Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-26
Effects of the Cold..Twelve Persons
Frozen to Death in Illinois.
The Nation (Ill.) Gazette says

The Nation (IIl.) Gazette says;
A most distressing case of suffering from
the late terrible snow storm occurred at
Whitley's Point, Moultrie county, about seven
miles from this place, on Thursday night
last. Three boys, sons of W. b. Hendricks,
in attempting to return home from school,
about one mile from their fathers house,
we're frozen, the two youngest, aged nine
and eleven years, to death, and the Oldest,
fifteen years Of age, so badly that, we under
stand, he has since died. When school was
dismissed the three started for home, but,
becoming blinded and benumbed by the in
tense cold of the singing wind and snow,
soon returned to the school house, where
they remained until two or three o'clock in
the morning, when they again attempted to
of the lights at home, made by the family,
who were up to four o'clock, the two small
est BOYS were no longer able to walk, and
leaned up against corn shock to keep the
wind off, whilst the eldest went home for as
sistance. When he reached the house his
face was badly frozen, and his1imbs so tho
rougly frozen that he could scarcely move.
As soon as he could make known the con-
dition and whereabouts of the brothers, as
sistance was sent them. But alas 1t was
too late They were both dead-frozen stiff
and that, too, in sight of home!
We learn from private letter that a man
was frozen on the road from Charleston to
the Embarrass, about three miles from the
former place, on Friday evening last.
From the St. Louis Democrat We take the
following:
A gentleman who came from Shelbyyille,
Illinois, on Sunday, informs us that the
wifi nd
child, left that place in a light wagon for
their home, ten or twelve miles distant. AT
ter proceeding few miles the horse became
chilled, and refused to go further, and the
whole family were found the next day frozen
to death.
The Pitts6eld Qll) Flag says:
Almira Cannon, aged about thirty years,
and her child, about twelve months, living in
Spring Greek Township, in this county, were
frozen to death on Wednesday night, Decem-
Der 10th, 1868. Mrs. Cannon, who had been
divorced from her husband, was living alone
except her child-and keeping house some
distance from any neighbor, and was taken
sick. Report had it that she had the small
pox, which was known to be prevalent in the
neighborhood. On the 18th or 18th OF De;
cember, a very cold day, she and her child
were found dead-the woman leaning against
the fire jamb, in sitting posture, and the
child lying in the middle of the room on its
face-both frozen to death.
The Chicago Tribune Of January 4th says
By a passenger who arrived here on the
Central Railroad last night from the West
we learn Of one of the most fearful and heart
rending affairs that has ever occurred in this
section of the country, namely: that family
of seven persons were frozen to death during
the cold weather on Friday last. About thir-
ty miles from the boundary line between Mi
chigan and Indiana, in the latter State, about
midway between Centreville and Crown
Point, lived a German, with his wife and five
children, named Krutzer. The oldest was a
boy of seven years Of age, the next boy
of FIVE, and the three girls-an of less ages
than the boys-the youngest but an infant.
The country where the family resided is very
rolling, and the snow had drifted into the hol-
lows, making the roads almost, if not who'll
", impossible for pedestrians. The driver
Of the stage coach coming from Crown Point
to Lake, via Centreville, found that Krutzer's
dwelling had been burned to the ground, it is
supposed the night previously, but none of
the family were to be seen. About mile
further on, however, he was Mortified to find
the father and two boys frozen to DEATH
The boys were in the fathers arms, and it is
supposed that he had fallen with them after
having been so far affected with the frost as
not to be able to proceed.