The Detroit times., 1912-01-10
TRAIN IS PULLED OUT OF
SHONBlNE AFTER II is
HELD SEVENTEEN HOURS
BECOMES Stalled AT East Sauga-
tpck While En- Route From
Chicago to Grand Rapids.
STATE is STORM-BoUND.
Traffic In All Parts Is Hit Hard
By Blizzard and Biting Cold
Wave.
STATE is sToRM-BoUND

GRAND RAPTI9S, Mich, Jan, IL
Pere Marquette t.rain No. /. which left
+ Chicago Monday at midnight, but
which became sta lied In snow bank
: a. East Saugatuck, at o'clock yester
day morning, was released shortly ait
or midnight last night. Engines were
sent from division points to effect the
release.
Farm houses were turned into hotels
70 care for some OF the stranded pas
sengers.
TIE passengers were without 1000
from 2 O'Clock Monday night until
Inrmer arrived with a sleigh filed with
milk cans containing coffee, baskets OF
bi<cufts, sandwiches and all the
r1nned goods that the country store
<@er,er kad on hand This supply was
&ooa exhptsted. The women and ohil-
dreh on bsard were transferred to the
&fation. the train finally reached
Grand Rapids just "a hours behind
time
sAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. Jan. 10.
--Neyer I'm the history OF the 500
weather bureau has such severe
wind and snow storm visited TINS sec
ton of upper Michigan as prevailed
xeeferday afternoon and last night.
D,,,1ny the six hours that the storm
nrevaiIed between ten and eleven
inches of snow fell and was accompan-
led by a 30 TO 40-Iniie gale
All NJ the roads through the county
.re bloclxed and IL win be at least
week before the travel becomes nor
NAL Some farmers who brought loads
* town during the forenoon became
enowbound and are still here. quite
4 number of them who started on the
refnrn trip were obliged to seek the
nearest shelter ReporJs from me IN
terror of the county are 10 the enect
that the storm was more severe thah
z A. fhe immediate ~icinity OF the lakes.
y All trains are from three 10 SIX hours
late. -.
The weather for the first eight days
IN January is 1870 degrees below tne
average. There has been considerable
suffering here among the poor classes
and both the city and county commis-
sioners have had numerous calls TOT
assistance.
SAGINAW, Mich. Jan. le.-Train
40 a7 due from Port Huron over the
pere Marquette, at $3.50 Tuesday night
MIIIEeQ mere ut GOV 49, 80
after spending the night In snow
drifts near Yale.
Snow plows and shovelers dug the
Train out. All freight and passenger
trains on the Saginaw division are
moving, but with extreme difficulty,
and freight trains are made up OF as
few cars as possible.
RETOSKEY, Mich, Jan. -l0~-As
The. result OF yesterdays heavy snow
storm traffic on the railroads is very
B undertain. The G.. r. a. l. IS running
z tratns with difficulty. u......
Two through passenger trains on
the Pere Marquette we're annulled
last night. The agent says that II IS
a hard battle from Petoskey TO Grand
Rahids. The mercury Is AT zero, and,
z whi1e the snow has ceased TO ny, II Is
piled in tremendous drifts along the
tracks and city streets.
hattie CREEK. Mich, Jan. 10
Owing to the intense cold. the Beth
SedA home for Orphans has been
oblifed to shut down, It's inmates ind
ing shelter at the Sanitarium. All
Monday night and Tuesday the chill
dreii and teachers sat around the
kitchen stoves, the furnaces being un-
able Ito heat the building.