Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
TERRIBLE BLIZZARD.
The Northwest, the West and the
Southwest Covered by
Destructive Storms.
WORST KNOWN SINCE ElsHTy-ElGHT.
Many Persons are Known to Have Persisted
and Many Others are Missing Trains
ockad and sheep and Cattle PERISH
ing--Much Suffering Among the Poor
People.

and Many Others are Missing Trains
and sheep and Cattle PERISH
ing--Much suffering Among the Pooi
People.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 16.-The Sc
yere snow and wind storm which set
in last Tuesday night and which has
been accompanied by the coolest
weather seen in this state for many
years, is still raging in some sections
Conditions are becoming more favor
able for stock interests, as cattle and
sheep will now be able to secure feed
on the ranges where the snow has
been blown off.
From the result of the information
at hand it is safe to say that b
losses among stock to date, except in
railroad accidents, will probably not
exceed a few hundred sheep. There
have been no losses among cattle.
The loss of life in Wyoming due
to the blizzard is probably in excess
of ten persons. Five persons are
known to have lost their lives. OF
these three were herders. n a rail-
road man and the other a
Five herders were reported o
near Point of Rocks, and as their
dogs have come to town the men UNI
doubtedly have persisted.
A civil engineer named Hemingway.
who left Casper several days ago to
visit a friend on a ranch, got lost and
searching parties r securing for
him. His friends believe he is dead.
The railroads are keeping their ines
open to traffic with much difficulty
and a blockade is threatened.
Reports received from the ranges
in southern Wyoming tell of the de-
moralization of the sheep business,
the fiocks being scattered in all di-
rections, the herders dead or miss
ing. No one can live long out of doors
in such a storm as is now raging
throughout the state, and when the
blizzard subsidies it is expected that
bodies of dead herders will be found
at mere points in the Red desert
country, where a number of flock
tenders are now reported missing.
Reports from the ranges say that
the present storm is the worst ever
visited this section of the country,
and hat if it continues for another
"a hours the losses will be heavy.
THE WORST SINCE EIGHTY-EIGHT.
Railroads NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dis
missed-FrOxen to Death.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 17.-Another Sc
we're storm struck northern and west
ern Nebraska yesterday afternoon.
and in some parts of the state is the
worst experienced since the great
blizzard of 1888. The most serious
come from along the line of
the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
railroad, which traverses the
length of the state along the north
ern border. From along the line of
road and as far west as Casper.
Wyo., comes reports of a heavy fall
of snow. accompanied by a binding
wind. Several trains are tied up in
the western part of the state.
At Ainsworth the schools are sus-
pended, as well as in a great many
other parts of the country, and bust
ness in that town was practically
closed up yesterday. The farmers
and stockmen, however, were pre-
pared for the storm, and no fear is
entertained of any great loss.
At Lyons, 25 miles from this city
John Gunderson was caught out and
was frozen to death. He lived in the
country and is supposed to have lost
way. The storm is reported espe.
cially severe up the Missouri valley
Ten inches of snow is reported at AL
In this city the weather began to
Sunday night and contiI-
ued mild until noon yesterday, when
the temperature began to fall again,
and last night it was ten degrees be-
zero.
There has been considerable suffer
and a squad of police has beer
to look up cases of need. The
cold wave is general over South Da
kota, western Iowa, Wyoming and
stock Perishing I'm oklahoma.
Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 16.-Another
cold wave struck Oklahoma tonight
and, following so closely on the first.
it viii do great damage to the exten.
sive cattle interests of the territory.
from the ranges states that
the stool is perishing, weakened by
of food and by the intense cold.
prominent west-side cattleman said
tonight that the loss as a result of
the blizzard will be greater among
stockmen than ever known
before in the history of the territory.
Two Deaths from Freezing.
Louisville, KY, Dec. lin Ken
lucky two deaths, one a baby and the
other a negro, have been reported
due to freezing.
Killed and Fatally Injured.
Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 16.-The Santa
Fe north-bound passenger train, dur
ing the blizzard tonight, ran into q
.andcar carrying three men, north
Guthrie, killing Thomas Kiess and
injuring Section Foreman
Adolf Farrer. Charles Fingle escaped
Succumbed to the Cold.
Olive. Tex. Dec. 16.-Ira Hillard