Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-02
All Sections of the Country,
Shivering In Blast of Sleet
and Snow From Artic
Cline.
TRAINS IN THE WEST
BURIED UNDER SNOW
AND CAN'T BE FOUND.
Wires Are Frustrated in Furious
Gales Which Have Steadily Been
Sweeping from West to the East
for Twenty-Four Hours.
Especial Dispatch to The Journal.)

n1urecs much suffering and an unknown
property loss is the toll paid by Chicago
o the storm that swooped down upon this
now ceased falling, the Temperature
ity Friday noon. Early today the
lropped and the abating gale brings
tings tonight III temperature not much
lbove the zerp mark.
The dead:
THOMAS CLANCY. delivery wagon
iriver, killed when an automobile crash
d into his team under cover of binding
now.
PATRICK CRANE, IS years old. killed
" being blown from stairway.
MORRIS HABERLE, 20 years old,
dropped dead from over exertion, while
Ihoveling snow from his side walk dur
ng the blizzard.
PATRICK HIGGINS, IS years old,
dropped dead overcome by cold, while
waiting for a street car
In the city the surface and elevated
has been resumed and
wire service north, west and south, bad
y crippled last night, is being rapidly re-
tored.
Train Lost in the Snow
The train on the South Minnesota d.
Tision of the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul, lost in the snow drifts some time
Thursday night is still INDICATED. The
rain was reported lost in a snow drift
vest Of Jackson, MINI. 1t was last re-
,orted at Kinbrae, MINI. 345 miles west OF
lacrosse.
The train is now supposed to be buried
between Kinbrae and Sibley Communi-
;ation between these two points is OBJ
'tructed. In the train there are two day
coaches and combination mail, bagga &c
ind express car. No food was aboard
he train. Railroad officials believe the
passengers were given shelter at Kinbrae
" at farm houses along the line.
The Overland train. due Friday, became
stalled somewhere in Iowa, and for q
hours it has been battling with the bliz-
ard. s-
Suffering is Intense
Intense suffering was experienced by
many passengers on trains which were
with sleeping and eating az
Two big boats moored in
he Calumet river at Ninety-hfth street.
broke their hawsers and started down the
stream toward the lake. The Eliza. laden
with coal has been tied up at the Calumet
elevator companys dock while the Graft
wick, filled with grain, had been tied up
Il the South Chicago elevator companys
lock. Two tugs took up the chase for the
eliza. The Gratwick became wedged
.rosswise of the stream.
NEW YORK IN GRASP
OF ZERO WEATHER
NEW YORK, Feb. L-Swept by Bit
ng northwest wind. New York city today
experienced the coolest weather Of the
winter. With the temperature in the city
Town to the zero point just ebfore day
light and the official Thermometer on the
weather. bureau registering five degrees
Lbove zero, the suffering of the homeless
Turing the night must have been intense.
Two thousand applicants for food and
Office were lined up at the Bowery mis-
ion during the night, which was the
argest number fed at that place thus far
his winter. In addition to these, 31S per-
ons, including "a women, were given
heller at the city lodging house and the
Iier of the charities department at the
DOT Of East Twenty-sixth street.
The street cleaning department had coo
men at work removing the snow during
he night, but when the cold became in
ense the men suffered so greatly that the
york was discontinued.
Eighteen families were driven from
heir Homes in a tenement house in East
Ieventy-seventh street by a fire early to-
lay. olicemen whose pity was excited
" their sufferings from the cold went
through the adjoining houses in search
4 neighbors who would give them shell
er. The fire caused little damage
rrNt-
tate. At points in the Adirondacks the
was as low as 81 degrees below
ero. while in central and western New
-ork the temperature was from to
egrees below, with Is to 20 below in the
orthern tier of counties. Railway traffic
1as not interfered with.
FIERCE BLIZZARD
PREVAILS AT ADMISSION
ADMISSION, Ala, Jan. SO.-A fierce
Iizzard prevailed here, the first snow OF
he season falling this morning. There
ave been five fires since the blizzard
egan.
WEATHER AT ROME
COLDEST OF SEASON
ROME, Ga, Jan. 30.-Today has been
decidedly the coolest of the season. The
at 8 o'clock tonight regis
cred f%ye degrees above zero. The Tner-
ury will unquestionably go below zero
efore morning and the prospects are
hat It will go lower than it has been
ince February 1888. when it registered
below.
While the weather is exceedingly cold
% cases OF destitution have as yet been
eported to the authorities
COLUMBUS IN GRASP
OF SEVERE BLIZZARD
COLUMBUS. Ga. Jan. 30-With the
several degrees below freezing
otrt apd StaadfIv falling ColI1u1h1rs To-