The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24
TERRIBLE EFFECTS or THE LATE
.SNO W-STORM.

The recent storm in the Northwest was Of
the most furious and terrible character. Moth.
ing like it has been experienced for years past
and for years to come it will be al epoch from
which chronological events may be reckoned.
The storm came on 30 suddenly that people
were wholly unprepared for the onset. II took
them completely by surprise, and in numbers
of inst ances it WAS disastrous to life and prop
erty One instance il related Of farmer at
New Ulm, Mimi. On the day of the storm.
not experimenting danger, he started to go to
the village Of Ncolet few miles distant
Nothing was heard OF the man until the next
day. when some citizens, in passing, disco, cred
dead horses head protruding from snow
drift. An excavation was made, and the MISS
ing man was found sitting in his wagon. frozen
to death, with the reins in his hands. Another
man. in the same vicinity, was found standing
by his barn-door, frozen stiff, and close by
three more were found dead in snow-drift.
The fury of the gale on the open prairie is
said to have been appalling, exceeding in yio-
lence and duration anything ever before ex-
pcrienced. Near Wilmer, MIMI, q party of
five, each driving two-horse team, were over
taken by the gale on the road to that town
with wheat. Four of them. with their teams,
were frozen to death, and the fifth was 30 bad
ly frozen as to preclude hope Of recovery.
A dispatch from Wilmer Mimi. says:
Hourly news is brought in Of frozen teams
being found. and the supposition is that their
owners Jared the same fate. The storm com
menced without q shadow Of warning and
lasted GO hours. Mr.. Casserly, father Of the
station agent at Hermann left the depot for
the tank-house, o few rods distant, and
was found frozen to death by his son. Un
doubtedy hundreds have met the same fate
A boy on his way home from school was frozen
to death near New Ulm, Mimi. Near st. james,
Mimi. man and three yoke Of oxen were
found dead. Two farmers were overtaken by
the storm near Litchfeld, MINI. One was
subsequently found dead, and the other 20
badly frost-bitten that he will lose all his limbs.
A party Of five-two men, two women and
boy-were caught by the blast near Kirkhaven,
Mimi. Three Of them were found dead, and
the other two will lose their arms and legs.
Near worthington, Mimi, two teams were
found with one Of the drivers 30 frozen that
there are no hopes Of recovery. The other
one had disappeared, and no trace can be
found. A young couple living near Lemarr,
Iowa, went to Sioux City for the purpose Of
getting married. On returning they were lost
in the storm, turned the horses loose. and
turned the sleigh over to protect them from
the storm. After staying there two days they
were saved. The only unpleasant feature,
they say. was that one Of the mothers-in-aw
was along.
Elder Lee and his son were found dead in
snow-bank near Sioux City, Iowa.
4 party Of three men left Covington. Ne
braska. for home on the day Of the storm,
since which time nothing has been heard oil
them. They have in all probability peri-hed.
A. G. Jenkins. foreman Of the Ohio Bridge
Company, of Cleveland. was frozen TO death
in Lyons county, Iowa.
Numbers of other persons at various points
we're overtaken by the terrible blast and frozen
to death Taken all in all, it was undoubtedly
the most furious and terribly destructive
storm, both of life and property, that has ever
swept over the Northwest.