Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-18
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One ef the SaAAess Tragedies % the
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ST. PAri- Jan ls.-Fro rdeen, OAK. the
Pioneer Press has reports OF two snsof
I'M stor In Northern Hurd County a farmer
who started for a doctor was found thirty-ssx
h, urs AZ CT a0rSe standln- SIDE ui- d@ad
DO A man six mi es west OF Willard left his
house, telling his wife chat n the storm Increased
founa Tbe rsnar, ~ the ,e,rb az a srhonl teacher
and sixteen children 90 Clear Lake township, In
Eastern Edmund county. AZ urst discredlied. Is
Dak., state that tie cher and six children have
been found n. n. chaplin. OF Minneapolis, sup
posed 70 have been lost, arrived IN Aberdeen last
night
SISTER wuIsEvss FsrF-
Highmore. OAK, reports that SISTER Wilimeva- q
stephen Mission. 20 niles south OF there, was
caught by the blizzard on her return from the home
cfthe priest herr She mad been experimenting the
the mission 5alldinSs are is fenced. ana when She
was found py searcHers using rope % guide them
sue was standing up aud sun alive She Was ctr-
rled 10 her room, where she died. The two Indian
boys sent rst TO look FOR her were scarc,ly saved
from freezing 10 death. Anthony Haby, of ~ miles
north, Il reported lost Word comes lrOm Moolsey,
near Huron. lax, OF Two more Deaths A boy IL
sixteen. Burnett Schorela. left MoolsleN Just b.
fore the storm set Ia with load OF coal going 10
has home, miles south OF Town. lie nntastcned
the team from the sled and went some distance.
when the horses got into snow drift There he
leit Zen; HIS body was found > mllea RON the
south % Moolsley. Katharine Druse. with sister.
We're at tie barn. about 80 rods nom the house.
when the storm came up. Katharine started Tor
the house, but host her way. The next morning
her body was found sS rods nom the house. Those
reported most severely frozen are Improving and
may recover.
SNOW DRIFTS THIRTY FETT mGH.
iankion, OAK, correspondent SAYS: only two
deaths are ported so far an Aanktun county and
two In Clay. In Bon Ilomme county nineteen
deaths are reported. From south Dakota lo4
head OF frozen cattle We're counted la one place
and lso At another. Dead cattle and hogs may be
seen a.ong the road from lankton 10 springfield
The Snow drifts are said Co be 10 feet deep. some
persons missing are yet unaccounted for.
Adrian, Mich. says: Balkcr Partaluh. "A German
aged twenty Ave. was lost In Thursdays storm
FIFTEEN PERISH ONE NEBRASKA CoU>Ty
LINCOLN, NEB.. Jan. lS.-A dispatch from o-Neill
Neb., says: Fifteen persons periShed in last Thurs
stock is said 20 be enormous. Particulars are not
obtainable.
his TWO BOYS FROZEN TO DE.TH.
DUBUQUE, Jan. lS-The fatalities II the late
blizzard on the prairie districts OF Iowa are being
gradually made public By ron cleveland. oi Man.
| chester. Delaware county. has received inIorma-
tion that hts two sons. aged nfteen and seveuten.
were frozen TO death iring the storm. together
with ninety head OF cattle The boys were driy-
ing the cattle "a water. about a mile from the
house, when the blizzard struck them, and their
dead bodies have just been found. The cattle
were frozen stan.
CowARDIy ooNDuCr on TWO yoUNG NES.
John Olney Was found In A Snow-tlriu near Mara
thon fruzen dead. Miss May Henning and boy
named Julius, twelve years OF age, started in a
| sleigh 20 attend party IN company with two
young men. When the storm struck them they
/ lost their way, and the Young men Deserted the
| lady and the boy, and reached a farmhouse IA
safety. The deserted pair remained out In the
found partially covered with snow. The young
lady Will lose both legs, and the bows hands aud
| by the brave girl: VINO wrapped MIN In the only
blanket let them.
| RAILROAD BIocK.pED FOR A WEEK.
Booze, Iowa Jan ls;-The worst nlockaded
road in Iowa Is the 1t. Louis, Des Moines and
Northern, which has not had train over It's line
since last "Wednesday and htle prospect OF having
ciy i, for pes Mine weapesSy and the trals Ia
| from Des Mones was oyertaken 10y the snow
Storm and remained stuck In a DRIFT two miles
| from that city. the train hands being Obliged TO
walk back. An attempt was m. 4e to open the
road Friday, but after plOwing L. miles the second
| storm nlled the cuts once more aud the train has
been showed In since then. The towns along the
| road are cut on from the outside world
sUocUMBED WHEN ALMOST HOME.
CHICAGO, Jan. ls.-sn Omaha special says Chas
Gray, hying near Tekomsh, died yesterday IRON
| exposure IN Thursdays storm. lie walked all
! night between his horses TO keep from freezing,
and Was found haii-a-mile FROM home 10y neigh
| bors badly frozen.
| A SCHOOL TEACHERS HEROIC STRUGGLE 10 SAVE HEB
PUflS
| Miss Louie Royce, school teacher eight miles
| FROM Plainview, had but three pupils 90 The day
| OF the storm. She started at . O'Clock with the
| children for a house about twenty rods distant,
but lost her way. All lay down Ia the SNOW. and
Miss Royce wr pped up the little ONES a. best she
could. Early IN the night one child died. and later
second one, aGd just ~ morning broke the third
| managed 10 reach the house, less than twenty
| rots away. Both her feet are badly frozen, and
| they will probably have TO be amputated.
EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN And FIVE BROTHERS PERISH.
4 school teacher and eight children, names un.
known, are reported iron Neigh 20 have pcrished
Five men named Stick.e, brothers are reported
from the same place 10 have been frozen TO death.
Also an old man named Close and "A boy named
Miller. Mrs. Miller. the boys mother, was also
| badly frozen and will lose both legs. She re-
| turaing from the funeral or another son when
caught in the storm.
THE FAVORED YELLOWSTONE VALLEY.
| MILES CITY, MONT, Jan. lh-Ihe storm In this
portion OF the Yellowstone Valley II not violent
| as east of here The greatest snow fan Il about 10
inches light and dry, drifted by wind ana expos
ing the elevated ground. All reports from stock
| range are favorable. No loss yet The cold has
been intense. but II now undertaking and 30 above
zero. Stock went into the winter In line condition
The general belief is they Will come through all
/ right unless unusually cold aud stormy weather
| follows
MORE DEATHS REPORTED N rENAs.
Fort NORTH, TEN., Jan. lS.-1HO reports OF
freezing death were received last night la addi-
\ tion 10 those sent out Monday. 4 tramp whose
name is unknown was found sun near henrietta
| A negro named John jackson and another colOred
man were frozen 10 death near Waco. No reports
OF loss OF live stock IN the Pan Handle lave been
received Yet, although the loss h Know 10 Oe
great. one rancnman In 1arrant county lost ten
head OF fine STOCK out OF a small herd.
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