The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05
Nebraska Trains Blockaded
in Drifts Mountain
High.
Snowplows Go to the Rescue
and They Are Also
Stalled.
Havoc With the Three Stock
men Said to Have Been Frozen
to Death.


which visited this city Sunday still con.
tinues, aud while comparatively little
snow has fallen, the wind drifts what has
fallen and impedes traffic Snowplow
and road sc Iapers have been constantly on
the 60 all day. The thermometer ha:
ranged from zero to five degrees above.
Reports from Huron and other points il
South Dakota show thirteen inches O.
snow. A special to the World-Herald
from Vermiion, S. D., states that the
wind has drifted the snow from ten tt
twenty feet in places.
Three stockmen are reported to have
been frozen to death seven miles north
west of Nelson, Nebr.
Freight trains are stalled on the Ell
Horn branch west of Norfolk, Nebr., ano
on the Chicago, st. Paul, Mlnneapoli:
and Omaha, between Norfolk ana Win
side, Nebr.
The weather reports to the railroads
show heavy snow and winds at every sta
ton in the State. The snowstorm and
wind have played havoc with the trains
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha IS blocked north OF Blair, and nc
trains came in from Sioux City or went
there to-day over that road. The Sioux
City trains came down on the Iowa side oi
the river over the Sioux City and Pacific
road. The Union Pacific branch trains
were running, but all main line trains
were late this afternoon. Eastern, West.
ern and Southern trains arrived from ten
to forty-fve minutes late. Rock Island
trains from Denver were laid out by the
snow, and a stub train went east this aft
ernoon from Omaha.
Telegraph wires are working very badly
throughout the West and East, as well as
North, each road doing nearly all of its
business over one wire.
ing a way over the Columbus and Grand
Island bra inches.
TOPEKA, KANs., Jan. 4.-The railroad 8
OF Kansas are suffering badly from the
snowstorm. All trains are late, and in
some places traffic is entirely blockaded.
In places the drifts are siy and ten feet
high. At Larned the snow is four feet
deep on the level.
Santa Fe passenger trains s. IA and 6
were stalled over ten hours between
Dodge City and Nickerson yesterday. An
engine with snowplow was sent out there,
and it also was stalled. Traffic on the
Panhandle south of Woodward, o. r., is
entirely blocked. as is the case on the Lib
eral branch of the Rock Island. Trains on
tue main line of the Rock Island are much
delayed to-day.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 4.-Central
Iowa has been in the throes of blizzard
the past eighteen hours. Snow has been
falling, high wind mas prevailed and the
mercury has fallen about thirty degrees,
standing now several points below zero.
The Weather Bureau predicts continued
cold and that the storm will last another
day. About eight inches of snow has
fallen and i. is drifting fast. Wires are
badly interfered with in many directions
and the railroads are beginning to have
difficulties in moving trains. Thers are
delays on all lines out of here and num-
b have been abandoned on account of
inability to make connections.
HURON, S. OAK, Jan. 4.-The heaviest
snow and wind storm since 1888 has pre-
vailed here and over this part of the State
since Sunday morning, with no indications
that it will cease before tomorrow. The
temperature is below zero and the wind
comes from the north at sixty miles an
hour Fifteen inches of snow has fallen,
filling the railway cuts and piling drifts
ten to fifteen feet high. All trains on the
Dakota Central division OF the Chicago
and Northwestern are tied up. Great
Northern trains are abandoned and no
effort will be made to move trains on
either line until the storm abates The
telegraph service is interrupted. Suffer
ing is certain to result among the settlers,
as fuel is not to be obtained.