The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-04
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
THE NORTHWEST
Trains Released After Being De-
Iayed for Hours.
SEVERAL DEATHS REPORTED
Ohio and Indiana Face FIoods-Scores
of Men Are Dynamitng Ice
Jams-May Flee From
Homes, =

Chicago, Feb. 3.-The storm.delayed
sections of the Northern Pacific's
North Coast limited reached Chicago
Tuesday, hours late, and their passen-
gers told a thrilling story Of the
fight against blizzard and numbing
cold throughout Minnesota and Wis
consin.
The entire northwest was in the grip
of blizzard again Tuesday that tore
down telegraph wires and blocked
many trains.
And almost every section Of the
country was swept by storms, either
rain or snow.
The loss of life has been considera-
BILE, according to the meager reports
coming in over the crippled wires.
To six dead In this city must be added
three in West Virginia and two near
Latrobe, Pa.
From two to ten inches of snow fell
in Kansas, the central Rock mountain
region and parts of Missouri.
Iowa and Nebraska were swept by
rainstorm, which turned to sleet and
broke nearly all telegraph and tele-
phone wires.
Ohio and Indiana faced floods.
Scores of men were put to work at
Dayton, o., dynamiting ice jams to
prevent a repetition of the food dis
aster of 1913. Lowlands along the
Ohio river were flooded, driving res
idents from their homes. Near
Quincy, ILL.,, the South Bear Creek
levee went out, flooding the lowlands.
Storm Hits Cleveland Hard.
Cleveland, o., Feb. "a sleet
storm dashed Cleveland and suburbs
Tuesday, tying up street car traffic
on almost all lines, interfering with
steam railway traffic, flooding cellars
in several sections of the city and re-
sulting in one fatality and score Of
minor accidents.
Police emergency patrols from all
stations were kept busy picking up
and taking home persons injured by
falling on the icy walks.
No Danger of Flood at Dayton.
Dayton, O., Feb. 3.---Danger eta
flood here is believed to have passed
| after the breaking up Of the ice in the
Miami and saltwater rivers above
the Steele dam, and the streams have
gone down appreciably. The break
came close to midnight Monday and
the Miami rose rapidly for a short
time, gaining two feet almost sud.
denly. The ice, however, failed to
| jam and thereafter the stream went
down. The river is now stationary.
Conditions somewhat more alarm.
ing are reported from other Ohio
cities and towns, where the rise in
the streams has been more marked.
Told to Prepare for Flood.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 3.-State En-.
! gineer E. E. Haslan has issued warn.
| ings to residents of the Shenango val.
| ley to prepare for a flood worse than
that of March, 1913, and the Shenan
go had already risen above tho dan,
ger mark. The bridges across the
stream at Sharon. Pa, have been
| closed and Street Commissioner Ward
of that city is using dynamite to
| break the ice gorge which has backed
the water up for nearly mile.
Near Flood Stage at Evansville.
Evansville, Ind, Feb. with the
Ohio past the 30-foOt mark, rhc food
stage OF 35 feet is expected here by
night and stage of at least forty feet
Is probable from the water already in
sight. Preparations are being made
at the United States dam below Evans
vile for stage of 48 feet here, with
in six inches of the record flood OF
April, 1913 Farmers in the bottoms
are moving out their stock and grain.