The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-29
THE WEST IN SNOW AND ICE
SNOW. DRIFTS IN DAKOTA ARE
SWALL-5lZ SO MOUNTAINS.
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From Outside World

as Paul, Nov. 2S.-Human beings have
/ been frozen to death, cattle have been
stampeded and buried and smothered in
snow drifts, trains are delayed, wires
are down and the November storm re-
cord is broken by the blizzard that holds
4 the northwest locked in its chilly grasp
! tIow many human lives have been sac
rihced cannot be told until the snow drifts
clear away. Men are missing everywhere
/ III the heart OF the storm Some are
known to be dead and many are missing
with the chances very much against their
being alive. These dead and missing are:
| Thomas Anderson, IS years old, lost in
the snow near MOorehad, MINI; Burrows
=. NJ, mail agent, lost in the storm at
Devils Lake, N. D.; Vack, Frank. Of
chicago, frozen to death near Fargo
n. d., Two unidentified men found
frozen to death near Fargo. Three miss
ing men lost in the snow near Fargo
From the cattle country in the west
ern part of North Dakota come re-
ports of intense suffering from the live
STOCK on the ranges, but no definite in
formation can be secured as the wires are
down. Watson Ham, a cattlemap. saws
the loss will be very heavy.
Wires are still in bad shape and it is
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 received
theFe seems to be nothing to contend with
except immense snow banks, which how
ever the r0taries can easily remove.
From latest reports it is safe to predict
that tomorrow everything will be NOV
ing pretty well, though not on schedule.
Helena, Mont, Nov. 2S.-Last night
was the coldest November night in Helena
in the recollection Of the Oldest pioneer"
Thermometers registered at the coldest
hour from II to 30 below. All day yester-
day the mercury did not get above 10 be-
low, and at o'clock last evening it was
20 below From that time until 5 a. M.
1t gradually grew colder. reaching the
lowest point at that hour This city is
again practically cut off from the outside
world as far as train service is concerned.
The last train that arrived from ST. Paul
came in yesterday morning six hours
late. The very heavy SHOWS in Dakota
have blockaded everything. Railroad
people here will not even make guess as
to when trains will be running on any
kind Of time. At present all westbound
trains have been abandoned Trains
from the west are also late Snow drifts
in Dakota are small sized mountains.
To add to this that section is threatened
with coal famine
WILL FREEZE HERE TO-DAY.
Washington, Nov. 2S.-The Weather
Bureau promises cold wave on the At
lantic coast for the next two and possibly
three days, beginning tomorrow morn
ing. The mercury viii fall to thirty or
forty degrees all along the coast; scoring
the lowest point in the interior of the
middle States The wave which started
Thursday morning from the rocky slope
and the Missouri valley has made re-
Uarkably slow progress.
The blizzard which played havoc with
transportation service in the northwest
has been disposed Of and tbe region has
been clear, but intensely cold for the
past "a or 36 hours. The fierce gales
there have left big snow drifts. Up in the
north end of the Rocky mountains range
is the coldest spot and the thermometer