St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-14
The Terrible Experience of a
Family of Children Near
Redfield, Oak.
Railroads of the Northwest
Abandon About All of Their
Trains Temporarily.
A Complete Resumption Of
Traffic Not Expected Till
Next Week.
Special 10 the Globe.

CHStldA ~ lAIS N4Obc
Huron, Oak, Jan. 1S.-Thursday'
storm subsidized at daylight this morning.
1t was the worst ever known in this
section of Dakota. Reports from the
country give accounts of persons freeZ-
ing. Those known to have periShed are
Emil GibbertSOn, a single man living
three miles west of Altoona. He left
Altoona Wednesday for his claim, eleven
miles southwest. He formerly lived in
Chicago. Thomas E. Gilkeson, living
two miles south of Huron, went out
with hired man named GOse for load
of hay. They started for the
house and got lost. They
tied the team to the wagon.
and each started cut for himself. GOse
wandered round most of the afternoon,
reaching the house badly frozen. Gilke
son has not been found, though party
has been searching all afternoon.
Rowland Chambers. living six miles
northwest, went to the school house for
his son, less than mile away. After
getting the boy both started home, but
got lost. Chambers froze to death, but
the boy got home with his face, hands
and feet badly frozen. The body of an
unknown man was found near Virgil,
twelve miles southwest of here, taken
to the depot at that town and the
coroner notified. Julius Newatney, a
butcher, went to a slaughter house.
Before finishing his work the storm
came up. He started for home
on horse, but the animal refused to face
the storm and he went back to the
slaughter house. He remained all night
and came to town this morning with his
hands, face and feet badly frozen: No
other casualties are reported, though
several parties are yet missing.
Wednesday at o'clock in the morning
the temperature was 2 deg. below zero.
AT the same time next morning
it was 10 deg. above and at 10 p.
m. II deg. below. At o'clock
Friday a. m. it was % deg. below.
At 40 Thursday forenoon the velocity
of wind was twelve miles an hour di-
Tectly from the south. Railroad Super
intendent Oliver is trying to get snow
plow through from Iroquois, but makes
little progress.
Thursdays west train is at Rec
Heights. The train from the north is at
Altoona; from the south, at Villas: from
the east, four miles east of Balaton.
The latter had thirty-five passengers,
most of whom were taken to BalatOn in
teams. Several feared to go and re-
manned in the cars. Provisions were
sent them. The passengers Oh the Villas
train are all safe.
SEVERAL FARMERS MISSING.
Special TO the Globe.
ADRIAN, Mimi, Jan. 13-One of the
severest snow storms which has ever
struck the Northwest reached here yes
terday afte rnOon, at o'clock. 1t had
been showing and blowing from the
south steadily all day, when it suddenly
Veered to the north. The great Janu-
airy storm of the winter of rs
IA was not more severe, only
lasting longer. The thermometer stead
lily went down, and at o'clock this
morning stood at 80. Several farm
erS were in town, and left town only a
short time before the storm came down,
some living from twelve to twenty miles
distant, and if all are not lost it will be
a miracle. A party of forty OF fifty men
are searching for them although the
storm is still hard and the cold intense.
BADLY FROZEN.
Special to the Globe.
LUvERNE, Minn., Jan. 13.-Two men
and team were caught on the prairie
northeast of this place in the terrible
blizzard of last night. The men stayed
in the sleigh and wandered about on
the prairie until 2 o'clock in the morn
ing when they chanced upon vacant
house, where they remained until day
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neighbOr's house. Both men are badly
frozen, whether fatally so is not known
at this writing.
John 10y, an employe on the farm of
Senator A. NJ. Crosby, near Luverne,
was frozen to death in the great blizzard
last night. Full particulars are not
known at this writing, but it is sup
posed that 10y had taken the cattle to
water, about half a mile from the
house, and was overtaken by the
blizzard and lost his way in the
binding storm. 10y was about fifty
years of age and unmarried. He was a
Fifth Minnesota, Hubbard'S old regi-
ment.
The blizzard, which exceeded in fury
anything of its kind since the memOr-
able January blizzard of 1878, was inau-
gurated about o'clock yesterday after
noon and ragged with unprecedented vio-
lence until o'clock this morning. The
mercury in the meantime sunk to "a deg.
below zero. All travel is suspended,
and there is great apprehension lest
some people may have been caught Oh
the prairie and perished in the storm.
TWO FATALITIES.
Special to the Globe.
MITCHELL, Dak., Jan. 13.-George F.
Allen and boy, living three miles from
Mitchell, were out getting load of hay
when the storm overlook them, and the
boy was frozen to death and Aliens feet
aud arms We're badly frozen. The old
est resident of this section never saw a
blizzard which equaled in severity that
OF yesterday and last night 1t is re-
ported that trackman on the Omaha
railway perished.
TWO CHILDREN PERISH.
Special TO the Globe.
CANTON, Oak, Jan. 13.-Two children
OF Mr.. Fitzgerald, at Inwood, To-, were