The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-01-30
The Recent Terrible SnoW-Storm in the
Northwest.

The snow storm which fell upon the in
habilauts of Minnesota aud other north
western portions of our country week be
fore last, was the most terribly severe one
ever remembered. The papers from that
section of country are filled with heart
rending details of the destruction of life
caused thereby. A despatch from ST.
Paul, dated January 10Th, says:
Reports received to day increase the
deaths by the late storm, as follows: Thir
teen in the vicinity of Lake Hinsley, six
miles from Lake Crystal six school chill
dren, who had been attending school be-
tween Fort Ridgway and Beaver Falls a
mau named Wolverton, across the river
from Mankato. Five more cases are re
ported from Alexandria, making 22 in
all
A despatch from Falls reports seven
more bodies found, and estimates that
within radius of twenty FIVE miles the
victims will reach fifty A German
named Ludicker, OF Hastings, and his
team persisted a few miles from this city
One of the most saddest cases reported
AMI one illustrating the fearful nature of
the storm, came from New Ulm, on Turs
day P. NJ. u man whose wife was sick
started for New Um Tor doctor, leav
ing her alone at home No doctor would
venture out in the storm, but one promis
ed to 90 next day. The man started
back, and was frozen to death when halt
way home. Next day when the doctor
reached the house he found the woman
had given birth to child aud both had
frozen to death.
\ commercial traveller 10 this city, who
was caught in the storm. near New Ulm.
and witnessed its terrible severity, gives
it as his opinion that it has resulted in
greater loss of life, aud greater damage
to the State than did the Sioux massacre
of 1862
Aonther despatch from Winona, bear
ing the same date, says:
The body of man frozen to death was
picked up in garden on the south side
of the river at Medalia on Thursday He
evidently lost himself, was overcome by
exhaustion and cold and lad down and
died.
A despatch from Lincoln station, on
the ST Paul aud Sioux City road, on
Sunday, says: Mr. r Kirk started for
the timber to procure load of wood His
cattle were frozen, but he was missing.
Later MIR. Kirk was found near
Garden City, along the Sioux City road
OF Saturday dead.
The number frozen west of Mankato
foots up twenty six, as follows: Lake
Crystal, 2; Medalia, 5; St. James, 10
Mountain Lake, 2; Window 3; Heron
Lake and Worthington, 3. These are
given as reliable All the above named
points report number Of persons still
missing
A report was received at Mankato, on
Monday night, from Minnesota Falls,
which says that eleven persons had been
found frozen to death. Seven persons
three women, two men aud children
were found in sleigh, dead.
A report from Redwood Falls says six
persons were frozen to death, as far as
heard from, in that neighberhood
A party consisting of four persons-a
man, wife, child and nephew-started
from Redwood to go to Marshall on Tues
day, but when within mile and a half
of Marshall they were overtaken 10y the
storm and lost their way. The nephew
froze to death.-On Wednesday rftornoon
the child died in its mothers arms On
Monday morning, wheh found. the man >
legs and arms were badly frozen, and the
woman had noe hand frozen.