The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-01-18
Horrible Ioss of Life.

o. IAULs jar uary LINE loss OF life
by the great blizzard OF Thursday isshoWn
to have been very great, by far the largest
number of casualties being repor ed from
Dakota points. Following is a summary
of dead Snd missing, thirty-six in ALL bat
as will be seen by the special dispatches
received to-day ana tonight, the list viii
be largely augmented when the returns
are'all in: At Adrian Minn., John Caring;
Hitchcoekl OAK, Emil Gilbersou; Mitch
ell, OAK, George Allen, Jr., Joseph Ander-
con; Ninot, Oak, James Smith and two
sons, Raymond. Oak, William. Drivers
two sons Charles Heath; Omaha, Neb.,
Fred Eller, cigar-maker, young
lady, name not reported,
WexweIl Beck, eyed eight years;
Poster, Neb., George W. Post; David City,
Neb., child OF John DenlIDger; Sioux CITY,
Ia, unknown man; Belgrade, Mont, Wm.
Overman; Marysville, Mont, Patrick Han
ley; Huron, Oak, Thomas E. Gilkesou,
Rowland Chambers; Luverne. Mimi, John
10y; Inwood, Ia, Mr.. Fitzgerald's two
children; Aberdeen, Dak., William Love,
Judson Westgate; Bowdie, OAK, Mr.. Paine;
Roscoe, OAK, Peter Terhune; Vergiu. Oak,
Frank Nierson, VIM. Nierson, JOS Wilson:
Ircquois, Oak, Mrs. Devine, Adam Corner,
g. W. Goslee; BerkssoD, Oak, w. r.
Headlee; Delamere, OAK, Miss Cora Cur
lis.
A Brooks, OAK. special says: ga young
man started from here TO go into the
country Thursday, aud connot be found,
II is feared that he has persisted. Several
others had narrow escapes" A Clare
mont, OAK, special reports four persons
]ost in the blizzard, but without particu
lars, except in the case of Miss Slime.
burn, of Amherst, who was out all night,
and can hardly recover. A Grafton, OAK,
special says the Northern Pacific trains
from Grand Forks left there for Pembina
last NIGHT and thFoa mi
thrown from the track by q huge drift.
The passengers were shaken up but nope
were hurt. At WATERFOWL, Oak. Thurs.
day forenoon, Just before the blizzard
struck, party of seven farmers, living
twenty-five miles northwest, started for
home. The report comes that the bodies
of four of them have been found dead.
Searching parties are looking for the
Others. At Canton, OAK, no attempt has
yet been made by the railroads to open
their lines. In most cases the Snow in the
great cuts viii have to be shoveled out,
the PloH having no effect. The school at
Inwood, Ia, was dismissed in this midst
of binding blizzard and two Fitzgerald
children were lost In the storm. Others
were likely to have persisted. Two farmers
started from BridgewAter TO Marion juno
ton and persisted on the way.
At Bismarck, Oak, no loss OF life hes been
reported. Some fears were entertained
with regard to the mail carriers, but all that
90 out from this point ara reported sefe.
The drifts on the roads are very deep and
packed so hard that horses can walk over
the drifts. On the Missouri division OF
North Pacific the snow must be cut. and
shoveled away.
at Sioux Falls, Oak, the dead body OF a
man was found last night, frozsn solid, as
aleo was the team Of horses with him. His
face was so bloated es to be unrecogniza.
bic, ard he has not been identified. The
bofees had been unhitched from the
sleigh with the harness on, and the man
had no overcoat on, and 1t is supposed that
he, with others, were riding together, and
that he unhitched the team to go for help,
leaving the others in the sleigh covered by
his overcoat. Hunting parties are out.
Another heavy storm Is now ia progress.
MITCHELL, OAK, January 14.-Three
young men living on the Jim River, east
Of town, are still missing. Trains will be
blocked for week.
HURoH, OAK, January II Besides
Thomas Gilkinson, Emil Gilman, Robert
Chambers and an unknown man were re-
ported dead up to last night. Thomas
and William Nelson were found frozen to
death this morning. They!liVe nine miles
west Of town. Joseph +. Wilson, living
IN the same neighborhocd, Is also missing.
Chambers saved his son by burying him
n the snow, but himself persisted.
When found they were half mile from the
house and large St Bernard dog was with
them. The boy says the dog barked all
night and his father called for help; that
bis father did not die until an hour before
The rescuing party reached them. The boy
Is only slightly frozen. A party of four
that started for Lake Byron an hour before
the Storm has not been heard from.
YArKToH, OAK, January 14.-In the
storm OF Thursday several school children
were lost while returning from school.