Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-28
A FIERCE STORM WEST
Furious Gales Lashed the
Great Lakes.
MANY SHIPS WRECKED
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW IN LAKE
SUPERIOR SECTION.
Dc; 20 I'M Enfira1u SuS-
MANY SHIPS WRECKED
Railroad Traffic Almost Entirely Sus-
pended-Velocity Of Wind From
60 to 70 Miles an Hour.

A furious storm is raging today
over the western half Of the United
States east of the Rocky mou1:-
tains. Last night a terrific gale
swept the great lakes, doing great
damage to shipping. The storm is
moving northeast.
SUPERIOR, Wis, November 2S-The city
Of Superior and Lake Superior have been
lashed by a furious wind since last night A
binding wet snow accompanied the sixty
mile hurricane, with the result that drifts
from four to six feet deep obstruct the prin-
cipal streets today. The street car system
is entirely out Of business.
The estimated velocity of the wind, which
is blowing with undminished strength to-
day, is between sixty and seventy miles an
hour. Wires are down to considerable
extent.
Last night and today's hurricane marks
the first real blizzard since 1872.
Railroad traffic is either entirely suspend
ed or moving erratically, and snow plows
have been started from the division points.
The steel freighter Crescent City of the
Pittsburg Steamship Company's feet is a
wreck on the north shore of Lake Superior.
She was driven the rocks within the lin
It's of the city of Duluth this morning All
the members of the crew and captain are
safe
The Crescent City was driven ashore IN a
seventy-mile gale.
The wind quickly drove her ster naround
so that the ship lay broadSide to shore and
the stern was close that Capt. Frank
Rice and his crew threw ladder to the
shore and walked off in safety, abandoning
the ship to her fate She will be total
loss, wreckage now being strewn all along
the shore between the point where she went
on and the Bay of Superior. She is 47o feet
long, with 5.7O5 gross tonnage.
st. Paul the Storm Center.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, November 2S.-The
fact that ST. Paul Is the exact storm CEN
ter of the great disturbance which Is rag
ing over the western half of the United
States, east Of the Rocky mountains, is
the reason why, since daybreak, there has
been lull in the fury of the elements, ac-
cording to the observations of the local
weather Office. Outside of the immediate
center the storm still RACES. The tempera-
ture up to noon was mild and the terrific
gale which ragged nearly all night died out
with the coming of dawn. There is from
two to four inches of wet snow on tho
ground.
The storm according to the local observ-
er, is moving northeast and over the Brit
ish northwest the temperature Is zero or
below. This cold wave IS scheduled to ar
rive here this afternoon.
Steamer Broken in Three Pieces.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, November 2S.-The
steamer Appomattox, with a large cargo of
coal, which went ashore north Of Milwau-
kee several weeks ago, was broken in three
pieces by last nights fury on Lake Michi-
gan. The waves are reported by local ma
rine men to have been the highest and
fiercest for many years. The lighthouse at
the end of the government breakwater was
dismantled by the heavy seas and the
only after two hours hard work by the life
saving crew. The breakwater Is also re-
ported damaged to a considerable extent
Accidents to Shipping.
DETROIT, Mich, November 2S.-A Jour-
nal special from Alpena, Mich, says that
43-miles-an-hour gale is sweeping over
the upper end of Lake Huron, and reports
several accidents to shipping. The barge
Harvey Bissell, which was tied to an outer
dock, has been broken to pieces by the
storm. The barge Vinland, coal laden.
ana is aground off Alpena.
A report has also reached here that an
unknown steamer is aground on Presque
Isle.
The Thompson Line steamer City of Hol-
land, while trying to make port at Rogers
City early today, went the rocks, where
she is pounding and leaking badly. The
crew are in no danger. The gale is accom-
panied by heavy