The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-28
: ENTIRE COUNTRY
IN GRIP OF STORM
HOWllng Blizzard in Northwest
ern States.
RAIN IN VARIOUS PLACES
: WIRES DOWN AND RAILWAYS
HAMPERED.
RAIN IN VARIOUS PLACES

n HlCAGO Dec. Tone Of the Sc
Ii verest storms OF recent years has
ragged throughout the territory ~
Ing between the Rocky mountains and
the Great lakes since early this morn
Ing, and has caused much trouble to
street car companies, railroads and
Telegraph companies The latter We're
the greatest sufferers from the blizzard
Men swept through the west and north
west during the last twenty-four hours
and which WAS preceded by a heavy
log ana drlzZdng rain which made the
wires almost unavoidable. The intense
cold and terrific gale that followed close
upon the fog coated the wires with ice
and later in the day threw poles 10 the
ground, Gripping the companies badly
Railroad trains were badly delayed all
through the west, some of them being
tWenty-fOUr hours late. Street car traf-
fic In all the cities of the west and
northwest was practically at a stand
stih at some time during the day.
Storm Widespread.
In its extent the storm was the most
widespread of any during the last fiji
teen years Counting the fog as 4 COM
ponent part of the storm, it stretched
from tho Rocky mountains to New York
and from Winnipeg TO New Orleans. The
only fatalities due 10 the storm in this
city were
Alexander Steiner, a teamster. killed
while unloading coal 4 chute was blown
from its fastenings and striking Steiner
on the head killed him instantly.
Thomas Walsh, a labOrer, was struck
by heavy board while entering "A new
building at Green street and Washing
ton boulevard. The board almost cut his
head off.
Al 10 o'clock tonight the storm was re-
ported as subsiding at Kansas City and
other points in north and south line
from that city but il will be several days
before normal conditions are restored
throughout the entire section.
At Chicago and east of here the storm
was still raging with great violence and
was expected TO continue throughout the
night the center Of the storm being be-
tween Chicago and Cleveland.
Snow Drifting Badly.
Reports from Kansas City early in the
DAY were that the storm extended from
the middle of Missouri as far south AS
Indian Territory and was accompanied
throughout its entire extent by the heavy
winds. and snow which on the level
would have been about one foot deep.
IT was drifted so badly by the gale. how
ever that i'm nearly all the cities of Ne
braska. Kansas and western Missouri
street car traffic was at a standstill.
The storm by noon had reached east
ern Missouri, and the temperature in st.
Louis went down 20 degrees in two hours.
while the wind, blowing 40 miles an
hour. piled the snow up in the streets
in great drifts. 1T was found possible
10 keep the street cars running, although
great havoc was wrought with telegraph
and telephone wires.
At Omaha and Des Moines conditions
similar to those in Kansas CITY were re-
ported and both places were in bad shape
early in the day Before daylight most
Of the downtown electric light circuits
IN Omaha were put out of business and
the outlying districts were without light.
All over the western states the storm
increased in violence throughout the
morning and at noon was raging with
great fury All trains in this section
were reported from one 10 six hours late,
and constantly losing time.
Violent in Northwest.
In the northwest the storm was even
more violent than throughout Missouri
and Iowa. In ST. Paul the snow com
grew heavier all through the night. while
the win Increased until it was blowing
@1ty miles an hour. The heavy snow
and the gale worked havoc with the rail-
roads. and some of the passenger trains
from the Pacific coast were reported to-
night As twenty-fOur hours overdue and
making slow progress, The storm
reached westward from st. Paul until
il covered the DakOtas. eastern Montana,
Wyoming. northern Michigan and Wis
ConSin the story was the same from all
points. The wires IN all directions were
down, the snow was Filling the streets
and railroad cuts SO tightly that street
cars were for the most part compelled
10 stop running and all trains were far
behind time.
Rain in the South.
In the south conditions were somewhat
better, the snow I'm many places being
changed into heavy rainfall. preceded
10y thunder and lightning and followed by
heavy winds Nashville. Louisville. New
Orleans, Montgomery and Memphis all
reported exceedingly heavy rains Il rap
idly falling thermometer and terrific
winds.
In the Ohio river valley the first heavy
rain in five months commenced falling
early in the day and continued through
out the night. The storm was appreciated
by the boatmen along the Ohio and its
tributaries for the stage OF water in those
streams has of late been very low and
navigation was difficult in many places
Storm in Chicago.
The storm struck Chicago shortly after
noon and Increased with great rapidity,
until IL had assumed hurricane violence
at 5.35. when The wind tore through the
GOWN town streets at the rate of seventy
two miles an hour. 1t fell away after
that and by I o'clock had dropped to
fifty miles an hour. where il remained
throughout the night. with occasional
gusts that wOIl4 howl through The streets
with the force of a cyclone. tearing down
signs. smashing in plate glass windows
and In many sections of the down town
districts hurting pedestrians from their
feet and OEerturnlng delivery wagons
Early IN the afternoon the police found
e. necessary to station extra officers at
The corner OF State and Randolph streets
where the Masonic temple TWENTY-FIVE
ElUIlts jill u-lEIl- IANdA@ creates "A ter
rifle increase in the natural rapidity OF
the wind and at the corner of Monroe
and Dearborn streets. where the new
building OF The First National bank acts
IN a similar manner
From o'clock until after the evening
rush was over there was not five min
Utes that the officers were not compelled
10 carry some woman who had been
thrown from her feet and was unable to
cross the street.
In all parts of the city trees were blown
down. chimneys toppled over and several
frame shacks were leveled 90 the ground
People Blown Over
There were numerous instances Of peo-
pie being bruised by being blown from
their feet while passing some Of the high
buildings in the down town district and in !
several places police We're stationed 20 !
turn back light delivery wagons which ]
would iufallibly be turned if they at
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