Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-14
LATER REPORTS.
Scores OF People Lost on the Prairies-
Awful SufTerinp

Awful Suffering.
ST. PAUL, January 13th.-P. M.-The fol-
lowing dispatches tonight show something
of the extent and effects of the great storm !:
JAMESTOWN (Dak.).-The storm still con-
tinues, although much abated. The ther-
mometer at noon marked 27o below. The
extreme cold forms a crust on the drifts,
which almost proves too much for the as
saults of the snow-plows. Yesterdays
west bound limited was showed up at
Wheatland all day, and arrived this even
ing, about forty hours late. The Northern
Pacifcs main line and branches are all
blockaded and all trains delayed from
twelve to thirty-six hours.
FERGUS FALLS (Minn) The blizzard
has subsided, and is succeeded by intense
cold, and the roads are drifted full and
business is at a standstill. There has been
no train from either direction since Wednes-
day night. Reports of suffering have been
received.
MIEoT (Dak. NO trains are moving
yet The storm has abated, but the wind
is still blowing. 1t was $50 below zero this
morning. An attempt will be made to-
morrow to open cuts and move passengers.
There is IA inches of snow on the level
badly drifted. James Smith and two sons,
aged is and IL started for a load of hay six
miles from town on the 11th, and have not
since been heard from. Search parties are
ont to day. Several other people are miss
ing, but are supposed TO have taken refuge
in claim shanties.
FAULKToE (Dak.l. - The most terrific
storm ever witnessed in this latitude has
been upon us for the last 48 hours. 1t
reached its worst yesterday, and from 10
o'clock until dark there was not ten min
utes that buildings on the opposite side of
the street could be seen. The air was full
of snow, and the wind blowing a gale from
northwest. The mercury gradually dropped
from about 100 above to loo below The
teachers and most of the school children of
two lower departments of our school were
compelled to remain in the school-room all
night provisions being carried TO them
Ropes were stretched from the corner of
Main street to the school-house, enabling
those carrying provisions to go and come
with safety.
RAYMOND Oak THE damage to live
stock will be great, while reports of suffer-
ing and death are constantly coming in.
Two sons of William Driver were frozen
to death within few feet of their barn.
Charles Heath Is missing, and ]. H. Clapp
has been discovered badly frozen, having
been ont all night wandering on the prairie
The elevator of Archie & Howe has gone
down with 1900 bushels of grain. Other
minor casualties are reported
LIvERFIELD.-No trains have reached
here since Monday night.
MoKATo (Minn. An trains are aban-
doned. The snow is packing hard, and
difficulty is expected IN opening roads
ADRIAE.-Several farmers living twelve
10 fifteen miles north started home from
here about 3 o'clock Yesterday, and have
not yet been heard from. John Doring
Camper, farmer living mile north of
here, was at q neighbor's, a quarter of
mile away, and started home and was lost
Some fifty villagers started out to find him,
but so far have not done SO. The storm is
still raging
TERRIBLE WEATHER IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE,, January I3th-P Mt is
22o below zero tonight, and advices from
other parts of the State are to the effect
that it is even colder. All trains from the
the Duchesne Division of the Northern
Pacific, passenger as we'll as freight trains,
are suspended. Snow-plows have been at
work all day. and it is expected that all
passenger trains viii be able to get through
hereafter.
ABATTNG IN NEBRASKA.
LIgOoLE (Neb.), January 13th.-Yester-
davis storm abated at an early hour this
morning, and now the weather is very clear
and getting warm. The Union PaeiSc and
Missouri Pacific are still blocked
THE ooLD wAyE STRIKES DENVER.
DENvER, January 13th.--A cold wave