The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-01
GREAT BLIZZARD.
News From the Storm In tie
Northwest Is Mcngrr.
THERE WERE SOME LIVES LOST.
Hut II May DO Many Days Before the
Number Is sISnown-Grent Snow Drif,s
Frozen Into IeebsrSs, and Dynamite he.
Guirei TO Remove Them In tho Dakota
Towns Along the Northern Pacific HALL
road-A fuel Famine Is Feared.

ST. PAUL, Mlnn., Nov. 3o.-News
from the great blizzard has been very
meagre to-day. So far as learned only
five lives have been lost. OF course
nothing has yet been heard from the
remote districts beyond the reach OF the
telegraph and II may be another week
before 1t can be positively stated that
there has not been more serious loss
OF life. The streets OF the snow-bound
Dakota towns are being cleared as rap
Idly as possible. The extremely cold
weather has frozen the snow until the
immense drifts have reached the pro-
portions OF gigantic icebergs and dyn-
amite Is being used to blast these out Of
the way. ordinary picks and shovels
being unable TO make any impression
on them.
Stock on the ranges has undoubtedly
suffered heavily and fuel famine Is
threatened In many OF the smaller
towns In the Dakotas. This is by no
means trivial matter where the mer.
curry Is ranging from fifteen to thirty
degrees below zero
The railroads are beginning to get
their trains running again. Delayed west
bound trans.Contlnental trains on this
road which were being held at Tower
City and Fargo left those points at s
o'clock this evening. and the east bound
trains held at Mandan are moving and
VIII be due here Tomorrow. The Mort
ern Pacific does not anticipate any fur
ther trouble and expects to have trains
running on schedule time.
Terrible Suffering.
Elmer Holte, aged fourteen, Of Ada,
Minnesota, was frozen to death In the
terrible blizzard OF last week. On
Thanksgiving he and his father started
with q team for the poplar woods, tif-
teen miles dlstant,to get load of wood.
On returning they lost their bearings
in the binding snow and started aioOt
to look for shelter The boy became
separated. the elder Holtc succeeding
in finding farm house after wandering
about all night. Searching parties start
ed out early next morning to look for
the boy. but 1t was not until Saturday
that he was found. frozen stiff. The
father was also badly frozen.
The Pioneer Press special from Eau
Claire. Wis. says: An ice gorge form
ed at the mouth OF the Chippewa, which
caused the water TO back up rapidly
Saturday night and Sunday morning.
On the lowlards below Durand, the
rise was SO rapid that many families
had to flee In their night robes to places
OF safety and leave their all behind
them. The suffering among the wo-
men and children was intense and
many are reported as having frozen
feet and limbs. Those who could, fled
to the railroad track. There they built
fire and tried to protect themselves
from the frosty winds until relief ar
rived.
An engine and coach sent out from
Durand yesterday morning gathered up
about forty or fifty Of these unfortu-
nate people, but so fast was the water
rising that the train had to go back to
Durand. 1t Is thought that some of the
people were not reached by the rescu-
ing party and possibly may have per-
ished. The bottoms are all under water
and the stock and produce are COM
plete loss. Dead domestic animals can
be seen all about the nclghborhood fro
zen stiff In the water. In most of the
homes were stored the winter supplies
and these were all lost.