The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-07
TRAINS sNOWEDIN
The Blizzard Still with the People
81. of the Northwest ..-z-.

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 ere 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 tc 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 Montevidco. No trains are
expected from the west on any of the
lines to-day. ..- Il
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
II i1fN 81 -nr,f JhO
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 SHOW 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 t1ains 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. Nebra ska has had
| about the same experience and is un-
| der drifts anywhere from two to ten
| feet high.
North Dakota.
Fargo, N. D., Jan. 6.-Trains are laid
| day morning. The thermometer is
! lower and the wind stronger than on
| Thanksgiving day. \ freight train was
snow bound across Broadway this
| morning for several hours with two
! engines across the ira elk. 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 OH 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 lot 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. %"s ..*
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 Chica so. 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
SHOW, but 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 a 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 1926 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 the 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. Elkhorn 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.
Kansas City, Jan. 6.-The railroads
of the Southwest are suffering badly
from the snow storm. 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
LarDed 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
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 IL Long Shut Down.
Boston, Jan. 6-The Standard Cord
age company started up to-day after
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