Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-01-20
The DREADFUL BILLIARDS. FATAL WORK.

The terrible snow storm which
started last Wednesday and swept
over the Northwest l. now over, ana
the victims of its fury are being
counted. Already the list OF lives lost
is over n hundred, and this number
will :: i'll further be swelted. Al sun
rise last w rdnesday Dakota never had
More lovely winter weather. Inc air
was clear as crystal. and every object
about the horizon was distinctly vlSl-
bile. The wind was from the south,
warm and balmy, and before the sun
was high in the sky decided thaw
had set in. Farmers took advantage
of the beautiful weather TO go TO
town. TO draw wood, hay, &c About
noon cloud was seen along the
northwestern horizon, lying close to
the ground, but stretching from the
west TO the north in dark semicircle
Little attention was paid 10 1t, but Ill
an hour the cloud had swept over the
country. the sun was obscured, the
snow was falling fast, and gale was
sweeping from the northwest with
terrible fury-the blizzard had be
gun. The mercury fell rapidly, and
bv ) o'clock it was - degrees below
zero. and the next morning IL regis
tered 30 degrees below. All the while
the wind increased in fury, the snow
fell thicker and the large amount OF
snow that was already on the ground
was blown into powder ana hurried
along by the wind. On the prairie an
object forty feet distant could not be
seen. 4 mans voice could not be
heard six feet distant. The ar was
full of snow as fine aS flour, ana the
roaring of the wind and the darkness
caused by so much snow III the air
made the scene the most dismal,
drear and forsaken that man ever
looked upon. Every railroad III Da-
kota, Minnesota, and many III Iowa,
Nebraska. Wisconsin and other States
were blocked. Telegraph wires every
where were down, and it was not UNI
til Saturday that the full extent and
awful results of the storm became APP
parent The telegraph hourly brings
The most pitiful stories of suffering,
terrible struggles for life and heroic
deeds by the brave men and women
of the storm-stricken sections that
have never been equaled
Mary Cornell, a little school teacher,
near Gavour, started home with two
of her pupils, a boy and girl. The
bow left them dperished. Miss Con
nell put her dress folds about the ut
tie girl and made her walk all night,
sheltering her charge with her BODY
They were found the next morning
alive. but terribly frozen. Another
teacher, Miss Jacobson, near Stoleh,
started home with little girl, and
both persisted. When found Miss
Jacobson was crouched in a little hol
low in the ground with her arms about
the little cir and her dress skirt was
wrapped about her. Her own bonnet
was off her head and har naLu
clutchcd her dress a. hrr thr,a'- h...
there was a smile on u"T a. 'N'
children. boy and 81. y I"''"a
Hutchinson. near CARR L. Nri~ i.-t
going home from 'hDOi "ebiN-.l'C
men AT once Slar,.d oa :IA .Sar"E Ipr
them and the mo 90. rpHid nIt y"
kept from going ai"LA;. me / OF
woman was win the party who I"'iid
+hru Jney wrr lyin,t close togeluer
and To- boz had nj sister : hands be-
~ a. All own.
Thur ,lav forenoon. just before the
blizzard party of seven farmers
aootu - miles northeast OF 81. Paul.
started for tn ir homes havi g been
ther. with wA'a' The report comes
rilar the bodies ii four of them have
b.en found dead Searching parties
are OUT looking for the others. rs:
knutson, of RushmOre, was fou d
frozen TO d-ath within forty feet OF
her door der husband vas absent,
and becoming uneasy, she started in
search OF min, losing her life in the
act.
These are but a few of the many
terrible stories which have come in
the majority of which have been
briefly mentioned before in the dis
patches. a number of the dead had
the appearance of having died from
suffocation. Some had torn their
clothing away from their threats and
others had thrown away their head
covering and were clutching at their
throats as though struggling for
breath. During q genuine blizzard
the air is filled with fine ice dust,
driven with terrific force, which
chokes the unfortunate victim in a
short time if he attempts to stand
against it.
The latest reports show that every
dav more persons are being found
frozen, and it is thought that not less
than two hundred lives have been lost.