The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-05
WORST BLIZZARD SINCE 1888,
THOUGH Loss OF, LIFE ON THE
PRAIRIEs IS NOT Ex-
PECTED.
ALL PRAIRIE TRAINS ABANDONED.
Serious Fears for Live Stack nm
the Ranges-Temperatur
Falling.

YANKTON, S. D., Jan. 4-The severe
storm which prevailed here has tied up
all railroad trains indefinitely Bust
ness generally is suspended, and the
only communication with the outside
world is by telegraph. A number Of
belated members of the legislature are
here waiting for a train to Pierre.
Only one railroad is reported TO have
moved train in South Dakota, and
this was the local on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & 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 1888, when
more than one hundred people were fro
zen to death. No casualties of this
nature have yet been reported. al
though a great deal of stock is known to
have persisted. The state legislature,
which was to convene at Pierre tomor-
row and the banquet to Gov. Lee, which
was to follow, will of necessity be post
poned, as about 80 of the 126 members
are snoWbound and some of them will
not reach the capitol for several days.
Special to the Globe.
HURON, S. D., Jan. 4.-The heaviest
snow and wind storm since 1888 has
prevailed here and oyer this part of the
state since Sunday morning, with no
indications that it will cease before to-
morrow. The temperature is below
zero, and the wind comes from the
north, sixty miles an hour Fifteen
inches Of snow have fallen, filling rail-
way cuts and piling drifts ten to if
teen feet high. All trains on the Da-
kota Central division of the Chica go
& Northwestern railway are tied up
and engines housed The Great North
ern trains are all abandoned, and no
effort will be made, to; move trains on
either line till the storm abates. The
telegraph is seriously Interrupted. Suf-
fering Is certain to result among set
tiers as fuel is known to be limited
Special to the Globe.
GRAND ORkS,. N. D., Jan 4.-The
gale that has been blowing for the
past twentyfour hours subsidized some
what tonight. The Great Northern and
Northern Pacific made no attempts to
move trains today or tonight A snow
storm now would make the storm more
damaging than that Of Thanksgiving.
The wind has been blowing at rate
OF forty-f1ve miles an hour since yes
terday and the deep cuts made for
railroad traffic are packed full with
the snow. A train load of legislators
are tied up near Reynolds on the Great
Northern No fatalities are reported,
but many are expected. The thermom-
eter stood at 2 delow zero today
FARGO, N. D., Jan. A storm
verse than that of Thanksgiving day
has ragged since yesterday morning.
Trains are laid out, none having ar
rived since yesterday morning The
thermometer is lower and the wind
stronger than Thanksgiving day. A
freight train was snow bound across
Broadway this morning for several
hours with two engines across the
track. The Southwestern and Milwau-
kee 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
the Northern Pacific are stuck at De-
troit, Mimi, with little hope of going
west today.