New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-21
NUMBER OF LIVES LOST, 235.
THE WORK OF THE WESTERN BLIZZARD.


NEioHBoRHooD WITHOUT FUEL-THE WEATHER
NO" COLD But WITHOUT VIOLENT STORM.
81 PAUL Jan. 20-An evening paper figures the
loss OF life in tho blizzard 235 It reported from
Fermillion Oak, that thirty persons frozen
10 death In Lake County, and that tho local authori
ties arc suppressng the news. An unknown man
was found frozen to DEATH three feet from John Wards
door, near Fulda, Mnn. George Dow, living a
tree claim In Mobiles County, Mimi. went out with his
brother-in-law and both were lost.
dispatch from Browns Valley Mlnn SAYS ::
We have been bockaded for three weeks. Unless
a train comes In with fuel within two dayysfhere Will
be suffering here. There IS wood nor coal in the
market There IS more suffering in the country than
In town. The opinion is general that the railroad
authorities have been remiss In delaying the opening Of
the road Men are working toward us from Morris.
but none are put on this end OF the lne.'
Dispatches to The Pioneer indicate that tho DAYS
storm In Southern Daksta and Minnesota while severe
and accom- panied bv extreme ced not to be cassed
as genuine blizzard and is not likely to be followed by
the disastrous consequences Of lis immediate prsde
cessor 1t has however, again filed up the cuts and
suspended railway traffic. To-nights weather report
shows the following conditions at the points nased St
Paul. Thermometer 1so below, clsudy; winsna. Nina,
260 below St Vncent, Mimi. 800 below clear Huron,
DaE ZOE sslsv. fair; Yanktah OAK, 100 below. fair ;
Bismarck. 26o below, clear Helena 100 below. snsw;
Qu Appelle, W. t. $40 teow, clear Fort Garry, 360
below, clear
here the worst term Of the ragsd all night AID
the thernsnstsr as low 90 below Trains
are all late No fatalities are reported.
OrTUMwA. Iowa. Jan. 20-The cold wave reached here
yesterday aerussn and the thermometer fell 10 l2'
below ger" last night Trains ab,ut time.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Jan 19.The mercury Is 15o below
at midnight and all railroads tied up, except the
Sioux City and Pacific, because OF the drifting
MUsCArISE, Iowa, Jan. 20.-The mercury dropped to
10o below this morning There is no storm as yet and
trains are running on time
MARsHALLrowN Iowa. jan 20.-The cold wave
accompanied by high wind. but The tsmperat-
reached l9 below last night The snow affects all
roads in Central Iowa less. The Northwestern
is opsn, but trains delayed Beth the Central Iowa
and Chicago St Paul an Kansas City have had frelghts
in the since yesterday preventing the passage OF
through trains.
LACROSSE, Wis. Jan. 2O-Ths cold spell which had ts
beginning Friday January 49, the most severe and
continuous in the history Of ths city. With single
cspon tAe mercury has not been above sace Jan
and for four successive days AMI nights the ten-
pcrature did not get abvvs I4o below Zero spirit
Thermometer registered 45 below the street hero last
Monday msrning, which has bssn equalled but once
since the Signal Service established here sixteen
ago Freight trains abandoned on tue roads
for three days enling Msnlay AMI passenger trains
have been indefinitely delayed all lines No less Of
life has occurred.
MADISON Wis, JAN 20.-Ths minimum temperature
last night 40 below At o'clock to-day 1t was
l2o below and 10 Dslow Tho air is as clear as
bell and the predicted blizzard is apparently aos
could we'll be-