Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-07
WORST STORM
IN HISTORY
HITS | CHICAGO
Sixty Mile Wind piles Thou
sands Of Tons of Snow
in Streets.

forty to sixty miles an hour during
twenty-four hours. abated this morn
ing. and in the calm Of daylight made
brighter by the great drifts and fields
of snow the sun smiled the bland
smile of the cat which had just eaten
the canary.
The steamer Missouri, plying be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee, held
fast in the ice and buffeted by the
gale. limped into this port this morn
ing like some stray iceberg. It was
coated with ice and the crew, after
many cruel and sleepless hours. came
out of her like esquimaux emerging
from their Igloos.
Snowplows Freely Used.
With abatement of the wind snow
plows on streets and railroads had a
chance to do effective work, but SO
great was the snowfall that with la
must elapse before the streets are in
normal condition.
Street cars crawled as best they
might with their belated passengers
going to work. The railroads, all but
stalled during the night, resumed a
fairly adequate suburban Service.
Milk trains were late or abandoned.
South Water street, one of the
most congested thoroughfares in the
"OIAuy lIlc CculcT Vi L1lC C1Iy "hJle.
sale produce business. was all but de Z.
serted.
Coal Situation Serious.
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sa.uat.oh STU, was the uelay M haInns
ieea;. uea " iaseos WHY. wa Mave oeen -.
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t:'s mater OF coai. Ihere were sup
anS pds an%ata e 80 rnn,,, M G' ni1 80, naaa., -
anu niasne.s 20 suppis an. az req sa,,!.a neeus
ior food. ana wnere mix mix, dellveries
Aa,Hu ms Ionuenseu i .lilk cou.u a; og nau.
"a nee ne .enpeaa'ure apee d. . c'ocA was
a"ov9 AeIo
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heaviest he's snowfall on r4sbrd for
single storm.
The storm covered sIllinois, north
eastern Iowa, eastern and southern
Wisconsin, northwestern Indiana, ani
lower Michigan. 1t was central ovel
southeastern Michigan today A pre-
diction for snow fiurries today Gov
cred these sections as we'll as Chi
e"eo' c,... ,u,.
| AA.o''s' imp.
freight and PASSENGER service OF
practicaliy all railroaos out OF Cni
caso which was staggered by the biiz
proving To-Day. frelent trains wnlci
were held IN the yaros were moving
and while through passenger train
were running from one to three hour
late, all points are being reached
suburban trains, after struggling
through the drifts Yesterday. toda!
managed TO MAINTAIN a remove rela
J. ton to their schedules:
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st Pau
railroad reported that the situation
was improving: Limited service wa
being offered in all directions, train
from Omaha and Minneapolis betn,
from one to two hours late. Freigh
service which was at a standstill yes
terday, was being resumed slowly.
, Freight Moving.
Some freight was moved last nigh
on the Chicago & Northwestern road
and workmen were busy today dig
ging out trains which were held il
the yards. All territory was reache'
today by through trains which wer
running from one to three hours late
Hits Six States,
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aa ..auu.e Mess - mas - sApeeneo anta, ~ yeaI
wa Iii;nois se T. 49, covarad a. MI M;oh;rsr hGa -
Wi.conain and narts of Iowa Indisn
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