The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-05
Temperature as Low
as 26 Below With
Snow and Wind.
MUCH STOCK LOST
Trains Delayed Generally and
one Death From Gold
is Reported.

loss of cattle and sheep in the west.
William Thomas, aged 20. OF Far
go. N. D.. froze to death in the storm.
Trains are generally badly delay
ed and many street car systems are
paralyzed. The coolest weather To-
reported at Bismarck, N. D.. where
the thermometer went to 26 below.
Northern Minnesota reports drifts
ten to fifteen feet high. blocking
traffic. :
The lev year Of 1911 was ushered
in Sunday with as bad e storm as has
visited this section in years. starting
in a little while before midnight, Sat-
urday night. It kept on with unabat-
ed fury all day Sunday and far into
the night. The snow came lightly
It first, but Sunday morning It assum-
ed a greater density, untiltin the early
part Of the afternoon It was impos-5
sible to see any great distance ahead
--dded to the snow and heavy wind
was the usual cold. Sunday morning
the government thermometer regis
tered at 10 degrees below ero and
this morning It was even worse With
the mercury standing at 90 degrees
below. There was scarcely any LETT
ting up in the force OF the wind all
nigh long until early this morning
It was the worst storm In several
years.
1t was with some dificulty that
people were able to get to church
Sunday morning, and some Of the
congregations were quite small, while
one or two Of the churches suspend
ed services. In the evening the sus-
pension of worship was general.
AS is usually the case the railroads
have the worst of It when the snow
storm comes. The Milwaukee roads
trouble started in Saturday night
when an accident occurred to theal1s.
o'clock passenger train from the east.
AS the train was leaving Alexandria
a collision occurred with q freight
train in the yards, by which two
freight ears were derailed md the
passenger was held there until about
8 O'Clock in the morning before the
track could be cleared.
The passenger trains from the east
and south Sunday afternoon we're
about four hours late. having the
storm to face all the way west and
north. The train running west toE
Rapid City was abandoned at this
point, for 1t was impossible to 90
through during the storm. The north
train was sent out with a large load
of for Pierre, and the pas
senger did not get to Aberdeen until
nearly 8 O'Clock this morning.
There was no improvement I'M
traffic this morning. The Milwaukee,
passenger from the north only cams
from Aberdeen, as connections were
broken with Minneapolis. It was the
intention to send a train west this
morning as far as possible. but up tel
the noon hour nothing had been aciI
complished. For several hours It Wat|
impossible to get an engine out OIL
the roundhouse owing to an accidenil
to an engine that was on the turn
table. The trucks Of the tender gofa
OF the track Of the turn cable and I'M
took some three hours or more ts3
get them back on again. in the meanI
time nothing could be done toward
getting any motive power out Of thii
house.
About noon, train No. 4, schedules
to leave here at 1920 q. M. pulled oui
for the east. nearly twelve hours late
The south train to Sioux City waH
scheduled to leave about $3.50 this af3
ternoon. The train from the wesj
was abandoned this morning. :
though it is expected to get . tratlI
west some time this afternoon.
Both trains from the east anti
south today are scheduled % beinId
three or four hours late.
The Omaha has had but little trout
bic with its line east. The passengellNs
went east Sunday night and the paada1
senger east this morning was held
until about 9 o'clock before beinSls
sent Que, when two engines were atAIJ
tached the the train to break . wall
through. The east passenger vi
not very late getting In an hour su
so behind schedule time.
Huron. s.. D.-Four thousand sbI