Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
MANY PERISHED.
Victims Of the Recent Blizzard in
the Northwest.
Nearly Dozen Persons Frozen to Death
i'm the Hurricane-The storm Reaches
the Eastern States, Doing
Much Damage.
WORST IN YEARS.


More fatalities from the storm have
been brought to light Asa Wilson has
been found frozen to death near the
residence of his employer. Morris
Duffy, IS miles north of town. Wilson
was from Eden. Mimi. Three
farmers named Garsker and a
man named Gus GERMAN were
overtaken by the storm when
near home. They turned their
wagon box over, tied up their stock
and remained there till the storm was
over. They are all frozen more or less,
but it is not thought that their injuries
are fatal, although one of them may
lose his feet The storm was the worst
that has ever been known here, and
coming as it did, so unexpectedly, was
all the worse.
JAMESTOWN, n. D., March 12.-FraulS
Braithwaite, wife and two children,
living miles west of Oberon, were
lost on Wednesday when a mile from
home. The team was unable to go
farther and Braithwaite froze to death
while trying to lead the horses. The
woman and children were covered in
the sleigh with blankets and arrived
safely at oberon
WILLOW CITY, n. D., March IL. Mrs.
Lokken and Torgen Thompson, a boy,
who live about 20 miles east of here,
started to go to the house of John
Tveton, about one half mile from their
home A terrible blizzard ragged and
they lost their way. They wan
1a,~al IN. ha
storm until they became exhaust
ed and lay down. The woman
died but the boy awoke about $50 p.
m. the next day and STUN bled to the
house of Ole Cregin, only a few rods
distant, and told his story. Mrs. Gre
gin and her neighbors carried the
woman's body into the house and did
what they could for The boy, who will
die.
ASHLAND, Wis. March 12.-The
storm has abated here and all trains
are on time. There are reports of sew
eral homesteaders near Iron River per
ishing in the storm. They were out
exploring about the new copper field
and have been missing several days.
Two or three searching parties are
ont
HUMBOLDT, Ia, March 12.-The ga e
here capsized John Owenson with his
load of hay and broke his neck. II de-
molished g. H. Shellbern's big barn,
which was 200 feet long 1t threw
John oleson upon the ground and broke
his skull.
NEW YORK, March 12.-The storm
which came out of the west Thursday
night has been disastrous along the
coast and very severe in the interior
Heavy snow has fallen in northern New
York and the railroads are blocked
in various places. Navigation in
the bay was almost as dangerous as it
was beyond the hook. The steady
ferceness of the westerly gale whipped
the waves into snowy riot. The ferry
boats had hard time getting into
slips.
The heavy windstorm which ragged
all day along the New Jersey coast has
been the heaviest known for some
years. No damage has been caused to
shipping, as the wind blew
with such terrific velocity off
shore that it was impossible
for any vessels to strike the
beach At Asbury Park, Long Branch
Elberon. Seabright, Belmar. Spring
Lake Beach, Point Pleasant City and
the other resorts on the northern New
Jersey coast the wind blew a perfect
gale all day, sending down chimneys,
signs and trees. A number of unfn-
ished buildings were damaged.
Heavy snow and high winds have
prevailed at Auburn since early Thurs
day evening. Only one train has
passed through on the Auburn road. A
passenger train, freight train and a
relief train are stalled at Aurelius
Traffic is also suspended on the Lehigh
Valley north and south.
Blizzard weather prevails through
out northern New York. About feet
of snow has fallen at Watertown and a
high wind has made immense drifts,
blocking highways and railroads. A
blizzard is also raging in the Mohawk
valley. The wind around Fonda is
furious and the snow is binding. On
the country roads the snow has drifted
to depth of feet