People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1895 — RESCUED FROM DEATH [ARTICLE]

RESCUED FROM DEATH

GOOD WORK OF EVANSTON LIFE-SAVING CREW. Thirty-81x Persona Taken from Wrecked Ships In Lake Michigan —The Storm Was the Most Severe the Country Has Felt Since 1888. Chicago, Nov. 27. —The steamer J. Emory Owen and the schooners Elizabeth A. Nicholson and Michigan, which she had in tow, went ashore in the northeast gale and blinding snowstorm near Glencoe at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The crews of all three boats, numbering thirty-six persons, were saved by the volunteer life-saving crew from Evanston, but the boats are full of water, and the loss will be heavy. It is thought that the Nicholson will be a total loss. The names of the rescued are as follows: Crew of the J. Emory Owen: Captain Marion Tenney, First Mate William Otter, Second Mate William Banker, Engineer Delaney, Assistant Engineer Cullen, Steward Owen, J. C. Gray, John Braden, F. Dougherty, nine others. Crew of the Michigan: Captain F. J. Cadott, Mate Albert Gaumond and his wife, A. G. Northway, Frank Bowshaw, Joe Gaumond, Jesse Joseph, Thomas Riley, Charles Anderson. Crew of the Elizabeth Nicholson: Captain William Smith, Mrs. William Smith and Baby Smith, Mate Chris Olsen, James Manigan, William Beckman, John Martin, James Dougherty, Maxey L. Orr of Detroit, passenger.

RAVAGES OF THE t TOR M. Most Severe That Haa Visited the Country Since 1888. Chicago, Nov. 27. —Not since the blizzard of 1888, which buried New York and New England under great drifts of snow, have such numbers of the American people suffered so severely for so long a time as they have as a result of the recent storm. Its ravages were felt from Denver and Helena to. Buffalo and Pittsburg and from Nashville and Memphis to St. Paul and Duluth. Trains have been blockaded and greatly delayed, to the great inconvenience of the people; telegraph lines have been down and communication cut off more completely than at any period in the history of the telegraph as an auxiliary of the press, while the meager and fragmentary re- « ports from the outside world received by the newspaper offices by the most roundabout ways imaginable show that disaster was widespread and in many instances appalling. Aside from the great damage done to vessel property on the lakes, which is fully covered in our columns, reports from Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota and other grazing states in the blizzard’sp ath indicate that the loss of life among the herds will be great. From Ohio comes the story that the village of Cygnet has been blown away and that thousands of oil derricks had been leveled, entailing a loss upon the petroleum interests amounting to hundreds ot thousands of dollars. At Louisville and along the Ohio river scores of coal-laden barges wore torn from their moorings by the combined wind and current and carried down stream to certain destruction and consequent loss to the owners of vessels and cargo. At Franklin, Ind., the city hall was blown down. At Montpelier, Ind., scores of oil derricks were razed and many houses were unroofed, leaving their occupants at the chilling mercies of the storm. Train service throughout Wisconsin has been badly crippled, as it has been in Michigan and in fact throughout the entire storm belt.

IN MISSOURI AND KANSAS. The Severe Weather in Those States Cause* Much Suffering. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 27.—The heavy snowstorm which has prevailed throughout the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys the past thirty-six hours has prostrated telegraph wires in all directions from here. The snow came after a heavy storm of rain, and left a thick coat of ice over everything exposed. From all points in Missouri the storm is reported to be of unusual severity, and it is stated that railway traffic is sure to be seriously impeded. Throughout Kansas the storm has approached the proportions of a blizzard. It is claimed, however, that the storm will do winter wheat an immense amount of good. Much suffering among the poor settlers in the Cherokee strip is predicted. Coffeyville, Kas., reports the worst storm ever experienced in Southern Kansas this early in the winter. Much suffering will be caused to stock not well sheltered. Hayes City, Kas., reports a heavy snowfall all day Sunday and Monday and very cold weather. Arkansas City, Kas., reports the heaviest snow for years at this season. Throughout Oklahoma a heavy storm of sleet and snow has prevailed for two days. Guthrie, O. T., reports a fall of five inches of snow, overlaying a coat of sleet. Cattle on the ranges are cut off by this from the pasture.

