The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-19
PEOPLE GOING HOME
UNABLE TO SEE WAY
More Than Police Officer Could
Do in Some Instances to Pilot
Women Across Streets.
Fishing Boat Wrecked
and Two Lives
Are Lost.
February 1s.-The most
violent snow storm that has vls-
. tied Chicago In many years COM
meuced To-day at Z a,claclc this

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~ tied Chicago in many years COM
menced to-day at Z o'clock this
morning and tonight Is raging with
increasing violence, and there Is no
prospect Of lessening of It's force be-
fore morning.
BY 4 o'clock seven inches of snow
had fallen. and 1t was still coming
down heavily The wind at frequent
intervals was at velocity of fifty miles
the streets in binding clouds. a great
number of accidents Of a minor charac-
ter were caused by the collisions be-
tween wagons and between wagons and
street cars.
Could Not See Way.
At o'clock. when the me-going
crowd was at its thickest, the wind was
blowing SO heavily and the snow was
falling in such binding sheets that it
Michigan Avenue at it's intersection
with either Jackson Boulevard or Van
Buren Street.
Those crossings are used by thou
sands Of people every night to reach
their homes in the southern part of the
city and in the suburbs by means
of the Illinois Central Railroad. 1t was
found necessary to station large
number of city and park police at these
corners to assist women. and often 1t
was more than one officer could do to
pilot woman across the street with
out assistance
The street car companies and the ele-
waited railroads Jared we'll throughout
the day but the heavy increase OF
snow that came in the late afternoon
made desperate work for them. Every
available man and all the snow plows
We're constantly at work in keeping the
tracks clear. In the distant suburbs
the trolley lines We're operated with
Weather Bureau that the fall of snow
would amount to one foot or more by
morning.
Trains Stalled.
In some instances the Illinois Cen
trail trains remained stalled for hours.
while the tracks were shoveled clear.
In consequence crowds of homeward
bound patrons were greatly delayed.
The Illinois Central Chicago and
Northwestern and Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroads reported incom-
ing trains three to seven hours late.
The storm centre during the evening
was over Springfield. ILL.,, and was NOV
ing northward with q probability that
1t would pass over Chicago early to-
morrow morning. The snow fall was
general in Eastern Iowa and Nebraska.
Northern Missouri. Central and North
ern Illinois and Indiana ard in Wiscon-
sin and Michigan. Omaha. Neb., re-
ported the heaviest fall in twenty
years-nearly fourteen inches-entnil-
ing much delay and suffering to live
stock en- route to Eastern markets.
Several trains are said to be more than
fifteen hours overdue.
Two Lose Lives.
One of the most tragic occurrences
In connection with the storm was the
wrecking in the harbor at Waukegan
OF the fishing boat Anspach, in which
two mer lost their lives and six others
had narrow escapes from death. The
boat left the harbor early In the day to
visit nets set ten miles out IN Lake
Michigan. Caught in the storm on the
return trip the vessel battled with the
elements until 1t regained the harbor
at 6 O'Clock in the evening, only to be
blown against protection wall and
crushed.
Captain Oliver Rubber, with five
men composing the crew, were thrown
upon an Ice pack. Four of the men
succeeded In clinging to the ropes and
were rescued.
AT Hammond. two men blinded by
the storm were run down by a train
and fatally injured. In the vicinity
woman, overcome by exhaustion, was
found dying in the snow.
The government forecaster an
nounced late tonight that there was
little relief in sight. more snow being
In prospect with falling temperature.