Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-01-15
BILLIARDS. AND
ICE GORGES DO
HEAVY DAMAGE
THREE FROZEN TO DEATH, AND
MANY SUFFERING
BRIDGES CRUSHED LIKE EGGS ON
SEVERAL RIVERS
Nearly Entire East in Grip of Severe
Storm-MIlons of Dollars
Lost, and Trains
Stalled
Lspecial to The Herald

the whole east today was in the
AZ throes of one of the worst bliz-
yards of the season, and where high
wind and heavy snowfall were not
contributing to the discontinue of the
shivering masses many boats, bridges
and docks were crushed like egg shells
in the tremenC Gus ice gorges common
on nearly all of the rivers from the
Mississippi eastward.
At least three persons persisted to-
day in the heaviest snow storm OF
the winter, which early this morning
fell and ragged all day. Since IL
o'clock last night twelve inches oil
snow has fallen.
In one hour the thermometer Iell
from 81 to 20 above zero. The dead
were victims Of exposure ana ulluel
nourishment.
threatened strike among the Ia
borers of the street cleaning depart
ment was averted, and added appro-
priations were made for the removal
of the last snowfall, which mad not
been fully cleared away. rms VIII
bring the total thus far expended TINS
year on removing snow to $6OO'V.o'
100000 Damages
A conservative estimate of what the
present snowfall will cost exceeds
100000. 49,, ca
The inbound American liner st:
ronis. due this afternoon, is still held
a prisoner in the lower harbor TO-
night nv the thick weather. Ambas-
sador Whitelaw Reid, who had hoped
to make shore this morning IN tlne
for the funeral of his father lh-laW'
d. o. Mills, did not even see the Bat
terry. z,.-,,o,dod
at times. Narrow streets of the whole
sa1a district were a confused tangle
of interlocked wheels and curslnS
transfers Through trains on all rail-
roads were late.
The telegraph companies were pauly
crippled, but the telephone system was
troubled scarcely at all:
snow that began falling last night
in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sew reached a depth today OF sixteen
inches or more in parts or that state
MANY roads and trolley lines were
crippled. ,, oe srou,
has fallen. Railroad traffic was Slight
ly delayed.
Ice at ST. Louis
The Mississippi river front at ST.
T,o11is presented devastated appear
ance. The river, gorged with ICE roso o
fronn % feet Wednesday night to 3l.9
feet early lOudy
brolxe inside Of three hours the river
foll more than five feet and at O'CLOCK
the gauge read 26l rect Lea
Roats on the Mississippi were lelt
bieh and dry by the rapid fall and the
leyee was strewn with wreckage, Inc
nroperty loss will exceed $20O' Ooo'
The gorge which formed on the MIS-
yissinni late Yesterday after the break
mo Of the gorge which had held for
three weeks, gave away at dawn, under
the nressure of ice and water Wlllch
had come down the Missouri river INTO
the Mississippi. -,
Weather bureau reports Indicate the
Mississippi river is rising north OF %.
T,ouis The maximum height OF the
riVer early today was 1.9 feet above the
danger stage. Railroad tracks oh 'iio
Ievee were inundated.
The gorge at Alton, twenty-three
miles north of St. Louis, broke TINS
morning. The bridge at Alton caused
the ice foes to bank up again ana an
other gorge is forming there.
Other Rivers Rising
South of St. Louis the river is full
of floating ice to below Chester, Ill,
sixty miles down the river.
The Illinois and Missouri rivers are
rising. 49,. e.
The preliminary work on the free
bridge, winch SL. LOuAS 10 NASNNNAo' 49,
destroyed by Ice. ,,-
one of the most serious train block
AIDES in the history of Chicago was also
renorted by the railroads running into
that city today. The tieup was SO
complete that shipments of milk and
coal were stalled miles from there.
The telegraph companies are IN pad
shape, especially to the north ana
south of Chicago. There is only one
wire working between here and Mime
apolis and st. Paul according to tele-
graph officials. The wires to the south
and east are working poorly.
shortly after noon the st. Louis and
san Francisco and Kansas City South
western railroad bridges over the Ar
kansas river were carried away at
Kansas City. The trains on these
roads are being detoured over the
Santa Fe.
AT Lawrence the ice gorges block
the river.
Many families have been forced to
desert their homes and move to higher
ground.
At oxford In Southern Kansas, the
Arkansas river carried away the Mis-
souri, Pacific bridge. The county bridge
at Mulvane and another at Belle
PLANE were also washed out.