Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-03

north Of the Ohio river, but il seems as II
it vented its most malicious spite upon the
/ prairies Of the northwest. ss5s
Iowa.
The storm was very severe at and in the
vicinity Of Sioux City, but 20 Ear no lives
are reported lost, though number Of per-
sons were badly frozen. The storm began
late in the afternoon, and continued during
the day and most Of the night. The mer-
curry gradually settled TO about so degrees
below zero. The blizzard was accompanied
with but little snow. n I
During tho prevalence Of the gale in
Sioux City q fire occurred in the business
center Of the place, and il required hard
fighting by the fire brigade to confne il to
the buildings in which II started. II was
subdued after an all nights effort. Many
Of the fremen report frozen hands or feet.
During the night men were kept busy hunt
ing for the supposed remains Of missing
9-year- old boy, who was found at neigh-
boris house about half . block away next
morning, where he stopped for safety. Sew
elel school children had marrow escapes
from being lost in the storm. Numerous
adults we're unabls to reach homo, and
found shelter at Q neighbor's.
lwo meh PeIasnea near r1!n8naf, end
sWo Dpys anu 1anety-hve nea0 Of cdtsie
ne ~. Aalcnw9ga. S
Inc Molst olizzalu y ne season y 70
loltcu NJ 'ae vlclnlsy u Museaslne. Inc
snow was =, heavy ana deep. hoaos were
oauty plocaeo: @, !, !. !,
y snowea steaoiiy az Gay az y 1y MONIES,
oelaying GANG severai nouIs. Ne aI,. morn
my II gleW cp!o aA0 can.n ~, % Dn1zsara'
s.oilmng yaolensly' nl ssans weIe aD ga
o osas ERR. q sne 1ocn asiana ana una-
e aeso nuiilaS.on auu Sulnc ana 'ney
"e ~ n a.al.1 ue.ayeeat e. - ~
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An M nleleuly sH0om ~ aeeIss3s ysAow zeIo.
nuo sllow acl ~ sl1y ~ A.saa, coanlng
or oI ao .ne s1asness.. Ane eemslat1le vas
. ~ aegrees DelcM AeIo. 8. ouoaenly as !. .
p,a ~ ~ lns1tt1, as SomeleeG "
Nv Nv" slo.en.ly i1v w IVl.nwess, aI.anH
sue GnoM ~ sacn gus.s 10y = ,
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- I la g Iu4ly 1eallze me nerse,
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~! piu1 u.s. ~ nag oeen snOW.ng neSvly aur.
s sn1 uay' Dut ene Wig Mas 1.om mo g0usn
o anu sne snow way 1a.lln tnI0agn WaIl
I'LL mat rendered. y Wes ana g neavy.
ha.s olo ~ wen Sle snoW Vas the
eavess, me wnirleo 20 me
ohae enass a.. anu DisM y 9ulcllly
wv III sno Az ,o1
SneM ~ uense ,nasses, sens .aen DacA
Eannt;. 81 suen uensley tll m aln,ose
1Lsypsiah darkness relgned: Inc elec-
up and the gas and lamps lighted to
enable business to be continued. The
wl9a blew with almost the force Of tor.
f Hduo ana gatner1ng up me snow tnat mao
aalien mingled " with the mass ~ the ar y.
s a1iu * sent II howllng over the country IN
;onno1ng volumes. The Thermometer reg
.sseieu = below zero. AZ Felia the storm
was ~ e4ually severe. ~. &. 7
AZ dubuque the evening OF the 1ztn the
temperature was so above zero. Next
ra;'a1 tfemendous hurricane s sW .lE pre-
, ,aa.eu and tne mercury was ~ degrees be-
iuM zero. such Q blizzard has peen, un-
d daeWn for years. The snow piled n huge
u ea1 y, completely bloc ading the highways
aug sh tne railroads.
shortly before the storm John Olney
t sna bernard Bell, aged l6 years each, LETT
to tae ~ naomes, Two miles north q Marathon:
" ~ 10 town. Their horses became WILD
c "nea ene storm struck them and they be-
s saue separated. Bell left his horse m 4
; ;ougn ana went east with the storm, reach
III S Laurens more dead than alive. The
b oss" Gay section men round Olneya
~ f' :. Iled 70 snow fence two miles east
~ @wn; crowd Immediately started
fro. ooafon ana found him hve mules east