New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-08
THE COUNTRY STORN-SWEPT'
TRAINS DELAYED RY SNOW THROUGH
OUT THE WEST.
MEN FROZEN TO DEATH ~ VARIOUS PLACES
ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE sToRM-A

ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE sToRM-A
GREAT ICE GORGE IN THE OHIO.
West Superior Wis. Feb All trains from
| thirty minutes to three hours late to-day on ac-
count of the snowstorm. The thermometer to-
| night was Il degrees below zero and rapidly
| falling.
Sioux city Iowa. Feb This has been the
| coolest dav of the winter record of the ther-
mometers being from 20 to 80 degrees below
zero.
Benton Harbor Mich. Feb One OF the
worst gales ever known here reached this town
this afternoon. All trains are delayed and busl-
ness Is nearly suspended.
| Huron s. D. Feb. Men and snowploughs
went west and south from here this morning to
| lift the railroad blockade. The road to Pierre
and Aberdeen was opened this evening. A Wag-
ner sleeper sidetracked here was wrecked by
the explosion Of hot-water reservoir.
| Miles City Mont. Feb Lee Parish. William
More and Spencer Henry left here yesterday in
a sleigh for a ranch several miles distant. They
became lost owing to the binding storm, and
late in the afternoon Henry returned on foot.
He thinks his companions were frozen to death.
Chappell. Neb. Feb. THE Union Pacifc's At
! Iantic express was wrecked mile from mere
! this morning by spreading rail Four cars and
the engine were overturned. The thermometer
was 80 degrees below zero, and the passengers
suffered greatly.
Denver Feb. 7-Eastern Colorado reports a
blizzard. with great suffering among destitute
people on isolated farms. The thermometer has
been below zero for two days.
Milwaukee. Feb The snow here is eighteen
inches deep No freight trains were run out Of
Milwaukee on the Northwestern line until to-
night The Ashland division trains and west
bound trains were delayed from an hour to one
and d half hours. Tonight the road is being
operated in a satisfactory manner. The St Paul
roads fast mail from the East was two hours
late The Wisconsin Centre trains were twenty
minutes to half an hour behind time. The mails
are from half an hour TO Two hours behind.
Roscobe,. Wis. Feb John Duffy, young
| farmer was frozen To- death about seven miles
north Of here yesterday. He was lying in the
road.
| Sheboygan Mich. Feb. THE steamer City
| OF Racine Of the Goodrich Line. left this city
| Yesterday bound for Milwaukee. AT the mouth
| Of the harbor It got caught in the ice. 1t will
be compelled To remain there for some time, as
a violent storm is blowing from the northeast.
The ice is forming rapidly. The boat is not In
! dangerous position.
Chicago. Feb. The wind is blowing from
forty To sixty miles an hour but the fall Of fine.
b
street railway lines and crippling the mail
| trains on every system running into the city.
without exception all mail trains due here since
/ O'Clock Yesterday afternoon have been several
hours behind time
In Kansas and Nebraska great suffering pre-
walls on account of the severe blizzard In the
latter State sand il mingled with the snow.
/ Illinois and Indiana are in the grasp Of the snow
storm and business Is almost entirely suspended
IN some Of the smaller towns and villages
The ice in the lake between the shore ana the
| waterworks crib III SiNty-cghth-st Is s. solid
that the city tugs were unable To reach the CRIB
to-day The telephone cable through the water
/ tunnel has broken. and there Is no way to COM
| municate with the men n the crib. City En-
ginc"r Arlingstall ana one of his men this morn
ing attempted To get To the crib on the ice drag
/ gins provisions on sled. but the binding snow
! Il Irm mace The trip too dangerous II is SAID
! the crib men have plenty of Hour and salt meat.
Daniel Spinder veteran Of the Civil War.
who drew a pension Tor wounds received at
/ Chanccorvic. was found frozen 10 death AT his
home. so 81 Pearl-st.. Yesterday morning. lie
was last seen alive on sunday He was eighty
years old and lived alone.
j. \. Cone IF Austin. suburb OF this city, was
taken To the County Hospital this morning. hav-
| ing been exposed I the blizzard last night The
physicians fear that he may die lie fell help-
less in a snowdrift while trying 10 reach hts
| home Michael Carver a switChman living at
! Bloomington ILL.,. was found badly frozen and
! hdlf-consciOus to-day Al downtown corner. Fred
! Schillng had his hands and ears frozen while
he cleaning SNOW from Cottage Grove-aTe
| sidewalk this morning.
While on the way To a fire last night. Engine
! No Is struck 10y Grand Trunk train at
! ROot-st. and Stewart-avr. The tremen were pre-
vented from seeing the approaching train by the
snowstorm. The fire engine was destroyed.
Lap0rte. Ind Feb. The storm tonight as
sumed the proportions ~ a blizzard. The wind
is blowing gale and the snow is drifting badly.
| Dispatches from North. IN Indiana indicate that
the storm is general and is increasing in severity
The running time of the trains on the Lake Erie
and Western and Chicago and West Michigan
railroads has been seri 'usy interfered with
! Freight traffic has been abandoned. The tenn
| perature Is now ten degrees below zero.
Jeffersonve. Ind, Fen. THE Ice in the
Ohio has stopped forming gorge sixty miles
| long Two million bushels Of coal in danger
Of being sunk the minute the gorge moves. Tn"
temperature is eight Ge.rees below zero. Tn
river at this point is ar almost solid cake Of
ice. foot thick. and RAPIDLY forming.
There Is great suffering among the poor here.
All the steamers and barges in danger Of
being sunk by the ice.
| Columbus Ohio Feb The Thermometer
! here is al zero. and a drifting snowstorm has
been prevailing. Street-car travel is almost I'M
possible. and the streets are practically deserted
| To add TO the severity, heavy gale set IN our
ing the night and still continues. though the
| velocity has decreased.
| Cincinnati Feb 7-Snow to the depth OF about
| four inches covers the ground on level. but IN
many places it has drifed 10 foot or more deep
A strong northwest wind Is blowing. ana me
snow continues to fall. Ire thermometer tesiS-
ters degree above zero.
DAYTON. Ohio Feb. THE cold wave arrived
here last night A fine snow began falling yes
terdav morning and has continued almost IN
! cessantly since then. Street ears are running
with extreme difficulty.
Lima Ohio. Feb This the coldcst day
,h,s CITY has seen in many years The ther-
| nometer at noon showed four degrees below zero.
II Is growing colder. and will undoubtedly be
! o,,een or seventeen degrees below zero before
,norning The trains running through mere were
nj, about an hour late. No suffering has yet
been reported.
CHASING AFTER THE BRIG GEM.
| The wreckng tug Chapman owned by the Chap
man Wrecking Company. reached the Moriches