The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-11-28
THH WESTERN BLIZZARD
Fears That Thousands of Cattle
Will be Lost.
NEBRASKA IN A COATING OF ICE,
The Worst storm in Years Swept over
Several Western and Northwestern
States-Snow Drifts Ten Feet High in
North Dakota.


North Dakota,
OMAHA, Nov. 2S.-Telegraphic advices
from many points in Nebraska and South
Dakota report n heavy snow and sleet
storm accompanied by a high wind. In
some places the loss of live stock will be
heavy. About 100, 600 sheep, besides many
hogs and cattle, are being fattened in Buf.
falo county, Nebraska. Three inches OF
rain fell there Thursday night Yesterday
it turned to snow and continued to fall
heavily all day. Much of the corn is not
yet husked, and the farmers will have to
leave it out until spring. Winter wheat
is in excellent shape. The greater portion
of Nebraska is covered with n coating of
ice and In most places snow has fallen on
top of this. In Omaha the streets are
slippery and walking is difficult No ac-
cidents have been reported The temper
ature has fallen 40 degs in about twenty
four hours, and it Is still growing colder.
! Wires are down all over Nebraska, and
| trains are running without the telegraph.
| At Chamberlain, $. D.. the thermometer
was below zero and blizzard was raging.
Langdon, N D.-The worst blizzard
/ ever known in this country ragged in this
city yesterday. The snow is piled in drifts
as high as the houses All trains and
traffic of every description is abandoned.
There are rumors ofloss of life, but moth
ing definite is yet known. At Williston,
n. D., it has showed necessarily since
Tuesday evening. The wind is blowing
at forty miles an hour, and the tempera-
/ ture is at zero and falling. All trains are
tied up.
Dubuque, Ia.-In the last twenty-fouI
hours the temperature has fallen II degs.,
. fhppTpnpnntprs 40 h. nj ylp
at 9 o clock last night.
st. Paul, Minn-The wires continue to
bring reports Of the great blizzard which
has been raging in the Dakotas and north
/ ern Minnesota for the past three days
The storm is the worst known for many
years.
Red Lake Falls, Minn.-Worst blizzard
this section ever saw. The snow which
has fallen at intervals for several weeks
has been piled into huge drifts by high
wind and all traffic is suspended At
Fergus Falls the mercury is at zero, and
business is suspended The same reports
come from Moorehead, Minn.
Fargo n. D.-The storm still continues
with even greater intensity. An wires
west and north are down. The northern
Pacific train due here Thursday morning
is still stuck at jamestown, and II train is
SUZUKI III II tllllt lOuI lllle- cdSl ol NdiltN
City. The coast train arrived from st.
Paul yesterday, but could not be sent
west. All Great Northern trains are
abandoned. The snow drifts in the
streets here are ten feet high 1t is the
worst storm for five years At Kuhn, y.
D., it has showed almost continuously
since Oct. 81
stephen, Mimi The worst storm ever
seen here has been raging since Thursday
morning. About two feet of snow has
fallen this season and the storm has
drifted snow banks in some places ten
feet high The travelling and business OF
all kinds is at a standstill Yesterday 5
south bound train is stuck here in the
snow drifts.
Denver, Colo.-With the exception OF
1877, 1880 and 1887, yesterday was the cold,
est day ever known in Denver in Novem.
Der since 1871 prior to which year there i,
no official record. Passengers on the in
coming trains tell of a severe blizzard in
eastern Colorado and the 4 Ighborinp
state Of Nebraska. The snow has fallen
steadily for two days and the wind has
piled drifts as high rs ten to twenty feet.
Kansas City-The temperature in Kan.
sas ranged from 8 to 10 degs above zero
In Oklahoma it averaged about Is degs
above. The Thermometer in Kansas City
fell As degs. between Thursday noon ant
o'clock yesterday morning. Colder
weather is predicted. The cold uave ex
tended over the whole southwest.