The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
SETTLERS SUFFERED.
Storm Was severe on the Dakoto
Prairies.

FARGO, N D., Nov. 30-Fuller reports of
the late storm show it to have been far more
serious than was at first anticipated. With
TWO rotary engines working out OF Fargo on
the Northern Pacific since Saturday morning,
No. showed in Eve miles east of Valley
City, was Just reached at 10 o'clock this
morning. Only half mile was cleared Yes
terday. Drifts in the cuts are from six to
fourteen feet deep. and frozen like ice mixed
with sand. Dynamite is used to loosen it up;:
The Southw estern branch to Lisbon ana
Edgeley Is still frozen up, and people in towns
along the line out of wood and coal, and
there seems no prospects of opening up he
road for three or four days. Small -tcwns
along the main line are also out Of fuel. In
the wreck of snow plow this morning John
Tall1nan, fireman, had leg broken, head
badly scalded and received serious internal
injuries.
PEMBINA, N D., Nov sO.-District court
blow, snow had fallen to the depth OF four
feet on level the heaviest fall ever kno~n
at this time of year. Now that the wind has
taken it, there are drifts clear over many
houses in this section.
JAMESTOWN, N. D.. Nov. 3o.-Jamestown
is snow-bound, with no prospect that railway
communication will be opened eastward for
some time yet. No mails have been received
since Thursday. The mail trains stated al
Mandan are expected here this evening. The
road is reported open to Hei ,na. East OF
jamestown a cut mile AMI a half long is
drifted in thirty feet deep with frozen snow.
All cuts are level full. Th@.e is plenty of
fuel and provisions in the city to last for
some time, and there is no want nor suf-
fering.
STEPHEN, Mimi, Nov. 30-Passenger
trains have been stuck in snow drifts. En-
gineers and fremen have had to shovel snow
all night in the worst blizzard we have had
for years, in order to keep the engines alive.
Although but a short distance from the water
tank, they were unable to reach 1t.
Engineer Winney's machine was sight
worth seeing. 1t was almost solid mass of
ice and snow. The whole front, including
the pilot, boilerhead, headlight and smoke
stack, was practically a snow bank, and ice
had formed upon the wheels, rods and, in
machine. When 1t ran down the track for
water and fuel, with the cars only 1000 feet
away, the storm filled the track behind them,
and the engineer and fireman were compelled
to stay. No one dared trust himself in the
weather, and during the entire night the
two worked to keep the engine alive, and
shoveled snow in the hope of getting back to
the train. During the entire night they
worked steadily and at the end of fourteen
hours they succeeded in getting back over
that 1000 feet. They were hungry, tired and
frost bitten. Mr. Winney's face is still swol-
len from freezing, and Fireman Cowan's fin
gers and nose were also nipped.
The run to Crookston was made through
drifts which had to be bucked every few
rods, and the snow filled the cab so as to
require constant shoveling. Fosstonites will
be without mail for FIVE days.
ABERDEEN. S. D., Nov. 30.-Intense cold
weather has succeeded the blizzard. 1t was
26 degrees below last night. s=ss-ass
PIERRE, S. D.. Nov 3o.-Gattie men say
the loss the Sioux range will be light il
there is any. The cattle are all right and have
drifted into gulches and draws. They are In
good shape to stand the storm, and what dam
age has resulted is in the way Of covering up
feed and making it hard for the stock the
rest of the writer.
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Nov. 30-Trafic
west Of here hes been completely stopped
for two days. An engine and snow
piow left here Sunday to open the line to
Grand Forks. A large number of freight
and passenger trains are stalled here and in
consequence the hotels are reaping quite
harvest. About one-third of the regular
trains are running to St. Paul from here
No train from the West has reached here
since Wednesday.
BISMARCK N. D.. Nov. 30.-The North
ern Pacific is still blocaded It's coast train,
which should have reached Minneapolis on
Thursday is stuck in a snow drift at New
Salem forty miles west of here and cannot
move until a rotary snow plow clears the
track. In some deep cuts snow is drifted on
the track to q depth of fifty feet A coal
famine prevails here, and there will be suf-
fering unless relief is afforded at once No
services were held in the different churches
yesterday and the fuel on hand was distrub-
Ilf pd amor fhn