The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-03


today. with practically no wire communal
cation with any place outside Of this city.
The only wires working were two COM
municatlng with Fail River, Newport and
New Bedford There was no means of
travel from one part OF the city TO an
otherexcept that furnished by sleighs. The
trolley system experienced the worst tie
up in its history. The bushes sof the
city was at a standstiH. II hundreds Of
cases employees were unable yesterday to
reach their places Of business. In many
respects the storm exceeded in intnsity and
in the damage resulting from its effects
the memorable blizzard of March. ISIS.
CONNECTICUT SUFFERS LITTLE.
New Haven, Conn, Feb. 2.-Connecticut
has practically recovered from the storm.
With the exception Of late trains. espe-
ciaIly the through trains from Boston.
and impeded trolley car traffic, the state
felt teh effects of the storm but slightly.
Telephone and telegraph wires stood up
admirably.
LITTLE SNOW But MUCH COLD.
st. Paul. Mimi, Feb. 2-The promised
snow storm of last night was chiefly
promise, barely enough falling 10 lay the
dust. However, the mercury fell instead,
and below-zero weather was general IN
the northwest early today. In this city
it was 70 below at O'Clock. drop of 81
degrees since yesterday afternoon. At
the same hour Duluth reported Il below;
Morehead IS below; Huron and Bismarck
10 below and Winnipeg (where it was 26
below during the night had Is below.
Minus figures were elsewhere likewise re-
ported but Winnipeg was the coolest.
COLLISION IN THE STORM.
Cedar Falls. Iowa. Feb. 2-There was a
terrible collision on the Chicago Great
Western railway at Fredericksburg, Iowa.
last night. The westbound freight while
running at high rate of speed, struck
the rear end of train at Fredericksburg
demorishing the engine and cars and
scalding three of the trainmen so badly
that one of them will die.
The injured:
Engineer Grim of Olewein, Iowa;
crushed and scalded; vii die.
Gaggageman Johnson of Minneapolis;
seriously crushed.
- Ferguson Of Dubuque; scalded and
injured internally.
The wreck caught fire from the fire box
of the engine and for a long time it was
impossible to rescue the men. A binding
snow storm was the cause of the acct
dent
GREAT DISASTERS IN EUROPE.
London, Feb. 2.-Storms are prevailing
throughout Great Britain and railroad
trains have been greatly delayed. Severe
gales have swept the coast and worse
weather is predicted, with severe cold.
LIoyd's report at a. m. said: Terrific
squalls are reported at Prawle Point and
the Lizard" Atmospheric disturbances
are reported on the continent from Berlin
to Buda Pest. resulting in a general inter-
ruption of traffic and considerable dam
age to property. especially at Lepliz. Boz
hernia, and Buda Pest. A gale has pre-
vailed at Vienna since Sunday, reaching
hurricane force on Sunday night. 1t is
now subsiding The wind blew the Ian
tern of the Little Crosby lighthouse and
set fire TO the building, which was de-
stroyed. It's three occupants are supposed
to have persisted. a hurricane has been
sweeping oYr the Clyde district since last
evening. A number of yachts have been
sunk in Gourorock bay. Much damage
has been done to shipping off the coast
and considerable destruction has been
caused inland.
A dispatch from Bergamo, LOmbardy.
says that six working girls were killed
and many others seriously injured at Raa-
sonicoyesterday, when the roof of the
spinning mill there collapsed in the storm.
terrible storm has swept the coast
| OF Norway during the last few days There
have been several shipping disasters and
it is feared many lives have been lost.