Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-05
DEEP DRIFTS.
Snow Packed Tightly on Western
Railway Tracks.
Dynamite Required to Remove 1t In Some
1nstunccs-Many Trains Stnlled-Sct-
tiers Suffer Severely from
Lack of Fuel.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 1.-Reports of
damage done by the late storm, which
are beginning to come in, show that
the ruin is much greater than ut first
supposed. The railroads are still badly
handicapped, but hope to be running by
Wednesday. The body of Thomas An
derson, who perished in the storm near
Moorheud, was found Monday morning
near the home of the young lady whom
he had escorted home through the
blizzard Thanksgiving night His coat
was missing. Anderson was 16 years oil
age. 1t was on his return home that he
lost his life. The thermometer regis
tered five blow zero In this city at mid
night.
Barnesville, Mimi, Dec. 1.-Tratiic
west Of here has been completed.
stopped for two days. An engine and
snowplow left here Sunday to open the
line to Grand Forks. A large number
of freight and passenger trains are
stalled here, and in consequence the
hotels are reaping quite a harvest.
Stephen, Mimi, Dec. 1.-l'assenger
trains have been stuck in snow drifts in
the late storm. Engineers and firemen
have had to shovel snow all night in ths
worst blizzard we have had for years iii
order to keep the engines alive. AL
though but short distance from the
water tank they were unable to reach it.
Engineer Finney's engine ran down to
the tank for water and fuel with the
cars only 1000 feet away. The storm
filled the track behind them and the
engineer and fireman were compelled
to stay at the tank. No one dared trust
himself in the weather, and during tho
entire night the two worked to keep the
engine alive and shoveled snow in the
hope of getting back to the train. AL
the end of Il hours they succeeded in
getting back over that 1000 feet. They
were hungry, tired and frost-bitten.
Fargo, y. D., Dec. 1.-Fuller reports
of the late storm show it to have been
far more serious than was at first sup
posed. With two rotary engines work
ing out of Fargo on the Northern Pa
citic since Saturday morning, train No.
4 showed in five miles east of Valley
City, was reached ut ten o'clock Monday
morning. Only half mile was cleaned
Sunday by the rotaries. The drifts in
cuts are six to fourteen feet deep and
are frozen like ice mixed with sand.
Dynamite is used TO loosen up this snow.
The southwestern branch TO Lisbon
and Edgely s'stiil frozen up and people
in the towns along the line are out of
ood aud coal and there seems no pros
rect of opening the roads for three or
four days. Small towns along the main
line of the Northern Pacific are out of
fuel. In wreck of snow plow John
Tallman, u fireman, had his leg broken,
his head badly scaldcd and received seri
GUS internal injuries.
Bismarck, y. D., Dec. 1.-The North
crn Pacific is still blockaded. Its coast
train which should have reached Mime
apols on Thursday is stuck in snow
drift at New Salem, 40 miles west of
here, and cannot move until snow
pillow clears the track. In some deep
cuts snow is drifted on the track to
depth of so feet. A coal famine prevails
here and there will be much suffering
unless relief is afforded at once.
Helena, Mont, Dec. There is much
apprehension in regard to the cattle in
dustry this winter. The severity of the
weather for the past few days and the
fact that there is considerable snow on
the ranges, are ominous for future