The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-02-06
From the Winona lNinn) Republican, Jan. IA
A TERRIBLE RECORD.

Il NJ ftA blAE II ~ OhDs
The Great SnOw.StOrm in In
NOrtIIWest-M EN-. Women an
Children Frozen 10 Death
Painful Details.
Reports continue to come In frol
Mankato, New Ulm, ST. James an
other points in the western part {
the State, as well as from Wilma,
Kirkhaven and other places on th
North Pacific road, giving gloomy az
counts of suffering and death by tn
late storm. From a gentleman VIII
was at Mankato during the storm W
learn that it was first heard of a
Sheldon, then at Worthington, a
st. James and the different points o
the Sioux City road, travelling at tn
rate of forty-eight miles an hour, o.
three-quarters of mile minute
sweeping over the prairie with relent
less fury.
A man came into Mankato from
Madeia, on Friday night, reported
that he saw one sleigh with three
men and four women frozen to death
It was also reported that six section
hands on the Sioux City road, west
of Mankato, had met the same fate.
The wood train on the Sioux City
road, between Madelia and st. James,
was out after wood, and while the
men were loading the cars, the engi-
neer ran his engine down to st.
James to turn around. After he got
there he was unable to return, and
the men had to walk into Madelia.
All of them save one got in, though
more or less frozen. That one has
never been heard from, and was prob
ably lost.
A woman is reported to have fro
zen to death in her house, being una
bic to get out to get in wood.
A team was found fastened to the
trestle-work on the Winona and st.
Peter road, the horses but just alive,
being nearly buried in the snow
The man was found few feet away,
frozen stiff
At Waseca, a man who lives on the
outskirts of the town, started to go
home as the storm came on, and has
not been heard from.
It is believed that many more than
have yet been reported have perished
along the Sioux City road On the
fatal Tuesday when the storm burst
upon the settlements, the day opened
unusually fine, and many of the set
tiers had started out for wood, hav-
ing to go from five to twenty miles.
The storm coming on cut them of,
and it is feared that many of them
have perished.
Twenty-one deaths have thus far
been reported at Mankato.
From st. James, new town on
the st. Paul and Sioux City road,
some forty miles below Mankato,
comes terrible tale of death and
desolation. Seventeen people have
been frozen to death in that vicinity,
and seventy head of cattle are lost.
The express route agent, L P. Law
renee, from whom we learn these par
ticulars, says the snow was piled up
SO high that be could step from the
second story window of his hotel up
on the drifts.
One section man who WAS caught
out in the storm bruTowed in drift,
and lay there forty hours secured !
from the frost. He was found in a
good condition by party Of men
who had started out to hunt him up. I
When first discovered he said he was :
Ill right, but hungry. Il
The wife of the railroad agent =
vent out shortly after the storm y
commenced to bring in the clothes c
rom the line. The wind blew q gale
md the snow fell in binding clouds
L garment was blown from her hands
md she ran to pick it up. Before :,
The was aware of it she was some =
distance from the house, and upon !,
urning to go back she lost her way e
nd vainly wandered about trying to 4 4
yet home All this time she was y
rowing very numb and cold. At
ast she ran against a house, which : :
'roved to be new one in which :
ew carpenters were at work. Feel -
ng her way around it her hands at \,
ast came to doorway against which =,
door had been placed. Summon !
1g her remaining strength she gave
hard push and fell senseless into r
be building. The men promptly y y
anne to her relief, and after vigor- "
us rubbing succeeded in bringing
er to.
One of the saddest among the ma -
y distressing cases reported is that N
ia sleighing party ofsix young coup h.
IS, with their driver, who were all :;
,und frozen to death, buried almost :.
ut of sight In the snow. As near as n,
e can learn, this occurred out near :.
ome lake in the western part of the o.
tate. The first discovery of the par
: was made by little girl, who call 10,
/ her mothers attention to shawl ~
pom the snow. This led to investi %
alton, when the entire party of thir- o,
,en were found and removed from O.
leir snowy tomb. u
A woman was found dead on Fri -,
~, near Madelia, in her house. l.,
The body of man frozen to death h,
as picked up in garden on the nj
'uth side of the. river, at Madelia, fo,
/ Thursday. He evidently lost