Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-16


d DEAD ON THE PRAIRIE.
. Victims ofthe Fearful Wis.
itation of Thursday.
Reports from vs,ious Dakots Point,
). Indicate Great Loss Of Life.
Many are Missing aud Man,
Survivors are Badly Frosted
The Blizzard was
General.
Meagre reports from the terrible big
gard Of Thursday and Thursday night
have been sent in FROM . few Geographic
points throughout Dakota. These are
burdened with tales OF suffering and
loss Of life M what has been received
LIS only the beginning OF = long list Of
fata lities.
AT MITCHELL.
At noon Thursday, at Mitchell, the
wind whirled suddenly from the south
east to tho northwest, and the ieraest
blizzard ever known prevailed until past
midnight. AL trains we're abandoned
and business generally suspended. The
Thermometer stood % below Friday
morning. A farmer living five miles north,
Wal caught in the storm with his son
while getting hay for his cattle, and the
latter was frozen 10 death, while the
father will lose both arms. John Ander
son went to the country after hay Thurs-
days before tho storm set in, with two
seams, and has not been heard from.
Children were unable to get hume from
school and were kept in the building sll
night. Mrs. ASS Doods, Of Ethan, was
ont tending cattle and frosted both her
feet. Other casualties are heard OF, as
the storm YVES 80 sudden it Yves impossi-
BILE TO get under shelter il any one was
caught on the prairie anywhere.
AT PARKsToN
the wors. Etorm prevailed that was ever
known there. W B. Hadley was frozen to
death, Many men and teams were
caught ont. Dozsns OF head OF stock.
~perished.
AT ANT
4 49,. FrH-JtH ~
the biizzsrd was the worst every known.
Two children Of MIR. Fitzgerald at In
wood, To-, near Canton, were caught in
the blizzard while going home from
school and persisted.
AT HURON A
The Huron acoount states that the
storm was the wornt ever seen, In that
part Of Dakota. Reports from the oouL-
try gives socoun Of persona fret zlng.
Those known to have persisted are Emil
9ilbertson, o single man living three
miles west OF Altoona. He left Altoona
! Wednesday for his claim eleven miles
southwest and formerly lived in Uhioa-
go. Thos. Gilkeson, living two miles
south OF Huron, went off with his hired
man, named Goses for q load oil hey.
They started for home and got lost. They
tied the team to the wagon and each
started out for himself. Gose wandered
round most OF the afternoon, reaching q
house badly frozen. Gilkessn has not
been found. Rowland Chambers, living
six miles northwest Of Huron went to
che school house for his son, less than O
mile awasf. After getting the boy, both
started home. bns got lost. Chambers
trose to death but ths boy got home
with his face, hands and feet badly
frozen. The body OF an unknown man
was found near Virgil, twelve miles
southwest Of Huron, and taken to chs
depot In that town AMI the coroner noti-
fed. Julius Newatney, q butcher, went
to his slaughter honse and before finch.
ing work the storm came up. he started
for home ON horseback, but che epimal
refused to face the storm and went back
to the slaughter house and remained oil
night. coming to town this morning.
Bis hsndf, face, feet and knees are badly
frozen. No other Casualties are reported,
though several parties are yet missing.
Wednesday at 8 O'CLOCK in the morn
ing the temperature at Huron was 20
below zero, the same time Thursday
morning 10 above, and as 10 p. m. il
below. At 6 o'clock Friday morning il
was % below at Ii 40 Thufsday forenoon
tho velocity of the wind was twelve miles
an hour. directly from the south; al
Ii AZ IL was tweRty-four miles an hour,
coming squarely from the west; st 11:45
1t was forts three miles an hour; Of. II AT
il was sorty-two; two minutes later il
SHIFTED to she northwest, and al 1915 IL
blew HfSy seven miles an hour, eontinu-
ing tall l:l5 p. m. AT l:30 IL was sixty
miles en- hour from the northwest. From
that time Till 10 O'Clock Friday INCOMING