Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-29

Foster. was rescued with difficulty by life
savers. The entire east wall OF the fog
signal building was smashed in by the
waves, which according 60 Foster, were the
worst he had ever seen In his fifteen years
OF experience on the lakes.
The big steamer AppomatoX, coal laden.
which went ashore seven miles north OF
this city several weeks ago and was later
abandoned. was battered to pieces by the
Intensity Of the waves The boat broke
into three pieces Bow and stern were
washed away and driven upon the shore.
wreckase strews the shore Of the lake
from Lake Park to whltcish bay.
Port Washington, thirty miles north Of
Milwaukee. reports that the steamer n c.
whitney coal laden, ran ashore during the
gale The vessel belongs to the Gilchrist
fleet Of Cleveland The Milwaukee life
saving crew went to the rescue and this
afternoon took on the crew in safety. Two
Milwaukee tugs also went to the scene, and
will endeavor to release the vessel.
Ashland and washburn, wis report an
extraordinary snowfall rendering train
service irregular. Considerable damage was
done TO dock property and lumber and coal
piles at Menominee Mich.
Mackinaw City reports that the Straits ex-
perienced one of the worst storms ever
known. The temperature there is at the
freezing point.
Blizzard In North.
ST. PAUL, MINI. Nov. "a blizzard of
exceptional fury has been sweeping over
the entire northwest for the last twenty
four hours and still prevails Out in the
prairie towns Of North and South Dakota,
in the hills of the Red River valley and
throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin. the
storm is one of the heaviest in many years.
In its path to the northeast the winds
swept Duluth and Superior. Lake Superior,
and left ruin in it's path to ships which
were seeking shelter.
The storm struck the Twin Cities late
yesterday afternoon. As the night ad-
vanced the violence of the wind increased
In ST. Paul, sixty miles an hour is the es-
innate of its velocity. The snowfall how
ever, was light. At Moorhead. MINI, to-
night the mercury is lowering close TO the
zero point. Business was generally sus-
pended and street car service was blocked.
At Larrimore. N D., the wind piled the
snow in drifts and train service was badly
demoralized.
Rapidly lowering temperatures were re-
ported from all parts Of the state. with
no indications OF a letup in the fury of the
SlOIIn RUNWAY StINlCt - utiloIttlAeu,
many trains having been annulled.
All trains into the Union depot here were
from one to FIVE hours late.
LARIMORE, n. D., Nov. ga severe
blizzard prevails here. Freight trains can
not move and passenger trains are arriving
far behind schedule time.
MOOREHEAD. Mimi, Nov. pa fierce
blizzard has been raging here since Monday
afternoon. Fifteen inches of snow have
fallen. The north wind Is increasing in
velocity and the cold is becoming intense.
Street cars were blockaded all night and
trains from the east are several hours late
Business is practically suspended.
Warm Day I'm Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Never since the es-
tablishment of the weather bureau has a
day so warm this been recorded late in
November. The mercury this afternoon
reached 6S degrees Early in November,
1855, the mercury touched rs degrees, which
is the record for November weather in this
city. Today was the second warmest day
ever known during the month and by far
the warmest for the latter part OF the
month. A fall OF 10 degrees is predicted by
! tomorrow morning.
Five Men Drowned.
| 81. PAUL, Mimi, Nov ga special to
! the Pioneer Press from Duluth says: The
| scow George Herbert was sunk off Two
! islands, on the north shore. and 1t is re-
ported five men were drowned. The steel
corporations steamer Mariposa is said 10
be ashore at Split Rock. The damage by
the storm is estimated at 100000.
! Ten below iu Montana.
BUTTE, Mont Nov 2S-A cold wave is
sweeping over Montana, In Butte this
morning the thermometer registered as low
! as 9 below zero. In the mountains it was
as low as u below. Temperatures range
| from zero to 10 below.