St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-27
pARALYZlNG GALE.
MANY CITIES AND STATES IN
THE GRIP OF THE STORM
KING.
CHICAGO CH0KED OFF.
STREET CARS SNOw-B0UND AND
PASSENGERS ARE OUT ALL
NIGHT.
sUFFERINGs OF LAKE CREWS.
Numerous Wrecks and Some
Thrilling Escapes-Henvy
Losses on Land.

CH1CAGO, NOV. -o.-hlAeu ldli
and snow began falling here yester-
day afternoon, and the wet, cling
ing mixture soon made itself appar-
ent in the way the wires to various
points worked. Wires to the East
kept working badly during the late
afternoon, and last night at o'clock
the trouble had reached this city and
communication was had with points
to the West and North with much
difficulty. By 10 o'clock little was
moving, and soon after II the last
word was sent to the Northwest, the
snow having been heavy enough by
that time to shut off communication
in all directions. The snow contin-
ued steadily all night, not less than
eighteen inches having fallen by this
morning, and not only was communi-
cation by wire affected, but also
transportation. Scarcely train was
able to get away from the city on
time, although all tried to do so. The
snow was so heavy, however, that
delays We're very evident before the
suburbs were reached. Today all
early communication with the out
side world was confined to a single
private wire used by commission
house having offices in both Chicago
and Milwaukee. Such storm has
not been known for long time, and
business in the city was almost en-
tirely suspended. AT 9:30 this morn
ing practically not a tick of a sound
er was heard in this city, the tele-
graph offices being silent and the
operators lonesome. The old ones
said that they have not known such
state of things in thirty years.
A few wires remain intact, but they
were all useless on account of 9TH
ers broken which crossed and
grounded them.
Superintendent of Mails Montgon-
cry said this morning that all trains
due since o'clock last night were
late, and of the early morning trains
all were out at $50 except the Big
Four, Baltimore & Ohio and Lake
Shore. The mail car on the Madison
street line did not get out until
o'clock. With this exception the
mail delivery in this city by wagon
and carrier has been prompt An
officer of the Western Union Tele-
graph company said: There was
never completer telegraph block
ade than existed today Up to 9 a.
m. there was no wire out of the city
further than to the stockyards. The
blockade was complete in every di-
rection."
ALL VARIETIES.
While there have been many great
falls of snow in Chicago, there has
been none that so blockaded all lines
of business. 1t rained, showed and
sleeted alternately all night,a ,and this
morning found Chicago for miles
around covered to the depth of six
or seven inches of a sagging blanket
of snow. By keeping a large force
of men at work all night with SHOW
els and machines sweepers the ca
BILE lines managed to keep their
tracks fairly clear. The Lake street
elevated road was at a complete
standstill from midnight until morn
ing.
The lives Of at least four score of
men were in great peril on board
vessels which were blown aground in
Lake Michigan, off Glencoe. The
vessels are: Steamer J. Emory Owen,
Capt. Marion Penny, with a crew of
eight men; schooner Michigan, with
captain and six men; schooner
Nicholson, with captain and crew
Of seven men. These vessels went
aground between midnight and day
break. They were discovered early
this morning, and the Evanston life
saving crew was at once dispatched
to the rescue. The crews lashed them
selves to the masts, and from the
fact that they could not be seen
through the powerful glasses, it was
believed that many of them had been
frozen to death.
Communication was established
with the grounded vessels after hard
work, and it was ascertained that
none Of the sailors were dead, though
all were suffering terribly from cold
and exposure. The vessels were en-
route from Buffalo to Chicago, and
were laden with hard coal. Capt.
Tenny, of the steamer, was washed
overheard when the vessel went
aground, but through the coolness
of one of the crew he was rescued.
James Daugherty was steering at
the time of the accident. When
Capt. Tenney, of the steamer, and
Capt. Smith, of one of the schooners,
were brought ashore, they refused to
give any information as the repre-
sentatives of the press unless they
were paid for it. 1t. was about 8
o'clock this morning when the steam
er Emery Owen ran aground, with
it's two consorts, the schooners Mich
igan and Glencoe. In all there were
between fifty and seventy-ffve peo-
pie on board the three vessels, the
large majority, however, being on
the steamer. Signals of distress were
at once, but it was not until after
daylight that they were seen and
answered.
RESCUED WITH DIFFICULTY.
Great delay was caused by the
breaking of the lifeboat from Evans
ton few minutes after it was
launched. Another boat was secured,
and at 1870 o'clock forty of the
wrecked crews were ashore. There
| were about as many more yet to be
landed. The work of rescuing was
necessarily slow. as the lake was still