The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-07
STORM
HITS chicago
city Swept by Worst Storm IN It's
History-Trafflc Is
Halted.
DRIFTS over Is FEET HIGH
Telegraph and Telephone wires 's U0"
several Persons Injured-sta''eo
Autos Abandoned-steamer
Missouri Marooned.

Chicago. Ian. 7.-Chicago was e'i ~
4,. ,e,os+ sovere storm in its hlstois
,os+ordav A 44-mile-an-hour gu"
itch arose in Texas two Gays
swent into the city early SUNDAY nv ao
ina and kept up it's terfihc poI
+tro, obout the day and night a oAinu
ino snow accompanied 1t. a,-
Trorv form of traffic was denioi
.uoa hv the elements and drifts VI IL
r,,oro feet were not uncolniioi
: Several persons were lnJureu
s..,,;a,,s 4,s rere few and far between
$500 Unable to Conquer Drifts.
pailroads-e to the oou'n'
y -, I'D west-tossed up the sponge
Those from the East maln'"in'
but delays were great. 1,,oka
Street cars crept along III lhe ~
|. of nlows and sweepers, ana LII hnons
~ stances lines we're delayed lor nou
y Telegraph and telephone "1ie'' 80
g nacially in the open country "heie
wind had full play, were
VI Many telephone wires in the CITY
~ also put out of order.
CHICAGO Nearly Snowbouno'
Oh Ono danger today will be SHOW
er- .a ci+v This seriously will inter
eo,.o With the delivery of COAL lheio
per ;s a sufficient supply, though 10 c"ii'
vs. chicago through the emergency, IN
for CniSaso la1vorv deliveries also will
aed- Mlih "nu - g, oynocted.
There was no automobile traiiio %
the fo,y streets In the loop. hun
a. dreds of cars were stalleo aions
levards and other streels anu
yoAu xore docnrtad them.
. pe Tho elevated lines saved the uay ~
hese MANY nersons who were forced u lea '
iiiieu +boir homes. The storm proven "
'mes- .,,,cb for the street cleaning bureau
plate Cold weather will follow in the wax
gree 80 b1izzard. The weather burea
). sa,s the wind will subside some tooa
by TO -. +to marcury is expected to go TO !
egula- ou' 'io
,ro;,n above. e+,,ro
'reisn porbans the outstanding feature
7Apo- the storm is the area winch IL 80,
Arising last Friday II western ,,.a.
le oe- II proceeded leisurely up the MISS
Trains sinni valley and toward the oi'
ooalu' Lakes, developing strength. ~,
l sup Sunday it put in its most .eli
1icks and a blizzard ragged from han
CIV +o Pittsburgh and from the
AN > river up to Canada.
Lake Shipping Perled.
Denv Lake shipping is periled by
s+orm The steamship Missouri, o"
hv the Northern Michigan Trans
srea' +o+ion company. is icebound two II
of the tatloH eoihp 1uhor accordin,
and op- Iroin -. ooo;vod nv Can't. J
oeA @ anderson of the coast guards.
ps .n The Goodrich liner Alabama w
nneclion oa Tho storm and reached port
+hree-hour battle with the ice OF
month of the river.
Vocal ue .comething awful" was the
sent out oollie'nln7 4s, To1aoranh com
=, on aWe seem to be having WIRE Il
all over. mo,
e govern 49, western Union. Heavy wet
paohin9 and sleet-a sure sign OF wire
rahcls d. ros reported in the southe
witnesses, was INDIANA and Obi
was oeine pailvav stations yesterday U
o,nhbouses, cantonments ano' IL
, saiu cases lodging houses for tno
ing "nno of travellers and commuters
. ." bad by the big snowstorm.
len' nu The Chicago & Alton ahnui
the pack Inc of noon Whe
tr.fve blind children, who NAT
their holidays in chicago ant
Dead. ity, were found Walllns
RI Rev. +ota them back to their nome
bishop of sonyille, the Alton ofhclais
o+roit died troin No. II made up for
o of eighty s+ons to the children's destlha
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