The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
I TR AIMS sNOwEDIN
The Blizzard Still with the People
of the Northwest

st. Paul, Jan. 6-The railroads in
the Dakotas and the western part OF
Minnesota are contending with 4 snow
blizzard that has been severe enough
to stop traffic entirely. The storm is
| still raging. Reports are to the eff
! feet that the temperature is in the vi
| entity OF zero, and the snow is falling
and drifting SO badly that it is impos-
| sible to see ten feet distant
NO trains arrived from the west this
| morning over the Northern Pacific and
! the Great Northern lines. The trains
| are reported as Indefinite. No effort
! will be made to clear the tracks on
these two roads in North Dakota until
the storm abates, then the rotary snow
plows will be started out to clear the
track. 1t is believed that it will not
require many hours TIC clear the drifted
snow after the blizzard ends The
| Omaha has abandoned trains for the
present in South Dakota, and the
Hastings & Dakota division Of the
| Milwaukee road is Temporal rily closed
west Of Montevidco. No trains are
expected from the west Oh any Of the
! lines to-day.
1t May Abate Some Time.
Chicago, Jan. 6. - The storm which
has been raging for the last forty-eight
hours in the Northwest has not in
creased in severity, save, perhaps, in
Iowa, and the signal service Office in
| this city. which runs affairs generally
| in the Northern Mississippi valley, is
upon record as declaring that within a
short time the storm will probably
abate.' The wind has been high
throughout, and in some instances has
! shown remarkable pertinacity in cling
| ing to the high figures, it having for
| thirtysiX hours kept up j2-mile per
hour gait at Huron, S. D. The falling
temperature is general in the lake re-
| gion and upper mississippi valley, but
there has been no heavy fall of snow
east of Iowa. In the latter state the
| fall of sleet and SNOW has been very
heavy and the reports to-day indicate
lower temperature and more snow. In
| Western Kansas there has been much
trouble because OF the snow packing
across the tracks, and Trains have
| been held at eating houses until the
tracks can be cleared. Tie storm is
practically over in this locality and
the sky is clearing. Nebraska has had
der drifts anywhere from two to ten
feet high.
| North Dakota.
| Fargo, n. d., jan 6.-Trains are laid
out, none having arrived since yestcr-
day morning. The thermometer is
lower and the wind stronger than on
Thanksgiving day. 4 freight train was
snow bound across Broadway this
morning for several hours with two
engines across the track. The South
western and Milwaukee roads are as
badly blocked as the main lines. of the
| Northern Pacific and Great Northern.
The coast train on the Great Northern
is in the yards here while two west
| bound trains on tie Northern Pacific
are stuck at Detroit. Mimi, with little
hope Of going west to-day. A number
of legislators are snow-bound here and
the house will probably not be or
ganized tomorrow. 1t is rot thought
the death list Will be as large as i'll
the Thanksgiving storm as people will
remain indoors till the storm is over.
There will be little suffering on branch
| lines, as all are supplied with fuel.
/ South Dakota. &c. f. Z
Yankton, S. D., Jan. 6.-The blizzard
RACES with undated fury. Only one
railroad is reported to have moved a
train in South Dakota, and this was
the local Oh the Chicago Milwaukee Il
st. Paul between Yankton and Sioux
City. All other trains were abandoned
last night. The storm is the worst
that has ever been known for drifting
SNOW, but is not so binding or cold as
the great storm Of 1883 when more
than 100 people were frozen to death.
No casualties of this nature have yet
been reported, although great deal
of stock is known to have persisted.
The state legislature which was to con-
yene at Pierre and the banquet to Gov.
Lee which was to follow will of neces-
sity be postponed, as about eighty Of
the 1875 members are snoW-bGund and
some Of them will not reach the CAPT.
tai for several days.
In Other States.
Omaha, Jan. G.-There has been lit
tie abatement in the fury of tho storm
that has ragged in this section for sixty
hours. The snow has ceased falling
but the wind still blows a gale and
the temperature is very low. Reports
from the state indicate only 4 partial
blockade. Trains on the Union Pa
cific, Burlington. Ellzlorn and Rock
Island roads west are moving slowly
but within one OF two hours of sched-
uled time. On the north and south
roads there is much trouble The
Omaha line is completely tied up.
Des Moines, Jan. 6. - The State of
Iowa is in the tolls of fierce blizzard
To-day the temperature has been fall.
ing and the loose STOW is drifting and
threatens to interfere with railway
travel. Owing to sleet many Of the
telegraph and telephone wires are
down. -.s .-T
Kansas City, Jan. 6-The railroads
of the Southwest are suffering badly
from the snow storm. All trains are
late today, and in some places tho
traffic was suspended. Not much snow
is falling to-day, but the high winds
are drifting snow SO much as to make
it still harder for the railroads. A
Iarned the snow is four feet deep il
the level streets. Traffic on the Pan
handle south Of Woodward, Okla, il
entirely blockaded. Telegraph anC
telephone service has been greatly in
terfered with and much damage has
also been done to stock Trains into
Kansas City from all directions arr
from one to six hours late.
After II Long Shut Down.
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