The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-23
Tho Horrors OF the Polar Storm
rr,rhfruf Suffering I'm Minnesota.
From Western Exchanges.

The lev cyclone Which ecgftn 10 sweep over
onr northern stcppcs on Tuesday the fth IN
.t,nt was one of unprecedented severity, ana
,bcrp Is every reason to fear that the Inst OF
us victims will not I've completed for weeks
.,comc The following condensed accounts
NJ suffering and loss OF life arc enough, how
,.or 70 indicate the deadly power Of. the
blast
U,re found frozen, with one OF the drivers
60 badly frozen that he cannot live. The
other cannot hc found.
The body Of an unknown man was also
found frozen 10 death ut Nicolctt.
4. O. Jenkins, foreman Of the Ohio Bridge
Compauys yard. was frozen 10 death while
riding IN a hack from Siblcy to Rock Rapids.
1,hc 3ihcr inmates escaped with slight iuju-
rcS.
4 school.hoy near New Tim undertook to
90 honr. but lost his way. and his body was
found eight miles distant
4 man vas found near ST. Peter frozen
Niil.
Whole herds Of cattle, caught in the storm,
r,rc frozen TO death. 4 man named Chris
,ophrr left Glvndun, Minnesota, for home on
Tuc>dav night, and was found lying under
the snow frozen to death. A young man
named Berry. in the same ncighborhood,
shared the same fate.
Near Ncrlniliou. Dakota, Mr.. Hampstead.
TN returning 10 his house during the storm,
and finding his wife absent looking after the
clock. left The children and went 10 her aid,
and fine man and wife both persisted. The
children were found in the house the next
morning nearly frozen to death. Many mar
row rsclpes are related, as the weather was
,p,~,lllv plea SAINT when the storm suddenly
ilr>: forth,
Two farmers named Pat Condor and
FIvau, the latter known rs Wild Mick, lett
Iiichicld for their homes on Tuesday. NOT
rrachn. home general search was lllStit1i-
ird on Friday, and both were found lying IN
u snow-drn. three miles trnm their starting
place. Condor was quite dead, but Flynn
VA, still alive. hit 50 badly frozen that Inc
viii lose both arms. even if he lives. The
wife of n m1n lamcd y. l.. SoIand, OF Kirk.
haven Kandyohi county, with her sister-ln-
law. two farmers, and Il boy, were caught
cut in the storm. Mrs So,and and the boy
were frozen to death. Her >istcGili-law was
alive. bnt will probably die, and the woman
is 50 badly frozen that amputation OF her
limbs Will probably have to be rcsorted TO-
One instance is related Of II farmer who
was at the town of New Ulm, in Minnesota,
on the day Of the storm. Not experimenting
danger he started to go to the town of Nico-
lett. Il few mlcs distant. This was on Tues
nAS ~ al'',"' o'''on III -,',''.''.
beard Of the man until the next day, when
some Of the citizens ut Nico|rtl, who came
out TO see what damage had been done by
the storm. discovered the top of the head OF
n horse sticking out Of the snow. An cXca-
Walton was made and the missing man was
i"uno sitting III ms wagon Win , Tue lc'nS III
ms bands irnh"h 10 acath. lie notne wa.
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