The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-05
PASSENGER TRAIN DERAlLED

PASSENGER TRAIN pERAlLED
Attorney George n. sThorp Of J
Jamestown, arriving in Bismarck .
at noon today on Saturday nights
No. I, reported that passenger
train No. ,436,, wk1ict, left james. Y
town at 5:35 o'ciock this morning, z
is deraiIed near Bloom. No one J.
was hurt. Attorney Thorp stated =
No. I was t1tefned at Jamestown
two nights leaVfI9 there at'7:30 y
o'clock this fmorhThs. noi}a =
Passenger traffic on the. Northern
Pacific completely demoralized for 4S
hours is the principal result of the biz
zard which struck the Dakota division
late Saturday night and continued
until o late hour Sunday. Railroad Off
cials declare it the worst on that divi-
sion since 1896. The fury of the bliz-
zard is seen in the report of the wealth
er bureau which shows that at 3 o'clock
Sunday morning the wind reached a
velocity of So miles an hour and the
temperature was 20 below. Buildings
seemingly rocked in the gale (which
swept down from the, northwest, .4'
North Coasc tLimited N0stty due in
Bismarck at 1887 Saturday might, was
tied up at Jamestown atjtO:5O O'Clock
that evening" and held there until s
o'clock this morning. On board were
scores of carnival fans returning to
western cities from the st. Paul out
door show. The Limited left James
town 30 hours late this morning and
was reported due in here at II o o'clock,
but did not reach Bismarck until after
the noon hour Passengers reported
that when the gale was the highest
early Sunday morning, it was impos-
sible to keep the steel coaches warm
and that many of the passengers took
hotel accommodations in jamestown.
Press "eoys' Stalled.
The last train to leave Bismarck was
No. 2 Of Saturday night. It's time Of
departure was 1915 Sunday morning.
Since that hour and until the arrival
of train No. 1 of Saturdays. at noon.
Bismarck has been shut of from train
service. No. plowed into the storm
shortly after leaving here and became
stalled at Dawson, between Bismarck
and Jamestown. All Sunday and
good portion of today, the eastbound
limited was held there, proceeding
eastward late this morning. On board
we're many Of the editors returning to
their homes in the eastern part Of the
state after attending the state editorial
association meetings. Among them
were Mr.. and Mrs A. L. Westernhagen
of Fargo, manager Of the Fargo branch
of the Western Union.
Two Freights Were Stalled.
Two eastbound ffeights were "killed"
in snowdrifts at Medina and Chystal
Springs, east of here. Snowplows we're
sent out yesterday to clear the tracks,
but according to rail officials were un-
able to make any headway against the
high wind, which, with the binding
snow, made it impossible to see ahead.
The storm, which abated here about
noon of Sunday, still continued at a
late hour Sunday in the jamestown
and Dawson districts.
At ! o'clock this morning a wedge
snowplow was sent out to battle
against the drifts. It fought its way
through the checked cuts and early in
the day had succeeded in clearing the
tracks as to relieve the snowbound
freights, and to permit officials to an
nounce with no degree of certainty
trains would soon be moving.
With exception of the snowpl0ws
sent out Sunday in an effort to clenr
tracts, not wheel moved on the Da-
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