Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-22
DRIFTS OF DEATH.
WINONA. Mimi. Jan. la

WINoNA, MINI, Jan. IA
Full news of the deaths and suffer-
ings of persons in the terrible storm of
the 7th and 9Th insts, has not yet been
received in the city. There appears to
have been the greatest loss of life along
the line of the Sioux City Railroad.
Several deaths are reported near Media
liza.
Mr. Holdermosk, who attempted to
walk from Shutdown. station to Media
liza, was overtaken by the storm and
found frozen to death. The wife of
Ole Lemorson was found, on Friday
morning, frozen to death. There was no
wood in the house, but some short dis
lance from the door. In the village Of
Medalia, one side of dwelling house
was blown down, and several chimneys
hurled to the ground. Snow drifts as
high as the telegraph poles are report
ed.
The body of a man frozen to death
was picked up in a garden on the south
side of the river, at Medalia, on Thurs
day. II evidently lost himself, and
overcome by exhaustion and cold, lay
down and died. From Lincoln Station,
on the St. Paul and Sioux City road
on Sunday, Mr., r. Kirk started for the
timber to procure load of wood. His
cattle were found, but he was missing.
Later, Kirk was found near Garden
City on Saturday, dead.
Along the Sioux City road the num-
Der frozen west of Mankota foots up a
total of 26, as follows Lake Crystal
8; Medalla 5; St. James 10; Noun
tain Lake 2; Window 3; Heron Lake
and Werthington 3. These are given
as reliable. All the above named
points report number of persons still
missing. A report received at Manka.
to on Monday night, from Minnesota
Falls, says that L persons have been
found frozen to death. Seven persons,
three woman and two men and two
children were found in sleigh, dead
A report from Redwood Falls says
there are six persons frozen to death as
far as heard from in that neighborhood.
A party consisting of four persons, a
man, his wife, child, and nephew, start
ed from Redwood to go to Marshall on
Tuesday When within about one and
half miles of Marshall, they were over
taken by the storm and lost their way,
The nephew froze to death on Wednes-
day afternoon the child died in its
mothers arms on Monday morning,
starved to death. When found the
mans legs and arms we're badly frozen,
The woman had one hand frozen.
A gang of eleven section men be
tween MadaIia and St James, started
for St. James, when the storm com
menced. Finding it impossible to
reach that point, they sheltered them,
selves 10 a snowdrift, where they re.
NAMED thirty six hours. They sue
ceeded in reaching st. James about 3
O'Clock on Thursday afternoon.
ST. PAUL, MINI Jan. II.
Reports increase the deaths by the
late storm as follows Thirteen in the
vicinity of Lake Hinsley, six miles
from Lake Crystal; six school children
who had been attending school at For
Ridgeway and Beaver Falls /; mar
named Woolverton. across the river
from Mankato. Five more cases art
reported from Alexandra, making q
in all.
A dispatch from Fergus Falls reports
seven more bodies found, and estimates
that within a radius of rs miles the vic
tins will reach 80. A German, named
Lenidecker, of Hastings, and his team
persisted few miles from this city.
A commercial traveller Of this city
who was caught in the storm near New
Ulm, and witnessed its terrible severi
ty, gives it as his opinion that it ha
rerulted in greater loss Of life, ant
greater damage to the state than die
the famous Sioux massacre in 1862.
One of the saddest cases reported
and one illustrating the fearful mature
of the storm, comes from NeF
Ulm. On Tuesday afternoon mar
whose wife was sick, started for Nev
Ulm for a doctor, leaving her alone a
home. No doctor would venture ou
in the storm, but one promised to e
the next day. The man started back
but was frozen to death when abou
half way. The next day when tn
doctor reached the house, he foune
that the woman had given birth to
child, and both were frozen to death.