Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30

Comparatively little delay is reported 70
traffic east of Cleveland
LOUISVILLE. Ky. January 3o.-ken-
lucky and parts of the far SCUM which
yesterday felt touch OF winter are To-
day firmly in the clutches OF a genuine
blizzard which has been raging Tor more
than twelve hours.
seriously. due to a combinat ton of intense
cold high winds and snow. The main
artery of communication from Louisvliie
to the south over which travels all the
news of the world and many of the mes
sages for the business centers of the
south, was pulseless for several hours
early today but communication was es-
tablished later in roundabout way.
The storm was felt in all its severity
throughout Kentucky, and especially near
Bowling Green, KY, where one company
lost all of its wires. Snow fell through
out Kentucky and sections of tennessee
nearly all night and high winds, at both
Memphis and Atlanta. denoted the
progress of the blizzard on its way 10 the
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago Gets Relief.
CHICAGO. January 3O.-Chicaso and
the middle west arose today with official
assurance that The worst of the storm,
which devastated this section of the
country Yesterday, was over, and that il
would be Quickly followed by clear, cold
weather while the east inherited the biz
Yard.
In Chicago the blizzard abated mate
rally before the morning business rush
hegan but the heavy snowfall that had
accompa MED ii remained and caused
much confusion and delay. Elevated and
surface lines were impeded and attempts
TO maintain regular schedules were apah-
doned. In the downtown dlstrlct the cars
moved at a snail-like pace.
Suburban trains also were greatly de-
Iayed by the deep snow drifts. Interior
ence with the railway mail service was
not so great as the postal officials had
anticipated although several trains from
extreme western and northwestern points
We're reported from ten to eighteen hours
late.
Probably the most thrilling incident of
the widespread storm in this section was
the battle of the steamer City of Mar
Guette in making it's way in sinking
condition along the Illinois shore from
Chicago TO Waukegan.
With the firemen standing in water up
10 their waists and shoveling coal into
fire, the boat reached WaukeSan eleven
hours after ii left Chicago. Before II
reached its dock the water rose over the
fires and the aid of tug had to be Sc
cured.
The whole upper works of the boat We're
shattered by the waves that broke over
It. Ii was only by great eXertion that 1t
was kept afloat.
The vessel is a wooden boat drawing
fourteen feet of water. The bows, how
ing the ice. 1t has made daily trips Tor
years.
Michigan was the yielding up by the
house keeper of the port, F. w. Reether.
drowned in similar storm fourteen
months ago. The body was identified by
its gold teeth and wedding ring.
Conditions in Northwest.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, January 30.-A furious
storm of snow, sleet and rain. accompa-
MED by a wind which in places reached a
velocity Of seventy-fve miles an hour
held the United States in its grasp yes
terday and last night from the eastern
slope of the Rockies to Detroit. and from
the Canadian boundary to southern
Texas 1t easily was the most DESTRUCTIVE"
storm of the winter
This morning 1t is abating. and accord
ing to reports has passed eastward. 1t
II expected to strike the Atlantic sea-
board this afternoon.
In Chicago one fatal automobile acct
dent was due TO the storm; one man was
killed on the rails; another injured.
lake steamer. after being almost swamped
by huge waves. staggered into Wauke-
can making the trip from chicago In
eleven hours.
Freezing people were rescued from the
streets by the police. Railroad service
was nearly demoralized; telegraph and
telephone wires snapped, and local street
car traffic was seriously impeded.
Whole communities west of Chicago
were Isolated as a result of the fall of
rain. sleet and snow, the telegraph wires
being out of commission for hours at
time
The states west of the Mississippi bore
the heaviest of the storm. Reports from
every one Indicate that railroad traffic is
near standstill. that telephone and teie-
xr-fr nd
houses were overturned by the gale. which
reached a velocity of sixty-seven miles an
hour In some localities.
Minneapolis and st. Paul We're crippled.
St Louis Omaha. Kansas City. Denver.
Topeka. Madison and even cities as far
south as Tulsa, Okla. reported great dam
age and some deaths in the storm.
Passengers on overland trains showed In
in the Rockies are reported to be In great
danger.
Railroad lines with trains running Into
Chicago from the west suffered severely
From Chicago last night crews OF men
numbering into the hundreds, with Snow
plows and kindred machines. were pressed
into emergency service and hurried into
Iowa and Nebraska to bring relief TO
stalled trains.
Four Trains Held Up.
The Chicago and Northwestern railroad
suffered the most. Four limited trains on
that road, due from the far west at vari-
Gus hours during the day, are held up py
a snow blockade in Iowa and will not
reach Chicago until tonight or possibly
tomorrow.
All the railroad wires were down
throughout that state and In Nebraska,
and communication with delayed trains
was impossible. In a rounda bout way
messages of the distress of the limited
trains were brought to Chicago. and until
late last night from the northwestern
headquarters messages were sent to every
division of the road ordering additional
assistance to the Iowa division.
The middle west caught the worst OF
the storm From Minnesota to Texas
every state was swept by a wind varying
from forty to sixty miles in velocity.
This was accompanied by rain, sleet and
snow.
There are rays of hope for relief in
North and South Dakota and Nebraska.
The temperature began to rise this morn
ing in Iowa. Missouri and Minnesota
are promised fair weather and warmer
Sunday.
Illinois. Indiana Ohio. upper and lower
Michigan and Wisconsin will continue to
suffer for day at least. Colder weather,
with high northwest winds, is the best
promised to them.
extremely cold wave is predicted for that
state, especially in the eastern parts.
Duluth was the coolest city recorded
people had been having unusually warm
Srees below zero.
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