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D Damaged m ged in War of Elements li I Chicago J Jan 29 29 rhe el worst blizzard in many y year yar ari I is raging over over t e r hest tl- tl the most thickly pop populated ted sect section n of f the United S Stat States at S 1 Practically Pra ti all l the v v expanse of terri territory bry laying g east a of the Rocky Mountain nn ai st ste and n l extending as far south as the 1 mountain d dt Tennessee is js' in the grasp of the storm storing king S Rain trl le leet t anti andi t sf o 1 d by driving ng winds 1 marks arks t the e pf 9 of his iq gres greit sto storm The a. a atmospheric 9 he I both oth by r ie re SQ of f the severity seventy of cf t the e i i it r P tt ti j S t u ri w-a- w pr q J t J eo t d So r ij r eQ e i u. u b 4 i Ui t I 1 upon millions of dollars is f following in the wake of ot the great j blizzard of 1909 5 The Tho blizzard which h struck Chicago GO with such fury about noon noon today and which kept increasing in its severity throughout the night c came cam m tr from m the far tar West Vest It was blown In on thE tho wings of ot a 3 mile hour gale and raged for Cor hours with the wind constantly constantly constantly con con- Increasing in volume Tho The ThoI rapidly eastward I storm is moving mo I Early this morning morning- the storm center hovered over oyer southern Illinois by 7 o'clock at night it had gono gone to Detroit De De- De- De troit trolL Rarely if it over ever in the history of ot tho the United States weather bureau has baa such a great stretch of ot territory been covered at once b by one storm Reports Reports Re Re- ports show that In every town ever every hamlet over every foot toot of ot land band from the Missouri i river east cast as far tar as ns Albany Al Al- bany barmy and Oswego N. N Y ys as s far north as Marquette Mich and as far tar south as the Appalachian mountains in Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- the blizzard is spending its Us fury tury Scores of Trains Stalled Scores of ot trains are stalled In the Western states stales telegraph and telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone lines hundreds lines hundreds of or miles nilles of ot Is down them them are are interrupted city and Interurban ele electric elec elee- Inc railway lines in many cities have been temporarily put out of commission commission commis commis- sion slon shipping has hns been damaged bull buildings havo have been wrecked U live livestock livestock stock is Buffering and freezing o death humanity likewise is feeling the effects of ot the blizzards January Januar 29 29 long will be known in the West as the da day of or the tle big wind It blew all day today over Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma at tho the rate of or from 60 to 76 75 miles that it reached an hour By Dy the time I the Mississippi river its fury tun had hd I abated somewhat one Forty-one miles an hour was the maximum velocity regIn registered registered reg reg- in Chicago Following closely closely close- close I Ion ly on tho the heels of the blizzard zard is a cold old wave In the West ret the mercury already is Js falling tatting rapidly Much uch colder weather is prophesied Fourteen men har hardy y sailors battled bat bat- tied for man many long hours with the fury tury of ot the gale ale on Lake Lako Michigan In the darkness this morning and until well welt along In the afternoon They The I were vere the offic officers rs and crew of the little steamer City of Marquette which plies regularly during the winter mon months the between Chicago Waukegan and Kenosha Plunging in the seas that rolled high the course obliterated b by the blinding snow fearing tearing every overy moment that the ship would go to the tho bottom bot hot tom captain officers and men fought tou-ht for their lives on the City of ot Mar Mar- quette The waves broke over th the 1 hurricane deck the pilot house and I the smokestack the the- room engine was awash the pumps were were- powerless to toS S reduce the de depth th of ot water that threatened throat threat ened coed every minute to put out the nr under tinder the boilers and leave the little seamer absolutely at the mercy of ot the storm and thou then r Saved Sn at af Last Lost The stanch craft slid past the south pier at Waukegan an barely missing It and steamer and men were safe By fly this time the tires fires were out and the 1 an reman Ireman was was up up to his waist in tho the water and the City of ot Marquette was waR walloping low In the water and was waa showing tho the effects of ot the awful bu- bu toting to which It had been subjected subjected sub sub- for tor many many hours Another halt half hour of ot those seas eans said Captain Arthur Hill and Sand we- we would have gone to the bottom It was the worst experience I J ever er had The storm which struck Chicago about noon came first with rain ThUs was followed a n little later with sleet an and then by snow The wind blowIng blowing blowing blow blow- ing fler fiercely ely seemingly from all points of the compass at once swirled about the streets drove the snow and sleet t Into the faces of pedestrians und nod teamsters and all who were exposed to the fUr fury of ot the blizzard rd and made mad Its presence generally felt Celt The streets were quickly deserted As darkness fell teU the in Its severity Elevated ro ro ds ds and surface schedules were