The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-12
cry HEAVY FALL OF SNOW
Traffic Is Tied Up on Several
Railroad Systems.
IT'S A TERRIBLE NoRTHERNER
In Many Western Sections the Range
Cattle VIII Perish and Settlers
Are i'm Danger.

York blizzard was almost outdoDe in the
West to-day. 1t began showing in this
city about noon and has continued ever
since. The snow is coming down so thick
il looks like fog. Up to o'clock tonight
the precpitation was fully one foot. and 1t
is still ia ling, accompanied by high wind.
Streetcar lines were compelled to abandon
business at o'clock.
Dispatches from Kansas indicate that
the storm is general. At Emp0ria the
snOwfali is reported to be two feet. while
advices from other points report from one
foot to eighteen inches.
The blizzard Is the worst experienced
since the estabishme of the signal
office in this city. Incoming trains from
the West are four to twelve hours late,
and some are lost altogether. Dispatches
from Oklahoma and Indian Territory say
the snow is accompanied by cold winds
and the thermometer is several degrees
below zero. The loss of life. it is ex-
pected. will be great. At midnight it is still
showing here.
OLATHE. Kans. Feb. ia binding
snowstorm has been raging since noon.
Some places are drifted several feet deep,
and the snow is falling as fast as ever
the worst snowstorm seen here for years,
although the weather is not cold.
LAWRENCE, Kans., Feb. 11.-A driving
snowstorm commenced early this morning
and con tinued all day long, accompanied
by strong north wind. At o'clock the
snow was six inches deep on level. The
thermometer is Is degrees above zero.
INDEPENDENCE. Kans., Feb. u.-Snow
began falling heavily last night and con-
linGed without abating all day, with pros
poets of continuing The wind has been
blowing hard and the snow drifted con-
siderably. 1t is the heaviest fall in several
years.
E4IPORIA, Kans.. Feb 1.-THE worst
blizzard experienced here in years has been
prevailing all day. The snow is now II to
IA inches deep with no appearance of
batting. Only one train has reached here
from the east, and trains are reported
| blocked all along the lines. The storm pre-
walls throughout the State. and many cat-
| tie will perish.
ABILENE, Kans., Feb 1.-The bliZza rd
which began yesterday has continued all
day and is fercer than ever tonight.
Fifteen inches of snow has fallen and is
badly drifted. Ali trains are delayed.
PARSONS. Kans., Feb. 1.-THE worst
storm has prevailed in Southeastern Kan
sas since the memorable storm of 1885. 1t
set in here at l o'clock this morning and
continued throughout the day, covering the
ground to depth of eight inches. Advices
received at the headquarters of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railroad are to
the effect that the storm prevails along the
entire system of the road from points in
Missouri to Texas.
Ell DORADO, Kans.. Feb 1.-THE snow
storm to-day was the worst that has oc-
Cured since 1881. Snow has been falling
since this morning ana is still falling. 1t
is between six and eight inches deep on
level and the wind has filled the cuts on
the railroads. Traffic is blocked. A train
with thirteen ears of cattle on the Santa
Fe arrived here several hours late, and the
cattle had to be unloaded aud will be kept
here till the track is cleared.
OMAHA, Feb. 1.-THE storm has ragged
generally in the upper Missouri country
between the river aud the mountains. In
this city the movement of railway trains
is greatly hampered. All trains on the
Elkhorn. Missouri Pacific. Union Pacific
aud Burlington are from two TO rour hours
Reports from the West say the snow is
drifting aud general blockade is immi-
nent Great suffering and loss among the
range cattle is anticipated.
RENNEssY, o. T.. Feb. IA terrible
northerDer, never before experienced in
this part of the country. reached here at
6 o'clock this morning. 1t has been snow
ing and drifting for the past twelve hours
has fallen and has drifted In places six
feet deep. Railroad traffic is entirely sus-
pended. The poorly sheltered settlers in
Cherokee Strip will suffer greatly from
exposure. The thermometer stands de.
grees below zero and the wind is blowing
sixty miles an hour.
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. II. Snow
blocked the Union Pacific tracks between
this city and Ogden all day yesteday aud
until o'clock this afternoon. High winds
piled the snow in the cuts as fast as it
could be dug out. The tracks are now
clear.
ST. JOE. Mo-. Feb. IA heavy snow
storm set in this morning. Streetcar traffic
is entirely suspended. Reports at the Bur.
| lington general Offices say the storm ex-
tends over a greater part of the system.
Freight trains are moving slowly and pas
senger trains are barely making time.
QUINCY. ILL.,, Feb. IA severe blizzard
is raging in this vicinity tonight. The
thermometer is sinking steadily and the
| snow and sleet is almost binding. a
strong northwest wind prevails and street.
car and railway service is impaired.
ST. LOUIS. Feb 11.-A snowstorm began
at 10 O'Clock this evening, and at midnight
it was showing hard. kilograms indicate
that Northern and Central Illinois is ex-
periencing sDowstorm.
PORTLAND. Feb. 11.-A light snow fell
| to-day throughout Western Oregon and
Washington. The snow melts as fast as
| it falls and has caused no delay to railroad
traffic.