, 1873-01-13
WINTER HORRORS.
Several People Frozen 10 Deatn 1n
Iowa md minnesota - AsoAS ~
Trains K5uricd in Snow DFt1fs'


ro1va md Minnesota - Halfway
Trulus Buried In Snow >DFt1ts'
Sneciat D<s2ateh to The Chicago Tribune.
nnu7our- lows. Jan. 1.-THE Iowa DlE1sfon
of the Illinois Central Railroad Was opened last
night through to Sioux City, and u train on the
Dubuoue j. Southwestern Railroad to-day
effected An opcnin to Cedar Rapids. Tho Cedar
Fails and Minnesota branch Of the Illinois Cen-
trail is still badly blocked, with 20 prospect OF
being open for long timo. Between Waterloo
aud Wayerly, a distance OF 13 miles, gang OF
men have been working day and night for
tho last three days, and have not 5et
reached Waye11y, enconntering drifts bto
to 1000. feet in length by from I'VE
to fifteen feet in depth. Il is expected 1t will
take two days to open the line this di6:anoa. a
gang Of forty men began work shovelhng from
Moua, south, three days ago, and have not
vet reached st. Ansgar, seven miles distant.
The DesMoines Valley train from the soutn a1
arrived this evening at For. Dodge, the first
since Monday. The road is now announced to
be open through to DesMoines.
Two small boys were found frozen to death
near Spring Valley. lows
Tho Central Railroad Of Iowa Is blocked Win
suow between Ack1ey and Northwood, and Will
not be open for several days. It is open part OF
! the way from Ackley to Mafslal. tram
| started south this evening, to try to reach Mar
| ehaltown.
South Of this point tbs road is all blockaded,
and there is no saying when it will be open.
| In Minnesota the snow is from five to s1x feef
| in the cuts from MankAto to st. Paul. The
| Sioux City ds st. Paul Railroad Company th,nA
t thew will have the road open in ten days. One
trim 81 It
expected to have the road from aloley 10 Le'
| mars open tomorrow. ...
Near Washington, Minn., two teams were
found frozen, with one OF the drivers SO badly
frozen that he cannot live. The other canno'
DO found.
The body OF en- unknown man Was also foune
frozen to death at Nicolet.
! A, 0, jenkins, Foreman Of the Ohio Bridge
Company's yard, was frozen to death while n I1d
ing in hack from sbley to Rock Rapids Ih'
other inmates escaped with eight injuries:
Fuel supplies are running short on tho line q
the Illinois Central west Of Dubuque It IL
stated there is not weeks supply OF WOOD II
Manchester, and there 1s no coal 70 speas se,; VI
for want Of fuel. As the1oads are drifted badly
it is feared there will be mucn suffering befor'
wood eau be brought in.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. PA St. Paul despatci
says the great storm Of the past week A st.ts
It-was entirely unprecedented in it's severity
and was so binding that persons persisted within
few rods OF succor, II they had known In VIVA
direction to SO. Ihfee 6fotnern, tnA1is5' ovun ~
and Stephen O'Niel, and Thomas and Mchae
Holden, each with two-borse teams, started 70
WiIImaa with wheat on Tuesday. They WeF
, found on Friday about ten miles out, two OF To
O'Neils and one Of the Ho1dens frozen to-deat
: in the sleighs The others were alive but vi
, scarcely survive.
Five OF teams in the same vicinity we1
found frozen to death, and the drivers are sup
posed to have abandoned them and perlshed-
4 man was frozen to deAth by losing his wa
while going from the depot to the tank house :
, Herman Station, on the st. Paul d PACING hal
J A school boy near New Ulm undertook to
home, but lost his way, and his body was foun
! eight miles distant.
/ man was found yesterday, near st. Peter
= frozen stiff.
a 4 good many other cases will undoubtedly
= heard Of. The wind blew the snow 30 1t =,
+ impossible to sec foot in advance ana u
o out. and they perished because they we're un
q BILE to find their way home.