The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-27
Thirty-six Below at Williston.

Williston, N. D., this morning, and is
expected to do a few stunts here. OBJ
server Outram was unwilling to ven
ture q prediction as to what tempera-
self with saying it would reach zero,
and after that anything might be pos
sihle.
The storm raging here today is part
Of q gigantic disturbance that extends
over large portion Of the United
States. 1t started Yesterday g IN the
far south as Kansas to as far east as
the Atlantic coast. In portions of the
storm area rain is falling, while. in
others fierce snowstorm is raging,
such as is being experienced here. Iowa
is cut in two diagesnal;ly. At ,At,,a Davsn, en-
western portion is being covered with
O. shroud OF snow. @f2- r., &"'l -
Grows Into a Blizzard.
The snow in Minneapolis began early
last evening and continued in gentle
and undemonstrative way during the
night Towards morning 1t became
more enthusiastic. and when people
went to their work and their offices
they found the streets covered.
As the day grew older the storm be-
came more intense, until at l CLOCK it
had developed the milder characters
tics of a blizzard. The vanguard OF the
cold wave, which is coming tonight,
ing particles of snow, which the rising
wind swirled about in filmy clouds, sift'
ing thru every nook and Granny.
Keeping the Streets Clear.
Busy scenes on the streets were ar
immediate consequence. Laborers were
kept busy clearing the walks. and the
continual scrape of shovels told of the
obstinacy with which the snow strug
gled to gain possession. .,
The management of the street railway
company early set about preventing ty
ing up Of traffic.
AS the snowfall became heavier an
the rising wind made the danger OF ob
struction more imminent, the compan,
called out it's reserve forces. The frs
and extra precautions were taken. Th
big, heavy cars themselves are goo
snow-fghters, and can drive thru
pretty hard drift. Manager w. j. Hiel
ordered out the snowplows at 10 o'cloc
and they were kept. running all day. IN
the traffic becomes lighter, and if th
wind keeps up, Manager HELD look
for serious trouble.
The reserve force Of 400 men have o
ders to be ready for an emergency cal
Railroads Suffer.
Mails from the west were fe
hours later this morning and continue
to come in a little later from all dire
tions as the day progressed The Goa:
trains of the. Great Northern and {
the 500 were the greatest sufferers.
Yesterdays Vancouver train over TT
500, due at 6 pm, was tied up on i
way across the stormclad plains
North Dakota, and at l clock this a
ternoon was still struggling again
the snowdrifts.
No. 4, the Great Northern 's Goa
train, due here at 1915 pm, was al:
snowbound.
The Breckenridge division train
the Great Northern, No. 10. due here
1885 am, arrived two hours late. TT
Aberdeen train of the Milwaukee, d,
here at 1880 am, was about equal
wreck Due to Storm.
The Burlington s Chicago train W
two hours late owing to wreck
Prescott due to the storm. The pa
senger ran into the rear end Of
freight. All other trains were abo
thirty minutes behind schedule.
The morning trains on the Milwa
kee, except the Aberdeen special, E
rived thirty minutes late. .
The Rock Island s. train from C]
cago and st. Louis was one hour
hind. ..,
The Omaha train nthe Omaha e
in two hours behind time.