River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-03
DEATH In THE STORM.
Blizzard Responsible for Loss of
at Least Four Lives.
Losses to Live Stock VIII Be Heavy-High
snowdrifts 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
il. A searching party has been digging
N the snow for his body.
Frank Vack, of Chicago, lost his life
in the storm. His body was found in a
sno.wdrift just north of Fargo, N. D..
Saturday afternoon. He had walked to
town from the farm where he was en-
ployed for the purpose of getting whis-
Ky, and was returning, intoxicated,wh
overcome by the cold.
John Hooey. farmer living four miles
from Park River, N. d., started from his
house TO his barn Thursday night and
his body was found two miles away On
the prairie Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Anderson, eged Is, was lost
in the blizzard Thursday night. He
left Everhart's candy factory in Fargo,
where he was employed, and went home
with a young lady living about q mile
east Of the business part of Moorhead.
After leaving her nothing has been seen
Of him.
Hundreds of Cattle Perish.
The losses to stock amount to hun
dreds. 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 it Is believed il will be impos-
s:ble for cattle and sheep TO get enough
to eat until il thaws. The tempera-
ture is from five to twenty degrees be-
low zero in that section, and below zero
at ali points in the Dakotas. At Yer
million, s. d., there is hardly tree
standing and every orchard is ruined.
In many instances trees foot in diam
eter were snapped off a the bottom.
Ten car loads of sheep destined for
Chicago were frozen at Grand Harbor,
DEVILS Lake. Unless there is decided
rise in temperature In the next few
days the loss among sheep and cattle
will be very large, as the streams are
freezing over so solidly that It will be
hard for them to get water. The No
vember 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 a
day.
Snow Dr,:te Fifteen Feet High.
Mcllette, s. d., Nov. 3o.-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. s0.-The pres
ent storm has not been paralleled since
the great blizzard of January 10, 1885,
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.-Friday night
WIS 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 80 degrees
below.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 30.-In west
ern Missouri Friday night and Satur-
day the thermometer ranged from zero
TO rs degrees above. and in Kansas
from zero to eight degrees above. In
Kansas City the lowest point was re-
ported Friday morning. when four de-
grees above zero was recorded, and
there was ice in the river for the first
time this season.
Tornado Kills Three Persons.
Perry, o. T., Nov. 3o.-News has
reached here of destructive cyclone at
Ralston, a small town on the Arkansas
river so miles northeast of Perry
There is hardly a whole house left in
the town. Mrs. Dorman and two small
children were killed and many were
wounded. The large store of j. II
Conner was blown down, and in Foley's
livery barn is head of horses were
killed. The night man in the Office was
blown 100 feet. In Payne county, so
miles east of here, many farmhouses
were laid low and several persons were
wounded. After doing its work a,
Ralston the storm crossed the Arkansas
river and struck the Usage Indian ma
ton and for 20 miles northeast took
everything in it's path.