Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-18
IT COVERS TIE NORTHWEST
Storm Severe and General from Mountains
to Great Lakes,
SlXTY-MlLE, WIND BLOWS AT CHICAGO
Tremendous Gale ut the windy city,
but n Much slower Breeze Mt
Other Points of
Observation.

UhSr fOtnts Oi
Observation.
People passing the weather burea" station
yesterday morning were surprised and
alarmed when they observed that the inlaLd
storm signal, red flag with a black cen
ter, was flying from the Masthead and many
of them hurried to their homes, anticipating
u blizzard. Those persons who were upon
the streets during the later hours of the
day, however. were more alarmed than the
early risrs, for beneath the storm signal they
saw the cold wave flag iloating in the wind.
The storm signal was hoisted late Saturday
night on an order from the Chicago weather
| office, Forecaster Cox OF that station pre-.
| dieting severe winds and a storm of snow.
| The cold wave flag was hcisted yesterday
morning on account of kilograms having been
received indicating that the temperatur"
| would fall twenty degrees or more before
| this morning. This fall will bring the tenn
| perature down to some ten degrees above
| the zero point.
| Ice dealers and ice cutters hailed with joy
| the hoisting of the cold wave flag, they
! realize that If the cold weather continues
| for few days several hundred men will be
| put to work harvesting the annual crop OF
| ice
|
! telegram from Prof. Cox of Chicago yester-
! day afternoon at 4:30 in which 1t stated
| that the cold wave approaching would be
very severe. The night reports from the OBJ
| servations points. however. did not show
much severity except at Chicago where the
wind was reported as blowing at the rate
| of siXtyfour miles an hour.
The speed of the wind at other points
! was reported as follows: Des Mones, thirty
| four; Davenport, thirty-six; Detroit, thirty
piU
Paul, thirty; Rapid City, thirty-six; Dodge
City, thirty-six; North Platte, thirty-four.
The rate at Omaha was twenty-four miles.
being the slowest reported from any of the
stations.
The local weather office recorded that snow
fell for ten minutes last evening, between
I:45 and 1865 o'clock, without a cloud being
apparent anywhere. The weather officials
think the worst of the storm prevailed last
night and that II will soon begin to mod
crate.
AINSWoRTH, Neb., Jan. 17.-(special)-l
Snow began to fall yesterday, continuing
until after noon. AS soon it
ceased the wind began to raise
About four inches of snow fell and all is
drfted badly Trains are reported late from
all directions. The mail carrier between
Ainsworth and Springview came in on time |
last night, notwithstanding the severity of
the Storm and reports 1t very hard to get
through the drifts in many places.
FREMONT, Jan. 17.-(Special. THE mer-
curry dropped about fifteen degrees last night |
and there was a strong wind from the north, |
which has blown all day 1t Is cloudy and |
there are Indications of snow. Farmers are
anxious for dry cold weather. which they say |
is necessary to dry out the corn crop.
MITCHELL, S. D.. Jan. 17.-(Special Tele- |
gram)-The blizzard of two weeks ago was |
nearly repeated today. Snow fell nearly all |
day yesterday and last night heavy wind |
came up, wtich1 has increased in velocity |
today, blowing the loose snow in every di
recticn. The Milwaukee road to Chamber
lain is blocked and the passenger train was
abandoned last night, expecting to go out
this morning. The Aberdeen passenger |
train left here last night, but had to stop
at Tullare, eighty miles north of here. The
roads are nearly in as bad condition as two
weeks ago.
PIERRE. S. D., Jan. 17.-(Specal Tele-
gram.)-Wind blew the loose snow into
drifts here today which will block roads
for a day two, but will clear the range
and did not interfere with the grazing. The
wind was warm one and should do no
injury to the stock,
ST. PAUL, Jan. 17.-Last night and today
throughout the Dakotes Minnesota and Wis
consin, a regular, old-fashioned snow storm
has been prevailing. and the mercury is
dropping slowly. heavy snowfall has besn
very generally reported. and a gale has
drifted it badly. demoralzing street cars
in the cities and generally interfering with
transportation facilities The heavy fall OF
snow will be good for the coming crops. and
therefore. welcomed by farmers. The usual
reports of big drifts have been received
from variotls points Yesterday the storm
was reported first over in Dakota, and by
the afternoon it put in its appearance in this
state, a warm. but heavy snowfall opening
the siege, but today the temperature is
much lower, and high wind adds to the ds-
hcultes of belated pedestrians,
DETROIT, Jan. 17.-UnUsually heavy winds
were experienced all over Michigan this
afternoon. Conditions developed into a
severe blizzard in the northern region. At
Marquette the temperature fell % degrees
in ten hours, and two feet of snow fell. In
western Michigan gales and snow storms
prevail. At Jackson the roof was blown off
the malt house OF Haehnle's brewery, doing
1000 damage, and leaving 10000 bushels of c
malt exposed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Polar blasts are due
in Chicago tCmorrCW morning. The ad-
vance agent came here tonight in the shape
Of gale that blew sixty-four miles an hour
The wind did much damage to property :
throughout the city. The signal service
office predicts zero weather in the morning
after the three days rains, which ended :
today. Tonights gale did considerable dam +
age to plate glass windows, chimneys signs \
and the like, but no heavy individual losses Y
were reported.