Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-17
and a rather limited variety of food
but enough to get along with without

but enough to get along with Without
trouble. 8 s.:
One OF the teachers who took the
examination in the city Friday start
ed Saturday morning to walk to Man
dan. He had on neither oyercoat, cap
or overshoes, and drifted into Jerry
Plants home near the river, half
frozen and nearly exhausted. Jerry
took him in, warmed him up, and fur
nished him with a coat and cap, as
the man insisted on walking across
the bridge to Mandan
Shoveling snow is a popular Occur
patton this morning. All along the
streets in the city there are deep drifts
in front Of the doors and trenches have
been cut through to afford an oppor-
tunity for walking. Area walls and
windows have blown full OF the snow,
which. is packed down firmly. Along
Main street there is a continual drift
six or eight feet drift, and in all parts
of the city there are huge snow banks.
Telephone messages from Washburn
and Wilton report the storm to have
ragged there with a severity equal to
that in this city. No trains were run
along the road and everyone kept
within doors On the prairies the
storm was especially severe and it is
feared there will be great losses of
stock which were unsh heltered. d
Trains of the Northern Pacific road
have not been running since Friday.
The east. and west bound trains we're
held at Manydan and Dawson and had
not moved this morning. At both
places there was a plentiful supply of
fuel and food and the passengers did
not suffer any inconvenience except de-
lay Officials of the road concluded yes
terday that it would be useless to at
tempt to move trains or to operate a
rotary plow, as the storm would have
filed up the cuts as fast as the rotary
SliOfS1Su ClISuIS Out e - glOtStAy was
started from Jamestown this morning
and has been working, west today. It
is slow work, as all of the cuts are
full OF snow and it lis packed down
SO firmly that the plow can run only
a few miles an hour through the
drifts. The track is blocked pretty
well from Dickinson to Fargo, and
it will take several days to get it clear.
AL the ploWs available will be run.
The ordinary snow plows are of little
service in cases of this kind, as snow
ibucking by the old methods is Of no
avail.
# Telegraph wires suffered in the
storm, and the local Office has only
one wire which is available for SER
vice. This is being used by the rail-
road for train messages as well as for
commercial purposes. All business
has been delayed and several crews of
linemen are at work repairing the
the damage. 4.
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Electric light wires in the city were
blown down and broken in a number
of places, and lights were cut Off in
several places last night. The sever.
55ity Of the storm was such it is remark
able that more wires were not blown
down. s
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preciated during the storm and all
business was transacted by that meth
cd. The central girls were kept busy
day and night for the two days. 4.
Old timers state the storm is the
worst since twenty or more years ago
when there was a blizzard that lasted
for three days, while the duration Of
: the present storm was only forty
eight hours. Blizzards in North Da-:
kcta are usually of shorter duration,
lasting seldom over twenty ty-four hours.
Itt is not often, either, that they are
accompanied by such severely cold
weather. High winds, when the tenn
peeature is below zero, are unusual.
The highest velocity OF the wind
during the storm as reported by Di-.
rector Bronson Of the weather bureau
was forty eight miles an hour The
fetal movement of the wind during the
storm was over 2, 600 miles, which
would be an average velocity Of wind
/ fcr fifty hours OF forty mile an hour.
The minimum temperature Sunday
morning was 6 degrees below zero and
1.-THE temperature this morning was Is
below It was difficult to record the
snow fall with accuracy for the reason
/ that the wind whipped the snow out
of the guage used for recording snow
fall, but the best estimate ohtainahle
fixes The snowfall ait about el.ven
inches, possibly a little more, The
duration of the storm was nearly