badly disarranged ranged Trains Hurled Buried In Snow v. Train schedules were Jokes Om 01 the Chicago Northwestern the tha Overland Limited due at 1230 p. p m m. mt the Los Angeles Limited due at 11 1150 SO p. p m. m and the Denver Special due at 9 15 were reported to be somewhere somewhere- out in Iowa They are stalled in Immense Immense Im int mense snow drifts The They probably will be In Jn some time tomorrow Ever train Every train on the main line wai wa wa-i J from one halt hour to three hours lat late o. o This condition existed on most of the other lines of or railroads entering enter enter- 1 ing the city The Rocky Rock Mountain I on the Rock Island is expected expected ex ex- in tomorrow morning Tho The was due at 4 69 this The Overland on the Burlington was 13 hours late the tho Chicago au r. r hoe koe St St. Paul train from Omaha was four tour hours hour late the Alton from oJ St. St Louis two hours the Santa SantaFe Fe from California five e hours and most of ot the Illinois Central Michigan an Cantral Centra Central Cen Can tra and Big Four trains anywhere from two to four houts hours behind sched ule tile time S W Western Union and Postal Tele Tele- wires were wen down In every dl dl- dl section on c oi cl irh ta i th the worst Continued on Pace Pasc Ten Tea s WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS IS NOW MOW R GI RAGING R NG Continued from Pa Page rc c One was wag In tho the West Vest All through Iowa whore tho the full tuB fury of ot the tho storm was I felt hundreds of ot miles of ot wires were out of or commission Blizzard In Nebraska Omaha Neb eb Jan Jun 29 A A blizzard ra raped raged ed throughout Nebraska western Iowa and southern South Dakota all un night and today Hardly a line of or communication was open in an any direction c- c Uon tion and tho the public service corpora corpora- ions lona wore were almost demoralized From Froma rom a 0 temperature of 55 65 at C 6 o'clock Thursday evening tho the thermometer fell tell to zero at midnight Snow tell fell all night and during toda today and was whirled by the tho strong wind Into clouds which completely tilled filled the alland air all and formed Into drUs drU's In this city the streets were entirelY entirely en en- Or- Or blocked One casualty r resulted In n the northern end where a J. J chimney chim nc ney on the Swedish Lutheran church was waa blown down and fell tell on the roof of ot an adjoining cottage It crashed rashed Into nto the upper b bed d rooms dangerously dangerously danger danger- Injuring Miss E. E Mc McNamara who was asleep Hundreds of ot windows win wirt- dows S were blown In chimneys demoralized demoralized de de- de moralized and scores of street signs were quickly scattered the walks Trains are arc all six to ten hours late Freight is entIre entirely suspended on all lines JInes leading into this city Wires VIres are In all lions Storm Hits Detroit MIch Jan 2 29 Michigan Michigan farmers who vho yesterday were plowing for spring wheat put In most of ot their time lime today shoveling paths through the snow The Western Vestern blizzard bUzzard struck the state early this morning morning- and all ds day snow has fallen Street Streetcar car traffic has suffered more than any other service Grand Rapids Lansing Flint SagInaw SagInaw Sag- Sag Kalamazoo Muskegon and other other oth oth- er cities aro are very much In the same condition as Detroit car lines JInes being tied up and schedules smashed while the rho plows are arc unable to clear awa away tho snow as fast tast as It falls taUs The blinding storm was the cause of ot an Interurban collision Just outside outside out out- side Grand n Rapids Two cars were damaged somewhat but a as they were running slowly because of ot the storm no one was v hurt In the part of the state the snow I IH Is nine or ton ten Inches deep and anil still falling In Iii this section the fall tall has be been slow Mirie Forced to Close Denver Jan 29 All 29 All day yesterday esterday I and most of ot last night Colorado Wyo ming Kansas and Nebraska were vie vis I b by one of the tile worst blizzards 1 I I has haa encountered this winter I were S' S ailed at various arlous points In the tha I mountains and the tho cre crews refused s refused Vo to I I graph attempt rt to ires carry were thorn thom blown farther tarther do Toli- Toli TeI down and ami communication wa was Interrupted h b tween numerous points poInt Appa the storm Increased S d In fn spread this nils morning across Missouri neither an and the intensity lS Iowa as antI II UnIon nor the Post l TeJe had Com COIN pany a workInG ca cago o from Denver Den into C Ica I- I High winds in the night and this last the snow that morning had which fortnight coupled d fallen the I la wIth new falI nIls snow In a number ot of or 01 I havoc with sectIons The weather communIcation out on tJ east fa cold cold but clear e with to tn wInd blowing In tile the a hig high and In the San Telluride e de di 11 continuo continue Juan COunt count Many tinny to run run W mines have V been close because of ot the lar lad J forced t to and fuel A dozen Vines ot of mInes luride district were Vera In the Telluride Telluride Tel Tel- mission put out oui ot Of tom Icom yesterday huge afternoon b that y at wrecked section of ot the a apony's large Telluride T pony's lines During DuranKO Power oem COm ot off from railroad ha has J been r uc and telegraph for tor the last fl c m- m o day |