Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-14
THE ICE KINGS EMBRACE.
1T TAKES A LARGE SECTION IN ITS
DEADLY FOLDS.


Many Unfortunatos FAN Victims to It
Numerous Fatalities Reported - some
Terrific Railway Wrecks with No Loss
of LIfe-Great Fire at indianapolis.
CHICAGO, Jan i4-Telegrams from the
west and north west credit Thursdays bliz-
gard with being the worst. without excep
ton, considering its extent, that ever
swooped down upon that section. The tenn
perature was below zero Thursday night
and Friday, and ia some cases as low as 10
degrees. The worst feature Of the storm is
the known and probable loss OF life. stage
which left Bismarck, d. T., for Winona,
was out in the storm, and had not been
heard from up to Friday night late. 1t is
feared that another stage which left Wash
burn for Bismarck Thursday is also lost,
as it should have reached It's destination
| Thursday evening.
A dispatch from Raymond, d. t., says the
damage to live stock will be great, while re-
ports Of suffering 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
J. II, Clapp has been discovered badly
frozen, he having been out all night wander
| ing upon the prairie The elevator OF Archer
| g. Howe has gone down with 1000 hn"' ~
Of grain. Other minor casw
ported Pe.'s that several larn-
] - = home from there about O'Clock
| Thursday, and have not yet been heard
from. John Doring Camper farmer liv-
ing a mile north Of there, who was at a neigh
bo'rs a quarter of a mile away, started home
and was lost Some fifty villagers started
out to find him Friday, but so far have not
done So The storm is still raging.
From Faulklon, d. T., the report is that
the storm was unprecedented Nobody could
stand it for a moment The teachers and
most Of the pupils Of the two lower depart
ments OF the schools were compelled to re-
main in one of the school-rooms all night,
provisions being carried to them. Ropes
were stretched from the corner OF Main street
to the school house to enable those carrying
provisions to go and come with safety. 1t
was impossible to reach the railroad station
after O'Clock, and the agent and several
others were compelled to remain over night
without dinner or supper.
1t was IS below zero at Minot, d. T., FRI
day morning, James Smith and two sons
a ged 10 and II, started for a load Of hay six
miles from town on the 18th, and have not
since been heard from. Searching parties
are out.
The following is from Omaha The bliz-
card which ragged here Thursday night has
subsidized, but the cold is intense, the ther-
mometer at 8 o'clock Friday evening regis |
tering / 5 below zero With the break of day |
reports began to come in of damages, suffer- |
ing and loss Of life from the storm. On re-
turning from Council Bluffs, Graham P. |
Brown, prominent fat stock raiser, who |
was one of the party which visited |
that place on the sleighing carnival, |
was upset by his team, which ran
away. He was accompanied by three young
ladies' Mr.. Brown and two of the ladies
succeeded in finding the Omaha bank of the
river, but the third lady is missing an | it is
believed she wandere down the river and
persisted. Waxell Beck, eight years old,
started home from school Thursday after
noon, but was lost in the snow and has not
yet been found. Another little boy named
George Allen started for home from school
about he same hour, but has not been heard
from since, and is believed to have been
frozen. A dispatch from Norfolk. Neb,
says that twenty children were snow bound
In the school house and obliged to remain
there all night. Advices from all over the
state show the terrible effects of the storm
and loss of life.
From Sioux Falls D. T., the following is
received:
The worst storm that ever visited this Sec
ton set in Thursday afternoon and continued
until Friday morning. There is much suffer-
Ing and many lives are lost Reports are
coming in every hour from towns around
his city of parties being frozen to death.
There is great loss of stock.
As for the railways it would occupy col
INNS to tell their troubles Trains were
moved in every where and traffic impeded or
,ntirely stopped. The Union Pacific, St
Paul, c., B. &c @, Santa Fe, and all the lines
vest and northwest, have been delayed from
! few hours to complete stoppage at different
POINTS.
Chicago did not escape, but the snow was
lot accompanied by low temperature There
vas tremendous drop, however, Friday ,
morning in three hours, when the tempera.
ure fell from 80 above to above, and at r
/, IN. Friday it was below ,