds of binding snow being 30 dens
 that all vessels were shut out from viev
 Tug Scully reached port at noon, when th , velocity of wind and fierce sea that wa running made 1t hazardous for her to kee
 on down the soud. The Charles Newt ! lisms, ecudding with 8 tow, proceeded | Norwich. The steam lighter Howard ra ' in at o'clock loaded down with cemer . piping. The big ocean tug Americsr with 8 string of barges with coal for Prov this port to night on tho way down th
 soun1, and has probably ran into som port west. The 500 ton schooner Fran Pratt, Les. of Philadelphia, minus her fy
 ing jibboom, scudded in just as the etorl began and took up safe anchorage unde the lee of Groton. She had besn in colt . sion with a schooner at Absecom. Schoor CT Francis Etta ran up to hsr dock
 Groton.
 IN GREENWICH.
 GREENWICH, Feb. 12 A severe storl began about o'clock and several inche have fallen. The northeast gale drifted th snow badly and the roads in the bac
 country are closing up The storm is sim