The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-03-31
AS THE HOUSES

HIGH AS THE HOUSES
so,rru DAKOTA'S STORM THE
WORST FOR MANY YEARS.
The Drifts Mt Pierre ms High ms inc
uou.es md the Streets Are BLOCK
.a.d-Cattle Will Not Suffer, as tho
Weather Is Very Mild.
Deadwood, S. D., March 22.-Ihe "ors'
O storm of the season commenceo ne1o
Monday night and has kept up contihu-
ouslly ever since. The snow Is aoou'
four feet on the level and still coming
down. Telephone communication 1ronn
Sun Dance and Bellfourche states ina.
the blizzard is raging in both places anu
extends to all the cattle ranges. Inc loss
TO cattlemen it is believed will be heavy,
"a the animals are weak, and VIII drl1'
with the storm to their death. Neither
tho Elkborn or the b. Il NJ. arrived to-
day, the former being snowbouno d. ihu'
Springs and the latter east OF Aiiiahee,
All trains on the b. Il NJ. are abandoned
west of Edgmont. The present lno'ca-
items are that the snow will rival Ia
depth the memorable storm OF March -
8 and ., 1878, when it fell to a deptn
of six feet.
II, luth. March "a March blizzard
set in to-day with a wind OF tort! niies
velocity. and rain, which has turned 10
a drifting. binding snow that Will make
serious trouble for the transportation
companies if it continues many nouis'
Electric wires which were ice-coated py
the early rain, have given way oeloie
the wind. The city is practically wltn-
ont a telephone, police or fire alarm sSs-
fem. and the majority oft he eiectrle
lights will not work. Damage 10 'ne
extent of several thousand dollars mas Ill
ready been done.
Omaha. March 22.-The blizzard which
1ave,cned in the northwestern part OF the
stato last night is moving slowly BUT
steadily toward the Missouri river. Its
progress is marked by drifts from SIX
inches to two feet deep and a general
blockade of business. Dispatches 'na'
were received from points IN the III
terror of the state indicate that tne
storm has travelled eastward ABOUT loo
miles in twenty-four hours. AT North
Platte, Neb., the drifts are now two 10
four feet deep. The Union Pacific line
is completely blockaded. All trains are
abandoned and a number are reported
blockaded between stations. Snow pio"s
are out and efforts are being maze ~
clear the tracks.
Pierre. s. D., March 23.-The storm
sbich has been raging for the past t"eh-
ty-four hours has abated and 1t Is no"
warm and pleasant. Passenger ana
freight trains did not go out this morn
ing, and will not &C. out until tomorrow
morning. An engine last night was stuck
in a snow drift in front of the depot ana
it was not until to-day that it could be
dug ont and taken to the round house.
Snow was piled in drifts as hlgh as
houses, The fronts of stores along one
side of the principal business street were
c. implicitly buried in snow and drifts run
across the street ten and fifteen feet
high. Street cars and all traffic was sus-
pended. 1t was the wo1st drifting snow
storm ever known in this section. STOCK
will not suffer, as the thermometer DID
not go low and the storm only lasted
twenty-four hours.
West Superior, Wis, March 2.-The
storm of yesterday and to-day has been
the worst of the winter, except that the
temperature has not been very cold. The
wind, combined with the rain, snow and
sleet has broken the telephone wires n
most of the telegraph lines out of the
city. No telephone or fire system is IN
operation this morning and all trains are
delayed. The wind is in the wrong di-
rection to blow the ice out of the lake.
and it is banked in immense blocks upon
the shore. Street cars are not running
and business is nearly suspended.
Miller, S. D., March 23.-The hardest
snow storm this winter has ragged since
yesterday. 1t was preceded by a heavy
rain. Drifts several feet deep are seen
everywhere. A good deal of wheat has
been
Moorhead, Mimi, March 23.-Two feet
of snow has fallen since last night, and
a high wind is blowing. All trains are
delayed.