Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-01-20
THE COOLEST IN YEARS.
4 HOWLING BLIZZARD SVEEPS
TW2OUGH THE B'EST.

A HEAVY FALL OF SNOW, WHICH
CONF 'LETELY BLOCKADES RAIL.
ROA D TRAVEL-GREAT LOSS OF
LII AND SUFFERING FROM THE
INT ENsELY COLD WEATHER.
ST PAUL, MINI, Jan. 13.-Yes.
terd avs storm was without excrp
ton and considering the extent,
the worst that has ever been ex.
PEI 1enced In the northwest. Snow
to the depth of two feet on the level
ar I'd from five to fifteen feet IN the
C ats was sufficient to almost sus-
pend the Running Of trains. But,
added to this, the severe wind
which blew in some parts aud the
blizzard which ragged IN others, it
has suspended railway business en-
tIrely. Freight trains were hung
up early yesterday, not a wheel
moving after MONDAY. Passenger
trains, one by one, followed suit,
and by s o'clock last night there
was no attempt at running a train
at any point west Of st. Paul. The
eastern lines, however, tried hard
to keep their tracks open, but with
ont success.
AT 6 o'clock this morning reports
from various points along the sew
eral roads were discouraging and it
was almost decided to abandon
everything. With snow plows and
engines trains were sent ont, and
are now stuck on some hill or lay
irg up at some station along the
lines. The Northern Pacific, Mani.
tOba and Milwaukee, on its Mime
sofa and Dakota division, made no
effort to start and will not do so
until there is at least a possibility
of their getting through. Branch
line trains were all abandoned at
functional points last night aud
there is no predicting when they
will be opened. 1t is thought that
some of them will be closed for six
weeks. And on top of this condi-
ton of things it is feared the worst
is to come. The wind Is blowing
hard on almost all lines today and
the cuts are being filled in as fast
as they are cleared out.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 15.-The
loss OF life by the great blizzard of
Thursday and Friday is shown to
have been very great, by far the
largest number of casualties being
reported from Dakota points. Yes
terday's Erening Dispatch has the
following sum mary of dead and
missing-3G in aIl-but as will be
seen by the special dispatches re-
ceived later the list will be largely
augmented when the returns are all
in : At Adrian, MIMI, john Bar
ing; Hitchcock, OAK, Emil Gilbert
son; Mitchell, OAK, George Allen,
Jr., Joseph Anderson; MinOt, OAK,
James Smith and two sons Ray
mond, OAK, Charles Heath Oma-
ha, Neb., Fred. Eller, clgarmaker,
young woman, name not report
ed, and Wexwell Beck, aged s
years; Foster, Neb., George w.
Post; David City, Neb., child OF
John Denlinger; Sioux City, Iowa,
unknown man; Belgrade, Mont,
Patrick HanIey; Huron, Dakota,
Thos. +. Gilkeson. Rowland Cham
bers; Luzerne, Mimi, John 10y
lnwood, Iowa, Mr.. Filzgerald's two
children Aberdeen, Oak, William
Love, Judson WeStgate; Bowdle,
OAK, Mr.. Paine; Roscoe, Dakota,
Peter Terhume; Vergil, Dakota,
Frank NiersOn, William NiersOn,
Joseph Wilson Iroquois, Dakota,
Mrs. Devine, Adam Gerner, j. w.
Goslee; BarkstOn, Dakota, w. b.
Headly; Delamere, OAK, Miss Cora
Curtis.
The Pioneer Press has specials |
giving loss of life by the great biz
card. Chas. Statezenburg, Of Al
lamont, Dakota, started to procure |
a coffin for his dead son, and has |
not since been heard from. Two |
children of Joseph Hutchinson, liv-
ing west Of there, persisted while
gong home from school. MInot,
Dakota-Mr. Davis and his fifteen
year.old son were found by search
ing parties two miles from town,
frozen to death. Several others
are missing. Sioux Falls, Dakota
Five victims of the blizzard have
been found in that section, viz: a
lady teacher, named jacobson, and
pupil, named Ginde e.. Grnn-
strom, a farmer; two others, names
unknown. At Lesteryllle, Dakota,
Jacob Krutz died from the cold and
his wife was badly frozen. Fred
erick Millberger may die from eX-
posure. Another man is known to
have been frozen. Three death are
reported from Tyndall, BOnhomme
county, aud two girls persisted near
Wakenda, Clay county. At Miller,
Dakota, the body of j. w. Cassie,
wealthy farmer, lost in Thurs
DAYS blizzard, was found Saturday
about two miles from his house.
At FaulktOn, OAK, Emma Lamar,
school teacher, southwest, and
Carrie Auman, a pupil, were frozen
to death Wednesday night. Near
Doland, OAK, Will G. Carthwate,
farmers son, got lost in the biz
zard Thursday going from his faith
ers house to the barn and was
found dead in the snow Friday
At Raymond Willie and Harry
Driver were frozen to death. Mrs.
Knutzen, of RushmOre, Mimi, was
found frozen to death within forty
feet of her own door. Her husband
was absent and she started to look
for him. Two men at Primghar,
Iowa; two school children at In.
wood, Iowa; two men between
Marian Junction and Brldgewaters
one man near White Lake; two
boys and % head OF cattle near
hardwood, Iowa; four school chll.
dren near Lennox, Oak, are also
among those reported to have lost
their lives.
ST. LOUIS, Jan, l5.-Dispatches
from a dozen places in Northern
Texas say the blizzard reached that
part of the state yesterday after
noon, and that the mercury fell
from 40 to 60 degrees, reaching al
most to zero at some points. A
high wind prevailed, and sleet and
snow fell in an unprecedented man
nor A ricna frnm tho Dan II m .