Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-19
Vessels Driven Ashore in
Gale on the Great
Lakes.
SNOW IN THE WEST
Loss of Eight Lives Reported
at Memphis---SOuth
Hit Hard.

Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 19-With the
exception of the loss Of eight lives, re-
ported last night as "A result of the
storm Of Saturday night and Sunday.
which swept the greater portion of
west Tennessee. north and central Mis-
sissippi, north Alabama and eastern
Arkansas, there has been no further
fatalities.
Reopening Telegraph Lines.
Telegraphic communication is gradu-
ally being restored. but railroad traffic
is greatly impaired and in many in
stances demoralized. Rain continues
to fail. but the volume is greatly di-
minishcd.
Covered wOth snow.
Kansas City, Nov. 19.-Western Mis-
souri, and Kansas are covered with sew
eral inches of snow. In Kansas a high
wind is blowing and the snowfall CON
tinues. The temperature has fallen 10
degrees since last night.
At Colorado Springs, Col, snow is
falling and the thermometer registered
p above zero. Bitter cold weather pre-
walls at Cripple Greek.
Hot at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 19.-New Orleans
is today sweltering from an abnormal
ly high temperature. The atmosphere
is heavy with humidity. The thermom-
eter registered 50 at noon.
Boats Blown Ashore.
Fort William, Ont, Nov. 19.-Three
boats are known to have blown ashore
during the terrific storm which has
ragged over Lake Superior for the last
two days and ii is feared that more
may have been lost.
The Canadian steamer Theano struck
a rock four miles east of Thunder Cape
and was totally wrecked, and the Amer
lean steamer Philip Minch and the Can
adian steamer Stracona were blown
ashore. The Minch may be a total loss.
Crews Saved From Death.
The crews of the boats, however are
safe. the Theano's men being rescued
after a hard struggle with the high
seas
When the Theano struck the wind
was blowing 80 miles an hour. The
steamer struck bow on. and the stern
swung around against the rocks, crush
ing in the steel sides of the ship like
paper. The crew was compelled TO
take to the lifebOats for safety.
\ few moments after the crew had
abandoned the wreck the boilers ex.
ploded, and the shattered hull slid off
the rock into the deep water and van
ished.
Struggle Half Day I'm Open Boats.
4 htrC Of
the crew succeeded in reaching Port
Arthur, after being buffeted about by
the storm a half day in an open boat.
The lifeboat i'm which the remaining
half of the crew had sought safety was
picked up by the steamer Iroquois,
which brought the men here.
Worst Blizzard i'm "a Decade.
Trinidad, Col, Nov 19.-The worst
blizzard experienced here in a decade
is now raging. The storm started Sat
urday and gradually grew in severity
until yesterday, when it assumed the
of a blizzard, increasing in
severity each hour.
The Colorado & Southern railroad re-
ports the storm extending into the pan
handle of Texas. The Santa Fe re-
ports blizzard along its line clear to
Kingsley Kan.
In northern New Mexico the blizzard
is the worst Heavy losses i'm sheep
and cattle in New Mexico territory and
this section of Colorado are almost GER
tain to occur All trains are running
hours behind schedule time and there
is no prospect of abatement of the
storm.