The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22

south. but was not bad in Petoskey
though the thermometer registered
zero
IONA. Mich, Feb. 22.--The latest
train out OF Ionia was yesterday at
o'clock Neither the Pere Marquette
nor Grand Trunk expected trains In
or out before afternoon. Trains that
left here yesterday were stalled az
nearby towns and couldn't be released
before noon. The only exception is
train due last night at 5. which arrived
at this morning The Grand Trunks
supply OF coal has given out. Streets
In the city were almost impossible
last night and this morning. II has
been the worst storm ever seen here.
ALPENA. Mich, Feb. 22.-Detroit
Mackinac trains were four TO SIX
hours late this morning. Ii was the
worst storm of the season, and bnsi-
ness is at a standstill
SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. Feb.
22.-Zero temperature accompanied
by a 30-mile northwest gale. is pre-
vailing here. All roads through the
county are badly drifted. holding up
travel, and trains are generally late.
Telegraph and telephone service IS
seriously hampered.
FLINT. Mich. Fep. 22.-Flint and
this section OF Michigan is today SUI
fering from the results OF the worst
blizzard that IL has known since 1886.
The snow fell continually for Is hours
yesterday, and last night, and was ac-
companied by gale that reached
velocity OF 90 miles an hour The
snow was drifted into banks several
feet high throughout the city with the
result that all street car service was
discontinued last night
modified schedule on the pTiI-
cipal thoroughfares is being operated
today. Not a train on the Pere Mar
ouette or Grand Trunk had reached
Flint this morning since early last
evening, and the prospects for train
service today were not bright.
The interurban trDlley service is
demoralized. One car over the sag
NAV Flint reached Flint from Clio
this morning. No ID. U. r. cars had
reached here this morning since las;
night. No casualties are reported.
The schools are closed.
Reports from surrounding villages
indicate similar conditions.
BAY CITY, Mich. Feb. 22.-Not in
90 years has Bay City and vicinity
experienced such a storm as now
holds IL in it's grasp. The net results
so far are the injury OF five people IN
a street car accident, and the loss Oh
thousands of dollars in property, ana
the 'crippling OF private and puOHc
utility business.
The accident yesterday afternoon
was caused by two cars E,SSting head
on on the Essexville line. Motorman
George Madison and Edwin NcwDeck'
er. a high school student, were seri-
ously injured, and Michael Kurak;
laborer. Miss RiouA and an elderly
man whose name was not learneu'
were bruised and cut AT the time
OF the accident, a .frightful blizzard
was raging, and IL was Impossible 10
see 10 feet ahead.
This morning eHlythe Center-aHe-
line is open. On the railroads, the
Michigan Central has run one train
since last pight, and no other resu-
lars have been operated. The Detroit
Bay City and Western line TO caro-
has been entirely abandoned today.
The telegraph lines are nearly all
working in good shape, but local tele-
phone service on both lines is nearly
paralyzed. A numbec of plate glass
windows. show cases and signs were
blown down and several trees have
fallen. The snow is drifted In the
streets from three to seven feet IN
depth and business is at standstlll.
Coal miners who are employed ~
the mines outside the city. ana de'
pend on the various miners trains 10
take them TO and from their work,
were subjected TO many inconvenr
ences on account OF the storm. the
men employed at the What Cheer
coal mine. left the mine for their
homes about the usual hour Wednes-
day afternoon. but the train did not
get them into the city until about 1880
this morning. The men spent most
uncomfortable night on their train,
stalled I'm snow drift. hungry ana
uncomfortable from the cold.
The 800 men employed at the Wclv-