The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-09
IT STILL HANGS ON
BLIZZARD STILL RACES FuRI0USLY
EAST AND SOUTH.
All Eastern Cities Report Intense Cold. I'm
peded or Suspended Tramc, and in Many
Cases That the Storm Hss Not Yet
Reached its Height--Gales 1t Sea and
Tidal Wave Along the Atlantic Coast
Dakota Climate In the south--Flerida
Struggling With Freezing Point--Worst
II Over IN the West.

New York, Feb. s.-The storm which
swept over the greater part Of the Uni
ted States last night and todaystill how
ers in the vicinity Of New York and
threatens to continue for an indefinite
time. With increasing force and vio-
lence, hourly growing in severity and
with scarcely a sign OF abatement, the
blizzard maintained its sway from
Thursday night until this afternoon
and continues in slightly nilder form
tonight.
Today and tonight the ferries, eleva-
ted roads, surface cars, steamers, boats
and pedestrians have been impeded and
in a great many cases stopped by the
storm The steamers Of the different
lines plying between here and Boston
have been seriously interfered with and
the various ferries have not i1.rely de-
layed, but altogether stopped Tor sever
al hours. Several barges and schooners
are reported ashore along the SOUND.
Compared with the blizzard or 1888,
there has been less snow. but the tenn
perature has been much lower and the
wind Of greater velocity. Inc storm
hadabated somewhat tonight
Hope Of La Gascogne was buoyed up
for a time by a report from Fire Island
that big steamer was sighted OF that
point about O'Clock tonight. Nothing
further was seen of the vessel until I:ZU
when the marine observer at SANDY
Hook saw a steamships light outside
the harbor. The vessel did not signal
and as the weather became thick she
was lost sight of At 8:25 p. m, the OBJ
server again saw the vessel at anchor.
He flashed a lantern but could get no
signal from her 1t is supposed that
she might be either the Teutonic, Rhi-
neland or Manitoba, all OF which are
overdue. If 1t was the La Gascogne,
Captain Baudelon would have slgnailed
on account of his being so long over due.
Fear for the safety of La Gascogne is
beginning to fill the mind of shipmen.
While the agents continue to assure
the friends of passengers that the steam
ship is safe the belief is forcing itself
on their minds that something extra
ordinary has happened to the French
ship. An eager multitude lowered
about the Office Of the company on Boil
ing Green today waiting for some word
of the missing vessel. No word Of con-
ISOLATION from the officials of the COM
rany could be had.
Dispatches to the Associated Press
from interior points In the state report
that the storm Is the most severe eXpe-
rienced in seven years. Railroad traffic
is much impeded, traffic on street rali-
ways in many cases entirely suspended
and country roads are completely
blocked with snow. In some localities
the fall of snow in the last eighteen
hours is reported to be as much as three
feet and everywhere the high WIND
which prevailed has created drifts or
great size. At Middletown four Erie
trains are stalled. Throughout the
length of the New York Central trains
are from one to four hours late and
generally local trains have been sus-
pended. On Long Island the storm was
at it's worst, causing much inconvenl-
ence among the poor and entalling
great suffering. In western New York
the storm is very severe. Late in the
afternoon the New York Central start
ed out the North Shore limited.
through train for Chicago and every
effort. it was announced. would be
made to get 1t through without delay
During the hours of Of the early even
ing it was reported to be running or
time. Officials expect to get out
through trains regularly on Saturday.
Local train service has been re-estao-
lished on the Hudson division.
No rational cook would think OF using
alum and ammonia powders. DR. Price
is perfectly pure.