Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-20
WORST STORM in. MANY YEARS
DOES THINGS ALL OVER THE
STATE
TRAINS IN ALL DIRECTIONS ARE
ANNULLED AND THERE is NO
TELLING s5
WHEN LINES WILL BE RE-
n OPENED IF THE STORM DOES
u NOT ABATE AT ONCE

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The blizzard yesterday gave the |
people a taste of genuine old style
winter that no one appreciated very
much During Friday night and
Monday morning the wind gradually
rose until it was blowing a gale by |
noon yesterday and the snow was
hurrying at rapid gate to southeast
ern parts.
After making two trips the trolley
line was out Of commission and those
ambitious members of the legislature
who were determined to earn their
salary, and had failed to get up on the
cars, had either to walk or get ex-
travagant with hackhire. At any rate
most Of the members of the house got
to the capitol, while the august sena-
tors provided for an adjournment at
long range. +
Many Of those at the capitol
walked down owing to the fact that
the hacks were unable. tc reach the
state house, but the ladies' and others
managed y to get down in bobsleds
pressed into service for the occasion.
Whites big bus blew over as it was
leaving the capitol with a big load and
two hacks got stuck in the drifts, so
that means of conveyance ceased do
ing business, and those who walked
wished they had waited for the bob
sleds. The unusual demand for eat
ables soon exhausted the stock at the
capitol restaurant and many went
hungry until they reached town late
in the afternoon s52. .,z. 81 y.
The wind 5on capitol hill was some
thing fierce and farmers who came to
town said the storm was the worst on
the prairies they had known for years.
Trains on the N. P. from the west
came along in good shape as com
pared with other days, but there have
been no trains from the east since
Friday. All day yesterday the efforts
OF the company were devoted to get
| ting a freight train out Of the snow
near Medina, but at a late hour this
morning had not succeeded. Satur-
days trains Nos. 8 and & were held
1 at Jamestown The Linton train got
in during the day but did not try, to
get back. No of Friday night
! which got in late Saturday afternoon
remained here for two or three hours
and was then taken back to Mandan.
All trains were annulled at Is D. m.
No wheels have turned on the 500
south 81 of this point for fortyeight
hours. The train which left here Fri
day morning is stuck in the snow
six miles this side of Kuhn and has
been abandoned to her fate until the
storm has subsidized. The passengers
We're taken by team to Kuhn and
taken care Of by the railroad company,
| The Garrison train started north
Saturday morning on time with two
engines but two miles north of Arnold
Egot stuck in the snow and was unable
to move either way Word was sent
to this city and a relief train was sent
out hauled by two engines, the crew
being made up of railroad men of all
| descriptions, from conductors to
freight. house men. Half way to
Arnold this train got stuck, but after
three hours of hard shoyeling man
aged to reach the other train The in
creased violence of the storm how
ever, made it impossible to release all
the train, and one engine and a car
were left to their fate in the snow on
the main line, the engine being al
lowed to die. s& *
The other engine of the first train
/ was left. on the siding at Arnold after
her fires had been put out, and the
passengers, over 80 in number were
brought back to the city, arriving
there about 8 o'clock last night, hun
CRY and mighty glad to be where they
could get good cover.
The company has done all it was
possible to do under the unexpected
circumstances and its hard work and
expense to get the passengers on the
north train back to Bismarck is
worthy of great praise. No more eff
forts will be made to open the road in
IL I. j 4
either direction until the storm
abates, as the cuts would only I'LL up
ais soon as opened. 5ts33
| Inquiry at the coal depot last even
ing brought to light the fact that
! there were but one and 4 half cars Of
Ilignite coal on hand for city con
sumption. There is good supply Of
! wood on hand at the wood yards and
no suffering is looked for on this &C
count unless the blockade should be
/ prolonged beyond expectations. It is
/ understood the electric light plant
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