The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-03-17
NORTHWEST TIED UP
Worst Snow storm In Many
Years RACES.
RAILWAY TRAINS ARE ABANDONED.
telegraph Lines Carried Down.
Mountainous Drifts and Intense
Cold Cause IL Complete sux-
pension Of RuAiMcan.

Cold Cause u Complete Sus-
pension Of Business.
ST. PAUL. March 17-North Dakota
and the Canadian northwest have eXpe-
rienced the worst snows,orm In many
years, and railroad traffic is practically
paralyxed. The Northern Pacific and
Great Northern have not moved
wheel for forty-eight hours in the biz.
zard stricken districts and have aban.
doned all efforts TO do SO until the fury
OF the storm shall abate. The high
wind has piled the snow in mountain.
GUS drifts and pncked it in solid mass
es. many deep cuts heing entirely fill
ed. The temperature has been gradll
ally falling and is now at or below the
zero mark.
Not "A transcontinental train has ar.
rived at st. Paul since Friday. and
none is expected for several days. The
Northern Pacific reports its wes,bound
coast train which left st. Paul Satur.
day morning tied up at Fargo. the
road beyond there being blocked. Ev-
cry effort is being made by the road to
keep its passengers who are snow.
bound warm and well fed. and for this
reason trains are being held at stations
where the accommodations are good.
rather than attempt to get them
through. with a possibility of being tied
up between stations.
The Red River Valley division of the
Northern Pacific between Frankforts
and Winnipeg is entirely abandoned.
No trains have attempted to run since
Friday night. and the exact conditions
Oh this division are not known by the
general officers here, as the telegraph
wires have been carried down by the
burden of sleet that preceded the heavy
snowfall
The situation on the Great Northern
Is equally bad. The line is tied up en-
tirrly between Grand Forks and Will
liston. \. d.. a distance of about thir-
ty-ivr miles. and all wires have been
lost beyond Fargo. Thirty miles Of
wire are gone between Fargo and cas-
selltOn. \. d.. and all communication
with western Dakota and Montana
points has been lost. So fierce hes been
the storm that it has been deemed in
advisable to attempt to reopen the road
until ii aiuteS. Reports received at the
general offices indicate that the gale
has sonlewha, subsidized but that the
snow still continues to fan.
The branch Of the Great Northern
running to Winnipeg is also tied up.
No trains have been started nor,llward
since Friday night. and those that We're
caught out on the road by the storm
have been held AT the station near the
/ border.
Winnipeg is reported entirely cut off
from railroad communication with the
outside world. The Canadian Pacific
transcontlnental trains are snuwbonnd
somewhere west Of there. and 10 pros
poets Of relief are yet in sight.
The storm started on Friday. being
preceded by II light rainfall and ac-
companied by high winds. The rain
| soOu turned to slret and then to SNOW
and this has fallen without cessation
| for more than forty-eiglt hours. The
| terrific gale drflrd the snow badly.
and it is next to impossible TO wade
through the streets. Business of all
kinds is AT Il standstill
The following are special dispatches
which have been received from the
storm area:
Devils Lake. y. H.-A blizzard. the
worst in ten years. has been raging for
the past two days and shows no signs
of Abatement No such storm has been
experienced in ten years \ large
amount of snow has fallen and is piled
in miniature mountains. All railroad
and other traffic is entirely abandoned.
The thermometer is at zero.
Aberdeen. $. D. The blizzard. which
started Friday. continues without sign
of abatement. Trains are delayed and
business is at Il slands,lI. II is the
worst storm in Years.
Miuut. \. D.-Thr blizzard, which
has ragged here for three days is mod
Grating. and he skies are clearing. All
trains are late and will not he moving
for some time yet. Passengers on the
Great Northern train are being cared
for at the station.
Mon'evidcO, MINI. - Violent gales.
with binding tilrrrs of SHOW. still
continue. All trains are from ten TO
! twelve hours late.
Sparta. Wis.-Thc worst blizzard of
the season has prevailed over this sec
ton FOR the past furlyciglit hours and
is still raging. The mercury is below
! zero, and the snow is driven by n high
wind.
Black River Falls. Wis. The worst
storm in years is raging here. and the
| roads are impossible because of i'm
| menSc snOwdrfts.