Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-01-15
WEATHER REPORTS.
The Storm Somewhat
Abating in the East.
BUSINESS MEN REJOICING.
Unusual Cold Registered in Some
Parts of CalifOrnia-A Wall
from Oregon.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
MINNEAPOLIS, January 14.-The
storms back bone is broken and the
railroads have gone to work to burrow
their way through the hard-packed
drifts. The snow is hard and battles
the snow-plows. Two east-bound
Northern Pacific trains came in this
morning eighty and fifty horrs late.
One OF them had been showed in fifty
miles from here for seventy-two hours.
TRAIN TRAFFIC RESUMED.
Trains are now moving, Maitoba,
this morning, started out two north
western trains with two engines and a
snow plow to each. Trains from Chi
cago are expected tonight on all
roads. 1t will take from two to
five engines for each train. The
Duluth road is open, but the Omaha
line to Sioux City is badly plugged
up. The Northern Pacific has an ex-
.cellent opportunity to test the rotary
snowplows with entire success. Over
200 miles of track in Dakota, with
snow averaging fifteen feet in depth,
have been cleared by ono pillow in six
teen hours. This is an unparalleled
achievement.
MANY LIVES LOST.
Dispatches from points west of this
city say that the loss OF life during the
late blizzard is large. AT least a dozen
deaths from freezing have been al
ready reported.
YANKToN, OAK, January 14.-In
the storm on Thursday school chill
dren were lost while returning from
school. Farmers returning home from
town were overtaken, and wandered
helplessly over the prairie during the
night. Two men were frozen to death
at Lesterville, this county, and two
others at the same place are now lying
in critical condition. Two children
were frozen at Wakeing, small town
in the adjoining county.
THE CASUALTY LIST.
ST.. PAUL, January 14.-The loss of
life by the blizzard on Thursday is
shown to have been very great, by
far the larger number of casualties
being reported from Dakota points.
The following is summary made
showing the names of those who per-
ished,, but later dispatches will show
others.
In Dakota: w. Hitchcock. Emil
Gilbertson, Mitchell; Geo. Allen, Jno.
Anderson, Jas. Smith and two sons.
Raymond: VIM. Driver and two
sons, Chas. Heath.
Huron: 7. +. Gilkinson, Rowland
Cham ers, Emil Gilman. Thos. and
VIM. Nelson and an unknown man.
Aberdeen: VIM. Jove, JudsonW
gate, al. Paine, Roscoe.
David City: The child OF John
Denlinger.
In Montana Belgrade: William
Overman, Patrick Hanley.
Desmel: G. e. Stearns, teaching
school about six miles north of Des-
mel, and three children, were
caught in the blizzard and we're out
in the storm twenty-five hours. The
boy had his feet frozen solid to the
ankle. He walked mile in this con-
dition and his feet then giving out he
crawled half mile to the house. He
will lose both feet. A girl was so
chilled that she was unconscious five
hours after being found.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER, Colo, January 14.-It is
clear and cold and there is no snow.
The thermometer this morning regis
tered 26 below. Tonight it is 8 below.
AS yet stock has not suffered to any
extent and if things prove as antici-
pated the cold spell will be over in a
day or two.