Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-16
CAUGHT IN THE COLD.
Great Loss of Life During
Thursdays Storm.
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.
The Weather Still Severe in Cali
fOrnia-Heavy Shows in
Arizona.

lASsOclaCcu PreSS Q1SpdtcneS TO the HERALD
LINCOLN, January 15.-Reports of
fatalities from Thursday'y storm are
still coming in. Mrs. P. Smith was
frozen to death at Woodham. John
Sparks, ex-member of the Legislature
was found frozen dead nine miles
from Beatrice. Emil Crossman, of
Peru, farm laborer, was found dead
within twenty yards of his house. A
child named Bedtime is reported miss
ing near Nebraska city.
All the trains are delayed.
DISTRESSING INCIDENTS.
ST. PAUL, January 15.-Additional
fatalities from the cold weather, re-
ported are : Adrain, MIMI, Mrs. Nut
son, of Bushmore, found frozen to
death. Two men at Pringham, La.
Two men between Marion Junction
and Bridgewater, one man near White
Lake, two boys and ninety-fve head
OF cattle near hardwood, Ia, and
four school children near Lennox.
HURON, OAK, January 15.-The
young son of James Newcomb return
ing from school has been found frozen.
Adam Corner, of Iroquois, has not
been heard from.
GARRY, OAK, January 15.-Chas.
Staltzenberg, of Altamont, started to
procure coffin for his dead son and
has not been heard from. The two
children of Joseph Hutchinson, living
west of here, persisted while going
home from school.
Sioux FALLS, January ia lady
teacher named jacobson and a pupil
named Ginde Crunslom, farmer
and two others, names not known,
have been found frozen to death in
this section.
YANKToN, OAK, January 15.-At
Lesterville Jacob Krutz died from
cold and his wife was badly frozen.
Frederick Milbeyer may die from ex-
posure. Another man, name I'M
known, is known to have been frozen.
Three deaths are reported from Tyn-
dali, Bonhomme county, and two
girls near Wakenda, Clay county.
FLANDREAN, Oak, January 15.-It
is reported that lady school teacher
in the northern part of this county
was frozen to death.
MILLER, OAK, January 15.-The
body of j. W. Cassler. a wealthy far
mer, lost in Thursdays blizzard, was
found this morning about two miles
from his house.
TAUNTON, Oak, January 10.
Emma Lamar, school teacher, south
west of here, and Carrie Uman, a
pupil, we're frozen to death on We'd
nesday night.
ALBERT LEA, Mimi, January d.
Last night was the coolest of the
season, the thermometer going as low
as AZ below. o. A. Egge of Harland
GVas frozen to death.
OMAHA, January 15.-The bodies of
an old lady, named Mrs. Chapman,
and her two grandchildren, lost on
Thursday near Stuart, Neb., were
found yesterday.
A TEXAS NoRTHER.
ST. LOUIS, January 15.-Dispatches
from a dozen points in northern Texas
say that the blizzard reached that
part OF the State yesterday afternoon,
and that the mercury fell from 40 to
65 degrees, reaching almost zero at
some points. A high wind prevailed
and sleet and snow fell in an unpre-
cedented manner. Advices from the
Panhandle say that the mercury fell
to 2 degrees above zero, and that cat
tie were drifting before the storm and
suffering badly.
LATEST REPoRTs-THE COLD CONTINUES.
ST. PAUL, Janua ry 15.-Last night
and to-day have been exceedingly
cold all over the Northwest. At
Brainard it was So below zero at 5
o'clo ok this morning, and at Bird
island 80 below this morning. AT
Eairbault it was AZ below last night;
at Duluth it was "a below to-day; and
at Clearwater it was 60 below this
morning.
THE TEMPERATURE AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, January 15.-Sixteen be-
low zero was recorded at the Gov
eminent thermometer here at mid
night, and there are indications that
the mercury will 60 much lower be-
fore daylight. Four below was the
highest temperature reached during
the day. The total absence OF wind
mitigates the cold materially. There
is much hardship in the poor districts
of the city, however, and the police
stations and other public shelters are
crowded to their utmost capacity by
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