Telegram-herald., 1888-01-15
THE GREAT BLIZZARD
POOR CHILDREN FROZEN TO DEATH
Terrible storms sn Threash the Sorsn.
~sss-n~ns hsiiEesd Trains fsiscksa-
fhs ssorn's B.ok nrsk.1-
fssins Mosang Again.

GARRISON. Neb Jan. is-fhres children
OF John Dsnhnser. going hoslis isezs school
during the storm yesterday. iost lhsir way
aud remained out al night WAtn they
were found this morning one Was fi0zaI 20
death. The other two NAV remover
CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-The st0rm al Salths
Yesterday hlockAdea tue hishways. shs
drifts IN some places beng fifteen ieei deep.
No trains on the Illinois Ceatrsi or ihs Chi-
osgo Northwestern reached there yeslsr~
cay. The blockade on the latter road he.
tween Galena aud Msdison WIN not he
RAISED f0f several days. hiOoR about No
wsaqua suffered intensely from tie sudaen
change IA temperature. and Bunber of
losses bs freezing are reported by israers.
OMAHA Jan. ls-fred EileI a cigar
maker, was tIoxen 10 death within block
Of has boSrdi9g house yesterday. Meren
Beck snd George Allen. school children,
have not been heard from since leaving
school Thursday afternoon, A young lady
who left here iof Council Bluffs Thursday
night Is supposed 10 have persisted ia tia
storm.
SIOUX Cry, IOra. Jan. ls.--A Gre broke
out IN the business psri OF town Yesterday
while the blizzard ragged. and many Ere-
men were badly frozen.
News from Barkston, Dakota, reports w.
Il. Bescley, business man 0f thai village
was frozen Ia death.
HITcHoocG. -. T.. Jan. a.. Emil gilbert.
son lett here Wednesday Tor his "ciai0,v
several miles northwest. lie wss found
yesterday frozen 10 death. James smith,
OF Minot, and bis two sons. IS and ~ re-
spectisely. started for Their farm THURSDAY
and have not been seen since. Charles
Inaf s.fD = !
Clark was found on the prairie badly
frozen. William Drivers Two sons wefs
frozen 20 death within n short dislano~ "a
the barn. John Fitzgerald two caiI dfea
perisbec while going nome from school.
ADRIAN, MINI. Jan. IA number Of
farnaeSs who left this village THURSDAY
afternoon are reported lost. Fifty lvilsrss
have been searching for the lost nien. sat
without results thus far.
ST. PAUL, Nina, Jan. 1.-THE tt0rm
cleared up yesterday, but railroad usfic is
st stxndstili. one train came .n over the
Wisconsin Central road. hauled by tour e5i-
gines. One or two roads sent out iiains sl
time last night.
FkULKToH. ID. T., Jan. is-rhs siorn
was the worst ever seen here. The mercury
dropped twenty-six degrees IN twelve hours.
The teachers and most - the scholars 70
mained in the school building al Thurseav
who followed ropes stretched from the mni1s
street Of the village 20 The school house.
The depot agent and has assistants wsrs
compelled ~ remain ia tie sistlcR al
night.
ALBuoUKEquE. y. NJ. Jan. IA heavy
fall of snow between FizEstsa aud Will
ians has caused n Suspension ln busineUs
on the Atlantic & Pscinc road. j. viii be
seve raj DAYS before trs fic wi resume.
MTEHEAPoLgs Mipn- IAN. 4.-Ths
storms back is broken and the railroads
have gone patiently 10 work 20 burrow
their way through the hard packed crifls.
The snow is as bard snd heavy - ssro ard
battles the snow piows. Pacific trains came
in this morning eighty and hftg hours late.
One OF them had been showed ln hiiy
miles west OF here for seventy two bours.
The Northern Pacific has bad excellent
opportunity 10 test the rotary SNOW plows.
and with entire success. over 20 miles q
| track in Dakota. With snov syersRiEg hf-
| teen feet deep. have becD clesret BY oas
plow IN sixteen hours. This Is az anpE>
/ sIleleo achievement.