The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-01-19
SlIkO|I)y on SNOW !
Appalling List Of Cssuaii-
ties Caused by the Biz
Zgrd that Ragged
in the West.
Nearly Two Hundred Persons
BeiieYeG TO EEaye Per
is5sca DIaring t.se
Es0rRs

CnrcAeo, Jan. 16.-The Storm
which swept over the entire coun-
try from the Northwest last week
has been followed by a freeze, the
Ike of which has not been expert
onced since the memora bic winter of
1864. The area of unusual cold has
been general, extending from the
extreme northern lines of telegraph
communication as far south as Tex
as and the Gulf States. Extreme
suffering is reported from all direc-
tions, especially in Minnesso!a, Da-
kota, Montana and Nebraska,
where n,arv lives have been lost.
In Kansas thousands are suffering
for want of both fuel and food. and
in some counties MD is needed to
save many from actual starvation.
The storm, while OF course less Sc
we're in Arkansas, Texas and other
Southern states. still found the peo-
pie there unprepared for it and
much suffering resulted.
Crops end live stock have every
where suffered more or less. Satur-
day night dispatches indicated that
many people had frozen to death,
particularly IN Minnesota. Nebras-
ka and Northwestern territories.
Last night. reports sweiled the
death roll until there was over one
hundred people known to nave per-
ished in Dakota, Minnesota, Neb-
raska and Montana. All the dis
patches indicated that the death
lists are still tar from complete.
TEkRoEs o THE BLIZZARD.
eT. PAUL. Minn., Jan. 16.-The
terrible storm which has su opt o=sr
the Northwest, ,blOckading railroads
| IN five states, Is now over and the
| victims of lis fury are beng counted.
The pitiful list is growing almost
every hour. 1t is &c; Improbable,
when the record Is complete, it will
show a hundred lives sacrificed to
the awful fury of the blizzard. Next
to this, the worst blizzard that the
Northwest ever experienced occur
red January Z, s and 9, 1873. In
that storm seventy people were fro-
zen ia death and thousands of dollars
worth OF property destroyed. The
present storm promised to be even
more terrio ole in its results. 1t came
without warning. At sunrise last
Wednesday Dakota never had more
lovely winter weather. The air
was clear as crystal and every OBJ
iect about the hor!zon WAS distinct.
iy visible. The wind, was from the
South, warm and baimy, and before
the sna was high in tho sky, de-
cidcd thaw had set in. Farmers
took .sdvantnge of the beautiful
weather to 60 TO town to draw wood,
hay. etc. About noon cloud was
seen along the Northwestern hori-
zon. lying close TO the ground but
stretching from the west to the
nor. h IN a dark semi circle. Little
attention was paid to it. bat in al
h. ur the cloud had swept over the
country, the sun was obscured, the
snow was falling fast, and the ga's
was sweeping from the northwes
with terrible fury-the blizzard hat
begun. Tho mercury fell rapidly
| and by 5 O'Clock 1t wac Is degree!
below zero and the next morning /
registered 50 degrees below
All the while the wind increases
in fury, the srow fell thicker. ant
the large amount OF snow that 'wa
already on the ground was blow
into powder and hurled along b.
the wind. On the prairie an ohjec
) forty feet away could not be seer
; 4 mans voice could not he hear
SIX fee: away. The air was fnilo
snow as fine ss -four. and the roar
j, ing of the wind and the darkDes
caused by so much snow IN. the all
made the scene the most disma
and forsaken that man ever locke
!, upon, Every railroad in Dakofs
minnesota, and many Iowa, Neb
r-ska and Wisconsin railroads wer
b!ockaded TIE telegraph w;rt
6 everywhere We're down. ard it va
not until Saturday tha; tie full ?,
lent and awful results of the s;orl
became apparent.
|" The telegraph hourly brings ii
e most pititul stories OF suffer- ng. to
y rib o struggles for life and hero
d deeds by the brave men ana wome
= of the storm stricken sections ,h
y has never been eqnaied.
=, Nary Connel, 4 sc!ioo' teach
.s near Cavonr, started home Wi
Il Two OF her pupils. a boy and
i girl. The bow LEI; them and Pc
ished. Miss Connel put her dre
folds abont ihe little girl az
:, made her walk all night ana she
taring he- charge with her bod
They we're i0Gnd next mOrnIi
alive, hut horribly frozen. a.
other teacher. Miss jacobson,
ST. OiiE. started hone with a /
= tie girl aud both perished. Wht
found. Bliss jacobson was cronc
ed in e little hollow nfihe Sroul
- with her arms aJoat Tie lit.
girl and her dress skirt W
|. wrapped about her. her ov
:. bonnet was elf her head and Ii