, 1888-01-14
THE GREAT STORM.
The Worst and Most Extended
Blizzard This Season.
Minnesota and Dakota the
Greatest Sufferers.
Many Deaths Reported From
Extreme Cold.
The Terrible Blizzard.

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extended of the season. Its area of OPP
e%rations is from the Rockies ito Lake
Michigan, but Minnesota and Dakota are
the worst sufferers. On roads running
west from here all freights are abandoned
and passenger trains are run at long inter
walls, though every effort is being made to
keep them moving.
At Huron, OAK, the blizzard filed the
air with binding snow, so that business
men lost their way on the drive from
their homes to their offices. An lnexper-
fenced school teacher dismissed her
scholars in the storm at noon yesterday,
and they were only rescued by extraordi.
nary efforts. Men organized themselves
into parties OF ten each, armed with a
hundred foo rope, inc marching In a
line, gathered all the lost chi lren in but
one child, who is doubtless frozen to
death. Railroad shop whistles were
kept blowing to give the people out in
the storm their bearings.
AT Fargo the storm was the worst in
eight years, with the mercury 470 below
zero and a hurricane blowing. James
town and the northern branch of the
Northern Pacific is entirely plugged up.
At Pierre, Oak, the wind blew sixty
miles an hour and the roads are blockaded
terribly.
At Necbe, Oak, 5S' below zero was
reached.
On the Northern Pacific all transconti-
mental trains got stuck yesterday. This
morning the billiards. force is mostly
spent and trains will soon be moving reg
ularly.
ST. PAUL, Jan. I3.-Weather reports
carly this morning from various points
along the various railroads were discour-
aging and it was decided to abandon the
running Of trains. 1t is thought that
some of the branch lines in Minnesota
and Dakota will be closed for six weeks.
and it is feared that the worst is to N
The wind is blowing hard on all lines to-
day and cuts are being filled in as fast as
they are pumped out. The storm of yes
terday Is now raging IN Iowa. Besides
that another storm, or the continuation of
the present one, is expected to strike
Minnesota Sunday, in which case there is
no telling 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 l0o below zero.
Manitoba reports from the Northwest in
dictate a cold wave, with a high wind,
coming from that direction; in fact, things
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venture an opinion when traffic will again
be resumed. Each line is putting forth
every effort to keep their Chicago line
open, but even that is almost an impossi-
bility. At noon to-day not a train had
come in. The stage which lett Wash
burn yesterday for Bismarck, OAK. should
have reached its destination last night,
but has not yet been heard from. 1t is
supposed to be lost in the blizzard.
At Fergus Falls, Mimi, no trains are
expected until Sunday. The thermome-
ter is go below zero. All schools are
closed. At Duluth, Mimi, yesterday af-
t~ernoon's st Panl trains got in this morn
ing. Omaha trains this morning had not
been heard from. No Northern Pacific
trains have arrived or departed. At Clear
Lake Mimi, North and South bound
Northern Pacific trains are showed in nose
to nose. At Crookston, Mimi, no trains
have run for two days. 1t began blowing
yesterday and piled the snow in drifts Is
feet high.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 13.-Spec-
ials 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 thirty-six hours.
The thermometer registered 270 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.
ST. PAUL, Jan. l3.-Thc following dis
patches show something of the extent and
effects of the great storm.
JAMESTOWN, Oak Jan. l3.-The
storm still continues, although much
abated. The thermometer at noon marked
90 below. The extreme cold forms a
crlst on the drifts which almost proves
too much for the assaults of the snow
plOws. Yesterday the west bound limited
was showed up at Whcatland all day, but
arrived this evening about forty hours
late. The Northern Pacific main line and
branches arc oil blockaded and all trains
are delayed from twelve to thirty-six
hours.
FERGUS FALLS, MINI Jan. 10
TIE blizzard has subsidized and is succeeded
by intense cold. The roads are drifted
full and business is at a st andstill. There
has been no train from either direction
on the Manitoba road since "Wednesday
night. A Northern Pacific passenger
train got in Yesterday at noon and got
through to Walpeton but got stuck on
the return journey. Many reports of suf-
fering have been received.
MENoT, DIX, Jan. l3.-No trains are
moving yet. The storm has abatcd. but
the wind is still blowing. 1t was $50 be-
low zero this morning. An attempt will
be made to morrow to open the cuts and
move passenger trains. There is fourteen
inches of snow on the level and badly
drifted. James Smith and his two sons
aged Is and II years. started for a load
OF hay six miles from town on the IIth,
and have not since been heard from.
Search parties are out to-day. Several
other people are missing, but arc sup
posed to have taken refuge in claim shan
ties.
FAULKToN, Oak, Jan. 13.-The most
terrific storm ever witnessed in this lati-
tude has been upon us for the last forty
eight hours. 1t reached its worst yester.