The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-10
FROZEN TO DEATH,
Loss Of Life During the BliZ-
Zard in Nebraska.
The Body Of q Woman Found Within Forty
Rods Of a Neishbor'S House.
Trains Delayed-The Fast Mail and OYER
land Flyer Stuck In the Snow
East Of Cheyenne
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

OMAHA, Feb. e.--The storm ceased last
night in Nebraska, and is succeeded by a
severe cold.
Specials to the Bee show that number OF
lives were lost in Nebraska during the blz-
zard. The wife of Milton Cummings, a
farmer near Rushville, who started from
town for home Saturday, was found dead in
her buggy within forty rods of neighbor S
house.
Eddie Cbidester and Steven st. Peters,
fourteen-year- old boys, who had been out
hunting, were found frozen to death in a
corn field.
Nj. l.. Lissent, residing three miles north
of Chadron, is supposed 10 be buried under
a big snow-drift, and searching parties are
looking for his body.
RAP I'D CITY Is. Dak.), Feb. 9.-The bliz-
zard wore itself out during the night, and
with fine weather and the arrival Of ranch
ers from outlying points, the extent of its
severity is becoming known. So far, no loss
of stock is reported. A young man named
Grant Bay and a school-teacher, Miss Gray,
who left town with team during the biz
zard, were found by some cowboys some dis
tance from the road They had been over
come and it is feared they will die.
HURON Is. DaE.), Feb. 9-Reports from
various parts of the State concerning the
snoW-stoIm Indicate that the heaviest Dor
tiOn of the storm was in the Jim River Val
ley, Huron being nearly the center. The
wind attained velocity of fifty miles per
hour and the thermometer this morning was
140 below zero. The heavy snowfall in the
Jim River Valley is hailed with delight, be-
cause of the moisture 1t will afford.
CHEYENNE, Feb. "a terrible blizzard
has been raging throughout this vicinity
the last twenty-four hours. Stockmen are
apprehenSive of severe losses to cattle No
west-bound trains reached Cheyenne yes
terday over the Union Pacific or the Bur
lingtoD.
A relief train with provisions has been
sent out to the fast mail and overland flyer,
which is stuck in the snow forty miles east
of here.
LINCOLN (Nebr.), Feb. 9-Repnrts from
northern and western parts of the State indi
cate that the storm of Saturday anu Sunday
was much more severe than at first sup
posed. a special to the Journal from Rush
Vile tells of the death of Mrs. Milton Cum
mlngs, who lost her way and perished while
endeavoring tn reach her home. Stock suf-
Tered severely, the loss of cattle and horses
In transit being unusually severe. All rail-
road lines have been seriously hampered
being iron: four TO twentv-four hours late.
General Manager HOldredge of the Blrling-
ton road, who is snow-bound at Alliance,
telegraphs that in that section the snow
storm was more severe than the memorable
blizzard of January IS, 1888.
DENVER, Feb. 9.-No Rock Island nor
Burlington trains have entered Denver for
twenty-four hours. The outgoing Union
Pacific train is held here.
SAN ANTONIO, Feb 9-The coolest biz
Zard for the past two years reached here last
night and before midnight the mercury had
fallen forty-four degrees, with the wind
blowing thirty miles an hour. West Of here
the zero point was reached and high wind
scattered hOckS and herds.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.). Feb. "a tornado
struck Helena this afternoon, unrooting
and badly damaging several buildings. Two
or three people were painfully injured. The
storm went on in a southeasterly direction,
and it is reported that it struck Talladega.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The storm last
night over the Mississippi Valley from Iowa
southwark developed into decided storm
center near Lake Michigan. Gales on the
lakes, bliZzardS in the Northwest and north
ers on the plains, reaching to Texas, nre
now prevailing. Gales may be expected on
the Atlantic Coast and a cold wave oveI the
States east of the Mississippi River. On
the Gulf Coast the norther is likely to be
very severe. Heavy SHOWS are causing
blockades in the lake regions and Atlantic
States north of Maryland.