Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-26
THE BLIZZARD.
Two Hundred and Seventeen Deaths
Reported.
Narrowing Tales OF Terrible Suffer-
Ing From Dakota and Else.
where.

ST. PAUL. Jan. 1S-I Is figured out
that there have been 2l7 deaths caused
by the blizzard. The remains Of many
people who are missing may not be found
until the snow thaws in the spring, the
bodies being covered by the deep drifts
that formed over them. The following
new cases are reported from Dakota. A
hired man and a 7-year-old child near
Canton; Lewis Forsyth, near the State
line in the vicinity of Crystal City; man
named Tysland, near Brookngs, who
went to the well to water stock and per-
ished twenty feet from his house; Auna
Anderson, school girl, near Chamber
land; Maggie Dun. Of Hand county. The
story from Aberdeen that school teacher
and sixteen children had frozen to death
is false. The body of James Reed, living
near Hatton, is found, Mrs. Lupkc, living
near Hutchinson Mimi. who was frozen
Tuesday, has just died in horrible agony.
Yankton reports that the storm was sc.
we're about Sauker Agency. Neb,. and
that some lives were lost and there was
great damage to stock. j. Milbyer,
frozen at Lcstcrville, Oak, died this
morning, Harold Baker. an English boy.
left Yankton the day of the storm for his
ranch in Nebraska, and has not been
found. Two men living west of Willow
City, Dakota, are missing. The wife
of one became insane through anxiety
Flandrcau, Dakota, reports the finding
of the body of Mrs. Owens not far from.
Wentworth. The body of child frozen
20 death when fouEd had been partially
devoured by wolves.
OMAHA, Jan. 17.-Charles Gray, living
near Tekamah, died to- day from exposure
in Thursdays storm He walked all
night between his horses to keep from
freezing, and was found half mile from
home by neighbors, badly frozen. Edwin
Record, living five miles from Norfolk
was found on the prairie dead to-day
He had left his brothers house Thursday
on foot, but had only gone mile when
he was overcome by the cold. Hem
Keickhafer. living two miles from Fc
ter, and his son started out during t.
storm to drive their cattle out of the corn
stalks into the yard They lost their way
and wandered two miles east. where their
bodies were found to-day lying side by
side. They had passed two houses but a
few rods away. Miss Louie Royce, n
school teacher eight miles from Plainview,
had but three pupils on the day of the
storm. She started at 2 q clock with the
children for house about twenty rods
distant, but lost her way. All laid down
in the snow and Miss Royce wrapped up
the little ones as best she could. Early in
the night one child died, later a second
one. and just as morning broke the
third child succumbed to the cold. Miss
Royce then managed to reach the house,
less than twenty rods away, Both her
feet are badly frozen and will probably
have to be amputated. A school teacher
and eight children. names unknown. are
reported from Neigh to have persisted
Five men named Sickle, brothers. are
reported from the same place to have
been frozen to DEATH also an old man
named Close and boy named Miller.
Mrs Miller the boys mother, was also
badly frozen, and will lose both legs.
She was returning from the funeral Of
another son when caught in the storm.
LEIGHTON, Jan. 17.-Last evening w.
II. Lamar, of this place, received a
telegram from Dakota announcing that
his daughter Ella, who bad been teaching
school there for some time, in attempting
to go from her school to her boarding
place had got lost in the blizzard last
Thursday and was frozen to death. She
had lived in this neighborhood for num-
Der of years and was highly respected by
all who knew her. Mr. and Mrs Lamar
and the brothers and sisters have the
sympathy of the entire community. Her
remains will be brought here for inter
ment. One of Elias scholars, little
girl, was with her and was also frozen to
death