The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-19
A GENUINE BLIZZARD.

A GENUINE BLIZZARD.
Isoo Men and one Woman Perish IN No
bles County-A former Resident of
this County Frozen IN Rock County
Incidents Of the Storm.
When the ADVANCE went to press
last week. it said that snow storm, .
mild one, was prevailing from the south
east. This continued gently until be-
tween and O'Clock. when = genuine
blizzard struck the town. Those who
saw it coming say 1t came like the
''great one" moving down all ut once
like q wall or sheet of snow. New
corners, who never saw real blizzard
and had supposed that the little snow
storms they had seen here, were the
real thing. were astonished. aud one
man Is reported to have called to
companion and asked ''what is this?'''
Come here aud see what this ls?''
Fortunately, this blizzard lasted only
one night and part OF one day, con.
tinuing, much abated. during Friday
The great blizzard Of January Z. s and
8, 1873, continued for three days and
nights. But the one Of last week was
the most extended aud spread its terri.
bic slaughter Of men and animals far
Their than any We have ever heard of.
1t was indeed brief aud decisive, short,
sharp, deadly and irresistible, extend:
ing even to Texas on the south, aud
killing more III states south Of Us than
in ''cOld" Minnesota.
Here were the conditions" which
materialiZed this storm: A mild snow
storm coming for day or more from
the south and east and covering the
Northwest with u damp air. Then y
cold wave driven by u furious gale is
su;ug out Ut tho regions of the British
Possessions and striking this damp at
mosphere, turning the whole sky into
snow, and driving it into everything.
1t was like u battle of the Gods, Boreas
issuing out of his icy dominiOns and
sWOOping down upon all opposing
winds and forces, and carrying every
thing before him.
We are sorry to chronicle the loss of
several lives in this vicinity. Up to
the time of going to press We learn of
the following deaths:
TWO HoLLANDERs LOST IN THE
STORM.
Monday and Tuesday last rumo1s
came to town that two men had per-
islied during the storm in the Sanger
neighbOrhoOd in western Bloom town.
ship. On Tuesday Frank Turner and
others of Elk township called aud gave
the ADVANCE the facts rs to the two
men AS far as they knew. They i'll
formed US that two men, supposed to
be Germans, who lived on the Klessig
place, in Bloom township, had persisted
in the storm Thursday night. They
had been out after u load of hay and
were returning when the storm struck
them. They soon turned the team
loose which was afterwards found near
the load of hay. They then set out 20.
had on wooden shoes and the other
the arctlcs to the other, who took off
on the arctics. He was overcome ut
this place, near Jack Greek, IN Bloom
township, and WIS found with the arc
tics partly on. The other man trav-
eled three or four miles further and
west of Frank Turner's residence, who
lives in Elk near the line. Mr.. I. was
Informed Saturday morning that the
hnl Ind
with his team and took the body to his
barn where it lay until cared for. The
body WAS discovered Friday evening by
A. Hauustein and the other body was
found by Fred Xlessig on Saturday.
three-fourths of mile from James
Wilson's place and near Jack Creek.
None of the parties giving the infor.
nation could give US the names of the
men who persisted. A diligent search,
however, resulted in finding the name
of one Of the men. Through CO. At
tornty LANCE we learned that one was
named Postna, and on going to the
land Office We found that the full name
was Douwe Postma, and that he had
proved up on a claim near Iona in
Murray county. lie had rented the
Klessig place and was living on it with
his brother-in-law, whose name we
could not learn. and who came over
from Holland about a year ago. While
doing an ordinary chOro they fell VIC
Tins to one of the sharpest and deadli-
est billiards that has ever swept over
the west, reaching from British Amer.
lea to the Gulf of Mexico.
A despatch from Adrian says:
Mrs. KnudsOn Of RushmOre, was
found frozen to death within 40 feet Of
Eer door. Her husband was absent
and, becoming uneasy, started in
search of him. losing her life in the
act.
A despatch from Rush more avs:
RUsHMoRE, Minn.-Mr. Knudson,
working on the section, was 0vertaken
by the storm while going from town,
where he had gone after quitting work
on section, but was , compelled to re-
turn and spent the night in the village.
His wife, thinking he was lost, started
out with another section man board
ing with them, to try and find him.
Shortly after leaving tho house, the
lantern was blown out and they turned
and tried to retrace their way back to
the house. but became lost. After try.
ing in vain to find their way back, they
went with the storm. but the woman
was frozen. and the man, after staying
by the body until daylight, finally left
her and reached a farm house where he
was taken in and cared for. The man
was not seriously frozen but it is
thought will probably lose l or 2 fin
gers.
John 10y, a former resident of this
county, was frozen to death in Rock
county. A despatch from Luverne