The Irish standard., 1905-12-02
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l.:.GES On LAKE
FURIOUS HURRICANE SWEEPS
SUPERIOR DRIVING SEW
lRAL VESSELS ASHORE.
NEWS OF MANY MARINE
TRAGEDIES is FEARED
Cities of Superior and Duluth Suffer
Badly from Deluge of snow-sev-
eral Shipping Accidents Reported
from Lake Huron.


the most terrific storm since 1872
swept across Lake Superior from the
northeast Monday night, beginning at
seven p. IN. and continuing up to noon
Tuesday. The results OF the storms
fury have not as yet been ascertained
fully, but it is thought that when full
reports have been received from diff
ferent points along the lake, the news
will tell of marine tragedies unprece-
denied in the history of great lakes
navigation.
Many lake vessels are reported
ashore or in peril. The Steel trusts
freighter Crescent City struck a rock
near Duluth, Mimi, and was pounded
to pieces after the crew walked plank
to shore. At Two Harbors, Mimi, and
off Milwaukee two steamers were fly
ing distress signals. Life saving crews
and tugs made attempts to reach them.
The lighthouse at Milwaukee Is
wrecked and the stranded steamer APP,
pomattox torn to pieces.
Two Cities Suffer Badly.
Superior and Duluth both suffered
severely during the blow. The deluge
of snow which began falling early in
the evening became fluffy as the north
east wind caused the atmosphere to
turn colder and by daylight the in
habitants of the two cities found their
doors and windows blockaded with
drift snow. The streets in Superior
were next to impossible, snowdrifts
from five to six and even ten feet deep
covering them for blocks. The street
car system was suspended. pending the
cleaning away of the snow. The tele-
phone systems were thrown out of
operation in many parts Of the city.
Telegraph lines were snapped by the
accumulated weight of snow. Trains
were delayed or annulled. No mail
reached Superior up to noon. At noon
Tuesday the storm had abated, but the
snow was still piling in heaps as fast
as it was cleared from the streets.
Several Vessels Driven Ashore.
Alpena, Mich, Nov. pa 4S-mile-
an-hour gale swept over the upper end
of Lake Huron, and several accidents
to shipping have been reported. The
barge Harvey Bissell, which was tied
to an outer dock, has been broken to
pieces by the storm. The barge Vim
land. coal laden, broke away from her
tow barge and is aground off Alpena.
A report has also reached here that an
unknown steamer is aground on
Presque Isle. The steamer City of
Holland, while trying to make port at
Rogers City, went on the rocks. The
gale was accompanied by heavy snow
The schooner Spaulding, with a crew
of three men. was driven on the beach
near Fort Gratiot by the storm. The
crew reached shore safely.
Gale i'll the Dakotas.
Larimore, N. D., Nov. ga severe
blizzard is prevailing in this part Of
the state. A strong northwest gale is
piling the snow in high drifts. Freight
traffic is temporarily abandoned, and
passenger trains are Indefinitely late
A heavy snowstorm is also raging in
South Dakota.
Zero Wave Rushing East.
st. Paul, Mimi. Nov. 29.-St Paul is
the exact storm center of the great dis
turbance. which is raging over the
western half Of the United States. The
Storm. according to the local observer
is moving northeast and over the
British northwest; the temperature is
zero or below. This cold wave was
scheduled to arrive here late Tuesday
afternoon