The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-01-09
TRAINS SHOWED IN
THE BLIZZARD STILL WITH THE
PEOPLE OF THE NORTHWEST.
Snow Continues to Fall and the
Drifts Are Growing - Trains Ia
Minnesota and the Dal<Otas Arc
Abandoned Legislators SnOWeH
in and the Opening ut Pierre VAT:
BE Postponed.

in and the Opening ut Pierre May
He Postponed.
st. Paul, Jan. 6-The railroads III
the Dakotas and the western part oil
Minnesota are coiltendng With 4 snow
blizzard that has been severe enough
to stop traffic entirely. The storm IS
still raging. Reports arc to the ci-
feet that the temperature is i'll the VI
cinity of zero, and the snow is falling
and drifting so badly that 1t IS ml"s-
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 he 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 temporarily closed
west of Montevideo. No trains are
expected from the west on any Of the
lines to-day.
| 1t May Abate Some Time.
| Chicago, Jan. 6. - The storm which
has beenrraging for the last forty-eight
hours in the Northwest has not i'll
creased in severity, save. perhaps, Ill
Iowa. and the signal service office i'll
this city. which runs affairs generally
in the Northern Mississippi valley. is
upon record as declaring that within Il
short time the storm will probably
abate." The wind has been high
throughout. and i'll some instances has
shown remarkable pertinacity in cling
ing to the high figures, it having for
thirty-siX hours kept up Il 52-mile per,
hour gait at Huron, S. D. The falling
temperature is general i'll 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 slect 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. The storm is
! practically over in this locality and
the Sky is clearing. Nebraska has had
about the same experience and is UNI
der drifts anywhere from two to ten
feet high.
North Dnkotn.
Fargo. y. 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. A 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.
Tho 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
hone of going west to-day. a number
of legislators are sncw-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.
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 on the Chicago, Milwaukee n
st. Paul between Yankton and Sioux
City. All other trains We're abandoned
last night. The storm is the worst
that has ever been known for drifting
snow, hut is not so binding or cold as
the great storm of 1883 when more
than 100 people We're frozen to death.
No casualties Of this nature have yet
been reported. although i: great deal
of stock is known to have persisted.
The state Legislature which was to con-
vene at Pierre and the banquet to Gov.
Lee which was to follow will of neces
sity be postponed, as about eighty OF
the 1876 members are snow-bound and
some of them will not reach the CAPT.
tai for several days.
In Other States.
Omaha. Jan. 6.-There has been lit
tie abatement in the fury of the storm
that has ragged in this section for sixty
hours. The snow has ceased falling
but the wind still blows gale and
the temperature is very low. Reports
from the state indicate only a partial
blockade. Trains Oh the Union Pa
cific. Burlington. Elkhorn and Rock
Island roads west are moving slowly
but within one or 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 snow is drifting and
threatens to Interfere with railway
travel. Owing to sleet many of the
telegraph and telephone wires are
down.
Kansas City. Jan. 6.-The railroads
of the Southwest are suffering badly
from the snow stolm. All trains are
late to-day, and in some places the
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. at
!1arned the snow is four feet deep in
the level streets. Traffic on the Pan
handle south of Woodward, Okla, is
entirely blockaded. Telegraph and
Telephone service has been greatly in
tcrfered with and much damage has
also been done to stock. Trains into
Kansas City from all directions are
from one to six hours late.
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