The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-20
A TERRIBLE LIST.
Deaths by the Fearful Discard
Continue to be Reported-Over
Forty Dead.
A Father Saves His Boy But Perishcs
Himself-An Old Lady and Two
of Her
Grandchildren Die in Nebraska-The
Huron Casualties Phenomenal Cold
in the Northwest.


largest number of casualties being re-
,,orted from Dakota points. The Evening
Dispatch has the following summary OF
dead and missing, thir,y-sx in all. but
the list will probably be largely augmented
when the returns are al IN:
At Adrian. Minn.-John Caring.
Hitchcock, d. T.-Emil Gilbertson.
Mitchell, ID. T.-George Allen, Jr., Joseph
Anderson, Walter Munger.
Minol, u. Thames Smith and two sons.
Raymond, d. T-Wlll.am Drivers two
sons, Charles Heath.
Omaha, Neb.-Fred Eller, cigarmaker; a
young lady, name not reported Wexweu
Beck, aged eight years.
Poster, Ncb.-George w. Post
David City, Neb.-A child Of John Dem
linger.
Sioux City, Ia.-Unknown man.
Belgrade. NJ. T.-William Overman.
Marysville, Ii. T.-Patrick Hanley.
Huron, ID. T.-ThOmas E. GilkesOn, Row.
and Chambers.
Luverne, Minn.-JOhn 10y.
Inwood, LAIR. Fltzgerald's two chill
dren.
Aberdeen, D. T.-william Love, Judson
Westgate.
Bowdle, D. T.-Mr. Paine.
Roscoe, ID. T.-Peter Terhune.
Vergil, ID. T.-Frank NiersOn, William
Nicrson, Joseph Wilson.
Iroquois, d. T.-Mrs. Devine, Adam Ger
ner, J. W. Goslec.
Barkston, d. T-W. b. Readley.
Delamere, ID. T.-Miss Cora Curtis.
A Clcremont, d. T., special says: Re-
ports have been received here OF four per-
sons lost in the blizzard, but without par
iiculars, except in the case OF Miss Slime
burner, OF Amherst, who was out all night
and can hardly recover.
Later specials report the following deaths
by freezing in addition to the list already
sent out: Near Mitchell, Oak, young
man named Munger; Mrs. Phillips and son,
If Alpcna, Jerauld County, Dakota; an un-
known man near Aberdeen, Oak, ut
Wyndemere. near Wahpeton, Oak, a
school teacher and two OF her pupils; near
Fulda, Mimi, John Walsh; near Tracy,
MIMI, John Anderson. farmer, Is miss
ing; near Albert Lea MIMI. Ole A. Egge.
Q brother Of Prof. Egge, Of NOrthheld
College.
Belgrade, Mont, reports rumors Of two
boys freezing in the Madison valley.
Saturday night and yesterday were ex-
:eedingly cold all over the Northwest. At
Brainerd it was 50 below at five a. m, ut
Bird Island rs below, ut Fairbault II below.
at Duluth "a below, at Clearwater 43 BE-
low. The opening of all blockaded rads
I'LL over the Northwest began in earnest
yesterday and good progress was made de-
spite the cold. Traius will be running US
usual in day or two.
THE HURON REPORT.
HuRoN, d. T., Jan l5.-Besides Thomas
Gllkenson. Emil Gilman, Robert Chambers
aud an unknown man, were reported dead
up to last night. Thomas and William Mel
son were found frozen 10 death this morn.
ing. They live nine miles west Of town.
Joseph +. Wilson, living IN tho same neigh
borbood, is also missing Chambers saved
his son by burying him in the snow, but
himself perlshed. When found they werc
half mile from the house, aud u large
St Bernard dog was with them. The boy
says the dog barkei all night and his
father called for help, that his father did
not die till 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. Among
other casualties, young son Of James
Newcomb returning from school WIS found
frozen. Adam Gerncr, of Iroquois, while
returning from town to his home, six miles
from town, was found frozen stiH.
FOUR MORE DEATHS.
STUART, Neb, Jan. l6.-Mrs. Chapman,
aged ffty-one, and her two grandchildren,
\ little girl Of eleven months and a boy Of
five years, children Of Henry Faust, CT this
place, were found frozen to death twelve
miles north Of town yes: erday. Thursday
morning they started for this place with
team Of ponies and q sled. The ponies were
still standing hitched to the slci. A farmer
named Mason, living twelve miles SOUTH
west Of here, was also found frozen to
death. Others are still missing.