Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-14
D." BEAUTIFUL SNOW"
Appalling Weather East
of the Rockies.
LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED.
FOrty-Seven Degrees Below Zero
Registered at Some Points
in Dakota.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

show that many cities are completely
shut off from railway communication
with the outside world. At Superior
no mails have been received for sc
hours. The thermometer registered
81 below zero this morning, and al
trains on the Northern Pacific are
snow-bound or abandoned. No trains
have reached Madison since yester
day.
BAD FOR TRAFFIC.
ST. PAUL, January 13.-Weathel
reports early this morning from vari.
GUS points along the railroad were
discouraging and it was decided to
abandon running trains. 1t is thought
that some of the branch lines in
Minnesota and Dakota will be closed
for six weeks. 1t is feared the worst
is to come. The wind is blowing
hard on all the lines to-day and the
cuts are being filled as fast as they
are cleaned out. The storm of yester-
day is now raging in Iowa, and a
storm is expected to strike Minnesota
on Sunday, in which case there is no
telling what the result will be. 1t is
raging in Idaho to-day with the Their
mometer at various points along the
Northern Pacific as low as 10 degrees
below zero.
MANITOBA REPORTS
From the Northwest indicate a cold
wave with high wind coming from
that direction. In fact things look so
dubious that railroad men will not
venture an opinion when traffic will
be resumed. Each line is putting
forth every exertion to keep the Chi
cago lines open, but even that is
almost an impossibility.
AT noon to-day no trains had come
in. AT Fergus Falls, Mimi, the Their
is 30 degrees below zero.
All the schools are closed.
At Duluth, Mimi, yesterday after
Moons st. Paul trains got in this
No Northern Pacific trains
have arrived or departed.
At Clear Lake, Mimi, the north and
Northern Pacific trains
are showed in.
At Crockton there has been no train
ior two days. 1t began blowing yes
,erday, and piled the snow in drifts
eighteen feet high.
At Fargo the storm yesterday was
,he worst in eight years, with the
mercury AZ degrees below zero and a
blowing.
The jamestown and Northern
branch of the Northern Pacific is en-
;irely stopped this morning. The
force is now mostly spent,
md trains will soon be running regu-
arly.
GENERAL SUFFERING.
MINNEAPOLIS, January 13.-Reports
rom all over the Northwest indicate
hat the prevailing blizzard is the
worst and most extended of the sea-
ION. Its area of operations is from
he Rockies to Lake Michigan, but
and Dakota are the worst
sufferers. On the roads running west
rom here all freights are abandoned
md passenger trains run at long in
ervals, though every effort is made
% keep them moving.
FURIOUS GALES BLOWING.
FAULKToN, Oak. January 13.-The
most terrific storm ever witnessed in
his latitude has been upon us for the
asst forty-eight hours. 1t reached its
worst yesterday, and from 10 O'Clock
until dark there was not ten minutes
hat buildings on the opposite side of
;he street could be seen. The air
was full of snow and the wind blow
ing a gale from northeast. The mer-
curry gradually dropped from about 10
above to 16 below. At dark last
night the teachers and most OF the
school of two lower departments OF
our school were compelled to remain
in the schoolroom all night, provisions
being carried to them. Ropes were
stretched from the corner of Main
street to the schoolhouse, enabling
hose carrying provisions to go and
come with safety.
MANY LIVES LOST.
OMAHA, January 13.-The effect of
The present storm in Omaha has been
most disastrous. Frederick Ellen,
was found frozen to death
at 3 O'Clock this morning within a
block of his clearinghouse. Two
school children started for their homes
about o'clock yesterday afternoon
and have not been heard of since.
A large number OF people went over
to Council Bluffs yesterday, and last
night it was reported that number
had been lost in the snow in attempt
ing to return. All have been &C.
counted for, however, except one
young lady, and it is feared that she
has persisted. The thermometer is
sixteen degrees below zero tonight
and rapidly falling.
LULL IN TIE STORM.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, January
13.-The blizzard has subsidized and is
succeeded by intense cold, the roads
are drifted full and business is at a
MINcH, OAK, January 13.-No
trains are moving yet. The storm
has abated, but the winds are still
blowing. 1t was 80 degrees below
here this morning. There are four
teen inches of snow on the Level. James
Smith and two sons, aged Is and II
started for a load of hay six miles
from town on the 18th and have not
since been heard from. Search
parties were sent out to-day. Several
other people are missing, but are sup
posed to have taken refuge in claim
shanties.
JAMESTOWN, OAK, January 49,
The storm still continues, although
much abated. Yesterdays west-bound
limited showed up at Wheatland all
day, arrived this evening about AZ
hours late. The Northern Pacific
main line and branches are al
blockaded and all trains are delayed
from IL to SO hours.
sTOCKMEN IN BAD LUCK.
RAYMOND, Dak., January 18th,
damage to live stock will be great
and reports of suffering and dealt