The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-01-20
THE GREAT STORM.
Fearful, Loss Of Life In the Northwest.

Fearful Loss OF Life In the Northwest.
Trains Bloekaded All Over the Country.
THE srARrER.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 12.-Railroad men agree
that the storm Of 70 day is quite the worst
ever known in the Northwest tor their bust
ness. 1t extends from the Rocky Mountains
to Lake Michigan, but its worst effects are
felt in Dakota and Minnesota. Everywhere
it has been accompanied by . high wind,
which drifts the NOW badly, and in North
.ern Dakota, with . below zero Temperature,
it assumes the character Of . genuine bliz-
zard. Railroads had hardly finished clean
ing their tracks from the previous storm, and
that of to day has absolutely blocked all the
small roads, though the through lines are
battling bravely against the elements to keep
trains moving. All freights or the Northern
Pacific and Manitoba lines have been aban-
doned, and no passenger trains were sent
out on these roads to night. A special from
Huron, Dakota, says the wind is blowing
fifty miles an hour. The air is so full Of
snow that one Is unable to see fifty feet at
any time.
IN DAKOTA
PIERRE, OAK, Jan. 12.-The wind is
blowing sixty miles an hour, aud 1t IS i'm
possible to see ten feet. Three trains are
s%now.bound at Rec heights, and there is =
reported collision between W. freights At
the same point. Minot, Dakota, reports the
storm raging there for t%wenty-four hours
and tie thermometer 15o below. All rail-
way travel is suspended. jamestown. Oak,
reports no trains moving on the main line of
the Northern Pacific. Groton, OAK, reports
the wind blowing = gale, the mercury 20o
below, and it is impossible to see more than
two rods.
FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-The fercest snow
storm, accompanied by high winds, set In
here early to-day, and continued until 10 to-
night, when it suddenly ceased. Advices
from Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska
report the prevalence all day Of similar
storms, accompanied in some sections by
severe cold. Trains are generally badly de-
layed, and in many cases abandoned entirely.
No reports of wrecks or suffering from the
inclement weather have yet been received.
."m-" osT IN ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 12.-Some untbinkiDg
teachers this afternoon dismissed young
school children, ONE Of whom had TO 60
four or five blocks across open land. Five
or six children got lost. Whistles were
blown, bells rung, and people turned out
and took long ropes and walked fifteen or
twenty abreast back and forth over the
ground. Thew have Just found two, the
others hsvir 6 not yet been discovered. The
mercury is four degrees below zero, and has
fallen %twenty-six degrees since 10 O'Clock.
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
ST. PAUL. Jan. 14.-The loss of life by
the blizzard Thursday is shown to have been
very great, by far the largest number of
casualties being reported from Dakota points.
The following summary made shows the
names of those who persisted, but later dis
patches will show others: ."@M""
In Dakota: Hitchcock, Emil Gilbertson;
Mitchell, Geo. Allan, Jas. Anderson; Minot,
Jas. Smith and two sons; Raymond, Wm.
Driver and two sons, Chas. Heath; Huron,
T. E. Gilkinson, Rowland Chambers, Emil
Gilman, Thomas and William Nelson and
an unknown man; Aberdeen, VIM. Love,
Judson Westgaie; Bowkle, NJ. Paine; Ros-
coe, Feter Peerhame; Virgil, Frank Nirison,
VIM. Nirison, Jos. Wilson; Iroquois, Mrs.
Devine, Adam Corner, ]. W. Goslee;
Brackston, W. B. Hadley; Delaware, Miss
Cora Curtis; Brookings, unknown young
man; Clarendon, Miss S~teenberner, of Am
herst, and three others missing: W%atertowD,
four farmers dead and three missing; Lester
Vile, tvo men and two children, names not
known. @m@- "m .".- m"@M
In Minnesota: Adrian, John Daring;
Luverne, John 10y. @. @~5"
In Iowa: Sioux City, unknown man !;
Wood, Mrs. Fitzgerald and two children.
In Nebraska: Omaha, Fred Eller, cigar
maker, . young lady, name not reported,
Wexell Beck, aged 8 years; Porter, George
W. Post; David City, . child of John Den
linger.
In Montana: Belgrade, William Overman;
Msrysvilie, Patrick Hanley.
YANKroN, OAK, Jan. 13.-In the storm
of Thursday several school children were
lost while returning from school. Farmers
returning from town were overtaken and
wandered helplessly over the prairie during
the night. Two men were frozen to death
At Lesterville, this county, and two others
1t the same place are in . critical condition.
Two children were frozen At Wakonda, Z
small town in IN adjoining county,
HURON, OAK, Jan. 14.-Rowland Cnam-
bers saved his son by burying him in the
snow, but himself persisted. When found
they were half = mile from the house, and a
large St. Bernard dog was with them. The
boy says the dog barked all night, and his
father called for help; that his father did not
die till an hour before the rescuing party
reached them. The boy is only slightly
frozen. A party of four that started for
Lake Byron an hour before the storm have
not been heard from.
TEACHER AND SCHOLARS LOST OR STORM
BOUND
DE SMET, OAK, jan. 14.-O. E. Stearns,
teaching school about six miles north Of
De Smet, with three children, were caught
In the blizzard and were out in the storm
twenty-five hours. The boy had his feet
frozen solid to the ankles. He walked 4
mile to . house. He will lose both feet.
One girl was so chilled she was unconscious
five hours after being found.
FAuLKToN, OAK, Jan. 13.-The most
terrific storm ever witnessed in this latitude
has been upon rs for the past 46 hours. I,
| reached its worst yesterday, and from 10