The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-01-29

Several Lives Lost Daring a. tale
Heavy snow Fall.


st. Louis. Jan. 26.--A gale OF wind
that reached the highest velocity OF
any experienced here since the tornado
Of May 27, 1896. when the destruction
OF life and property was so great, pre-
vailed here Tuesday. Its velocity was
&C miles an hour, and up to noon two
deaths. one fatal injury and several
minor casualties had been reported. as
we'll as considerable destruction OF
property.
THE DEAD-August Weymeyer. aged
81, n carpenter. who was blown from the
roof OF the Shields school; he lived but ten
minutes after being taken TO the city hos
pital.
Thomas Joseph Peterson. four years old.
blown from the roof OF a porch at 200
Franklin avenue and killed.
THE INJURED-Mrs. Sarah Lorin. OF
SS40 Laclede avenue; spine crushed and she
may die Injury caused by Lowing down
OF fence.
Chicago, Jan. 26.-The binding snow
storm which ragged all OF Tuesday did
considerable damage in this city. made
trouble for street car companies and
railways and caused n loss of one life.
Charles Munchy, laborer, was repair
ing the top OF 9O-foot tower OF the
lroquois Furnace company. when. ow-
Ing 10 the wind, which at times blew mt
rate OF 60 miles an hour, he lost hold
and fell 10 the ground. He was in
stantly killed. Suburban service on
railroads as well as street railways
was delayed for hours. Many trains
from outside points are snowbound aud
oil are behind schedule time. South
Chicago is practically isolated as far
as railway traffic is concerned, and
towns surrounding IL are in almost rs
inconyenient n situation. Three sub
urban trains on the Illinois Central
were stalled IN the snow half way In
from South Chicago.
The storm was general over the state.
a heavy snowstorm prevailed at Elgin,
Warren, Rock Island, Moline. Savanna,
Freeport, Kewanee, Princeton and
Galesburg Heavy rain fell nj Assump-
ton. Monticello and Kinmundy. Hills
boro experienced violent hailstorm.
At Mnscoutah some damage was done
by the high wind. The schools were
dismissed AZ Carlisle the residence OF
Alderman Trierwiler was struck by
lightning and destroyed.
AZ Kalamazoo. Mich, hail. snow and
rain fell alternately. The heaviest
snowstorm known in ten years pre-
vailed at Lansing. Muskegon and st.
Joseph.
Milwaukee, Jan. 26.-Snow is king i'm
Milwaukee. The blizzard which arrived
shortly before noon Tuesday showed no
abatement until nine o'clock in the
evening Traffic on most OF the street
ear lines throughout the city was at
standstil early in the afternoon and
only the main lines were kept open.
SNOW plows and sweepers are kept in
constant use and are followed by ears
which are running In double headers.
Trains on all roads are delayed by the
deep snow. Hundreds OF men are at
work along the tracks Of the different
railroads aud all trains are being sent
oul with fewer ears to haul and with
two or three engines at the head OF
each. All freight and other such trains
as could be spared were abandoned
early 10 the day by all the large rail-
ronds in the northwest.
Snowdrifts six feet high were piled
up at Oshkosh, Wis. Burr Robbins
show company is snowbound near BE.
lott. The wind blew through the streets
OF Madison at rate OF 60 miles an hour.
Dubuque, Ia, Jan. 26.-The present is
the worst storm in several years. A
foot of snow. driven by fierce wind,
blockades the railroads; and trains
were abandoned for several hours.
Telegraph, telephone and fire alarm
systems were demoralized. Trains are
running two TO three hours late. Dur
ing the storm freight train and pas
senger train on the Manchester branch
OF the Illinois Central collided. Fire
man Ellis Sweet. OF the passenger
train, was killed, Engineer Harvey and
Postal Clerk McDuff were probably IA
tally injured.