The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-27

CHICAGO, Nov. 2s-Up to II o'clock
this morning this city was practically
dead. geographically, Last nights
storm Of mingled rain, sleet and snow,
utterly prostrated electrical CommunI-
cation OF all sorts within the city limits,
The heavy accumuIatIons of sleet and
snow broks down wires OF all sorts, In
the business districts telegraph and
telephone wires are underground, but
in the outskirts they are carried on
poles. The weight was so great In
many places that poles were broken
and went down with the wIres, Even
the heavy trolley wires were unable to
withstand the strain and were mingled
in inextrlcable confusion with the tele-
phone and telegraph systems, including
the city police and fire alarm wires.
Finally the Postal secured intermlt-
tent communication between this city
and Cleveland, over which the Associa-
ted Press managed TO get little news
and both that company and the Wcs-
tern Union had established communi-
cation with st. Louis and were accept
ing the Associated Press news and gem
eral business. The Chicago and MIL
waukee Telegraph Company also got
up it's wires between the Board OF
Trade and Milwaukee and news and
business were moving. Altogether II
was the most complete telegraph iso-
latIOn which this city has suffered In
many years. Freight traffic from every
direction by rail was practically block
ed and all passenger service, including
suburban trains, was much delayed,
even inside OF the city in spite OF every
effort.
VESSELS IN DANGER.
A steamer, believed to be the ] En-
cry owen, and her barges. the Michi.
gan and Nicholson. from Buffalo, laden
with coal for this city. were driven
ashore OF Glencoe. twenty miles north
OF this city, early this morning. y
heavy sea is running and the vessels
are likely to go to pieces. Evanston
llte-savinE crews find II impossible to
launch their boats.
a number OF disabled vessels have
been picked UP ut this point and
brought in by tugs.
The lives OF at least twenty-five men
are in Imminent peril on board vessels
which have been blown aground OF
Glencoe. The vessels are the steamer
J. Emory owen, Captain Marion Pom
ny. with a crew OF eight men: schooner
Michigan, with captain and six men;
schooner Nicholson, with captain and
crew OF seven men. Theae vessels went
aground between midnight and day
ireak. They were discovered early
this morning and the Evanston He
saving crew was at once dispatched TO
rescue. on board the schooners the
crews have lashed themselves to the
mast and from the fact that they can
not be seen through powerful glasses
10 move. II Is believed that many have
been frozen to death.
LATER-it was about O'Clock this
morning when the steamer j. Emory
owen ran aground with It's two con
sorts, sChooners Michigan and Slchol-
Eon. Just how the pilot lost his bearing
n not yet known, but was undoubtedly
due to binding snow storm In all
there were between nfty and seventy
i've people on board the three vessels.
n large majority of them, however, be-
ing on the steamer.
SignuiE Of distress were nj once given,
but II wuB not until nfter daylight that
they were seen and answered. Great
delay was caused By wrecklnR OF the
boat from Evanston n few minutes at
tor II was launched. Another boat was
soon secured and ut $40 a. M. NJ least
forty members OF the WrechCl crews
were safe ashore. There are about az
many more to be landed. All three YES
sells arc pounding bndly and II Is feared
they will 20 to pieces before tomorrow.
1t looks now as though everyone on
board win be saved.
Communication has been established
with the grounded vegBGls Of Glencoe
and II has been aEccrtnined that none
" the sailors are dead, though all are
m,f'crlng terribly from cold and cx-
poaurc.
SPENT THE NIGHT IN CARS.
Passengers on the Calumet electric
stree, RAILWAY were unow-bound In n
dasoitto portion Of the city and some
" them were compelled 10 remain Inat
night In the cars. being unable TO reach
their homes IN South Chicago. Car No.
H. which runs over South Chicago ave-
uu" was stalled at Sevcnty-Bcycnih
street Mt 10 o'clock last night, and t..
i1ilncd there until thla morning with
i've par-cngcrB. in addition 70 the mo-
tprnan and conductor on board. a car
uf the SoYcnty.fifth street llnc. shared
@ similar fate near stony lrland ave
nu". nR did nlBo n south bound cnr also
~ South Chicago avenue and Nlhdiy.
seventh street, and another at SlNty.
tnyouih street and Vernon avenue.
Each Of the cars carried passengers,
who rpent tito night aboard. When the
rHFs U.re Ilrai al inIind thoy carried tho
usual number of passengers. but nH the
hours pnrBed and no indications of pro-
gross wcro given, the majority VI the
passengers loft the cars ana continued
tho remainder of the journey on foot
Some, hOwcver who lived a greater
distance than did the others, refused 90
l'nyr the cars profarring "a spend tho
ngllt In them Ia fncins the storm,