damage; in ohio. liMi to OU Men Will Reach #150,000 — Village Almost Entirely Destroyed. Bowling Green, 0., Nov. 27—The Standard Oil company reports over 1,000 derricks blown down in this field in Monday night’s storm, and says that its loss will reach $150,000. The loss to private operators is enormous. .Wires are down everywhere. The village .of Cygnet, in this county, was almost, blown, awa&. Cracfnnatl.' O.V Nov.' 27. i -One of the

1 worst storms ever known In this city occurred Monday night. The wires are prostrated in all directions. Many boats were torn loose from their moorings, but all were recovered with but slight damage. Cleveland, 0., Nov. 27. — The greatest gale that ever struck this city, according to records of the weather bureau, Commenced blowing from the south shortly after midnight last night and at 5 o’clock in the morning the wind had reached a velocity of seventy-two miles. Several houses were blown down, many buildings were unroofed, trees were uprooted and signs were | blown away in all parts of the city, j Telegraph and telephone wires are down in all directions.

DAMAGE ALOXG OHIO RIVER. Property Destroyed, bat No Loss of Life K«> ported. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 27.—N0 loss of life has been reported as a result of Monday night’s gale, but much damage was done along the Ohio river in Kentucky and Indiana. In Louisville several residences were unroofed. At Jeffersonville many barns were wrecked, and along Front street residences were unroofed and windows blown in. At Arctic Springs Captain Hoffman’s coal fleet was wrecked and two of his doddlers sunk. Three shanty boats at Port Fulton were sunk and Captain Duffy’s coal fleet was torn from its moorings and twenty-five empty coal boats lost. Several men on. the various coal boatg narrowly escaped death, being rescued by some skiffs. At Utica, Ind., the residence of William Hooper was entirely demolished, but the family escaped injury. A family on board a wrecked shanty boat at Utica barely escaped with their lives. At Birdseye, Ind., many roofs were blown off by the storm. Traffic Blocked In Wisconitin. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 27. —After working all day yesterday the Milwaukee Street Railway company was unable to entirely clear its lines of snow. Telegraph communication was entirely cut off by the breaking of wires and none of the toll telephone lines running out of the city were in operation. Madison, Wis., Nov. 27.—The first blizzard of the season struck this city Monday evening and raged all night. Four inches of snow fell, which packed into drifts and blocked traffic. Trains on all lines, except the Madison and Milwaukee branch of the Northwestern, were delayed from three to five hours.

Tornado at Franklin, Ind. Franklin, Ind., Nov. 27.—The storm of Monday in this vicinity developed into a regular tornado, which spread destruction on all sides. The new city hall, the pride of the city, was the worst sufferer from the gale. The damage will amount to $15,000. Many other buildings were partly wrecked, outhouses blown down, trees prostrated and fences and signs torn away. Reports from other points in the state tell of damage done, but the loss will not be heavy. Live Stock Will Suffer In Illinois. Rockford, 111., Nov. 27.—The blizzard which raged here all Monday night was the most severe in years, being accompanied by nearly a foot of snow, which drifted badly. Trains from all directions were stalled. The local telephone service was crippled by the storm, and other wires are down. The weather is growing bitterly cold. The storm was general through the state, and it is live stock will suffer considerably.

Heavy Snowfall In Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 27. —The weather here is clear and beautiful. A light snow fell Monday morning. The snowball in southern Minnesota reached a foot in some places. Chicago, trains were all delayed on account of the storm near there, but there is no trouble in other directions. Cold Wave at Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 27. —Monday night’s storm of winded rain was followed by a cold wave with a light snow and a drop in the temperature from 63 degrees to 32. No damage of moment was done by the storm.