The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-17
IN MINNESOTA.
The Storm Finishes Els Course

r. The sterm Finishes Els Course.
Sr PAU. MINI, Jan. l6.-The terrible
storm which has swept over the northwest,
blockading railroads in Ave States, is now
over, and the victims Of its fury are being
counted. The pitiful list is growing almost
every hour. II ia not improbable, when
the record is complete, II will show 100
lives sacrificed 10 the awful fury OF the
blizzard. Next 10 this, the worst blizzard
that the northwest ever experienced oc.
CURED January 7, 3 and o. 1873. In that
storm seventy people were frozen 10 death,
and thousands Of dollars worth OF property
destroyed
The present storm promises TO be even
more terrible in its results. II came with
out warning AZ sunrise last Wednesday
Dakota never had more lovely weather.
Tho weather was clear as crystal, and every
object about the horizon was distinctly Wis
lille. The wind was from the south, warm
aud balmy, and before the sun was high
In the sky decided thaw had set in.
Farmers took advantage of the beautiful
weather to 20 10 town, 10 draw hay, wood,
etc. About noon cloud was seen along
the northwestern, horizon, lying close TO
the ground but stretching from the west TO
the north in dark semi-circle. Little at
tchtion wns paid to IL, but in an hour the
cloud had swept over the country, the sun
vas obscurcd, the snow was falling fast,
aud q gale was sweeping from the north
west with terrible fury.
The blizzard had begun. The mercury
fell rapidly, and by O'clock IL was l50 be-
low zero, and the next morning Il regis
tered 90 below. All the while tie wind
increased in fury the snow fell thicker,
and the large amount Of snow that was
already ON the ground was blown into
powder and hurled along by the wind.
On the prairie an object forty feet distant
could not bc seen. A mans voice could
moi be heard six feet distant. The air was
full OF snow as fine as flour, and the roar
ing OF the wind and the darkness caused
Ivy SO much snow and air made the scene
the most dismal, drcary and forslken that
man ever looked upon. Every railroad ia
Dakota, Minnesota, and many Iowa, Ne
braslia and Wisconsin railroads were
blocked. Telegraph wires everywhere
were down, and II was not until Saturday
that the full extent and awful results OF
the storm became apparent.
The telegraph hourly brings the most
Pltiiuh stories Of suffering, terrible strlig.
giles Tor life aud heroic deeds by the brave
rien and women ui the storm stricken sec.
ton that have never been cqualcd Mary
Council, school teacher near Cayour,
started home with two 81 her pupils, a boy
and u girl. The boy lcitthem and persisted
Miss Council put her dress folds about the
little girl and made her walk all night
shcltenng her charge with her body. They
wcrc iound the next morning, alive, hui
horribly irJen.
Another teacher, Miss jacobson, neal
st. Clol,. started home with little Girl and
both persisted. When found Miss Jacob
Ron was cruuchcd in little hollow In tho
ground With her arms about the little girl,
and her drss skirt waswmpped about her.
Her own bonnet was off her head and her
hand clutchcd her dress at her throat, but
there was q smile on her face. Two chill
drcn, a boy aud girl, OF Joseph llutchin
BON, near carry. were lost going hom
from school Twenty-Five men ut one
started on, the search ior them, aud III,
mb,her could not be kept from goinI
along. The poor woman was with th
party who found them They wcm lyinD
close together and the hoy had his sister
hands between HE own.
Thursday forenoon, Just before the hliz
yard struck this point, party Of sever
FARMERS, about twenty-five miles nOrihcas
al here, started Tor their homes, hayinl
been here with wheat, The report come
that the hodics OF four Of them have bcci
found dead. Searching parties arc on
locking for the Others. Mrs. knutson, a
I,ushmoU, va. found frozen 10 dcail
within twenty feet Of her door. Her hus
land MIS- ulroni, aud becoming uneasy
Ehc started IN search al him, losing hc
LIE In the act. These are but few OF III,
many terrible stories which have come In
fhe majority Of which have been bricill
mentioned before in these dispatches.
a numhcroi the dead had their clothing
away from their threats, and Others La,
thrown away their head covering, am
werc clu,ching q, their throats ~ thougl
struggling iur hraih. During gcnnin
blizzard the air II iill"l with fine ice dust
driven with terrific force, which chok,
the unfortunate victim Ia short time
he attempts 10 stand araiust H.