Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-14
BLIZZARD AFTERMATH.
Tales of Terror from the
STERN Beleaguered
Prairie.

Prairie.
Two Dead Near LesterviIIe, Two
Near Wakonda end Five Other
Deaths Reported
Details of the thrilling Experi-
ence and Escape OF John
Oravens and companion.
The great storm OF Thursday and
Thursday night Ia still the theme of gen.
erai discussion. Little by little e1.
periences of that dread period are com
ing to light. Tales OF hair breadth
escapes, tales of terror and suffering and
tales OF death upon the storm ravaged
prairie figure In the accounts that are
waited in on the subslding breath OF the
blizzard. That much yet remains IN
told is evident, a. the rural regions re-.
mote from telegraph stations have hard
~ been penetrated and il is not
now possible to reach she interior. 1t
is probable that many q lonely hamlet
awaits in vain tho coming Of some dear
mi whose life went out In a bootIess
struggle against the pitiless elements.
The first half Of the fatal day was SO
calm and mild shat people we're beguiled
from their homes on errands deferred
because of the previous severity of the
weather, and generally they went un-
prepared for the terrible experiences
which beset them. The blizzard came
without warning. Bat the turning of
an instant changed the scene from
spring like balminess to winters most
terrific outburst. While ii lasted the
storm was go intense in force and frigid-
Ity that its hspless victims were speed
lily enoompassed and placed at its mercy.
LHsTnRv1LLM oAsUALTIRs.
Farther particulars OF the freezing OF
psople near baskerville have been re-
ceived by DR.. Murphy. Four untor-
tunates, caught out in the storm of
Thursday afternoon and night are given
as victims. The following il the list:
jacob Kurtz, dead.
Mrs. Jacob Kurtz, feet and hands
frozen.
Frederick Milbeyer, feet, hands and
face badly frozen.
An unknown man who worked for
Jacob Barkl ia dead in the snow, but his
body has not yet been found.
Mr.. Milbeyer is q resident of Yankton
and his family occupies q home on
Broadway. The first intelligence of the
freezing of VI. M;lharar cana "a tha
family through DIR. Marphy's telegram
OF to-day.
This afternoon at one o'clock DR..
Murphy. Sheriff Kincel and Frank
Swanson started overland for baskerville
to carry relief to the surviving sufferers.
They may not be able to get there, as
the roads are badly drifted, the wind is
blowing strongly from the northwest
and the mercury ia down among the
twenties. But they will make q heroic.
effort.
TWO GIRLS FROZEN TO DEATH
Meagre information from Wakonds,
over the Northwestern wire, announces
the death on the prairie Of two girls
named shofeIdt Thursday afternoon.
Their home is four miles north OF
Wakenda. They were sent out to find
their younger brother who reached
home safely soon after his sisters started,
and they persisted in the blizzard.
The age of M is given as twelve and
the other was older.
TWO MISSING MEN.
Two men residing &C Wakonda were
out on the prairie during the storm and
are missing. II Is feared that they are
dead.
THREE FROZEN TO DEATH,
A report is wired from Tyndsll this
afternoon that three persona we're frozen
to death neas that place during the biz
card Of Thursday night.
WANDERED EIGHTEEN MILES.
About 4 O'Clock yesterday aparty of
men reached Yankton from Andrew
Simonson's farm house bringing e. l..
Bruce. OF GAINESVILLE. formerly Of Yank-
ton, who was badly frozen on Thursday
night last in the storm. Mr.. Bruce re-
lates the story Of that awful night. He
left his house, near GAINESVILLE, about
one O'Clock Thursday afternoon with his
team and wagon to 20 to q small lake
about q half mile away after water.
While there at wosk filling q barrel the
storm caught. him, but he felt no alarm,
thinking he could easily get home.
When he started the binding snow hid
every thing from sight, but he took the
supposed direction and made good pro-
greas. He m~iscalculated and after an
hour OF searching he had to admit that
he was completely lost. For hours he
continued hia aimless wanderings, aud
finally n Of hia horses bscame 30 com
pietely exhausted that unhitching be-
came necessary. Before the harness
could be taken OFF the horse dropped
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