The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-03-22
FURIOUS sNowsToRM.
Worst Blis.ard for Many Years In
the Observation-Disclosures Traf-
nc II ParaIysed.

kota and the Canadian northwest has
experienced the worst snowstorm In
many years and railroad traffic is prac-
tically paralyzed. The Northern Pa
ciic and Great Northern have not
moved wheel for nearly SO hours in
the blizzard-stricken district and have
abandoned all efforts to do SO until
the fury of the storm abates. The
high wind has piled the snow in noun
famous drifts and packed 1t in solid
masses, many deep cuts being entirely
filed. The temperature has been grad
ually falling and is now at or below the
zero mark.
| Not a transcontinental train has ar
rived in st. Paul since Friday and none
is expected for several days. The
Northern Pacific reports it's west
bound coast train which left st. Paul
Saturday morning tied up at Fargo,
the road beyond there being blocked.
1t will start coast-bound train this
morning and hopes to be able to get it
| through. The east-bound coast train
due here Saturday morning is held at
Mandan, N. ID. Every effort is being
made by the road to keep its passen-
gers who are snowbound warm and
well fed, and for this reason trains are
being held at stations where the ac-
commodations 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 Frank
forts and Winnipeg is entirely aban-
doned. No trains have attempted to
run since Friday night, and the exact
conditions on this division are not
known by the general officers here, as
down by the burden of sleet which pre-
coded the heavy snowfall.
The situation on the Great Northern
is equally bad. The line is tied up en-
tirely between Grand Forks and Willis
ton, N. d., distance of about IS miles,
and all wires have been lost beyond
Fargo. Thirty miles of wire are gone
between Fargo and Cassellton, N. d..
and all communication between west
ern Dakota and Montana points has
been lost. So fierce has been the storm
that it has been deemed inadvisable to
attempt to reopen the road until 1t
abates. Reports received at the gen.
eral offices indicate that the gale has
somewhat subsidized, but that the snow
still continues to fall. The branch of
the Great Northern running to Winni-
peg is also tied up. No trains have been
started northward since Friday night,
and those that were caught out on the
road by the storm have been held at
the station near the border. Winni-
peg is reported entirely cut off from
railroad communication with the out
side world. The Canadian Pacific trans
continental trains are snowbound
somewhere west Of there, and no pros
pect of relief is yet in sight.
The storm started on Friday, being
preceded by light rainfall and ac-
companied by high winds. The rain
soon turned to sleet and then to snow,
and this has fallen without cessation
for over SO hours. The terrific gale
drifted the snow so badly that the
streets of the towns in the storm dis
trict were filled so deeply that it was
next to impossible to wade through
them. Business of all kinds has been
at a standstill since Friday night, and
not much can be done until the storm
subsidies. So far as known there has
been no loss of life, but owing to the
demoralized condition of the wires lit
tie news has been received from the re-
moter districts. The farmers hail the
advent of the snow with delight, as the
ground had been very dry, and this
abundance of moisture will put it in
excellent shape for the spring seeding.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March ia
veritable blizzard is raging in western
Michigan and the whole lake shore is
gale-swept, while the inland towns are
feeling the force of the wind and the
drop in temperature. The Barry line
was to have opened lake navigation be-
tween Muskegon and Chicago Sunday,
but the lake was too rough, and the
boat will not leave Muskegon until
Tuesday. The temperature here
dropped SO degrees.
Marquette, Mich, March 1.-THE
upper peninsula is in the throes of a
cold wave. Balmy, springlike weather
has suddenly given way to chilling
blasts and at many points the mer-
curry is lowering around the zero
mark. At Marquette the tempera-
ture registers Is above. This is o
drop of so degrees since Saturday.
Snow has been falling at intervals.
The change is welcomed by lumber
men, and should freezing weather
continue for several days, as predict
ed, it will serve to materially cut
losses of those loggers who have
been hard hit by unprecedented early