The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-28
SNOW DELAYS TRAINS
The Storm Causes Great incon-
Venience to RailWayS-The
Weather.

st. Paul, Jan. s7-Nearly every pas
senger train was from one TO six hours
late today. and coast trains came in
from Twelve 10 fifteen hours late. The
latter trans met the severest storm
in the northwest and were not only
de.ayed by snow, out by Ine exceeding
~ low temperature, winch made II al
most Impossible 10 keep up 1uu head
of steam. IN numerous cases the Great
Northern and northern racine nave
found IL necessary 10 cut freight trains
In two ana double the amount OF power.
Chicago, Jan 27.-One death so far
has been reported as result Of the
cold. The boGy NJ Sarah Scrlggs, col
ored woman, was round in ped in
shed in the rear of 1Z61 West Lake
street.
Tonight the wind. which has blown a
half gale all day, died away, although
the temperature was as low as last
night. The coolest temperature of the
day was below at a. m. Tonight il
was 4 below and falling slowly. The
most severe conditions tonight existed
in Lake Superior region where the
temperature ranged from s below to Il
below and the wind blew a gale.
AT Houghton. Mich, the storm was
declared the worst within a generation.
The mercury was 10 below and the
wind blew thirty miles an hour. At
Sault Ste. Marie for the first time this
winter it was found impossible to run
the ferries across the Straits of Macki-
nav.
All over the Lake Superior country
trains were delayed and electric street
car lines were practically out of bust
ness. In southern Illinois and Indiana
there were reports of ruined fruit
crops and of damaged wheat. From
Michigan came the old cry Of a peach
crop destroyed.
Kansas City, Jan. 27.-Last night
and this morning was the coolest ex-
perienced in this part of the south
west this winter, with the following
temperatures reported: Clinton, No, II
degrees below zero; Lawrence, Kan,
Is below; Abilene, Kan, Is below; KAN
sas City, below At Clinton. Mo. the
thermometer fell 40 degrees within
twelve hours. Near Jewell, Kan, Mis-
souri, Pacific train was ditched today
by running into d snowbank. No one
but the engineer was injured. Today
the weather in all parts of the south
west has moderated greatly and the in
dicatiOns are that the severe cold is at
an end.
Spokane, Wash, Jan. 27.-This is the
coolest day reached in this city for
some years, the government observers
thermometer registering 12.5 degrees
below zero this morning. Reports from
the fruit districts of eastern Wash
ington give no cause for alarm. April
cots have been damaged a little and
at Cotton it is estimated that one bud
in twenty-five on the early peach trees
has been killed. Otherwise no damage
seems to be feared even if the cold
weather should last several days.
Des Moines. Ia. Jan. 27.-The govern
ment Wea theT bureau reported a mini
mum temperature for Des MOines of IS
degrees below zero at o'clock Il re-
ports minimum of 20 at Sioux City and
estimates the average for the state at
about degrees colder.
Owing to the sudden change of tenn
perature there is considerable suffering.
Huntington, W Va, Jan 27.-Twenty-
four hours of heavy rain Is being fol-
lowed by the fercest snowstOrm of the
season in southern West Virginia. Traf-
tic is deIayeet3p all the railroads.
Lacrosse. Wis, Jan PA severe biz
Zard is raging in this vicinity The
mercury dropped about twenty degrees
since yesterday and this morning was IL
degrees below zero. The cold wave was
accompanied by a fall of four inches of
snow and a big wind.