, 1873-02-22
THE DEATH LIST,
Tho Aoi1afai Number OF DcntR,a In tbo
esfent Snow.Stornn in Southwestern
Elinncsotn-Thc Result of the Stnto
Conaintosionor,sI Report.

Tho Aoitiai Number OF Dcntha In the
esfent snoW"Storin in Southwestern
N1inncsotn-'Tlc Result Of THO State
| Commissioners IIoports
From The 81. Paut Press, Feb. 2o
On or about tho 9th Of January. Goyerno,
Austin appointed e. P. Evans, of Garden Oitv,
ha Storm OommiBaionor, to mako a pergonai az.
animation into tho circumstances Of tho re.
| Ported casualties In tho groat storm Of Jan. 7,
With an especial View to SOC whit persons were
n mood Of and entitled to State aid undor tho
Legislative appropriation. Mr, Evans has ar.
rived in this city, and will present his report to
tho Governor to-day. 4 Press reporter con-
3Toraod with him last night, and learned tho fol-
loving particulars
Mr. Evans has made u personal examination
Of southwestern Minnesota. and has visited tho
s"Rseo ooaRtss Nan, bse Ra; arth Faibau Mar
wood, Watonwan, Brown, Nicollet, Le suot1r,
and Murray. This examination was made In The
daco Of many difloultles On account Of tho
two casos ho found it impossible to reaoh tho
families of tho frozen lie has reported upon
eighteen cases, and theso two would make the
number of lyes lost in these countioB twonty
In In Blue Earth County the Commissioners
had boon badly frozen, and that both feet and q
hand had been amputated.
!, In Watonwan County, at Madelia ho found
that little daughter Of Alathiaa OFT had both
!Aldiurke, a ewedo boy 15 yoars old, Of Nelson
Township, WAS supposed to bo frozen. but his
body haH not been found His oxen vera found
frozen to death. John Adrian Township. 18
years old, was frozen to death. with his team.
Clarlos Ceckor, Of River Dale, was frozen to
death and leaves wifo and two chiIdron Il.
A. Anderson, of Long Lake Township. a Rryedc
loft home tho day of the storm and ia ann
posed to have been frozon: hfn hodv haa net
boon found. John VorIo' n IL, Iamcs va
frozen to death: be loayea a vita. nTrs '
Christian Cash, Of River Dale auod az was
frozen to doath' swoio boy hv H. naT1o "aF ~
Zinke, Is years old, living ne1r faroh circlo IL
supposed to have boen frozen. an hn was mi NJ
when tho storm came on, and haa mt since beon
heard Of. A man, namo uniearnoI. worlf;nD p'o m
the raiiroad west Of Madelia, waa frozon to
death, "A' 1-"1'AA ~
Tho number Of casualties In watonwnn oonntv
was larger than in any othor, and Mr. Eyans nc
counts for the fact upon The guppoaition thnt
the storm struck there litter In tic day. In tho
majority Of cases, tho vctims vero out aftor
wood. ''S~
Knud Bathorson, OF Watonvan Corntv. waa
badly frozen; he has q wife and three ohi}drnn'
Potter Bcheltz. Of st, James. VIVA bnd1v chil1c3
and has beon suhientn1 to f}ta ainca H. cl - ssol
able to work, and has wife and two ohil5rnn. o'
In Martin County. tho Commfsasonnr fon,d
that two mon had been frozen to death AZ Enat
Chain Lake, Igaao Foster, out with n toana ~
oxen, travelled fifteen miles after TIM atom,
struck him, before giving IN, His team WA niso
frozen. man By the name Of Anderson. Of tho
same place. waH ont after wood nnS waa fra.o, ~ ~
to death. Els oxen wero @ also froson. @ ""' 'i'N0n
In NobleH County r. M Email ~ r,d,.,,