Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-29
TIE Storm TERRIBLE WORK
Many Lives Lost in the Cold and Snow
of the Northwestern Blizzard.
The Number Will Not Be Known for
Months Till the Snow Melts and
the Drifts Disappear-The Storm
Was General, and Railroads and
Telegraphs are Frustrated.


and smothered in snow drifts, trains
are delayed, wires are down and the
November storm record is broken by
the blizzard that holds the Northwest
locked in its chilly grasp.
How many human lives have been
sacrificed cannot be told until the snow
drifts clear away, months hence. Men
are missing everywhere in the heart
of the storm. Some are known to be
dead and many are missing with the
. chances very much against them being
/ alive Those dead and missing are:
Anderson Thomas, is years old, lost
in the snow near MOorhead, MINI.
Burrows, F. NJ, mail agent, lost ip
the storm at Devils Lake n. D.
Nack, Frank, Of CHICAGO, frozen TO
death near Fargo, n. D.
Two unidentified men, found frozen
to death near Fargo.
Three missing men, lost in the snow
near Fargo.
From the cattle country on the west
| ern part Of North Dakota comes reports
Of intense suffering from the live stock
on the ranges, but no definite infOr-
nation can be secured as the wires are
down.
Watson Ham, a cattleman, says the
loss will be extremely heavy.
South Dakota is suffering, too. At
( Pierre over eight inches Of snow fell
in the storm Of Thursday and Friday,
and the wind maintained an average
( velocity Of twenty-eight miles an hour.
Wires were down most of the time and
trains and street cars tied up. The
first train to move went out about noon
to-day with q snow piow. Cattle on
the prairie drifted badly and losses
are being reported. It was the worst
storm for years.
Some of the Trans-C0ntinental rail-
roads centering at 81. Paul resumed
their through service to-day. The wind
having abated they We're able TO send
out rotaries and snoWplows. and eX-
pected that within six hours they would
be able to send through traffic along
in good shape, provided no serious
damage has been sustained by their
tracks.
Wires are still in bad shape and it
is impossible to get deinie reports re-
gnrding conditions in certain sections,
but the railway companies set large
bodies Of competent men to work and
made rapid progress. Fran all re-
ports received there seems 10 be moth
ing to contend with except immense
snow banks. which, however, the ro-
tari IS can easily remove From latest
reports it is safe to predict tO-mOr-
row everything viii be moving pretty
well, thought not on schedule.
Huron, ;. d., November 28.-The
snow blockade was raised and traffic
on this division Of the Chicago and
| Northwestern railway resumed to-
night The Great Northern will begin
business again Monday. Telegraph
lines are badly demOralized. stock
losses on the Northern and Western
ranges are very heavy, but no suffer-
ing among the settles is yet reported.
The storm lasted forty hours and was
one of the most severe experienced
since the settlement Of this coun-
try.
Noorhead. Mimi, November 2S.-
Thomas Anderson, aged is, was lost
in the blizzard Thursday night Search
ing p.rties were ont all night and to-
dav. but no trace of the body could be
found. The snow has drifted so badly
since then that the task is almost i'm
possible
DEVILS LAKE, y. D., November 2S-
The blizzard was very severe here. The
passenger train from the coast has re-
uaincd on the siding since Thanksgiving,
About 4.s0 p. m on Thursday. +. VI. Bur
rows. mail agent, left hts car TO go to tho
station for orders. 10 has not been seen
since. and there is not once chance In
thousand Of his having escaped death Ia
the storm 1t is supposed that in return
ing to his car ne lost his way In tho blind
ing snow
FARGO N D.. November 2s.-Frank
yack. of Chicago, was found frozen 70
death this afternoon two miles north Of
Fargo. He was ont in tho blizzard.
ST. PAUL. MiH-.. November S-An
Aberdeen. s. D.. special to the Dispatch
saws: The present storm has not been
paralleled sine etho great blizzard of J,n-
uary y. 1855 Drifts in the streets and on
the railroad tracks are five and six feet
deep.
Rairoadng has been entirely aban-
doned until the storm breaks. a freight
/ train on the hastings & Dakota is in the
terrids drifts near Bath Station, and tho
| Eureka accommodation Is fast at Hii's
View. A demoralized condition every
where prevails. The loss 10 stock, it is
/ feared. will be great.
/ Dispatch special from Milette. s. D.,
/ saws: Tho worst snow storm and blizzard
| through this section for years commenced
Wednesday night The trains are block
cd and snow drifts in the main streets are
fifteen feet high. The wagon roads are
blocked and stock VIII suffer greatly.
HELENA. Mont. November 2,.-Last
I night was the coolest November night in
Helena 'In the recollection Of the Oldest
/ pioneer"
Thermometers registered at the coolest
! from o TO 20 below. All day yesterday the
mercury did not get above 10 below and az
last evening was 20 below. From that
time until a. m. it gradually grew colder.
This city is again practically cut of from
the outside world so far as train service Is
concerned. Tho last train that arrived
from 81. Paul came In yesterday morning,
six iaours Iate. The very heavy SHOWS In
Dakota have bockaded everything.
! Railway people here VIII not even make
! q guess as 20 when the trains viii boz run
ming on any kind Of time. At present all
west bound trains have been abandoned.
! snow drifts in Dakota are small sized
mountains. To add to this that section is
/ threatened with coal famine
WASHINGTON. November zS.-AHoth-
or official dispatch late this afternoon says
the principal trouble is now In North Da-
/ kota. No through east bound trains on
either the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern lines have reached St. Paul
since Wednesday and the latest west