The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-14
THE GREAT BLIZZARD
Which Has Been Sweeping
the Country.
MISREPRESENTATION.
The Suffering Intense Decsiying the
Czsr-B 9th Killed-Platt Must
Go-Ofher Notes.
The Blizzard.

~. a - The Blizzard. :, l. 1HI H.
MINNEAPOLIS, j January 3.-Reports
from all over the northwest indicate
that the prevailing blizzard is the worst
and most extended OF the season. It's
area of operations. is from the Rockies
ito Lake Michigan, but Minnesota and
Dakota are the WORT sufferers. On
roads running west from here, all
-freights are abandoned and passenger
trains are run at long intervals, though
every effort is made to Keep them NOV
Ing. At Huron, Dakota, the blizzard
titIed the AIT with biinuing snow, SO
that business men lost their way on the
drive from home to the Office An ex
perienced teacher sdismissed her
scholars, in the storm at noon Yester
day, and they were only rescued by eK
'traordinary efforts. Men organized
themselves in parties of ten each,
armed with "a hundred foot rope, and
marching in, u line, gathered all the lost
children in but, one child. who is doubt
Tess. frozen to :, DEATH, nRailroad shop
whistles were kept blowing to give peo7
pie out in the storm thei- bearings. At
Fargo, the storm was the worst in eight
years, with the mercury Al, degrees be-
low zero, and hurricane blowing. The
jamestown and Northern branch of the
Northern Pacific is entirely. plugged
up. At Pierre, Dakota, the wind blew
sixty miles an hour, and the roads are
blookaded, terribly. q At Neshe. Dakota,
SO below was reached. On, the Northern
Pacific, all transcoptinepta trains got
stuck yesterday. This morning the
billiards. force is mostly spent, and
trans will soon ksmsying regularly.
ST, ,PAULuganua 12.-Westher re-
potts early this morning from various
points sfong various railroads were dis
eouraging, and 1t was decided to
abandsnl the running of trains. It is
theugkt seme of the branch lines in
Minnesota and Dakota will be- closed
for six weeks. Nis-feared' the worst is
oeome.i The wind is blowing hard on
all libss to-day and chts are being EIled
in. aGfast 90 they are pumped out The
storm of yesterday is now raging in
Iowa. BESIDES that another storm or q
oontinastisnle of the present one ID ex
pectea to strike AinHeso Oh Bsnsay,
IN which oREe there Ia no t. kng what
the result N'Il be. Itis raging IN Idaho
to-day with the thermometer at various
points alorx tho Northern Pacific S.
low a. 10 deg rees below zero. Msnitobs
reports fIom the northwest indicate
that the cold wave with high wind is
coming front tthat direction. In fact
things look SO dubious that railroad
men will not venture an opinion as to
when trano will be again sesumed-
Each line is putting forth every exer-
ton to keep theiT,. Chicago line open.
but even that is almost an innpossibiiity.
At neen to-day, not, antrain had come
inn A stage watch lett Washburn yes
,terdsy for Bismarck Dakota. should
haze reached its destination last night,
but has not get been heardt IRON. nItis
supposed to be lost ia the blizzard ...S
At Fergus Falls. Minnesota, no trains
are xpected-aRtik Sunday. The Their
momster is 30 degrees below. All
sehos!s are closed. ..,4
at Dafath, Minnesota, Yesterday
afternoons ST. Panl train got4ir' this
morning.Ilt0 Omaha trains, this morning,
nave noE hken heard FROM EofNorth-
ern Pscific trains have arrived or de-
parted ,oi so u54tH .sItt-,
anu south bound Northern Pacific trains
are snoEed in nose to nose, AtsOrook+
ston, kinnesots, 70 ,tr aims for two days.
1t begsn blowing yesterday and piled
snow in Drifts eighteen feet high !
MILWAUKEE, .isWisl, jJanusry 13.---
Specials from the interior of the State
show that nHeRy-eities are completely
shut off from railway communication
with the outside world. :, At Saperor,
no mails have been received for thirty
sixihsurs. Thethermonfe Ter registered
n below zero, this morning. and all
trains on ltheg Northern Pacific are
either SNOW bound or abandoned. ntNo
trains have reached Madison since yes
terdsy 1afsernoenuial . uaI u :. ocsi1sa