The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-31
Terrible Effects Of the Late Snow Storm.
From the st. Paul Pioneer.

rom the NJ. raul Pioneer.
We are indebted to Mr.. T.. O. Zim-
norman for the following graphic de-
scription of the storm at Winnebago City
Mr.. Zimmerman arrived ut Winnebago
City about noon on Tuesday. There
were fully 60 teams in Winnebago City
that day. Farmers with their wives were
there, having left their children ut home,
i'll many instances alone, little dreaming
of the fearful danger SO near at hand.
Suddenly, and without any warming, the
storm burst in all it's fury A panic
ensued. Teams were hurriedly hitched
up, and fathers and mothers, fearing for
the fate of their dear, helpless ones at
home, started off i'll the face of the pitt
less wind and driving snow. Those who
had to face the storm, in number of
cases, were compelled To turn back,
thankful to have got back to the village
alive. Others kept on, and, it is feared,
met terrible death III the snow-drifts.
From Tuesday afternoon at 2 until
Thursday evening Mt o'clock, the storm
ragged in all its fury. Mr.. Zimmerman
says that during all that time it was
almost unsafe to attempt to cross the
street of the village. The buildings
were shaken like reeds, and fears were
entertained that some of them would
blow over. The air was SO densely
filled with SNOW that a building ten feet
distant could not be seen.
On Saturday last seventeen collins
were taken ont of New Ulm to bury the
dead bodies found in the immediate
vicinity of that place. At Lake Henskey,
six miles from Lake Crystal, the bodies
OF l3 persons had been found frozen to
death. Six children, who had been at
tending school between Fort Ridgley
and Beaver Falls, were found frozen to
death, the teacher having unwisely
allowed them to leave the school-room.
Another school teacher Whose name we
hope TO learn, near New Ulm. kept his
40 scholars from Tuesday evening until
Friday, walking himself mile or more
through the storm TO get food for them.
We want this man name.
From the st. Paul Press
AS intimated in the Press immediately
after the subsistence of the terrible storm
Of last week, the record of the disasters
TO life and property resulting therefrom
is thoroughly sickening to contemplate.
While every section Of the State con-
tributes portion of the narrowing de-
tails, the entire western frontier of Min
nesota sends up return of dead, missing
and manned which seems more like the car
mage of battle than the result of any
erratic and wonderful connection Of the
elements. The accounts agree in repre-
senting the storm as travelling with re-
markable velocity, and enveloping those
caught in it's deadly meshes, almost be-
fore they could turn their steps home
ward. To illustrate the power of the
wind i'll exposed localities, the statement
is made that sleighs were overturned and
men Frustrated as though they were
nothing more than straws in the path of
the gale The destruction of life is great
ly attributable to the suddenness of its
appearance and its tremendous motion
the degree of cold not being SO great as
many preceding it, but which have not
made 1.-THE of the awful havoc. There
is little room to doubt that the major
portion of the list of casualties and
deaths was completed, III all its sadden-
ing chapters, between o'clock on that
fatal Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday
morning, and as but few could be SO
foolhardy as to venture on journeys
while it was raging, it is reasonable to
suppose that the deaths and suffering
are confined to those surprised by it
while at a distance from home.
n school teacher at JudsOn. Blue
Earth county, Hugh Jones-and he de-
serves the record-refused to permit his
scholars to leave the school house, and
he kept them there As hours, in safety
and comfort-procuring food and bed
clothing from neighbor named John J.
Grifiiths. This is a cheering example of
good judgment, interest in the safety of
the little ones under his charge, and
courage to provide for their wants. even
at the risk of suffering and danger. There
were from 30 to 40 children in the school
and the number affords an indication
of how much Mr.. Jones had to do. to
clothe, feed and warm them.
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