The San Francisco call., 1896-01-25
SnowdriftS and Continuous Rain.
fall Seriously Interfere
With Traffic.
FEARFUL TINE ON A TRAIN
Portions of Car Roofs Blown Away
and Passengers Faint
From Fright.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. PA high
windstorm, accompanied by rain, began
here about midnight last night and con-
tinued all day The heaviest downpour of
rain, accompanied by 40-mile easterly
wind, occurred about Z O'Clock this morn
ing. Aside from blowing down a few
trees in the annexed district and ripping
up some dilapidated fences the storm did
little damage except to telegraph and tele-
phone wires. The storm was general
throughout Eastern and Southern New
York State and along the Jersey coast, but
no serious damage has been reported.
ST. LOUIS, No, Jan. 24.-Reports
state that blizzard is raging in Southern
Iowa, Eastern Kansas and throughout
Missouri. Itextends as far south as Little
Rock. Ark. In Arkansas there has been
heavy rain, and railroad traffic has been
endangered. The storm has been most
severe in Missouri. In some places the
snowfall was over 10 inches in the past
twenty-four hours, high wind piling it
into drifts that have delayed railroad
traffic. In Southern Iowa the temperature
has fallen 25 degrees since yesterday.
PORTSMOUTH, n. H, Jan. 24.-The
worst easterly storm of the season assailed
this city tonight. The streets are filled
with water and slush and are almost i'm
passable. There is heavy storm at sea.
1t is impossible to learn whether any
marine disasters have occurred, as a tele-
phone line between this city and Jerry S
Point life-saving station is down.
WINSTED, Conn.,, Jan. 24-The wind
blew a hurricane throughout Northwest
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of New York State to-day. At Copake,
n. Y, the wind travelled at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. Upon the arrival
here this afternoon of train on the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railroad, from Camp
bell Hall, \. Y, the crew and passengers
told thrilling story of their ride between
Copake and Norfolk, Conn.
The wind blew with such force while
the train was rounding a curve at Copake
that the coach wheels on one side left the
rails and the roof was partially raised
from the rear passenger coach. Passen-
gers tainted and some left the train before
they reached the points TO which they
were destined. Freight trains are stalled.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. Jan. 24.-The
northeast storm that commenced this
afternoon has gradually increased and to-
night is blowing with great severity. No
disasters are yet reported.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jan. 24.-From
about midnight last night to about 10
o'clock this morning this city was COM
pletely isolated from the outside world so
far as telegraphic and telephone service is
concerned.
A storm of sleet and rain set in Wednes-
day night and continued without abate-
ment until last night, when it changed to
snow. The telephone service in the city Is
in only partial operation, and the electric
railway system is badly demoralized. All
trains are late.
The storm kept up all the afternoon with
unabated fury, but began to moderate
about o'clock this evening. Telegraphic
comm unication is still badly crippled, and
in this city miles of street are practically
impossible, being strewn with debris of
wires, poles and trees. Many pedestrians
had narrow escapes from falling wires and
several horses were killed by contact with
live wires. So far no loss OF life is re-
ported. The storm was the worst expert
enced in this part of the country for years.