The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-28
SUN JUST IN TIME


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follow those which succeeded in |
battering thru at the early hour of
o'clock, or earlier. were stalled most
anywhere along their routes. More
oyer they were stalled in punches, the
wheels refusing to stick to the rails
long enough to move them more than
u few feet at time Seven large
double-truck cars We're held for two
hours or more between the Kaw river
bridge and the Union Pacific depot.
Similar scenes were common turnout
the city.
No accidents were reported, how
ever. from any part. of the city, accord
ing to Howard Patten-
Trains Are Delayed.
Santa Fe, Rock Island and Union
Pacific officials this afternoon de>
MED that any one of their trains
has SO far been reported snowbound.
Practically all trains, however, were
running late. Driving snow high
winds and zero temperatures were re-
ported by the Santa Fe between Kan
sas City and Newton. Temperatures
had dropped to 8 below zero at New
ton, and heavy SHOWS and high winds
were reported west of that place.
Union Pacific officers here were au-
thority for the statement that a blind
ing wind with flurries of snow ex-
tended west to the state line. Rock
Island reports indicated q blizzard
thru central and western Kansas.
Trains due in Topeka 1his morning
ranged from a few minutes to several
hours late. Nos and l on the Santa
Fe were reported about forty minutes,
late. SO far. No. 3 is checked on time.
Rock Island 26. due here at $50
this morning, was scheduled to arrive
about 1890 o'clock, or later. Union
Pacific trains from the west. except
ing locals, are several hours late so
a he 1C VIar a lCT n
Freight service on practically all the
lines thru Kansas is again temporarily,
at least, interrupted.
|. Heavy Snow In Twin Cities.
st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 2S.-Heavy
winds hampered railway Transports
ton into the Twin Cities today.
Snow fell to the depth of from two
inches to five inches thruout Min
nesota. North Dakota practically
escaped the snow but South Dakota
had light fall. Temperatures ranged
from around zero to AZ below in parts
of Canada, while the wind piled up
snow drifts.
Traffic DemoraIized at X. c.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 2s.-with
the thermometer registering degrees
above zero, a heavy snow, driven by
raw northwest wind was falling
here today. The snowstorm was
stated at the local weather office to
west.
About three inches of snow had
fallen early today and traffic was
completely demoralized here.
Related Winter In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Feb. 2s.-Belated
the northwest last night, forty-two
miles an hour, blighting early gar
dens, freezing water pipes and spring
clothing. Temperatures ranged from
62 degrees to in fifteen hours:
10 Below in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2S-Tempera-
| lures in Nebraska today ranged from
6 degrees below zero at Valentine,
in the northwestern part of the state,
to below at Lincoln and Omaha. The
| cold wave is extending eastward, the
local United States weather bureau
office reported.
| Oil Fields Under Ice Sheet.
| BartlesviIle. Feb. 2S.-Rain and sleet
covered oil fields of northern Okla
homa with a sheet of ice this morn
ing. Temperature 8 above to clear
and moderating at 10 a. m.
S!eet at Arkansas City.
Arkansas City. Kan. Feb. 2S.-The
storm struck southern Kansas last
night at O'Clock and the temperature
| dropped from fifty to six degrees
| above zero in about five hours.
Two inches of sleet and snow is now
! on the ground but the sun is shining
this morning with the temperature
rising.
Blizzard at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Kan, Feb. 2S.-Blizzard
| conditions prevailed in Pittsburg and
/ vicinity this morning. With a tenn
| perature of 10 degrees above zero,
| there was a strong wind, making the
weather the most severe of the winter,
There was light fall of snow.
Frightening Up ut Wichita.
Wichita. Kan. Feb. 2S.-Clear
weather and a slowly rising tempera-
ture today followed a light snow.
strong wind and a temperature of 6
| degrees above zero in south central
Kansas last night.
Southwest Missouri in Blizzard.
| Joplin, Mo, Feb. 28@Southwest
Missouri is in the grip of a blizzard
this morning, the Thermometer regis
| tering 10 above at o'clock, a drop of
| SO degrees in sixteen hours. Rain
turned to snow at o'clock, which is
being driven by a strong west wind.
Western Kansas Trains Delayed.
Hutchinson. Kan, Feb. 2S.-After
| an all night blizzard with little snow
blown before a terrific, wind. the Their
mometer reached zero at o'clock this
morning, a fall of "a degrees in eigh,
teen hours. Many trains are delayed
but the sun is shining this morning
and it is gradually warming up.
Rain Turns to SIcet.
Coffeyville, Kan, Feb. est began
to rain about a. m. gradually turn
ing into sleet, at Z a. m. there was
a high wind, much snow and ice, tenn
perature 6 above and a recorded drop
to zero-the first time here this
winter-during last night
Stock Suffering Near st. Joe.
st. Joe, Mo-, Feb. 2S.-Northwest
Missouri has since early today beer
in the grip of the worst blizzard of the
winter. With the temperature neal
zero, snow has been falling, which
high winds have caused to drift ant
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