The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-27
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THE GREAT BLIZZARD.
Railroadlng In the Northwest sus.
pended and the Storm the Worst
Ever Seen.
AWInd Blowing With Great Velocity
Made Worse BY a Low Tenn
pe1atuee.

Full reports from all points affected by
the blizzard which began on the 18th. show
1t to be the worst storm ever witnessed in
the Northwest. Railroads are blockaded
In every direction, and many reports OF
people losing their lives come from vari.
Paul papers OF the 14th show tho effect on
railroads:
Railroading was practically at stand
still III the NOrthwc st yesterday. None OF
the railroad officers could recall n day
when there was 30 complete n blockade.
and certainly there has been none for years.
h,ht The day previous some ,a trains were run,
Ss1y tss nsemps nsn sas mads is
to run trains except between st.
Paul and Chicago, rs tho wind
= IN Minnesota and Dakot wac still blow.
ing hard, filling up the cuts nearly as fast
as cleaned out. and the temperature was
80 low that neither men nor engines could
work to advantage. On the whole Mani
between st. Paul and Minneapolis and
between Barnesvilc and Nechc the latter
being II piece OF track on the level prairie
that is scarcely ever troubled by the
snow. Trains out Of st. Paul were all
abandoned except on the short line
The Northern Pacific was not much
better off in Minnesota and Dakota. The
yTaln Out VI ot. laui at y. Ill. 1hurs-
day. Jan. 12, got only rs far as Clear
Lake. where il met another stuck in the
snow in attempting to get on n side track,
thus blocking the way. Beyond Clear Lake
were three other trains this side of Brain.
erd all bound Tor st. Paul. and blocked
by the one at Clear Lake. Assistant Cen
eral Manager Ainslie was Mt Fargo yester.
day morning, and went from there to
Wheaton l,y train. A telegram from Supt.
nft l,n RI
wind Mt Mandan had not abatcd, that the
drifts were as hard as ice and the tcmpcra-
turc so low that he got men to work with
difficulty. The 4 O'Clock train out OF st.
Paul on Wednesday was hung up at Cas-.
selton. Dak., while the one leaving on the
10th (Tucsdayl, was getting along
very well out in Montana, and
four trains, all bound east, and two were
consolidated; one was sent back west in
lieu OF those delayed in Dakota. The st.
Paul &Du!uth got no trains through during
the day, but the main line to Hinckley was
clear Of trains and the limited was sent out
last evening with hopes OF making the trip.
Atrain from the Northern division OF the
Omaha came in last evening q day late,
but no other attempt was made to run
trains there. Southern Minnesota il it
could he surveyed with ~ telescope would
have presented
\ SORRY SIGHT
for railroad man. On the Milwaukee &
st. Paul the Hastings & Dakota, South.
ern Minnesota and Iowa Il Minnesota divis.
ions were abandoned throughout the day.
not u wheel turning with numerous trains
tied up here and there. The Western di-
visions OF tho Omaha and the Minneapolis
d st. Louis were in the same boat, or
rather snowdrft, ard the Minnesota az
II.
train through. On this road the blockade
is on this side OF Elma, Iowa.
All trains from Chicago were hung up at
Dubuque, where passengers were quartercd
in hotels at the railroad companys en-
pense. Tho train which left st. Paul
Thursday evening was stalled ut Randolph
thirty miles out, while the one leaving
Chicago at the same time got US far as
West Concord. fifty miles from st. Paul
the work OF clearing the line early
this morning. All trains out for the
north. west and south were. OF course,
abandoned. except those mentioned as
running. On the lines to Chicago every
effort was made to get the trains through.
There is great rivalry among the different
companies and the business was impor-
tant. The Omaha train due here in the
evening was stalled ut Knapp, Wis.,, all
day and wasexpected about midnight. The
Milwaukee e. st.Paul got tstucksomewlere,
and three trains including the fast mail.
were still expected ira bunch during last
night. OF all the numerous trans that
daily run into the union depot, besides
suburban and intcrurban, and they are
numbered by the hundreds but n solitary
one showed itself until after 10 o'clock
last evening. The Wisconsin Central train
from Chicago due in St Paul at 9:l5 yes.
tertlay morning pulled in four hours
late. having five engines. and this was
the only train OF the day at the un.
ion depot except Short Line
and suburban. OF the trains due to go
out last evening only the Wisconcn Cen
tai and the Burlington went out on time.
The Omaha lett late. the others being
abandoned. Although travel was neces.
sarily light the union depot was crowded all
day with people who were anxious to get
out OF town. Railroad officials said that
as soon as the snow stopped blowing and
tho severe cold moderated the tracks
would be quickly cleared, but nothing
could be done to advantage as long as the
wind and cold con tinucd.