Telegram-herald., 1888-01-25
THE AWFUL BLIZZARD
a GRAPHIC LETTER FROM DAKOTA.
fssstsi Experiences Related ss I~as IA
. Letter 20 Her sister ia fnis City
Facts AiAost 100 Tsrr1bis
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A lady IA this city has just received
letter from her sister, who lives al Gary.
Dakota. which gives graphic description
OF some incidents Of the recent terrible
billiards. in that region. The letter is dated
January 10. The writer SAYS.
i suppose you have Oy this time seen
the general account Of oUr dreadful storm.
Well, i don't suppose the half has been
told The morning OF tAs storia VAS oas
OF the most comfortable and still that We
had teen for some time, and 50 almost
everyone started out 10 town on every pos-
sible efrsnd that farmers could be on who
bad been compelled for 40 long 10 remain
al home and do As little outdoor work As
they could. Ii com menced 10 snow . sgill,
warm, melting snow about o'clock. After
showing for an hour the storm struck Us al
most like \ hurriexne. and such q buEZing.
roaring tumult OF snow ss ragged around
Us! Why. we could not see three feet
anead. Paul had been out ali the morning
helping one OF tue neighb0rs dig through
10 the creek. Well, Paul got into the ROAD
IN front Of our house when the storm
struck him, and he said he could not see
thing bet be knew where The house was.
and so be ran for IL and struck IL all right.
When be came ia he said be left Mr.. Grit
nng at the creek watering MS team. and
probably he would not get home; 80 We. OF
course, worried ali the evening about him,
but We knew no mortal could 90 out, not
even TO the barn TO feed the cattle. So all
We could do was to talk and wait Fortu-
nately, the storm subsided the next day
about noon, and then Paul went
over to see about Mr.. Grifiing, and
sure enough he did not get home.
But a man came soon, saying he was all
right. he had wandered around and final
ly came upon an old granery on q place un-
occupied and got his team into il and by
keeping himself at work all night, had kept
from freezing. Mr.. Walsby, who had
stopped at Mr. Grithng's, starred for home
when he saw that it was storming, and he
said inside of FIVE minutes he was entirely
lost, and he just cbanced in his rambling TO
strike Mr.. Griflihg's grove and then he
knew about where the house stood and he
made for it. Around our houses here for
about the space of six feet the WIND keeps
the snow whirled away and forms hign
banks. Well, he never saw the house until
he fell over that bank and struck the house.
and he said be didn't believe he could have
breathed many minutes longer, the wind SO
completely took his breath. He had 10
stay until the next day and his wife was
alone. awfully frightened.
Today | got dinner for nine men who
were out hunting for two boys who were
lost in the storm going home from school.
about six miles from us. They had tracked
them down TO our straw stack and then
they mad turned and gone right through
our garden and on across the creek and as
they had been hunting for five days and
this was the first time they had got on
their track, they were nearly exhausted.
got them q warm dinner and they went
on. l feel very anxious about the result.
Htasar fHs- oN
boy was thirteen and the other ten years
old 1t is dreadful 10 think of when we
realize the fearful night, so awful cold with
such wind.
Two girls, one a teacher were going
home from school, just west OF us, and the
girl got within four rods of home and fell
down insensible. The dog ran out and
bsrked and made such q fuss, the father
went out and found the dog right on the
top of the girl barking with ali his force,
and they carried her in and she is all right,