The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-27
STORMS In THE EAST
Suspension Of Tslsgrsphic Communi-
cation Almost Complete.
CHICAGO HIT THE HARDEST
Ohio Comes In for q Good Share
OF Sol's Attention-Street Cars
Blookaded and Wires OF All
Descriptions Confused.

CnfcaRo. NOV. 26.-This dispatch Is
sent by the Postal Telegraph and Ca
ble company on the only wire working
out OF this city at 8 o'clock The storm
which ragged here last night and early
this morning was one Of the worst that
ever struck the city. The wind blew
q gale and snow fell In great clouds
Street and railway traffic was greatly
delayed. Dispatches received here show
the same state of affairs throughout
Illinois. Quincy reports a bowling bliz-
card. with snow falling fast. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down In all
directions. Peoria says the storm is
still raging and serious damage is
feared. At Fairbury. Ill. sleet caused
considerable damage.
On Lake Michigan the gale II severe
and the sea Is running very high.
Comparatively few vessels are out, and
1t Is not expected there will be much
loss OF life. No vessel left the harbor
last night In many places the storm
blew down telephone and trolley wires
In Chicago. and from the latter serious
accidents were narrowly averted. AS
II was three horses were killed by COM
ing In contact with trolley wires.
Several fires occurred during the
night and made great trouble for the
department. as delays were OCCASION
ed In the transmission of alarms. Chief
sweeney OF the fire department said:
only one thing we did not have to
contend with was freezing water. II
has been one Of the worst nights, ex-
cept in this feature. I have ever seen
In which to fight fre."
AT $3.50 a. m. reports received at the
weather bureau Office indicate fair
weather will prevail in this section on
Wednesday. The total depth of snow
fall since Sunday was about 1873 inch
es. This is the heaviest snowfall In
Chicago for November In IL years. AS
result OF the blizzard, business OF
every sort Is crippled In Chicago to-
day.
At 1880 the Western Union Tele-
graph company had established COM
munication between this city and st.
Louis and was accepting associated
press news and general business. At
$3.50 practically not a tick OF the
''sounder" was heard. Operators said
they had not known such a state of
things In 80 years.
The great Generalization was due
the wires down. A few remained in
tact. but they were useless on account
OF being crossed and grounded. The
situation outside the city may be as
bad as In Chicago.
At 10 o'clock the Western Union.
Gold and Stock Telegraph company
says: There was never q completer
telegraph blockade than exists to-day.
Up to O'Clock there was no wire out
Of this city further than to the stock
yards. This will. Of course. much up
set the speculative markets. The
blockade is complets IN every direc-
ton"
Up to IL o'clock this city was prac-
tically dead telegraphically Last
nights storm OF mingled rain, sleet and
snow utterly prostrated electrical COM
munication OF all sorts within the city
limits. The heavy accumulation of
sleet ana snow broke down wires of all
sorts. Even the heavy trolley wires
were unable to withstand the strain
and were mingled In inextricable con-
fusion with the telephone and teie-
graph systems. including the city DO
lice and fire alarm wires. Finally the
Postal secured intermittant communi-
cation between this city and Cleve-
land. over which the associated press
managed to get little news, and both
that company and the Western Union
had established communication with
st. Louis and were accepting the asso-
ciated press news and general busi-
ness. The Chicago q Milwaukee Tele-
graph company also set up its wires
between the board OF trade and Mil
waukee. and news and business were
moving. Altogether II was the most
complete telegraphio isolation which
this city has suffered for many years.
The lives OF at least rs men are In i'm
minent peril on board vessels blown
aground In Lake Michigan OF Glen
coe. The vessels are the steamer J.
Emery owen. Capt. Marion Penny:
schooner Michigan and schooner Mich
olson. These vessels were discovered
early this morning. The Evanston life
saving crew was dispatched 90 the res
cue. On board the schooners the crews
have dashed themselves 10 the masts
Since they cannot be seen through a
powerful glass TO move. IL Is believed
many have been frozen TO death.
1t was about o'clock this morning
when the steamer Emery Owen ran
aground with its two consorts, the
schooners Michigan and Glencoe. There
were between so and rs people on board
the three vessels. the majority being
on the steamer. Signals OF distress
were at once given, but II was after
daylight when they were seen and an
swered. A life boat from Evanston
was wrecked a few minutes after Il
was launched. Another boat was soon
secured and al II 30 o'clock at least 40
OF those on the shipwrecked boats had
been landed. There were about as
many more yet TO be landed. The
work OF rescue was necessarily slow.
as the lake was running high and the
life boats had 10 proceed slowly on ac-
count OF large cakes Of ice. All three