Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-01-07
A HEAVY SNOW STORM.
Two Men Frozen to Death.

The warm spell terminated with one
of the seyerest snow storms since the
winter of 1881. Friday morning the
cold wave signal was hoisted on the
court house dome, and at ten o clock
that night violent snow storm set in,
and continued until Sunday morning.
The lowest temperature recorded by
the signal officer was III degrees above
zero Sunday morning, and the average
snowfall was seven inches. The high
est velocity of wind was at the rate OF
80 miles an hour, and the wind contin-
ued At the rate of 30 miles for three
days. The Snow drifted in many places
several feet high and impeded travel;
The snow storm was the heaviest and
severest since the winter of 1S8O-Sl,
when travel on the railroad was stopped
for four or Eve days on account OF the
drifting SHOWS. !,
The heavy and binding snow blocked
up the roads and made travel impossi-
bic. There was an unusual degree OF
moisture in the snow, together with the
blustery character of the storm made
ride or walk against the storm almost
unbearable, and with difficulty slow
progress was made through the snow
drifts.
| On Saturday evening two men per
ished in the snow and third compan
inn barely ESCAPED freezing to death
Three men who are in the employ Of
the Eureka Irrigating Canal Company
left their camp Ave miles west Of thu
city, in a wagon, on Saturday morning
for this city. The names Of the mel
are E. T. Hayter and W. 7. Hayter
brothers, and Robert Wade. The.
came to Dodge City for provisions TO
their families, who were in camp il
tents. On their return, owing to tn
severe storm, they concluded to leav
their horses behind, putting them il
Bells livery stable; and on Saturda
, afternoon about three o'clock left TO
camp on foot About 10 o'clock tina
night, Wade found his way to John 1
Riney's residence, q miles west of tn
city. He was speechless from cold
and it was an hour afterwards befor
he could give an account OF himsel
and the probable fate of his compar
a ions. About IL clock, search hayin
been made by Mr.. Riney and job
Neiss the Hayter brothers were foun
8 in an unconscious state, both Of the
l. living within short distance of II. /
Mess farm house, three miles west
d the city. The deceased were about
n and IS years of age. One leaves
wife and four children and the other
wife and one child. The famili'
II ;. we're brought to this city and provid,
u for. The Hayter brothers were late
from Cedar county, Mo-, and ha'
,e friends in this part of the countr
l. People who faced the storm on Satu
day experienced a cold and disagree
BILE sensation about the exposed part
r owing to the heavily moistened sno'
le though the temperature was not mai
degrees below freezing point. II
!. men who persisted in the snow we
- anxious about their families and haste
B. ed to join them; but death and sepa'
ton under such distressing circumsta
lie ces must be extremely painful a
e. heartrending. The men evidently /
is came exhausted, and soon succumb
to the cold. Wade was badly froze
but is recovering under careful tire;
W ment. On the body of one of the
p ceased was found $500, and on the OF
er er over 500 was found. DR.. Plume
Coroner, took charge of the effects.
Mr.. Riney and John Mess, who ma
p the search for the frozen men, deser
&c great credit for the search during t
IT. severe storm. 1t was great sacrif
to rud such risk, but these men und
~ stand Kansas storms. Had MIR. Wa
s been able to made himself known VII
-" he entered Mr.. Riney's house. probat
80 the frozen men would have been save
1t was an hour before Wade col
ce make himself known, when he inform
ill Mr.. Riney of the condition of the t
ICE men. Mr.. Rincy Immediately ms
ge search and found one of the men clir
ing to wire fence, on the land lead
west of his house. The man was S
in alive when found, but soon died. I
~. other man was found near the riv
Of south of Mess house. He was il
he STOPPING pasture, and life was har,
extinct. Thanks to the heroes t
periled their lives that others mi
~ be saved.
las The bodies were taken to Cedar co..
Oh ty, Mo-, where interment will be ma
'le The two widows and children acce