New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

Milwaukee Jan. 30.-Passenger train No %, of
the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Com
ranv is supposed 10 be lost in snowdrift some
where on the Southern Minnesota division Of that
system between Kingdare and Fulda- The train
left Ia Crosse Wis Thursday night when the biz
za76 set in. and it passed jackson. Mimi no
.idings have been heard of it Trains on other
systems have had rough experiences during the bliz
zsrd. all running irregularly-
Assistant General Superintendent d. E Cheney, OF
The St. Paul road said this afternoon that he was
unable TO give any definite statement concerning
the missing traisa the telephone and Telegraph
wires were down in ali directions He believed
however that the passengers would be well cared
Tor.
Fifteen degrees below zero was the coldest point
reached by the mercury to-day according 10 the
United States weather bureau The coldest point
IN the Northwest Mihnedosa, Canada, wh1e
t- was so degrees below zero. Il was IS below at
Noorhesd Miurl-
The storm has gradually dwindied down and gone
eastward but its effects are still apparent
Train No. the main line OF the St Pau
road one Of the heaviest run by this company, is
stuck IN snowdrift at Minnesota junction. Wis
sixty miles west Of MILWAUKEE, This train carries
six sleep&s for Minneapolis. St Paul and points
sn Northern Wisconsin A Chicago & Northwestern
.,assenper train is ia snowdrift Jefferson,
Wis The snow there is banked nine feet deep for
rhref miles
snow from se-en TO ten feet the level and
ersffs many feet deeper stin blocking many OF
q
delayed passenger trains. however, stuck IN drifts
at remote sidings small stations have
been reached. and TIE passengers are being taken
care Of
Kentucky and parts OF the South were still IN
the clutches of the blizzard. Damage from fire
and havoc wrought by the high winds. estimated
es about ssolOOa. was caused in Texas and Okla
aozas In Dallas alone within TWO days there were
seveu.eea fire alarms A number Of homes were
burned with losses amounting TO 10000
The Grain elevator at Bison. near King Fisher
Okla was burned, causing loss OF about s-ooVa
in 1be Glenn on Pool near Tulsa. the damage is
de-ricks Fifty derricks down in the oil helo
near Keifer. Okla In Oklahoma City there were
seven fires causing a total loss OF $4,000
At Hot Springs Ark the Third Baptist Church
was lifted from its foundations by the gale ana
carried q block 10 the entrance of the Oak Lawn
racstrack.
One of the most thrilling Incidents OF the stollh
Was the battle OF the steamer city OF Marqoe''e
sgainst raging Lake Michigan as il iought lts "A'
g. sinking condition along the Illinois shore rom
chicago 10 Waukegan. With the hremen siaAulile
su wafer I'D 10 their waists and shoVelllng Co0l
into 2 feeble fire. the Goat reached Naukesail
eleven hours after it left Chicago. before II
reached its dock with the aid Of a tug the "ateI
rose over the fires The whole upper "oihs ol '-o
boat were shattered by the waves
= erev-sorne result Of the disturbance Of Lake
Michigan vvas the yielding up by The waters OF 1Le
l,a6v OF tie lighthouse keeper OF The por" !"
1,so.,,a- which WAS taken by them in a similar
storm fourteen months ago
The rr=sta1e district Western PennsE wanna Las
e-7 ono and West Virginia, IS in the grasp to-oS
Of sold weather and wind since IhiNiie''
IS the mercury dropped % degrees