Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-14
ON THE PRAIRIES.
TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE
WESTERN People.
Men, Women and Children Lost in
the Binding Storms-Trains
Buried in Snow.
tesaAL DISPATCHES TO THz nECoRD-usroH,l

Sr. PA0L, January 13th-A Huron, Dak.,
dispatch says that by forming in parties of
ten each, and taking a long rope and
marching across the prairies in line-of-
battle, tho villagers yesterday afternoon
found all the lost school children except
one, child OF 10 years, named johnson.
The search was continued into the night.
but as the mercury was 100 below zero there
was little hope of finding the child alive
A number of farmers started home from
town as soon as the storm began and there
we're grave fears for their safety.
TROUBLE ON THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
WINNIPEG (Manitoba), January 13th.-
The storm which began yesterday extends
throughout the Territories. Nearly all the
Canadian Pacific trains have been aban-
doned.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC SHOWED IN.
BRAIEERD (Minn), January I3th.-The
entire line of the Northern Pacific from
Lake Superior to Dakota, as well as the
Brainerd and st. Paul Division, is entirely
blocked by the storm. Both ST. Paul
trains We're blocked shortly after getting
out of Minneapolis.
GENERAL BLOCKADE IN WISCONSIN,
MILWAUKEE, January 13th - Specials
from the interior of the State show that
many cities are completely shut off from
railway communication with the outside
world. At Superior no mails have been
received for 36 hours. The thermometer
registered 27o below zero this morning, and
all trains on the Northern Pacific are either
snow-bound or abandoned. No trains have
reached Madison since yesterday afternoon
NOTES OF THE STORM.
ST. PAUL. January 13th.-The storr. of
yesterday is now raging in Iowa. Besides
that, another storm, or continuation of the
present one is expected to strike Minnesota
on Sunday, in which case there is no tell
ing what the result will be.
1t Is raging in Idaho to-day, with the
thermometer at various points along the
Northern Pacific as low as 100 below zero.
The stage which left Washburn yesterday
tor Bismarck, Dakota, should have reached
its destination last night, but has not yet
been heard from. It is supposed to be lost
in the blizzard
At Fergus Falls, Minnesota, no trains are
expected until Sunday. The thermometer
is 30o below zero.
ALI the schools were closed at Duluth,
Minnesota. yesterday afternoon.
The St. Paul trains got in this morning.
The Omaha trains this morning have not
been heard from. No Northern Pacific
trains have arrived or departed.
At Clear Lake, Minnesota, the north and
south-bound Northern Pacific trains are
showed in nose to nose.
At Crookton, Minnesota, there have been
no trains for two days.
1t began blowing yesterday, and piled
the snow in drifts Is feet high.
FROZEN TO DEATH IN OMAHA.
OMAHA, January 13th.-The effects of
the present storm in Omaha have been
most disastrous. Fred Eller, a cigarmaker,
was frozen to death at o'clock this morn
ing within block of his boarding house.
MORE PEOPLE LOST IN THE SNOW.
Two school children, Wexell Beck and
George Allen, started for their homes about
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and have
not been heard of since.
a large number of people went over to
Council Bluffs yesterday, and last night it
was reported that number had been lost
in the snow in attempting to return All
have been accounted for, however, except
one young lady, and it is feared she has
perished.
The thermometer is Ice below tonight,
and is rapidly falling.