The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-02-06
TERRIBLE SNOW STORM.

ST. PAUL, INN, january lf.-the io
markable pola hurricane which swept over
this State on tuesday, last has left behind it
sad record o. casualties, but from inform
alton now rea hing the city the number Of
deaths will no sustain the early estimates.
The history o. its first appearance AMI la-
mentable consequences may be briefly stated
as follows Tuesday was mild, damp day
and those having occasion to leave their
homes had Ii tie reason to anticipate the
fierce gusts which set in during the after
noon, and in many instances no adequate
provisions had been made for such all unex-
pected situation. The weather continued
mild until about o'clock in the afternoon,
the hour when its approach was first OBJ
served by the residents in the frontier set
Elements in suddenly increasing cloudiness
and for few moments the earth was swept
by tremendous wind, and the temperature
fell with wonderful rapidity. People living
in the spsrsely populated sections of the
State were taken entirely by surprise, and
many were long distance from home, and
without sufficient clothing. 1t is not sur
prising, under the circumstances, that so
many fell victi ms in It's path, each strug-
Cling ice bound laocoon. The storm con-
tinaed with only temporary lulls until Thurs
day morning when it gradually abated its
fury. The velocity of the storm is reported
between New Jim and St. Peter as travel
ing from point to point in thirty minutes. a
distance of tventy.eight miles. Had the
degree of cold been great the number OF
deaths would lave been fearfully increased,
but while it WIS at its height the mercury
stood from five to eight degrees below Zero
1t is entirely thout precedent in the histo-
~ of the State and only finds parallel in a
polar storm wi ich swept over the State OF
illinois in 1886, destroying many lives, and
leaving an ind ,llible record in the minds OF
those who EXP ,rienced its fury and terrific
power.
1t is imposs lie to make an accurate estl-
mate of the nul lber who have been frozen to
death or serio, sly MANNED. On the line Of
the St. Paul an Sioux City road, the num-
Der is variousl estimated at from II to "a,
with the probal ilities in favor of the number
first given. Tie authenticated deaths thus
far do not reac H. In that section Of the
State many rep rted lost have returned home
safely. On Il line of the st. Paul and
Pacific Road IL number of deaths will not
vary greatly fr IN the estimates for The re-
gion traversed by the Sioux City Road
That country a. 80 being thinly settled. and,
owing to the Hiculty in the way Of obtain
ing reliable formation; estimates OF
death are large than the facts will warrant,
but the real fat .lity is sufficiently depressing.
NotwithstandiD, the more hopeful news
brought here o-night, but few names ac-
company the re ported losses of life: A large
number of cattl and horses must be also in
cluded in the statement of the destruction
which has char cterized this storm.
ST. PAUL, MINI, January 14.-Reports
received to-day increase the deaths by the
late storms as follows: Thirteen in the Vi
cinity of Lake Iinsley, six miles from Lake
CRYSTAL six SC lool children who had been
attending school between Fort Ridgway and
Beaver Falls; man named Woolverton,
across the rive. from Alexandria, making
twenty-five in al.
A dispatch from Fergus Falls reports Sc
ven more bodies, and estimates that within
radius Of twent five miles the victims will
reach fifty. A German named Lenidecksr,
of Hastings, AID his team, perished few
miles from this city. One of the saddcst ca
ses reported AMI one illustrating the fearful
nature of the ssorm comes from New Ulm
On Tuesday afternoon man whose wife was
sick started for New Ulm for doctor, leav-
ING her alone a. home. No doctor would go
out in the storm, but one promised to go the
next day Tha man started back bit was
frozen to death when about half way. The
next day, when the doctor reached the house
he found that le woman had given birth to
child and DO h were frozen to death.
A commercia traveller of this city, who
wa. caught in ne storm near New Ulm. and
witnessed its terrible severity, gives it as his
opinion that it has resulted in greater dam
age to the STATE than did the famous Sioux
massacre Of Is y.
WlNoNA, M NM, January 14.-Thc news
of the immune able deaths and the cxcru-
ciating sufferil of persons in the terrible
storm of the 7tl and Sth instant is rot yet
received in tn city, and even now, in the
the case of MAJ persons who doubtless per-
isbed upon the broad prairies of Northwas-
tern Minnesot their bodies are not yet
found by their friends There appears to
have been the reatest loss of life along the
- OF the Sic TX City Railroad. Several
I'M ,us,hs ,rs -ane ted near Medalia. Mr.. Hol.
dermosi, who to walk from Sun m
down station Medalia, was cVertaNen oy
the storm and rozen to death. The VII" o'
Ole Lemetson was found on Friday morn
ing frozen to ath. There was no wood I'm IN
the house, but some short distance IRON
the door. In the village Of Medalll, one
side of dwe ing house was blown down
and several cf mneys hurled to the ground
Snow drifts as high as the telegraph poles
are reported.
From Mr.. NJ G. Markham, train dispach
or of the Wine Ia and ST. Peter Railroad, )"
are furnished With the following latest par