The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-02-24
DEATH LEFT ITS MARK
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Range comes the reports that the
snow is three feet deep on the level,
and has drifted in places 20 the depth
of six feet, At Hibbing a winter car.
nival was abandoned because of too
much winter,
One Death From Storm.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.J
st. Paul, February 25.--Blizzard-
Gus conditions prevailed again early
today throughout the northwest. The
of the season in this section, however.
found the snow fall subsiding in the
eastern part Of the Dak,tas. Temper
atures were falling rapidly With Ave
to twelve degrees below zero report
ed in Western Minnesota and the Da-
kotas. ~
Train schedules and Wireless COM
munication continued to be seriously
interrupted and in some cases com
pietely tied up.
Early today one death had been re-
ported as an indirect result of the
storm, woman being killed at Ro-
chester, Mimi, through a short circuit
ed electric wire.
tain region, the storm which began
Tuesday night with lightning ana
thunder, snow, hail, .ieet and rain,
was rapidly moving eastward today
and conditions were reported as clear
ing up along the state line between
Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota.
poles. jamestown. NJ d. reported
twelve below zero. ~"
Northern and southern Minnesota
and western Wisconsin continued in
the grip of the blizzard and snow
was still falling early today. piled
high by the fierce winds. Duluth
MINI, reported nearly thirty inches
of snow with drifts in. many places
more than twenty feet high. Except
down town, no street cars were run
ming in Duluth. Members OF the tank
corps, national guard, in that city
were out with their tanks early today
bucking the drifts in an effort to clear
the way for partial resumption OF
traffic.
Duluth Trains Annuiied.
Most trains out of Duluth were an
nulled, but several were started for
the Twin Cities.
Railroads running out of the Twin
Cities were making efforts to keep
their crack trains running, both west
and east, but many we're from three
to twenty four hours late and several
were reported stalled in drifts. Viz
tually all branch line trains were
abandoned and no attempt was made
to move freights. -
Several men were slightly injured
when a freight train on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway, west
bound, collided with a switch engine
in the yards at Aberdeen, S. D. The
binding snow storm was blamed for
the accident
Telegraph Poles Down.
Several hundred poles belonging to
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company between Tomah and
Warrens, Wis, a distance OF about
100 miles, were snapped of during
the sleet storm. AS result OF this,
communication between the Twin
Cities and La Crosse Wis, and Chi
cago was knocked out. Linemen es-
timated ii would be several weeks
before the Gsxmage could be repaired,
No estimate Of the loss was available
today.
Wires to Faribault and owatonna
and other southern Minnesota points
were pulled down.
Duluth Showed Under.
MILL, CUT AO.-l1S-
heartened by the enormity of the biz
zard and the apparent uselessness of
their best efforts to clear way for
humanity on Duluth streets, the city
at nine o'clock today gave up utterly
and announced no further effort will
be made to battle the elements until
the storm lets up, officials said, it
" i'll remain So
The blizzard which embraces the
north country increased in violence
this forenoon. A fifty mile wind is
piling snow drifts ten to fifteen" feet
high over state railway lines. Half
the working population failed to rsach
their jobs. Stores practically we're
deserted. Meanwhile fresh snow SEEM
ed to pile down with undated sup
zero but the cold is accumulated by
the high wind. w.
Reports from Woodland and West
Duluth indicate thirty foot snow
drifts in Duluth's outskirts. All schools
are closed.
Three fires in Duluth and Superior
were fought last night under stress
full conditions. The mayor and chief
of the fire department issued today a
sharp warning to all citizens to be-
ware Of fires and the fire chief Or
dered all firemen, day and night
crews to stay on duty.
Park point, Duluth, is isolated. A
cable on the aerial bridge snapped
last night. Duluth policemen are on
snow shoes and skis.
Reports From Wisconsin.
Green Bay, Wis, February "a
Wisconsin practically is shut off from
the rest of the world as result of
the worst sleet and snow storm in q
decade, which is sweeping over the
state. ParalyZed telephone, and tele-
graph wires greatly impeding bust.
ness; railroad, interurban and street
car traffic halted.
Green Bay and Reedsville are re-
ported the center of the storm in
Wisconsin. Five, hundred telephone
poles are down between Neenah, APP
pleton, Hortonvilie and Sherwood.
St Cloud Traffic At Standstili
st. Cloud, Mimi, February 23.-All
transportation service is sat stand
Still in st. Cloud today following the
continuance of the blizzard which has
ragged intermHtently for over two
days. Not a train is running on eth
er the Great Northern or Northern
Pacific lines, and the 1853 train OF
last evening is stalled at the Northei u
Pacific depot here. Street car tracks
are buried beneath several feet OF
snow in outlying districts. and there
is no prospect of service today. All
city schools save three have shut
aoruu thara ia No rural mail 1olivQrv