, 1873-01-18
THE MINNESOTA STORM.
Additional Enrtlctlat.r5s
From Ito 81. iaul I'rt.a, Jan, Ii,

Hof1oh, anu aa I'LL ILLUSTRATION OF tao loaa 6ua'
tanned by tllta npccIeB Of property alone, he ro'
lates tho instance OF two brotliors living In tho
timber Of sibley County, wllo lost forty head Of
castlo. In Places, barnB and eheds wore entirely
finding shelter in them hayo since beon roleaeed
by cutting down through the roofs Of tho build
ings, and pulling thoul oul through tho holes.
4 man nan,ad Hadla1nnc1t, d roBidout Of Lc-
builder, is roportcd Lost mud has probaby per-
ishod. It appoars that tl,oro .wero number OF
mon in tho party employed at somo distauco
from st. James. During the afternoon THUR at-
blod distant thundor. md somo of thom suspect
ing that awintry hurricane waB approaching, i'm :.
mcdately stnrtad for drifts. In tho vicinity for
protection. Boforo- they had roachod tho cover
found extremely difficult TO keep thor direction,
oyon with tho railroad track to guido tlotn. The
party, with the exception Of tho man namcd,.
roached place Of safety, but ho Is still rcportcs
among tho ,1nisning-tho body not having boen
recovered last aocourtB.
Deputy United States Marshal Cleveland was
out On the line Of tho Sioux City Road daring
tho Storm and says TINT no attempted lsscrip-
i1o do + "see m enaosey as a % o
an unfortnnato mothor living Mt Wisnor's
Grove, Faribault County, whose anxiety for the
ena.ety nsr y Of heE % chilli nbaont at aooo induced
tho purpose Of shielding it from danger. Size
loft homo and started for tho school house, but
nothing more was snown Of hor until her deal
body waB found in tho snow gomo distnnco from
her homo. There aeverrl such instances % in TIC tic
history Of tho three days, and they are truly too
Rad for words.
a man BY tho nnmc Of Thomas o'Connen,.
while IL endeayoring to cross High Island Lake,
also one yoke Of Ills oxen. A. nun by lLo namo
Of PlnT had twelyo head Of cattle frozen to
death IN this county. Another man by the
name NAM Of ogfeyllo lost six hoad, md another
a11Anrf al, 4tSo+ okt,z
persons hive 1nerisl1ed, az thoy have not beon
hca,d u sd from; Ihc Hastings Dakota Railroad.
f1 hlocaded and has 1ee since Wednesday.
tho town Of Lincoln, Blue Earth County. ffoze, e.
to death in the late storm, He bud beopu after.
wood with yoho Of cattlo, and noarly raaoAol
home, when It is probable that tho eatt'tt either
whom found ono Was atiif. The young nan had had
travelled quite d distance, aud apparently did
not giyo up till oxhau4:ed and frozon, Ho was
Greatly s by I'll vo iu" hn hs 'ha Il
tho Same timo and in tho snmo locality
was q achool-houso, with Miss Kate AIei1el
as tcachor, and. as Tuesday morning waa
worry pleasant, alI tho cliltlron in the district
were present Mr., Andrew swonson, WHO livos
near tho achool house, WIS awny from homo
during tho day, but hurried buck to compel tho
children to remain In tho school house Until the
storm subsidized, as llo could manage to rroyide
children into his house, it being too eraall tu.
! accommodate all, aud the large children etuyed
IN tho school houno until tho storm waa over
young man namoa Swan Swanson stayed witl
thom to help them and talo caro- os them. Mr.
Swanson provided them au with food ThuJ
| prevented tho loss Of aoveral hros.
In the aforementioned locality alnof. @;cry
man was away from homo, md it Ia reall. ; ,royi-
| Dental that 80 few wore lost.
Captain Russell Bakoly, Of this city etatea
| that ho hRs mover In his lifetime cxpat i,nced a
storm Of equal or gnrpassing 1>r J, except
on ono othe,r; memorable oceaaiv i, - n % ito
1886 he waa resident Of tilat State.
aud tho entro region was swer,t by pgtorm
Which, ho aasorts, waA moro yioIont andco1der
than tho ono which has recently devastated tho
1ation and sorrow into scoreR uf homes. People
there died in strange couditious BOND near
their thresholds, ''hilo otlyara wandered umless
y away to thoir ends. Tho record Of iH casual
lato storm. Ilo illustrates the cold and t,1dden-
ness Of tho Illinois sto.m by tho statement that
ho crossed street TO obtain Q cigar, through
n1Ua ,' sna sl% % %wator; n 3 short time afterwards,
steps on ice nearly OF quito thick enough to SUI.
| tain hia weight.
The Captain states this 40 fact, md among
thoRo WHO Know HIM 1t will not bo Questioned
incredible al it may appear.
| a Ecn Picture ca tho Great Snow Ear.
! rfenaac.
S1x AlrIEs NORTH Fno.l ATwA1rn,
70 tie Editor Of lie Minneapolis T;Iitns: = 'N''
Your coryoapondenr Lns been resident Of tht
timbcxcd district Of tho State for soycn year,
md has been OH the prairieB more or less ever.
winter, but never till now has it been his fortune
to witness 4 prairie winter storm. Ycster1n,
morning was mild, with moderate breeze from
the South and as we gtartod out on II days tri?
North FROM Atwater, on tho limo OF tho st. Pa,
| X. of ,
At II in tho morning commenced d fail o
suow~-a real now England storm, tho flake
t1rgo and mol1t falng soTly n,d ,!+, noiaolsHs
termsssions till $3.50 p M, when after compiler
ing our business, tho horBes' heuds wcre jus
turned towards Atwater. Then, in III Instant
yitlsno warning whatever, the storm ,Hwoopo;
down upon us from tho nort thwostwit}l dcmonia
: Aorcenota. The hnow rose in clouds, odd.;
around tho sleigh and itB occupants, mud In mucI
leBa time than ia taken to owrito this,
plotoly bllnaed with tho storm. My colnrade i
I'll old settler on thoso prairioa, and kucw frol4
experience how to dread tho situation. For
! turatoly VIC wero in The main road whom II,
J gallo struck though tho track WaD nov to bctl q
n over fSneeass praa9'a VIII ii ht
moment, We could SEQ two or three rods ahead
! ind catch tho faiut trace Of the track, whic
! alone was yipible. How oagcrly we strained ou
to fooy f1' t5aes upon Which aone
lnst, md cur hcartH sank like lead; for to wan
dor was almost certain deeth. Aftor fifteen mil
ntes Of this torriblo experience, We came upon
house. the only one rs We afterwards y, learned Cd
\ dcud, Ibeliovo now II wo had passed tlais houa
bofore the storm ca1no on, wo should mover hav
reached ahelter, as 1t continued to increasc wit
awful rapadity.
lilo sweep Of tho ten,rost becano now tcrribl,
tho snow filling tho mir 30 that ct no time wa
! tho stable, three rods away, visible, and onl