The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-05
52;h|LE GALE Whips
. STORM At BISMARCK
CONTINUED from. page one)
kota division. The Yellowstone was

CONTINUED from page one)
kota division. The Yellowstone was
not hit.
Scores of passengers marOOned in
the city since Saturday crowded the
bulletin boards in the Northern Pacific
station today in an attempt to gain
some information on the running time
Of the trains. New schedules were
chalked and erased. -. w
Trains Nos. 5, I and I of Sunday
were tied up in Fargo all yesterday.
The local Office reported early this
morning that the first two trains would
be consolidated and run as a special
which was due to arrive in Bismarck
late this afternoon. No. ! OF Sunday
was reported at noon to be trailing the
special.
The trainmaster at Mandan reported
last nights No. 2 left there at 10
O'Clock this morning. No. OF Sunday,
also held up with No. 2, left at 1920
O'Clock, and No. of this morning at
1871 Trains Nos. 4, 2 and managed
to run over the Yellowstone division
on fair time, but upon reaching Man
dan were Immediately tied up, No. S
being returned over the division a.,
No. 7. ii
! {.1a~eranch Lines Are Checked.
Mandan division headquarters re-
ported last night that it would be i'm
possible, it was thought then, to open
! the branch lines until Wednesday at
the least.
500 headquarters reported that five
snoWplows are at work today and that
while there will be passenger service
today, tits expected the tracks will
be.~cleared to shoot through passen.
ger trains, by tomorrow. - ''-
Engine Lost in Blizzard.
Train Noa2's engine which left here
at 1915 Sunday morning, was lost in
the storm at Dawson The engine un-
coupled from the train and proceeded
ahead short distance to get water.
1t was unable to get back as a huge
drift formed between the coaches and
the tender Passengers are reported
to have suffered considerably from the
cold ="
500 Rises to Emergency.
With but six carloads of Ignite coal
in the city this morning, the 500 arose
to the emergency by giving coal trains
the rightof-way between Bismarck
and Wilton and with the announce
ment that by tomorrow morning at
least IS carloads of Wilton Ignite
would. be in the CITY, II -,
The big rotary was brought in from
Wishek at 10: 80 O'Clock and it immed.
lately engaged in its campaign with
the drifts between this city and viii.
ton. Twas followed out by train OF
empty coal cars. which will be filled at
the mine and returned to Bismarck
with all possible speed.
Engine Shores on Side.
The engine which pulls the Pingree.
Wilton mixed train on the Pingree.
branch of the Northern Pacific, went
on it's side at Wilton last Saturday
evening and snored all that night and
a portion of yesterday under white
blanket. Reports say that 1t bicked
an especially stiff drift. The 500
forces are said to have been given
authority to hook onto any load of coal
cars on the Northern Pacific tracks
at Wilton and to snake them into the
capital city with all possible dispatch.
Todays supply of fuel is believed to
be sufficient for the immediate present
and by tomorrow morning, thanks to
quick and efficient work upon the part
of the rail operatives, there will be
coal to burn"
Public Schools Are Closed.
Superintendent Martin of the public
schools announced that there would be
no school today. The public schools,
however, will be opened tomorrow
morning. Drifts in many parts OF the
resident districts are from five to eight
feet high.
Comparatively little snow fell here
or in the jamestown district, but the
wind blew with such force as to drive
the snow that was on the prairies into
huge drifts and to cover trees and
buildings.
At jamestown no Sunday services
were held in any of the Protestant
churches. No. of Saturday left the
Yards there at 8 o'clock this morning,
30 hours late. A slight derailment
was reported on the Northern Pacific
tracks at Bloom. Telegraph and tele.
phone wires we're seriously crippled.
Messages sent out Of Bismarck last
night were sent on the west circuit
and made loop Of 5000 miles in get
ting into st. Paul.
The temperature at o'clock was II
below, 1t being the official reading.
Storm Moves Eastward.
The Sunday storm has moved east
ward and is central today over the
northeastern states. High pressure
areas cover the plains states and the
Rocky mountains. A low pressure area
has appeared in the Canadian north
-.asf ana the femnarature II rising In