The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-22
MERCURY FALLS
80 DEGREES IN
36 HOURS HERE
Bismarck Escapes Fury of Biz
zard Which Swept Northwest
Sunday Afternoon
TRAIN NO. / ARRIVES
THIRTEEN HOURS LATE
Drifts of Snow Reported From
10 to IL Feet Deep at Minne-
sofa Points

10 to IL Feet Deep at Minne-
sofa Points
Although a drop in temperature of
80 degrees in 36 hours was reported
with the official reading at the gov.
ernment weather bureau at o'clock
this morning and the wind last night
obtained velocity of % miles an
hour, Bismarck did not experience the
blizzard as reported from eastern por-
tions of the state. 1t was evident from
the reports reaching here this morn.
ing that the snow which fell at James
town yesterday was whipped into a
blizzard by the stiff northwest gale,
which drove it into the Red River val
ley region.
Saturday night high east wind
drove wet snow over this section Of
the state, but the storm was minia.
ture in comparison with the blizzard
which swept the western part Of teh
state during the week of Christmas.
Two and one.half inches of snow fell
since last Saturday afternoon. That
traffic on the Yellowstone division Of
the Northern Pacific was not hit was
evidenced in the arrival of train No.
2 at 10:40 O'clock last evening, about
thKee hours late. Passenger train No.
I, from the east, due at 1857 o'clock,
last night, pulled in here at o'clock
this afternoon. The delay was caused
by the heavy snowdrifts experienced
in the vicinity of the Twin Cities,
where all records for snOwfalls were
shattered in the 25-hour storm which
gripped that part of Minnesota and
extended northwestward as far as
Jamestown in North Dakota.
26 Below This Morning! Z q,
A temperature OF 26 degrees below
was reported by Orris w. Roberts;
local meteorologist. for o'clock this
morning. The official reading at noon
was 13 below. The highest temper
ature yesterday was -2,s and the low
est last night, 17;26. > The wind yeloc-
ity at noon wass a. miles an hour.
500 trains. which have been most
seriously hit bybtbe, severe storms to
date this winter were operating on
about schedule time, according to a
report from the head Office this morn.
ing.
Train Service Crippled.
Scores of passengers paced the floor
at intervals in the Northern Pacific
station this afternoon in an attempt
to kill time, waiting for the delayed
trains. About every 10 minutes, the
IN ho1 0I coh hr1
ule, as the trains lost time in travel
ing through the heavily drifted cuts
between jamestown and Fargo.
Train service over the Northern Pa
ciflc il the worst crippled today that
it has been all winter. 1t is the east
ern trains that are experiencing the
greatest delays,e,tRe' trains, from the
west pulling through. III fair time
No. arrived at l: 80 o'clock this af.
ternoon, and last nights North Coast
Limited No. pulled in here shortly
after 2 O'clOckk:i..% :: J. -
No. 8. from Miles City to St. Paul,
reported on time earlier in the day,
lost heavily as it travelled eastward
through the state. At 2 o'clock it was
announced on the bulletin board to
arrive at $40 O'Clock, but was losing
time steadily. No. 3, due at 11:40
o'clock this morning. was chalked at
2 o'clock today to arrive at 9:2O
O'Clock this evening, which will in all
probability mean about II O'Clock, the
rate It has been losing time, while
tearing through Minnesota snow
banks No. Z is due to arrive at
o'clock tonight. ...
Under the stiff northwest gale, Bis.
marck felt the cold wave. A &c be-
low temperature driven by 2S-mile
gale, gave it a cutting edge, which
made traffic on the streets unpleasant.
Warnings of the approaching cold
wave had been sent out by the gov.
ernment bureau here Saturday after.
noon. At Moorhead the wind velocity
was 40 miles an hour.
Wisconsin EnveIoped.
The entire state of Wisconsin was
swept by the blizzard, as we'll as
Pennsylvania and other eastern
states, where another storm of in.
tensity moved. St. Paul is under a
blanket of snow for its winter carni.
val, which opens Wednesday. Sioux
Falls, S. D., reported Is below and
Sioux City, Ia.,. II below this morn.
ing, with the Official reading in St.
Paul 10 below.
Warmer 70 Prediction.
Unsettled and not quite so cold to-
night was the substance of the wealth.
er forecast issued today. The high
pressure extends from the Pacific
coast eastward to the Mississippi riv-
er, while lows cover the East and the
Canadian Northwest. This later low
in its southeastward passage will re.
suit in unsettled weather tonight with
higher temperature and
probably light snow, followed Tues.
day with cloudy weather; colder. in
the extreme west and warmer in the
east portion. /
Valley City seems to have been the
center of the storm yesterday in North
Dakota. Intense storms were report.
ed all along the route of the Northern