Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-02-04
The Worst Storm Of the Winter
Held Sway Yesterday Afternoon
and Through the Night Trains al
Delayed.
HEAVY SNOW AND WIND.
Train Number One from the fast Was
Held Here Awaiting the Cessation
Of the Storm Number -Four, East
Bound, BIockaded West Of Man.
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A heavy fall Of snow Saturday night
made possible, this the worst storm Of
the present season and as bad a one
as this section has seen for many sea-
sons past, although the storm is re.
ported as worse farther west OF this
point.
A gale which sprang up at about
four O'Clock yesterday afternoon hurled
the snow through the air making
travel Of any kind Of the most difficult
and pedestrians and teamsters hnr-
ried for shelter.
The train from the Eerth was
caught at about Pingree and was de-
layed nearly two hours. The east
bound coast train was reported stuck
in the snow west OF Mandan and was
reported as indefinitely late. The
North Coast Limited, westbouhd. ar
rived in tire city about an hour and
half late and was not allowed to pro
ceed till tive-thirty this moraing.
Many of the passengers went to the
hotels to await the departure OF the
train.
The storm was not SO severe in the
way of extreme cold as the tempera-
ture was at no time anywhere near as
low as some days week ago. Unpro-
tected cattle, however, will suffer
greatly and many losses may be looked
for as result.
FORTY-E1GHT NILE WIND.
Bismarck, Feb. 2.-The old time
blizzard ragged here yesterday and last
night. The temperature dropped
fifty degree and the wind attained a
velocity of forty-eight miles an hour
picking up the snow, which, owing to
higher temperature in the earlier
part of the storm was wet, and hurled
it through the air for several hours.
All railroads entering the city were
blockaded. The WaslIburn road can
not operate trains as all motive power
is in the snow out on the line and they
have no power to operate plows.
ROTARY AT WORK.
Kuhn, Feb. 2.-The wcstbound
train on this the Hankinson- Bis marck
division OF the 500 was held here yes,
terday and it will take two days to
open the tracks with the rotary plow
so that trains may be operated. The
rotary is now at work east OF here.
HELD sIxTEEN HOURS.
New Salem, Feb. 2-Train number
four, the east bound coast train, was
held her. from four O'Clock yesterday
afternoon till after eight this morn
ing.
AT OAKES.
Oakes, Feb. 3-The worst blizzard
OF the year ragged here last night ac-
companied by a falling temperature.
All trains delayed.
AT CARRINGTON.
Darlington, Feb. 2-The storm Of
last night was decidedly the worst of
the season. Lots OF snow accompanied
by high wind and falling temperature
made it severe blizzard. Trains on
500 and N. are all delayed.
AT OTHER POINTS.
Reports froms Leeds. Churches
Ferry, Bottineau, and Grafton show
that the storm of last night was rage
ing at those points early yesterday
morning with heavy snow and high
wind that was delaying all traffic. 1t
reached Grand Forks at about eight
O'Clock last night with the promise of
a severe storm later in the night.
Fargo also had a heavy fall of snow.
Trains from the east were delayed
principally by heavy snow between Far
60 and Stapl-s.
Train number four from the west,
due to reach Jamestown at ITO yes
terday evening is scheduled to arrive
at 600 this afternoon running twenty
three hours late.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.
Temperature at 900 a. m. yesterday
was two below and fell to sixteen be-
low during the night. At 900 this a.
m. the thermometer was four below.
These reports as to the temperature
for yesterday and TO-DAY were register
ed at the U. S. thermometer at the
asylum.
Bishop Samuel Zo0k OF the River
Brethren church and In charge OF its
Western division, is dead at Abilene
Kan. aged seventy years.