Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16
SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION
LEFT IN WAKE OF STORM
WHICH DEMoRALlzED TRAFFIC
IN THE WEST.
TELEGRAPH POLES
AND WIRES DOWN
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF I'M
MANY PLACES, BUT lNDlcAs
TloNs POINT TO SPEEDY RE-
covERY;HEAvY SHOWS NORTH

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Following the ,ers
ample of the January blizzard the
sleet storm which has tied up the midi
die west is moving eastward. leaving
suffering and destruction in It's wake.
In Nebraska where the thermometer
has fallen below zero and in Texas
where it is unusually cold 1t is feared
there will be heavy loss among the
cattle. Thousands Of telegraph poles
are down In Missouri, Iowa and neigh-l
boring states, while passenger traffic
has been badly hampered by heavy
snow falls in Minnesota. In Michigan
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio similar conA
ditions prevail
cold wave is in prospect for sonsl
days in the northwest. One of the ser-l
GUS results due to the blizzard is the,
decentralization of the street railway
service in the cities and the tieup OF
interurban traffic throughout the coun-I
try Indications are, however, that
the blockade will be speedily lifted.
Wires Down In East.
Pittsburg, Feb. 15.-Owing to thu
! severe sleet storm in Ohio today trains
! from the west are arriving here from
1 two to three hours late. The Pennsyl.l
vania road reports over fifty miles ofi
poles and telegraph wires down in ths
] vicinity Of Cresline, Ohio.
Snow BIockadee In Minnesota.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 15.-Trains
from Chicago and other southern
points are from two to eighteen hours
late, owing to the snow blockades res
sulting from the storm which passed
here Saturday night.
Ice Laden Wires and Poles Down.
i Kankakee, H.. Feb. 15.-Much darn-
age was done here by a sleet storm
starting at midnight and continuing the
greater part Of the day. Telephones
wires and poles are down, police and
fire boxes out of commission, and
watchmen are stationed at different
sections of the city. Street light cir1
cults are cut off and telegraphic ser-
vice s affected. The streets are filled
with the limbs of broken trees.
Foot of Snow In MiIwauIcee.
Milwaukee, Wis. Feb. 15.-Snow I'd
the depth of a foot fell in Milwaukee,
and within a radius of fifty miles Sat-I
turday night and Sunday. The street
railway company used plows all day to
keep traffic open. Interurban train
service while not tied UP. was irregl 4
ular Trains on the steam roads areI
running considerably behind schedules
: time.
Peoria Cut off for Eight Hours.
Peoria, Feb. 15.--Peoria was prao-
tically isolated from the world for
2 eight hours yesterday. Late last night
' telegraphic communications were res
, stored to Chicago, but towards east
west, and south telephone and tele-
. graphic communications have been en~
. tirely shut off.
/ Information from the rural districts
: throughout the central part Of the
s state say that havoc has resulted in
destruction of fruit trees.
Southwest Hit by the Storm.
Kansas City, Mo, Feb 15.--zerd
weather and the worst sleet and snow
storm of the winter prevailed in tho
southwest last night.
In Oklahoma the storm began SAT-
urday night with rain followed by a
. sudden drop of 4S degrees In temper
- ture Sleet and snow have been fall
ing almost continuously.
Lusitania Encounters Storm.
Y New York, Feb. 15.--Held back for
two days by fog and heavy seas, the
big steamship LusitanIa came to dock
yesterday after the toughest voyage
ever experienced by the turbiner be-
tween here and Liverpool
Six feet of starboard rail on the boat
= deck was carried away by a boarding
4; sea last Thursday.