New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
LIVES LOST IN THE STORM.
rr-DTuER DETAILS FROM THE NORTH
WESTERN BLIZZARD.
,ropr- PERISH ~ DRIFTS AND CATTLE DYING
oN THE SNOw-COvERED PlNNS-I"hN-
TY nEGEEEs BELOW ZERO.

PEOPLE PERISH ~ DRIFTS AND CATTLE pfiN"
OK THE sNow-covERED PLAINS TWEEN
rY DEGREES BELOW ZERO
&, Paul. Mimi. Nov. 2S.-The great storm
which swept over Minnesota and the DaKotaS
on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday has result
cd I'm some loss Of human life ana great loss 10
live stock Mall Agent Borroughs. OF the Great
Northorn road. Is buried in "A snowdrlft near
Devils Lake y. ID. lie was on the "es'po""u
,ra,, which was stalled near Devils Lake
Thursday evening. and walked to restaurant
o, Dev,'s Lake. obtaining as big a supply of pro
visions as he could carry. and started pacK 10
b,s train. He never reached it. searching
party has been digging in the snow for MS Dody
all the afternoon John Hooey. farmer living
four miles from Park River y H.. started fro"
his house to his barn Thursday night. and his
L.lv was found two miles away on the prairie
this afternoon.
Tn. lass Of stock will aggregate hundreds
4 coat of lee covers the ground. and snow Is In
.orro ulac.s ptled in drifts twelve feet high. ON
,n. ranges west of the Missouri the worst Is
r.or.d for stock as it Is believed ii would be
iu,n,ssilic for cattle and sheep to get enough I"
oa, until il thaWs The temperature Is from
:, ,n 20 degrees below zero in that section. ana
b,l,w zero at all points in the pakotas. Az
ycrmilon. : D.. there is hardly tree stand
Ing and every orchard Is ruined. In many IN
stances trees "A foot In diameter were shapp'o
of nj the bottom. Every telegraph ana e'e''r"
wire H. that town was prostrat"i, ana " Will
have no lights until next week. To-niShts re-
norris from Moorhcad. Fargo, Grand Forks
Devils Lake and Bismarck say trains are ne
p,nning 10 move irregularly again
Al Aberdeen the storm has not been paraiiei'n
sine. the great blizzard of January l.. iN>N
Drifts in the streets and on the railroad tracks
there and at most South Dakota towns are from
five 10 six feet deep. Railroading has been en-
,irolv abandoned until the storm breaks
rreight trains on the Hastings and Dakota are
i'm drifts near Bath Station. and the EUREKA ac-
com,nodation is fast at Hills View. An utterly
demoralized condition prevails everywhere.
Pierre : D.. reports travel Of all kinds com
nlotcIy tied up While no reports have come IN
from the county. there have undoubtedly been
serious stock losses on the ranges 1t VIII DE
several davs before anything definite can De
learned from the cattle country 70 uhe Nes'.
A. Huron the snow Is plng in drifts as high as
fonco tons Trains were sent south ana east
to-day preceded by snow poughs ana shoVei-
Iors Telegraph wires are Frustrated III every
direction Fuel is scarce In remote dlstricts
and suffering is feared Heavy losses or cattle
on the ranges viii result KAN anu s'esl p'r T.,
vailed several hours before the snow set IN
Then the temperature fell L. degrees resting
M 4 below zero when the worst storm ever
known in the state IN eight years set III, con-
tinung for forty hours ~ ,
snowdrfts in the main streets are fifteen feet
ano,, Tbe wagon roads are blocked and stock
,vill suffer greatly.