The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-25
A Stage Full of Dead
Passengers.
FROZEN TO DEATH ON A DOORSTEP.
4 Newly-Married Couple Spend Their Wedding
Night in a Snswdrift.
SEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN FROZEN.
A Husband Dies Seeking Doctor, and the
Wife and Newborn Baby Freeze Alone.

WINoNA Mimi, January 20, 1873.
The small weekly papers have come IN, and every
mail brings letters from the interior with further
particulars of the recent great storm. The antci-
pations OF the HERALD's correspondent have been
sadly realized, and there is no doubt that the lives
lost will number fully three hundred. For instance,
New Ulm ordered nineteen collins on day, and
at least fifty deaths are reported from that place
and Fort Rdgeley. Twenty deaths at Morris, nine
at Madeia, twenty-four at Sleepy Eye Lake, eight
at WOrthington ten at Manketo-so runs the fatal
record. In this letter l propose giving some
disconnected incidents and episodes Of the fatal
Tuesday which may be of interest to Eastern read
Some idea OF the depth of the snow drifts may
be formed when we consider that on the Wednes.
day the snow was piled high about freight
train, blockaded on the Davenport and ST. Paul
Railroad. near Delaware Center, that teams drove
right over the cars. Upon the same line there are
drifts 5000 feet long and fifteen feet deep. Near
Blue Earth men could pass on foot over the tele-
graph wires, and at New Ulm in one drift was
found man frozen to death while sitting on the
seat OF his sleigh, his head being fully Eve feet
under the surface
SEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN FROZEN.
One Of the saddest incidents is reported from
Fort Ridgcey. The schoolmstress discharged her
scholars telling them to run home. Some escaped
with but slight injuries, but Of the little
lost their way in the binding drifts and were
found dead one with his books under his arm and
his little foot lifted for a step-a step which had
proved step beyond the confines Of life. Two
others were found frozen to death in each others
arms: tears, which the bitter cold the near ap-
proach OF death had wrung frem them, standing In
little beads Of ice on their innocent cheeks Hugh
Jones, teacher near New Ulm, kept the forty
scholars OF his school in the schoohouse from Tues
day till Friday, risking his life, like practical, I'M
selfish hero, every day in a twe-mie tramp through
drifts four or five feet deep to get food for them.
THE STAGE OF DEATH.
A stage left Madelia for ST. James, having eight
passengers and a driver. On Wednesday morning,
not having arrived, search was made Tor it, 1t
was found on the road the horses frozen to death,
the driver grinning corpse on the seat, with the
rens still in his hands, and eight bundles Of robes
and clothes in the bottom Of the Sleigh each OF
which contained a soulless lump oficy flesh.
Mr.. A. X. jenkins, Of the Cleveland, Ohio, Bridge
Company, who was experimenting the building OF
iron bridge at Rock Rapids, Iowa, was travel
ling by stage thence to sibley Arrived at the lat
ter place the other passengers disembarked. lie
did not stir. They called him, they touched him,
and 10 Death had ridden with them fer some time,
"nd the body was already rigid.
SLAIN NEAR SAFETY
II q hundred yards FROM the rail-
-ws horses harnessed to
''"ht, were two
were