The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-04
WIND AND SNOW IN THE WEST.
ONE OF THE WORST BLIzzARDs OF
THE WINTER NOW RAGING.

ONE OF THE WORST BLIZzARDs OF
THE WINTER NOW RAGING.
Snow Falling Continuously For -
Hours mt Some Points and I6
Inches Deep on the Level-RaiI-
roads and street Car Ira fIic Great
Iy Impeded-The Mercury Headed
For the Zero POint-Hcnvy Loss of
Cattle on the Ranges Feared.
st. Paul. Minn., Jan. "A blizzard is
blowing tonight in this section over an
area of 400 miles north and south, and 500
miles east and west. Over most of Mime
sofa 1t has been showing from IA to 20
hours, and there is from 7 to 16 inches of
snow on the ground. The wind is blowing
a gale from the north. The snow is damp
and packs so solidly on the railway tracks
that it is difficult for the snow plows to
work through it. The snow has also made
a wreck of the telegraph wires to the
north and west of st. Paul. All trains are
still moving, though some of them are
hours late.
South Dakota dispatches say the storm
extends as far west as the Black Hills.
from Chamberlain. south to the North
Dakota the railroads are having great diff
flculty in moving trains, some of them
having been abandoned for the night. The
temperature is from 10 to 1S degrees above
Zero though at o'clock 1t was rapidly
growing colder. There will be suffering
among live stock if the mercury drops to
zero.
Kansas City, Mo, Jan. S.-The unprece-
dented rains of the past three days have
been checked by a cold wave, and Kansas
is tonight experiencing it's first winter
weather. Snow has been falling all day
in various parts of the state.
At Larned ice is piled in drifts four to
six feet deep. Traffic on the Larned-Jet-
more extension of the Santa Fe is COM
pletely blocked. Travel overland In any
direction is almost impossible.
Abline reports heavy snow accompa-
MED by wind reaching the proportions of
a blizzard.
1t is feared that heavy loss of cattle will
result from the storm, particularly In the
western and northern sections of the state.
In Northern Arkansas and as far west
as FIT. Smith rain fell during the twenty
four hours up to noon to-day, when 1t
turned to snow accompanied by a drop of
60 degrees in the temperature.
Gutherie, Ok, reports a drop of 60 de-
grees since last evening and a severe snow
storm prevails.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 3-Nebraska is en-
joying an old-fashioned blizzard the most
serious one of the winter. New Years
day was spring-like and mild, but Friday
night the temperature began to fall and
the mercury has continued it's descent
since. Last evening snow storm set
in and it is still general throughout the
state High winds are drifting the snow
and If they continue throughout the night
may make the situation on the plains
alarming.
Omaha seems. 80 far to have escaped
the worst of the storm, but all trains en-
tering the city during the day were some
what late The street car lines are badly
crippled and the lines are kept open with
difficulty.
At 10 o'clock tonight the thermometer
at the local weather bureau registered 3
degrees above Zero and the chances are
that the temperature will fan several
points before daylight. On the level tracts
In the western and central portions of the
state, where the wind has full sweep, 1T
is much colder.
From every section of the state come
reports Of heavy winds driving the snow
in binding clouds before it so that it is
dangerous for any one to venture out.
At Meadow Grove the storm began about
midnight Saturday night, and blizzard
has been raging ever since, with no signs
of abatement. Drifts are over ten feet
high.
Hardy reports eighteen hours of contin-
uous snow and wind and serious drifting.
From that place and Central City come
stories of a like nature. Much stock is
being cared for on the ranges in Nebraska,
and it will be several days before news is
received as to how the herds and those in
charge of them have been affected.
Chicago, Jan. S.-The rain storm, which
has prevailed over Northern Illinois unin-
terruptedly for three days, has been the
severest experienced in this locality for
two years. The observations taken at the
weather bureau in this city this evening
showed that the rain fall was ga inches
since the beginning Of the storm early
New Years morning. The temperature
has fallen 20 degrees In Chicago within
the last eight hours, and at II O'Clock to-
night the rain turned to snow. 1t Is not
expected by the weather bureau that the
thermometer will reach the zero mark, al
though they predict a temperature con-
siderably below freezing before tomorrow
evening.
In Chicago considerable damage was
done by the downpour of rain, especially
IN the suburbs where the sewers were in
sufficient to carry away the volume OF
water. Reports of flooded Easements from
the southern and western portions of the
city were numerous, while at Grand Cross
ing and near by suburbs the streets were
inundated and the damage heavy.
st. Louis, Jan. S.-The heaviest rain
storm of recent years has prevailed
throughout Missouri, Northern Arkansas
and Indian, Territory during the past thir-
ty-six hours In many places I'm Western
Missouri the streams are overfowed and
in some places railroads have suffered
from washouts. Last night the rain turn
ed to sleet and to-day a furious snow
storm is raging The temperature has
fallen 40 degrees in Missouri and Eastern
Kansas i'm the last twenty-four hours and
In the latter section a genuine blizzard
Is sweeping over the country.
At Bagnell, Mo-, the Usage river has
risen Is feet and Warsaw reports a rise
OF % feet and a repetition of last win
ter's food is feared.