The herald., 1896-11-29
THE BODIES OF MEN
WILL Be COUNTED
When Summer Suns Melt
the Snow
EVERY Blizzard RECORD broken
By the Hideous Storm Which
Rages Now
MANY KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Many More Are Missing and Are Probss
bly, Dead
Range Cattle Buried and Smothered In ~
Snow
From All Parts of the Northwest Come
Reports of the Most Awful Storm
Since the Country Was
MANY KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Many More Are Missing and Are Probss
bly, Dead
Range Cattle Buried and Smothered In tho
Snow
From All Parts of the Northwest Come
Reports of the Most Awful Storm
Since the Country Was
Settled =
Associated Press Special Wire

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 2s-Human
beings have been frozen to death, cat
tie have been stampeded and buried and
smothered in snow drifts, trains are de-
layed, wires are down and the Novem-
ber storm record is broken by the blix-
zard that holds the northwest locked IN
it's chilling grasp.
How many human lives have been SEQ
rificed cannot be told until the snow
drifts clear away months hence. Men
are missing everywhere in the heart Of
the storm. Some are known to be dead
and many are missing, with the chances
very much against them being alive.
Those dead and missing are:
Thomas Anderson, IS years old: lost
in the snow near Moorhead, MINI.
F. M. Burrows, mail agent; lost in the
storm at DEVILS Lake, N. D.
Frank Stack of Chicago, frozen td
death near Fargo, N. D.
Two unidentified men found frozen to
death near Fargo.
Three missing men, lost in the snow
near Fargo.
From the cattle country in the western
part of North Dakota, come reports Of
intense suffering of the livestock on the
ranges, but no definite information can
be secured, as the wires are down. Wat
son, cattleman. says the losses will be
extremely heavy.
South Dakota is suffering tonight. At
Pierre over eight inches OF snow fell
during Thursday and Friday, and the
wind maintained an average velocity
of twenty eight miles an hour. Wires
were down most of the time and trains
and street cars tied up. The first train
to move went out about noon today
with snowplow. Cattle on the prai-
rie drifted badly and losses are being
reported 1t was the worst storm for
years.
Some Of the Of the transcontiren
railroads centering at St. Paul resumed
their through service today. The wind
having abated, they were able to send
out rotaries and snowplows. and expect
ed that within six hours they would be
able to send their traffic through in good
shape, provided no serious damage has
been sustained by their tracks.
Wires are still in bad shape, and It IL
impossible to get definite reports regard
ing conditions in certain sections, but
the railway companies set large bodies
of competent men to work and made
rapid progress From all reports re-
ceived there seems to be nothing to con-
tend with except immense snow banks.
which, however the rotaries can easily
remove From latest reports lit Is safe
to predict that tomorrow everything will
be moving pretty WELL though not on
schedule. .....--s
IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 2s.-Severe
weather continues to prevail throughout
Nebraska The thermometer has been
close to zero for thirtysiX hours In
the western part of the state high
wind prevails. In some sections stock
is reported as suffering for food and
water. The immense supply of grain
ard hay in Nebraska, where it is avail
able, enables feeders to carry cattle
without trouble. Railroad trains are be-
ing operated On S~1ny roads WithouS
wires. Other reports from some of the
northern counties in this state say the
storms of late were the most severe In
years, and that range cattle would sure
ly perish unless furnished feed and shell
ter.
IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov. 2s-Today
was the coolest November day In Salt
Lake in the twenty years existence OF
the Utah weather bureau. At o'clock
this morning the thermometer registered
five-tenths of a degree below zero.
NORTH DAKOTA.
DEVILS LAKE N. D., Nov. 28.-
The blizzard was very severe here. The
passenger train from the east has re-
manned on the siding since Thanksgiv-
ing. About 4:30 p. m. on Thursday f. NJ
Burrows, mail agent left his car to 60
to the depot for orders. He has not
since been seen, and there is not one
chance in thousand of his having es-
capped death in the storm. 1t is supposed
that in returning to his car he lost hto
way in the binding snow.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
HURON. S. D., Nov. 28-The snow
blockade was raised and the traffic on
this division of the Chicago and North
western railway resumed tonight. The
Great Northern will begin business
again Monday. Telegraph lines are bad.
ly demoralized. Stock losses on tho
northern and western ranges are very
heavy. but no suffering among the set-
tiers Is reported. The storm lasted for
forty-eight hours, and was one OF the
most severe storms experienced atuoo