Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-14
BLIZZARD over
NEBRASKA TIES
UP Rail TRAFFIC
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4 NNAtAAuVu &AW1A NWa1 C%sS'F
Burlington until the storm is clear
ed. Train number 2 over the Bur
| lington from the west arrived in
| Omaha II hours late. All passen-
ger trains leaving Omaha on the
Union Pacific are double-headers.
Last night, for the first time IN
months, itinerants and "vags
sought no flop" at the police sta
tions. The Salvation Army hotel
kept the home fires burning for
many extra men who begged for
protection from the storm. Rail-
road stations harbored a few home
less persons during the worst hours
of the gale. ...
Firemen made runs TO two fires.
A business block at Twenty-fourth
and Ames avenue was threatened
for a while by leaping sheets OF
flames from a shed in the alleyway
that caught fire from undetermined
origin. No serious damage was
done to any of the buildings,
Firemen were harassed by the
driving north and west wind in
| fighting flames near the main en-
trance of the Union stock yards,
South Side. A section of the yards
caught fire from defective wiring, it
is believed, but the flames were put
out before serious damage resulted.
Omaha Man Injured.
John Halvie, brakeman of Oma-
ha, was struck by a roof blown off
freight car at Grand Island and
seriously injured. 1t is believed he
will recover.
There are reports of cattle on the
range suffering, the wet snow cling
ing to them, but unless the weather
turns much colder, no heavy losses
are expected,
A large plate glass window on
the NiiF tenth street side of the
Aulabaucss fur store on Farnanl
street, was blown out by the gale.
Blockade in South.
A telegram from Beatrice report
ed that the worst storm of the sea-
son was raging there. Trains on
the Burlington railroad between Be-
atrice and Holdrege had been an
nulled and but one passenger made
the trip between Beatrice and Ne
braska City during the day. The
passenger train due there at noon
over the Rock Island had been
stalled in snowdrift west of Fair
bury and wire service was badly de-
moralized. Considerable suffering
of stock was reported.
Blizzard at Norfolk.
At Norfolk a heavy storm was
raging last night, with the wind in
creasing in velocity. Points west
of Inman, on the Northwestern line,
and north of Bonesteel, in the Rose
bud country of South ~akota, were
cut off by wire trouble. Four
freight trains which left Inman ear
ly yesterday morning were stalled
somewhere west of Inman and snow
plows were being sent out on all
lines.
All Rock Island trains from the
west had been annulled late last
night. The Burlington road from
Lincoln west reported mitch wire
trouble and all freight trains had
been annulled.
The Northwestern road reported
conditions bad at Wayne and
Bloomfield but improving east Of
these points. At Fremont the
heaviest February rain in the his
tory of the weather bureau at that
place, started Wednesday night,
turning to snow yesterday morn
ing, but the temperature remained
mild and the snow melted nearly
as fast as it fell. The lines to
South Platte were tied up all day
by a heavy drifting snow.
Freight Trains Annulled.
Union Pacific officials early in the
day decided to annul most of the
freight trains on both the main and
branch lines. The high wind
caused a good deal of wire trouble
and added complications to the sit
uation in addition to flat caused by
drifting snow. ....
The stom was at its heaviest be-
tween Columbus and Grand Island,
though it extended in severity from
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