Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-01-08
VICTIMS. OF COLD.
Several Persons Frozen to Death
) in the Northwest.
THE BLIZZARD APPARENTLY OVER.
Railway Lines Being Rapidly Opened
The Flood Does Much Damage in Mis-
souri, and Arkansas-The Mis-
sissippi Still Rising.

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 6.-There was
loss of life in the blizzard of Sunday and
Monday. A telegram from GAINESVILLE
came to Representative McGrath saying
his brother, John McGrath, was lost i'll
the storm and persisted before he could
reach shelter. y dispatch from Fargo
says two children of John Petit, of
Hunter, We're frozen to death in Sun
days storm. Their father has been in
Fargo three days and details cannot be
secured.
Atchison, KAN, Jan. e.-F. Irwin (col-
ored) found ten-year-old child dead in
a snowdrift near Seventh and Parallel
streets Monday morning. 1t proved to
be one of the neighbours children, who
had got lost in the snow while on her
way home.
Blizzard Is Over.
Huron, S. d., Jan. 6.--The greatest
snow and windstorm since the settle
ment of this part of South Dakota
abated Tuesday morning. 1t was of so
hours duration. Two feet of snow fell,
and it is piled in immense drifts SO solid
that several days will lapse before the
streets are passable. Snow plows and
gangs of shovelers were sent to south,
north and west Tuesday morning by
the Chicago d Northwestern railway to
clear tracks, while the rotary snow plow
set about clearing the main track from
Tracy to Huron. The Great Northern
is working from Benson to Watertown
and from Watertown here. All lines
will probably be open to-day.
Mississippi Still Rising.
St. Louis, Jan. 6.-Every train arriv.
ing at the Union station Tuesday even.
ing was late, owing to the severe storm
that had covered the whole Mississippi
valley. The heavy rains of the past two
days have flooded all the streams, and
washouts delayed travel on the Iron
Mountain and the Frisco roads. The
succeeding clear and colder weather
has, however, been of benefit. The
river at this point continued to rise and
at six p. m. stood at 25 feet above low
water mark. Fully $4,000 feet of lum-
ber and number of lighthouses and
small craft were swept away. An army
of men were busy on the river front
taking barrels and boxes to high ground
Missouri Town Flooded.
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Jan. 6.-Railroad
communication is cut off entirely or
the north. Eight hundred feet of track
and roadbed of the main Iron Noun.
tain road are washed out. Black river
is out of its bankes and still rising
The lower part of the city is flooded
and people have been forced to leave
houses. The Poplar Bluff Lumber COM
pany's mammoth works were closed
by high water. The river is higher
than for five years. The loss to farmers
from flooded lands will be great.
Damage by Flood in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark, Jan. Gas result
Of Saturday nights storm and subse.
quent heavy rain the Arkansas river anG
its tributaries have risen greatly anf
flooded the lowlands, doing great dam
age to fences and carrying away much
valuable lumber. The railroads have
suffered greatly and all trains have beer
delayed ten or dozen hours. All the
freights were tied up along the road
about 20 hours. The greatest damage
to the Iron Mountain track by the storm
was near Garner, White county, wher,
q cloudburst flooded the whole coun
try and turned Bull creek into roaring
river. About 1900 feet of the roadbet
was washed out,