The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-12-05
DEATH IN THE STORM.
Blizzard Responsible for Loss of
at Least Four Lives
Losses to Live stock WIN He Beavy-High
snovdrlfts In South DAkota-Cold
Snap In Montana and Missouri
An Oklahoma Tornado.


storm which swept over Minnesota and
the Dakotas on Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday has resulted In some loss OF
human life and great loss to live stock.
Mail Agent Burroughs. of the Great
Northern road. Is buried in a snowdrift
near DEVILS Lake, N. ID. He was on the
west bound train which was stalled out
of DEVILS Lake Thursday evening and
he walked In TO a restaurant at DEVILS
Lake. obtained as big a supply Of pro-
visions as he could carry and started
back for his train. He never reached
st. A searching party has been digging
IN the snow for his body.
Frank vack. OF Chicago. lost his life
ia the storm. His body was found In "a
sn1wdrift just north OF Fargo. n. d..
Saturday afternoon. He had walked 10
town from the farm where he was en-
ployed for the purpose OF getting whis-
ky, and was returning. intoxicated when
overcome by the cold.
John Hooey, a farmer living four miles
from Park River. N. d.. started from his
hoiise 10 his barn Thursday night and
his body was found two miles away ON
the prairie Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Anderson, aged rs. was lost
IN the blizzard Thursday night He
left Eyerhart's candy factory in Fargo.
where he was employed. and went home
with n young lady living about u mile
east cf the business part of Moorhead.
After leaving her nothing has been seen
of him.
Hundreds OF Cattle Perish.
h.. IN a. 49,.
dreds A coat OF ice covers the ground
and snow is in some places piled in
drifts IL feet high. On the ranges west
Of the Missouri the worst is feared for
stock. as IL is believed ID will be impos-
s.ble for cattle and sheep TO get enough
20 eat until II thaws. The tempera-
ture is from five TO twenty degrees be-
low zero in that section. md below zero
at all points In the DalSotas AZ YER
million. S. d.. there Is hardly tree
standing and every orchard is ruined.
In mnny instances trees n foot in diam
eter were snapped oft at the bottom.
Ten car loads OF sheep destined for
Chicago were frozen Mt Grand Harbor.
Devils Lake. Unless there is decided
rise in temperature in the next few
will bc yery large, as the streams are
freezing over SO solidly that IL will b.
nard for them TO get water. The No
yemoer which is just closing is the cold
est known IN the northwest for IS years.
Snow fell on the 4th OF the month and
has not since disappeared even for n
day.
Snow Drifts Fifteen Feet High.
Mcllette, S. d.. Nov. 30.-The worst
snowstorm and blizzard through this
section for years commenced on
"Wednesday night. The trains are
blocked and snowdrifts in the main
street are IS feet deep. Stock will suf-
fer greatly.
Aberdeen. s. d., Nov. 3O.--The pnrs-
ent storm has not been paralleIcd since
the great blizzard Of January 10. 1883.
Drifts In the streets are five and six feet
deep. The loss to stock. IL is feared, will
be great.
Thirty Below Zero.
Helena. Mont. Nov. 30.-Fridny night
was the coolest November night in
Helena in the recollection of the oldest
pioneer. Almost every thermometer in
the city registered differently. ranging
at the coolest hour from % TO 30 degrees
below.
Tornado Kills Three Persons.
Perry, o. r., Nov. 30.--News has
reached here of destructive cyclone al
Raision. small town on the Arkansas
river 30 miles northeast OF Perry.
There is hardly n whole house left IN
the town. Mrs. Dorman aud two smnll
children were killed and many were
wounded. The large store OF j. IA
Conner was blown down, and ia Foley's
livery barn 10 head of horses were
killed. The night mum in the Office vas
blown 100 feet. In Payne county. 90
miles east OF here. many fnrmhouSes
were laid low aud several persons wcrs
wounded. After dong It's work at
Rnlston the storm crossed the Arkansas
river aud struck The Usage Indian ma.
ton aud for 20 miles northeast took
everything ia it's path.
Loss of Life in the blizzard.
81. Paul. Mimi. dee. 2.--More deaths
from the awful blizzard are Just coming
to light. The body OF woman was
discovered Tuesday morning. IS miles
west of LnngdOn. n. ID. In addition, a
man aud wife were frozen To death utter
their house had been burned. Several
men In that locality are missing.
Two Thousand sheep Lost.
Pierre. :. d.. Dec. 2.-I.ater returns
from the range country are not SO Ga
vcrable as those which came ia earlier.
While there were but few cattle lost.
the storm has proved To be a serious
one for sheep men. Henry Seville.
rnncher. came IN Tuesday afternoon
and reports passing I.4OO dead sheep
which belong 60 n Montana man. Tha
losses OF other shecpinen range from "a
few head up TO 200 head. which is the
highest Individual loss SO far reporten
by home men. So far as has beer
learned at least 1000 arc lost, with a
large part OF the sheep range Go hear
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