The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-29
BLIZZARD IN MIDDLE WEST.
Flooda I'm the Ohio valley and Tidal
Wave an the Atlantic cOaat.

Floeda In the Ohio valley and Tidal
Wave an the Atlantic COaat.
Milwaukee, Jan. 24.-The most severe
blizzard which has visited this city in
wears continued its fury until yesterday.
Snow to the depth of Is inches has fallen,
and with the wind blowing at the rate Of
so miles an hour. great drifts were form
ed in all parts Of the city, making travel
almost an impossibihty. On several lines
of street railway traffic was at a stand
still early in the night, and only the most
important thorOughfares were kept open
with the aid Of powerful sweepeFs until
an hour before midnight, when there, too,
were stalled, 50 rapidly did the snow
drift. Railroad trains came in irregu-
laTly, and only passenger trains, each with
the aid of several locomotives. attempted
to get through, those carrying freight be
ing abandoned Every telegraph wire in
the state was abandoned.
Damage at Racine.
| Racine, Wis, Jan. 24.-The storm was
the worst experienced in this country in
recent years. Service on street railway
lines was completely paralyzed. Three
steamers were torn from their moorings
and were considerably damaged.
Il In All Parts of Saaehigan.
4 Detroit, Jan. 24-The heavy gale was
accompanied by fine snow. Saginaw
street cars were completely tied up. Trains
were stalled on the Maekinaw division OF
the Michigan Central, and on the Flint 1
Pere Marquette road. The gale was
equally fierce on the east and west side.
of the state. At Benton Harbor eOnsid-
cradle damage was done by blowing down
J smoke stacks, store front, etc, and nearly
, the entire sheet-iron roofing of the court
house was blown of.
The steamer Frank Woods broke from
her mOOrings and several smaller boats
drifted into Lake Michigan and wer,
; jammed in the floating ice.
/ At Muskegon, Polesky and all northern
r points the storm was violent, but none o.
: the winter steamers are known to hay,
: been on Lake Michigan during the storm
Chicago Suffered Damage.
Chicago, Jan. 24.-The snowstorm wa
the worst in this city for years. Tn,
+ greatest damage was caused by the break
ing down Of telegraph and telephone wires
The police telephone systems were badl,
+ crippled, and there was much trouble will
4 the city fire alarm system
5 Snow plOws and sweepers were kept 60
r ing all night. All the incoming train
on all the roads were from one to fou
hours late
StatiOnmaster ClitheTs Of the Union Pa
Il cife said Saturday night was one of tn
o worst railrOading nights he had eve
known. On account Of the bFeakin
e down of the telegraph wires they were tc
l. tally at sea as to the whereabouts Of III
trains.
II Floods In OkIo.
Ie Cincinnati, Jan 24.-News from Port,
o mouth, Ohio, is that the river is still ri
ing. The food has about 100 miles to tra'
4 el to Cincinnati. At all West Virgin
d points rising foods are reported.
ID The same story comes from tributariG
1 in Pennsylvania and Ohio. This maks
le it sure that the maximum here will M
be less than So feet, and at the same tin
a. gives ground for apprehension of a gTes
ID food Of IS, with possibility Of 50 fee
be Either Of the latter two stages would rel
70 der the Grand Central depot inaecessib
e for trains, and would prevent all laTI
Is boats from passing under the bridges. II
n streams below Cincinnati are all pourir
lg in their foods, which will hold the riv
ed at the present stage until the rise fro
OF Portsmouth reaches here and swells it
he SIS feet.
The Commercial Tribune's storm di
1g patches report as follows:
Wooster, O.-County Jail and three ia
as tories unroofed; B. & o railway tract
OF washed out in two places.
ey Bradford Junction, 0.-The Christia
Us church was unrOOfed; barns and tire
d. were blown down.
nd Lima, o.-Rainfall yesterday unprec
he dented; school buildings unrOofed; maj
ds oil derTieks blown down in Hume, Roc
he land and Speneerville districts; rivers a
Is raging torrents
nd Hartford City, Ind.-Scarcely a derri,
ID left standing in the oil fields
Tidal waVe on the Atlantic.
as Boston, Jan. PA severe storm, a
he tended by unusual phenomena, has pass,
IA over New England, causing heavy rat
at in the southern portion, 10 TO IL inches
YER snow in Maine and New Hampshire, thu
Ks der and lightning in the extreme mort
TO east and practically tidal wave on b
We coast from Cape Cod to Portland.
No. While the heavy snow in Maine eaus,
= numerous washOuts, the storm seemed
gS some delay in transportation and the I
ne we're rain in the south was responsible (
10 have caused the enormous tide which /
undated the coast and caused a hea,
on loss to towners Of property along Il
he water front.
ar At Gloucester the storm was the wor
~ since the memorable storm Of 1851. 9th
ne localities along the shore also report loss
by from the tidal wave OF more or less e
m tent.
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