The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-12-03
DIED In THE STORM
FURTHER REPORTS OF LAST WEEKS
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD.
Already Five BODIES Have Been
Found Mt DiRerent Points, and
Several Other People who Have
Been Reported Missing Are Prob
ably Lying Under the Snow
blockade Still Continues.

St. Paul, Dee. "a large section of.
the Northwest is still snowbound, and
1T is feared that when communication
is resumed with the remote blizzard
stricken districts the loss Of life will
be found to have been quite large.
Already five bodies of victims
of the storm have been recovered. D.
g. Mckeeyer, "a farmer near Kensel,
n. D., was found frozen to death yes
terday at Moorhead, MINI. The body
of Thomas Anderson, the seventeen
year-Old boy who lost his way during
the blizzard Thanksgiving night. was
found by August Probst, a farmer,
this morning within quarter of a
mile of the Daniels house. Anderson
had covered his head with his over
coat, loosened his clothing and huddled
up to keep warm. He wore no over
shoes and one of his mittens were
missing. He had become bewildered
and travelled away from town, in the
opposite direction from his home. Sew
eral other people are reported missing
at various points, and it is probable
that their bodies are under many feet
of snow and will not be recovered I'M
til spring.
Still SnOwbound
Jamestown, N. d., is still snowbOund,
with no prospect that railway COM
munication will be opened eastward
for some time yet. No mails have been
received since Thursday East Of
jamestown a cut a mile and half
long is drifted in thirty feet deep with
frozen snow. All cuts are level full.
There is plenty of fuel and provisions
in the city to last some time. and there
is no want nor suffering.
At many points houses are complete
ly buried under drifts. With two ro-
tary engines working out of Fargo on
the Northern Pacific since Saturday
morning, No. 4, showed in five miles
east of Valley City, was reached at 10
O'Clock this morning. Only half mile
was cleared yesterday. Drifts in the
cuts are from six to fifteen feet deep,
and frozen like ice, mixed with sand.
Dynamite is used to loosen it up The
Southwestern branch to Lisbon and
Edgely is still frozen up, and people
in towns along the line are out of wood
and coal. and there seems 10 prospects
of opening up the road for three or
four days. Small towns along the main
line are also out Of fuel. In the wreck
of snow pillow this morning John Tall
man, fireman, had 4 leg broken, head
badly scalded and received serious in
terna! injuries
Traffic west of GAINESVILLE, Mimi,
has been completely stopped. A large
number of freight and passenger trains
are stalled there. About one-third of
the regular trains are running to st.
Paul from this point. No train from
the west has reached there since
Wednesday.
The first train since Thursday morn
ing reached Fertile, Mimi, to-day,
bringing q number Of passengers who
have been snow-bound at Winnipeg
Junction for thirty hours.
In South Dakota
A number Of points in South Dakota
are still stalled in cuts. Passengers
and trainmen are compelled to buy
food of farmers living near the rail
roads. ...
Last night was the coolest of the
season in st. Paul." said Observer
Lyons to-day. 1.-THE cold wave was
extensive in its sweep and covered the
entire country. as far south as Mem
phis, with a, rigor unusual for this
season of the year. 1t was such a visi,
tation as might usually be expected in
January. The temperature at St. Paul
went as low as 10 degrees below zero
The coolest point was at Battleford
where the thermometer registered Sc
degrees below zero. 1t will continue
cold tonight. Tomorrow there will
be a very slight rise in temperature
but cold weather will continue fol
some days"