Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-01-18
NORTHWEST HOWLER.
appalling Horrors AMI Loss of Lift,
in tn. Recent Binding
Blizzard.
Over Fifty People Reported Dead In Da
kOta, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Iowa.

Over Fifty People Reported Dead In Da
kota, Minnesota, Nebraska
and Iowa.
The Oldest Inhabitant Fails to Remember
Anything Approaching the Severity
Of the Storm. &
tSioux City, Iowa, Correspondence. 4
The blizzard which sweptOser the coun-
try January 18th, was in many respects ons
Of the most remarkable winter storms
known in years. It was short, swift and fu.
rious. Other storms have extended over i
LONGER period, and often there has been u
heavier fall OF snow. accompanied with
an equal degree Of cold, but there has rare.
ly been such sudden rush Of y winter
hurricane and such wild rage of the
the Storm King. 1t was the demoniac
commingling Of howling. sweeping blasts
with binding masses Of chaotic snow
which gave the storm n crown Of added ter
rors. Even the most solidly built portions
of cities. and in the most sheltered places
there, the storm swept irresistibly and mar
mra;r;e whara ~ Az ne;ma .,,s pon ~. ope, m
i p"' VI ~ sne "isu oou'u "IeaA Hs iui'
ona th;s : tha -. -. .se !, Sae was .errlhe'
t;a,,s ,,,,;ai. 80 ~. VA WV "e'eiiP
Tho w;ras T,a sor,,. tau.,, ' oyer
,,r,o, - 80 A.ue ,:sp 'ne
rann,.oa T,, '...a n e WHICH II
~ ipo.e 'oo, "is ho' com
b; bans;"n ;ha. ~, the u ~ sy"u ioi appre-
henn ell. "; ;e.; "nn .ne 10: % mhssihg mas
th.t 49,. n.e e1.'ea'eu I,as ~ VII r re iouno
"s '..,'.oaa ~ 'noie - na.e P.iisneo. ihe s.orhl
;,c,nd;,, o.. a,, tha . s.en 80. W. :er,i'ofs;
nn,.h -. ~ Hh iun I,t !. ''aiil.opa a'iu
!. ,.a,,t,a ~ ,,,lI''. -, ~. seeils "s
-: t 60 i'o'' ni''ii.,'"e Spae upon 'he
P'''''' Va VIC ''oi
Iowa.
The storm was very ssvere q, and !, ,,e
vicinity of S;oux ~, hnt so f'rm " - i;,n. .ne
are reno,tad lost tbnn,b . un,,har ~ 10 ,a.sS NV
sons wsra haal,. frnya,' IN .to,,,' - i..
,ate in tho aftarrnon ara na,,.;,,,ah TX
tha dav and most Of tha n;ni', Tho a',ine LIN
cury GRADUALLY .s,tle1 "a a1nm, an AZ donnea- nnea
below zero The hi;yy,rd uas aecnn'ea;e "u uSa;es
with Int Itt,e snow '''i'eu =.
~ss Duy;no IN. n,aval.,., 70 ,ha o,o :,
Stony CIV a ,;ra nonmrrad =, ,ha Ss ~
center of tba nlace and !, rsn,;raJ har
tuht;no Inv tba 6,s br;nada e. oa,,s, :. ".o
the bn;l5;nos IN wb;ch IL st.r.ad :. ao w.
suhduaa aftar an oil n;,I,,,. afrort NJ.
of tbe f;reman rannrt froya, ho,,as ~. 80
During the NIGHT men ware tent hnsvhnnt
inc for the sn1nosed re,na;ns nf - ,n;s.;n., sa.
g-1ear- did how Who was fnn,d a. . no;'.n
bor's bonse ahout b,,f hlocL awa, - ,sa,
morn;nu wbere Il. ston,,oa fors.fot,. Cea
aral sc5oo, ch;,Jrsn ba,l narrnn a So
from ha;pg lost IN tha c,o,n, E,n,oSIl',s
adults were unabla "a reach bon,a a,ea
found shelter at a ns;ohhor's 'N'
; Two mon ner;sbad naar pr;mobor ana,
two hovs and n;notv &c haa'1 nf FL I'll
near Jarcbwo,d
The worst h,;yz.,a of IN. sa,son -
snow was beavv ana d.a,, RnaJ. -
b,dlv hlockad
n snowsd steadily NJ, ,,av ~ n.s >to;,
delar;no trains saxers, III hom,s " Ne NJ Uss' ,uas,
;ng 4 crew cold aud nhanaad 20 lI;aa..a
stermino violently An trains " wera ' ohan
Jonad ae.a,,, ~, IL. paa, - a,., C%'i
cnoo Rnrlinetn, and on;ncv and tha,.
were much delayed 's''
The storn, was vary had ., E,,.;ua
The nercury stood M 5eora.s haInn. 80
The snow faII ali dav of Nar;lla oo,,,;,,,.
From, tho Snnthaast Tha ta,,,a,",.,,, .n, I'M
DO deorees below zero SnJdam,r a, :
o'clock in an instant Il cnmman..d -,
blow y;olantjy Prom, the r,,.h huast h,,.,;,s.
tbe spow in .ncb fr;ghtfrl ousts ,hot !. -,
mediatalv hacama darc.rons to ,ra,ai m >
tan,,1,atr,., ,cnnt;nrai =, ell ra,,;ai,. M !.
reached d deorees helow nt n'clo.L navy
morn;na "' N'
II ;s ;n,s;bla y, f,,,,- ,I;vo, A.. s.
nso, of tha hl;yyarl thot ..,,a5 a. T,,,,,,;,
Rlngfs II had haan .now;po haa,;lu H. =
tbe aoy INT tba u;na v,as rrn,,, ~ .a,,.,
a,,a ~ .,n,,, ,,.os ea,,;,,, .Lra,,.h 49,.
otmns,,hara tbat r.naara5 - n.a, 81.
A. olnIneL Mhan tha s,or' eli IL" ,a" ne ~ =. :.
hear;ast ~, w;nd SnddanI,, ,i';ri,a t,' Az Az
nortbwsst N ard hla,r y 1,c,a t. .,,;,,.I,.
checLed tba snow -Iodan cionl. ana 80,
;n,, tha,,, i, lev. ,nnssas sn.,, g..
hafore i in snch dsns;tv That a,,nn..
Eovnt;an darlness re;anad T,a aioo
80 fEaht manh;nar, Sa5 e. 10 M - e.o
up and the gas and lamps lighted to
enable business to be continued. The
wind blew with almost the force of tor
nado and gathering up the snow that had
fallen mingled IT with the mass III the air
and sent 1t howllng over the country in
S ieS-
lstered "a below zero. At Pella the storm
was equally severe.
At Dubuque the evening OF the 18th the
temperature was ~ above zero. Next
morning tremendous hurricane wind pre-
vailed and the mercury was Is degrees be-
low zero. Such blizzard has been un-
known for years. The snow piled in huge
drifts, completely blockadine the highways
and the railroads.
shortly before the storm John Olney
and Bernard Bell, aged ID years each, left
their homes, two miles north OF Marathon,
to go to town. Their horses became wild
when the storm struck them and they be-
came separated. Bell left his horse in a
slough and went east with the storm. reach
ing Laurens more dead than alive. The
following day section men found olney's
horse tied to q snow fence two miles east
OF town. A crowd Immediately started
IN search and fonnd him five miles east
frozen dead