The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-14
THE SEVERE STORM.
Fatalities Resulting There
from in Dakota.
LOST AND FROZEN TO DEATH.
The Air Full Of Snow and the Wind
Blowing GaIe-Railway Traffic
Impeded-Other Notes.
The Great Storm.


ST. PAUL, January 13.--The following
dispatches to night show something of
the extent and effects of the great
9 orm:
JANEsTewE. January 13.-The ser n
still continues, though much ab2ted. TIE
thermometer, at noon, marked 81 be :
low. Extreme cold forms q crust on
the drifts, which almost proves too
much for the assaults of the snow
plows. Yesterdays vsstbound limited
was showed up at Wheatland all
day and arrived this evening about
forty hours late. The Northern Pacific
main line and branches are all block
AIDED, and all trains are delayed from
two to thirty hours.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, January b.
The blizzard has subsidized and il sue
ceeded by intense Geld. The roads are
drifted full and business is at stand
still. There has not been train from
either direction on the Manitoba since
Wednesday night. The passenger train
en- the Northern Pacific got in
yesterday at noon, and got through
to Wahpeton, but got stuck
on the return jo0 ney. Reports OF suf-
fering have been received.
MINoF, Dakota, January S.-Ne
trains are moving yet. The storm has
abated, but the wind is still blowing.
The Thermometer was 80 below, this
morning. An attempt will be made to-
morrow, to open cuts and move pas
sengers. There is fourteen inches OF
James Smith and two sons, aged l5 and
IT, started for load of hay six miles
from town, on the 18th, and
have not sinee been heard from.
search parties are out to-day. Several
other people are missing, but are sup
posed to have taken refuge in claim
shanties.
FAULKfoN, OAK, January 13-The
most terrific storm ever witnessed in
this latitude, has been upon US for the
last forty-eight hours. 1t reached
its worst yesterday, and from 10
O'Clock until dark, there was not
ten minutes that buildings on the
opposite side of the street could
be seen. The air was full of snow, and
the wind blew gale from the north
west. The mercury gradually dropped
rom about 10 above to 16 below, at
dusk, last night. The teachers and
most of the school of two lower depart
ments of our school, were compelled to
rema ain in the schoolreom all night,
provisions being carried to them. Ropes
were str, tched from the corner of Main
street to the schoolhouse, enabling these
ca -rying provisions to return safely,
The damage to live stock Will be great,
while the reports 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, having
been out all night wandering on the
prairie. The elevator of Archie &
Howe has gone down, with l3, 600 bush
els of grain. Other minor casualties
are reported. No trains have reached
here since Monday night.
ST. PAUL, January 13.-The last train
reached here Wednesday night. and
none are expected till sunday. There
is scarcity of wood.
MANKATo, Mimi, January 13.-All
trains are abandoned. The snow is
packing hard, and difficulty is expected
in opening the roads. Several farmers
living twelve to fifteen miles north,
started home from here about clock
yesterday and have not yet been heard
from. John Boring Camper, a farmer
living mile north of here, was at a
neighbours. quarter of mile away.
and started home and was lost. Some
fifteen villagers started out to find him,
but so far have not done SO. The storm
is still raging.