The Redwood gazette., 1902-12-10
The STORM ON WEDNESDAY.
Telegraph Wires Down Between st. Paul
and the East,

Chicago. Dec 3-Te!egraph wires
down throughout northern Illinois,
Iowa and south western Wisconsin
d gale blowing off the lake, a rapid
y falling temperature and snow
marked the real advent of winter in
/ this part Of the country last night.
Trains we're late and only the most
daring of lake mariners braved the
elements by putting out from port.
Forecaster Cox says the worst is
y t to come.
The northwest wind yesterday
reached velocity Of tifty-two miles
an hour. This is the greatest We
leclty Of the wind from that direc-
tion this year and has not been ex-
ceeded since the Galveston storm.
The first storm warning was sent
out from the weather bureau at $50
clock yesterday morning. At 3
o'clock in the afternoon anot her
warning was sent out and all yes
sci owners we're ordered to remaiL
in port until the gale bad passed
TIE warning Was needed in almost
every case at 6:30 p. m. the storm
broke.
The storm region extended from
central Indiana. Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin into the north west. where
it is cold and snowing
The wind reached it's highest We
locity at I clock in the evening.
Miles of telegraph lines on the Chi
cago & Great Western, the Rock
Island and the Chicago & North
western roads we're blown down
and the train dispatchers offices
were unable to fill schedules. With
the wires down they kept track of
the trains with difficulty, and even
the "fyers' and expresses were
behind time.
Added to this the road officials
feared that the falling temperature
would cause the rain to freeze on
the rails and thus prevent the loco
motive engineers from making up
lost time
At midnight last night the Evan
ston life saving station reported that
v one steamer going north had
pass d since 6 o'clock in THE morn.
l.g. In the afternoon the Cones
toga, a freight steamer from Macki-
nav, came into port after the rough
est kind of a trip. At 4 p. m. the
Graham and Morton line steamer G.
W. Moore attempted to put out on
its regular Holland run. 1t returned
to dock within an hour, the captain
declaring he would not risk his
boat in the face of such gale.
The Goodrich line steamer Indi-
ana, for Manitowoc, tried to clear at
I p M. but soon gave 1t up. Many
other boats started out. but were
driven 1ck.
All the Eigin. Joliet and Aurora
electric trains were delayed in the
afternoon and evening. The run
from Aurora that usually takes
about an hour and fifteen minutes.
required nearly three hours for
most of the trains.
Cheerless as Professor Cox S fore
cast is for to day it is still more so
for to morrow
Possible snow hurries, with
winds high enough to be called a
blizzard and temperatures falling to
below % degrees above zero, was
the prediction for Thursday. These
troubles" said the weather prophet,
reassuringly. ARE almost too far
Oft yet to be certainties and there is
no use crossing bridge until you
come to it. But to-day has been
bad enough and tomorrow Will
probably be worse, that much ought
to satisfy anybody's craving for
bad news
The wind about the great lakes
this morning blew at rate of 50
miles an hour at Chicago, 36 miles
at Milwaukee and 81 miles at Green
Bay, Wis. At indianapolis the
wind was blowing 81 miles an hour.
The storm is centered about the
lake region and the Mississippi val
ley. In most of the places, rain and