Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
.FREAK|SH WEATHER
AP[DES TRAFFIC
ALL KINDS AND VARIETIES OVER
MIDDLE WEST AND
EAST. /,
TWO COLD WAVES SWEEP
FROM WEST TO EAST
Heavy Snow and Zero Weather in
Many Sections. With Rain and sleee
in others--seeond Cold Wave 20 Bs
OF Short Duration--west to &c. Re.
lief Thursday.

Chicago. Jan. 5.--After a night OF ex.
'raordinary winter conditions. embrace
ihg zero weather, snow, sleet and rnin
there was general rise In Temperatures
this morning, with predictions for a.
o'rer cold snap in the Mississippi val
ley and western lake region tonight. 10
be followed Thursday with a st!ll fur
ther rise in the northwest
Lincoln. Neb., showed mark OF Il
degrees below zero last night and
omaha 10 below. In Chicago the bllx-
zard OF last night was followed by a
slight touch of rain, which froze as II
iell. Steam and street railroad traffic
was seriously interfered with. Much
'he Same conditions prevailed in MIL
"aukee' st Louis and surrounding
country Tho cold wave struck the east
during the night, the temperature drop
ping TO about 10 above zero
Blizzard is Widespread.
Reports received in Chicago showed
the whole southwest and middle west
IN the grip OF a blizzard. with many
cities threatened by coal famine. Te,e-
phone and telegraph wires are down
and train service impaired
In Milwaukee snow p1ows were used.
but there was great difficulty in keep
ing street cars running Tho storm COW
cred the greater part of the state.
Trains on steam roads were running
considerably behind time because OF
drifts.
From Boone, Iowa. n division point,
1t was reported that the Northwestern
system was completely tied up by a
blizzard All freight trains were an
nulled and the complete equipment OF
motive power was used to get passen-
ger. mail, and express trains thru on
schedule. This, however. proved impos-
sible. The storm was general over
| Iowa.
AL Sioux City, Iowa, snow storm
crippled the street car service. Des
Moines. Iowa, report states that a
binding storm. which prevented him
from seeing ahead. caused the engineer
of the west bound Rocky Mountain
Limited train on the Rock Island to run
ms engine into an extra Wabash
freight No one was injured Nlt mail
car was derailed and three freight cars
ditched. All main line trains entering
Des Moines were from two TO four
hours late Street car traffic was en-
tirey suspended.
ST. Louis Car System Tied Up.
AT st. Louis sleet storm practically
tied up the railway system. The fan o:
snow in Missouri. Kansas. and northern
Oklahoma was the heaviest of the sea-
SON
The worst blizzard of the year ragged
thruout Nebraska. The car service IN
Lincoln was paralyzed. A similar report
was received from Omaha, where tho
blockade caused the closing OF many
schools
Southwest Colorado particularly the
mountain towns, Is in the grip of nf-
other storm. slide was reported a.
Shenandoah. in which seven men are
said to have lost their lives. This re-
port is uncontirmed. 1t is known thas
one man lost his life in an avalanche
which swept the Iowa mine, near Sill
verton. on Sunday.
The tracks of the Denver and o
Grande between Durango and SiIverton
are covered In many places with snow
to depth of fifteen to twenty five
feet and no trains have been operated
for several daysl The Rio Grande
Southern is blocked between Rico ans
Ophir. Stockmen are expecting heavy
losses.