Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-03-20
TERRIFIC STORY SWEEPS OVER NORTH DAKOTA
" Human Lives Are Lost, Railroad
Death AS Result of the Worst
In North Dakota

The storm was widespread in its
area, extending fromI Regina in the
west to Port Auther in the east. All
business was practically suspended as
the citizens were unable to make
their way through the immense drifts
Street car traffic, which was kept
up in an intermittent fashion during
the day, was entirely suspended Sat
urday night. The storm is welcomed
by the farmers, as it will put the
ground, which was very dry, in splen
did condition for seeding.
The freight train which was stuck
on the J. and N. branch near Ed
munds was brought to jamestown
Saturday. No effort was made today
to run train north. The road was
badly drifted especially the Maddox
and Bowdon branches.
The Oakes train arrived in James
town at noon Monday. There was but
little snow on the branch and the trip
was made with an ordinary small plow
on the engine.
Freight and passenger traffic was
resumed at an early hour today be.
tween Fargo and jamestown. Pass
enger trains that had been held In
Fargo arrived and left for the west.
The work of opening up the road be-
tween jamestown and Mandan was
more difficult as there was quite a
little snow along the road between
Medina and Mandan before this storm.
During the storm the telegraph
wires were damaged to quite an ex-
tent on the Dakota division and mes
sages were sent under difficulties.
y. A. Boynton, who is an oldtimer
in North Dakota, says the storm was
the worst one he had ever witnessed
in March in point of the amount OF
snow that fell and the velocity of the
wind.
The rotary working west was re-
ported at Tappen at 2 O'Clock Monday
afternoon. The rotary was making
slow progress in the heavy drifts.
(FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.
Reports from the west are to the
effect that the rotary has not yet
reached Mandan at late hour today.
Five westbound passenger trains are
at Dawson waiting for the track to be
cleared.
The rotary snowplow which left
jamestown Monday morning worked
all Monday night between Dawson
and Sterling and at 1870 reached the
latter place.
Drifts between Sterling and Man
dan are very high and work of clear
ing track progressed slowly.
The jamestown and Northern was
still snowbound today, no snowplows
being available to open up the road.
Darlington reports that the Soc
rotary passed through that place
westbound and that little difficulty
was found.
Train No. IL arrived Monday even
ing from the east three hours late and
was held on the sldetracks here.
Passengers On the five trains at
Dawson were well cared for according
to reports received. Landlord L. G.
Pettibone is said to be more than
rushed caring for the people in his big
hotel.
1t is now believed that the rail
road company is about the heaviest
loser and that there will be but light
losses of stock reported. The only re-
port regarding stock looses received
at the N. P. headquarters was that
OF five cattle reported to have. been
found frozen at Brinsmade.
The Northern Pacific has hundreds
of men at work on the Dakota divi-
sion shoveling snow. In Jamestown
the snow was loaded on flat cars and
hauled out of the city.
The storm has been very expensive
one for the Northern Pacific. Not
since the early days has there been
such difficulty encountered in clearing
the tracks.
A report this afternoon says the
rotary working west of Sterling had
broken down and it was difficult to
tell when the road would be opened.
The heaviest drifts on the road are
west Of Sterling. A cut three miles
long is drifted full and gave lots of
trouble. A snowpl0w from Mandan
started in from the west to clear the
track but is said to have made slow
progress.