Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-16


within half g mile Of Sioux Falls. and
escaped With his life. but considerably
frosted. Another man wss found Friday
standing erect at the side OF q barn four
and one-halt miles northwest Of Sioux
Falls. He was swollen to such q great
extent as TO render his .couptenance nm
recognizable.
AT DE sMET.
De Smet reports the worst blizzard Tor
years. 1t struck the town at one O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. j. N. Tewsy
started south, and being unable to and
his way stayed under his wagon box all
night. When found Friday morning he
was nearly overcome by the cold. Another
man, Jas. Dow, lost his way, but came
to a house and got in. The thermometer
was 80 below Friday morning.
Al FAULKToN.
For forty-eiRht hours the mosf terrific
storm ever known at Faulkton ragged,
reaching its climax Thursday, when
from 10 O'Clock in the morning until
dark there was not ten minutes that
buildings could be seen across 8 street,
The air was full of snow and the wind
blowing o gale from the northwest. The
mercury gradually dropped from about
ten above to sixteen below ct dark
Thursday night. The teachers and most
OF the scholars Of the two lower depart
ments Of the Faulkton schools
we're compelled to remain in n
OF the school rooms all night, provisions
being carried TO them. Ropes were
stretched from the corner OF Main street
to the school house to enable those
carrying provisions to 60 and come with
safety. Ii was impossible to reach the
railroad station at 4 O'Clock, and the
agent and several Others were compelled
to remain over uieht without dinner or
supper. No debate reports oil loss Of
life have been received, though it is be-
lieved that some must have persisted.
AT RAYMOND.
at Raymond, in CLARK county, reports
Of suffering and death are constantly
coming in. Two sons of VIM. Driver
were frozen to death within 9 few feet cf
their barn. Charles Heath is missing
and ]. FL. Clapp has been discovered
badly frozen, having been out ali OF
Thursday night wandering upon the
prairres. The elevator OF Archer g.
Howe vas blown down with 1900
bushels of grain, Other minor CASUAL
ties are reported.
IN NORTHERN DAKOTA
the severity OF the storm was even
greater shan in the Ronth. High wind,
and low Thermometer prevailed. At
Minos II was thirty-six below zero, at
Jamestown twenty-seven below, al
Bismarck thirty below Friday morning,
wnile the wind attained q velocity OF
from forty to sixty miles an hour.
At Minot Jas. Smith and two som
sgsd 10 Rnd-i II, started ioF ai5sd d s
six miles from town ON the 18th, and
have not since been heard from.
Searching parties are out. Several
other people are missing, but are
supposed to have taken refuge ia
claim Bhanties.
Bismarck sdvices state that Thursday
morning q stags left sWashburne,
fifty miles northwest Of Bismarck
for Bismarck and should have
arrived there Thursday evening. but
nothing has yet been heard Of IL. 10 ia
supposed chat IL is lost in the blizsard.
The stage Left for Winona Friday morn
ing, and great Fears are entertained for
its safe arrival.
Section gangs are working on the
snowdrifts on fhe Northern Pacific:
The snow ia packed very hard, and as
the enowpiows will not 60 through it, it
has to be shoveled cut Of the way.
OUTSIDE OF DAKOTA.
The storm wns general over the north
west and equally sever every where. In
Manitoba, Montana and Idaho il reach
cd the Dimensions of a blizzard more
severs than any previous blizzard ON
record. The mercury was down to forty
below. All railroads leading into st.
Paul we're blooksded and over Minneso-
to and Iowa the same conditions prevails
ed which were the characteristioslof the
storm in Dakota. Wisconsin,, Illinois
and Michigan received the full force Of
the storm. Nebraska shared the Dakota
experience and southward into Kansas,
Colorado and New Mexico there was
heavy snow and low thermometer. The
Union Pacific, Aschison, Topeka. 8 Santa
Fe and Atlantic 4 Pacific railroads were
blockaded. In Sioux City, Council
Bluffs and Omaha people were lost in
snc~ drifts and frozen.