Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-26
SNOW STORM NOW DOING BUSINESS
IN IOWA AND WISCONSIN.
REGULAR GALE AT CHICAGO
IMMENSE DAMAGE WAS DONE To
ELECTRIC WIRES.
Lumber Bark Driven Ashore-storm
Struck Springfield Yesterday After
noon-Wire Service Through
out the Northwest Rad
1y Crippled.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The worst gale OF
the year set i'll this afternoon and at mid
night was still raging.
Immense damage Was done throughout
the city to telephone and electric light
wires, and in some instances street car
lines We're compelled To suspend opera
tions after o'clock il the evening. Man"
trees Were blown down i'll all sections of
the city. There was no loss of life. ana
the one accident On the lake so far re-
ported is the wreckins of the lumber laden
Dark Isabella Lanks. The bark broke
away from a tug at the mouth of the
Chicago river and was carried down the
outer harbor. Her crew WAS taken off 10y
the life saving crew, and the bark left
10 her fate. She struck off sixteenth
street and will be pounded to pieces before
morning.
The Isabella Sands IS owned by Louis
Sands, of Manistee, Mich. 1t left that
place Monday night with cargo of dressed
lumber, consigned to Barnett & Record,
South Chicago, by the State Lumber Com
pany. Neither craft nor cargo was insured.
At the same time the Sands hoisted sail
the schooners Arendel, A. w. Lucky and
Cape owen, all lumber laden, started up
the lake before the north wind. AT
o'clock next morning the wind took on the
proportion of hurricane. The Lucky and
Owen dropped out of sight to the north
ward and the Arendel fell astern of the
Sands The Arendel later made the port of
Chicago but whether the other two found
Il haven or are still on the lake is not
known.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Oct. ga bliz-
zard struck this city this afternoon, the
temperature falling from "a TO 80 degrees
and tonight snow fell for several hours,
the fall being at times heavy.
LACROSSE, WIS, oct. 25-A snow
storm accompanied by cold wind blow
ing at the rate of forty miles an hour has
been raging in Western Wisconsin all day.
The temperature has gone down to ~
and is steadily dropping. Telegrapnic serv-
ice is seriously interfered with. Four inchcs
of snow had fallen up to q o CLOCK ana II
MfLWATKEE, WIS. Oct; 25.-.IA severe
storm of rain and snow, coupled with high
wind, has been raging throughout WIS
consn all day. working disaster to tele-
graph lines in all directions The storm is
of unusual violence for this season OF the
Very little snow fell in this city, but rain
continued to come down almost inCessant-
ly up to midnight. when the weather BE-
gan to grow colder.
Green Bay reports several inches of snow,
which melted rapidly. At Marinette four
inches of snow covers the ground
If it freezes tonight. the potato crop Will
Many vessels sought shelter in the har-
GAINESVILLE and Kaukauna report a, biz
zard having ragged all day, street traffic be-
PORTAGE, Dodgevllle, Clintonville. Prairie
de Chene, Mantowoc and Sparta all report
snow.
blizzard in years prevailed in this locality
to-day and tonight. Not a wire was work
ing out of Burlington most of the time;
Lines are Frustrated everywhere; Snow, and
sIeet fell for five hours, breaking down
trees and demoralizing telegraph and tele-
phone service. Many miles of telegraph
lines are on the ground in this vicinity.
Oskaloosa reports a severe wind and snow
storm.
DUBUQUE. IA Oct ga driving snow
storm prevailed all day. reaching tonight
almost the proportions of a blizzard. Traf-
fic is much delayed and the wet snow in
terferes with telegraphic and telephone
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. Oct. 25.-The worst
stow storm ever experienced in Iowa pre-
vailed here all day. approaching at times
the severity of a blizzard. 1t is the hardest
storm ever experienced in this state on the
telegraph and telephone companies wires
and poles are down in all directions;
squalls accompanied by snow, have pre-
vailed here to-day and a gale is blowing
| from the northwest over Lake Superior.
An unusually high sea is on and a big
MADISON, WIS, Oct. pa blizzard is
raging here. It began with rain last
| DIES MONIES. Ia. Oct. 25.-Snow fell
| over Western and Central Iowa early this
morning one and half inches deep. At
the same time it was raining in Eastern
| Iowa. During the day the rain has turned
| into a heavy blizzard of sleet and all East
eru Iowa telegraph wires are down. Iowas
| by roundabout western circuit to St.
Louis.