Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
The Storm Fiend.

tensity and terribly fatal results. The
details are narrowing beyond expires
sion, and from the mass that we find il
our exchanges, We clip few, mainly
from the Minnesota frontier, which viii
give our readers an idea of the terrible
and fatal effects Of the storm.
STIFF AND STARK
From Owatonna comes the intelli.
sence that while party of laborert
were at work on the Winona & St.
Peter Railroad, clearing the snow from
the track, near Oshawa, dark object
was seen BY them in the snow hun
dred yards ftom the station building =; i,
proved to be horse team (frozen) at
tached to a cutter. inside of which,
sitting bolt upright, but frozen stiff and
stark, were two men, each clad in a buff
falo oyercoat aud otherwise warmly
clothed. Their names were not ascer-
tanned.
a BRIDAL BED.
\ young couple, just married, were
returning from Sioux City to their
home near Leinars, when the storm
overlook them. They cut the horses
loose, turned the sleigh bottom upwards
and crawled underneath among the buff
faloes, where they remained two days,
when they were discovered all safe and
sound
SEVEN PERSONS FROZEN IN 4 SLEIGH.
\ report received at Mankato, on
Monday night, from Minnesota Falls,
says that eleven persons have been
found frozen to death. Seven persons
three women, two men and two chill
dren, were found in sleigh, dead
REDWOOD FALLS.
Report from Redwood Falls says
there are six persons frozen TO death as
fax as heard from in that neighbor-
hood.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING
\ party consisting of four persons -
man, wife, child and nephew-started
from Redwood to go to Marshall, Tues
dav. When within about one and a
half miles Of Marshall they were over
taken by the storm and lost there way
The nephew froze to death on Wednes-
day afternoon The child died III its
mothers arms on Friday morning
starved to death. When founl, the
man legs AMI .rn,s were badly frozen.
The woman had one hand frozen.
SEVEN IN ONE SLEIGH
\ ,sAan who came into Mankato from
MaIelia, on Friday night, reported that
he saw one sleigh with three men and
four women frozen to death. 1t was
also reported that six section hands on
the Sioux City road, west Of Mankato,
had met the same fate
= BABY BORN To DIE
One Of the saliest cases reported,
and one Illustrating the fearful nature
Of the storm. comes from New I'm. On
Tuesday afternoon a man whose wife
was sick, started for Eew Tim for a
doctor, leaving her alone at home. No
doctor would ven. IRE out in the storm,
bal Ire promised ~ so toe next day.
The man started back but was frozen
to death when about half way The
next dav, when the doctor reached the
house, he f2uni that the woman had
given birth to child, and both were
frozen to death
4 FAMILY FROZEN
An oil nsan named Tins, accompa-
MED By his son ard sons wife, started
with :. mule team to 20 to tlleig home
in Elizabeth, from Fergus Fails
They got caught and locked up in a
drift The men took the mules and
started far assistance. wrapping the
wonisn up in blankets ana leaving her
in the sleigh The men were dis
covered afterwards Oh the river banks,
both frozen to death. The woman
was found alive, but in a critical con-
dition.
\ sLEICHIEG PARTY FROZEN
One Of the saddest among the many
distressing eases reported, is that of a
slefglfing party Of SIX couples OF young
people, with their driver, who were all
frozen to death, buried almost out of
sight in the snow As near as We can
learn. this occurred out near some lake
in the western part OF, the State. The
first discovery Of the party was made
by 4 little girl, who called her mother 5
attention to shawl upon the snow,
This lei 70 investigation, when the en-
tire party Of thirteen We're removed
from their snowy tomb.
IyCIHENTS.
From St james, new town on the
St. Paul 4 Sioux City road, some
forty miles below Mankato, comes a
terrible tale of death and desclation.
Seventeen people have been found
frozen to death in that vicinity. and
seventy head of cattle are lost. The
express route agent, /. 2. Lawrence,
from wnom we learn these particulars,
says the snow was piled up SO high
that he could step from the second
story window of his hotel upon the
drifts
One section man who was caught
out in the storm burrowed in drift,
and lay there forty hours secured from
the frost. He was found in good con-