The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-02-13
4 GENUINE
The worst storm for Years-A1l
Trains RlOcked-NO Live Stock
LOst-Anu the Country weather.
H BeautlfuIyy.

Tlae Worst storm for Years-AN
Trains RlOcked-NO Live STOCK
LOst-Anu the Country weather
H beautifully.
This country may have had worse
storias than That Of Sunday last, but we
very much doubt 1t. In some respects it
was worse than that memorable blizzard
of Jan. 10, 1883. AT the commencement
OF the blizzard OF 1888 there was q con-
siderable amount Ofsnow on the ground,
and the wind seemed to pick it up and
send it whirling in eyely direction, max
ing intelligent locomotion impossible.
But although begun at 1890 in the morn
ing the mercury did not get down to zero
until night, and during the afternoon it
ranged from 20 to 10 above. During the
night it dropped to % below. The
blizzard Of Sunday-for a genuine biz
zardit was-began before daylight, and
the mercury was at no .;me above zero
and rs low as Is below. The wind was
stronger-almost direct from the north
and more cutting, too, than that of three
years ago, although the absence Of snow
on the ground made it easier to 20 from
place to place, so far as seeing 1.-The way
was concerned. The writer was out in
both storms more or less, and he stood
the 1883 blizzard better than the last
one.
OF the blizzard Of 1888 it was frequent
ly said afterward that had it come up in
the night, instead Of on a warm pleasant
morning, when stock was out on the
prairies and people moving from place
to place, there would have been no con-
siderable loss of either human or animal
life. The storm of Sunday bears out the
statement perfectly. There was a cold,
raw wind Saturday night, and when the
blizzard set in all stock were safely housed
and people were snugly tucked In bed.
The fatal experiences of the great big
zard ofJan. II, 1888, were sufficient to ue-
ter any one from venturing abroad Sun
day, and at this writing-Wednesday-
we have failed to hear OF any disastrous
result of the storm in this county. No.
mail has yet come and we are, therefore,
without means of knowing the effect of
the storm elsewhere. 1t is known, how
ever, that it ragged as furiously at Sioux
City and in other portions Of Iowa.
A notable exception to. the general
good condition with which stock wealth
cred the storm was seen at the stock yards,
where 10 head Of hogs out of 80 belong
ing to c. S. Blodgett were smothered
under the huge banks Of snow. The stock
in the other pens belonging to E. P.
Ochsner and others cam out all right.
The yards were filled with drifts as high
as the fences and packed hard enough to
bear an OK. A. survey Of. them the next
morning caused wonder as to how any Of
the stock came through alive.
All the snow that fell piled up in i'm
mense drifts. Spread out it would cover
the surface six inches perhaps. or course
all trains were abandoned. The train
due here Sunday night was abandoned
at Mason City, Iowa, early in the morn
ing. A passenger engine left Chamber
lain Monday morning to open the road,
and got badly ditched about six miles
out. The way freight engine, which is
fitted up with a good 10Y plow, left
Mitchell Monday noon and reached here
the following forenoon. Following it
was another engine drawing the wreck
ing train and caboose for shoyelers.
Roadmaster Kindelan was in charge.
Section Boss Clark had the north side
track clear and the engines and men
went on through to the assistance OF the
ditched engine west. A large number
were at the depot to watch the pillow cut
through the drifts on the edge Of THE town.
The main track from the Main street
crossing east to the mill for 500 feet was
covered with drifts half as high as the
telegraph poles in most places and to as
create deptha as during the heavy SHOWS
OF three years ago. The snow was not
packed SO hard, however.
The ditchcd engine was gotten on the
track at Z p. m. Five men were in the
cab when it jumped the track, but no
one was hurt. The snow pillow and wreck
ing train then went back to Mitchell
The way freight came in on time We'd
nesday morning, and Engineer Frank
Woodman set to work clearing the Main
track in the yards. He completed the
job in three runs, and a pretty sight II
was, too. 1t is a grand show to see a 10
connective plunge into a snow bank at a
forty miles an hour speed, and Frank
Woodman seems to fairly delight in Civ.
ing the exhibition.
CONDENSED.
The delayed mails came Wednesday
morning.
The west side fellows have the laugh
on the east side chaps this time on Main
street. Pretty much all the snow being
drifted on the walks Of the east side,
The coal sheds were alled to the brim
and coal dealers think it an ill wind that
blows nobody good as they charge up
1,5OO pounds of coal and 500 mounds nj