The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-12
Was Is Degrees Below Zero
With Smile Gale Jan.
12, 1888
COLD KILLS 2 YESTERDAY
Bismarck, WiIIiston Only State
Points With Mercury
Above Zero

While Bismarck and North Dakota
today settled down to enjoy . mild
winter day. weather officials, after
poking through local weather records
OF 81 years. announced that Il years
ago today the district experienced
Its worst blizzard In history"
"That was the worst blizxard I ever
saw" John z. Dawson, resident in
this district for - years. said today.
1T was much worse than the fam
GUS Thanksgiving day blizzard Of
1896"
Dawson was living on q homestead
three miles east and four miles south
OF Burleigh at that time. He told Of
his only attempt to venture outside
on that day. While his brother Evan
walked toward the barn, John stood
at the house and shouted directions
to him. When Evan arrived ct the
barn, he shouted directions to John
on his trip to the barn through the
binding snow. John says that one
could not see more than three or four
feet ahead Of himself during the bliz-
zard.
When the brothers arrived at the
barn they were unable to get in be-
cause the snow piled up faster In
front Of the door than they could
shovel 1t away. After returning to
the farmhouse, they remained indoors
the rest Of the day.
Sl-Nlile Gale
Weather officials announce that
the temperature was Is degrees below
zero that day and q wind from the
northwest swept the prairies at q
velocity reaching q maximum OF 81
miles an hour. The minimum tenn
peratureS were below zero every day
from Dec. "a. 1887. to Jan. Is, 1888.
That blizzard caused loss Of great
number Of lives In the northwest and
q great loss Of property.
Sub-zero temperatures were report
ed In all points Of the state but Bis
marck and Williston today. Temper
ature at Bismarck ct 7 q. m. today
was SIX degrees above. It was eight
degrees above at .Willtatons y = 81
Temperatures reported in the state
this morning follow: Valley City, five
below: Devils Lake, nine below: Far
60, seven below; jamestown, zero:
Grand Forks. 10 below: and Minot.
three below.
Bismarck and North Dakota will be
partly cloudy tonight and Sunday
with snow In prospect. with rising
tomorrow.
Temperature less severe than that
of Friday was reported in most Sec
lions Of the northwest today, and
light snow fell during the night in
some.
Thief River Falls, which had 81 be-
low Friday. had 19 below today, while
1t Duluth the temperature laovered
the zero mark after reaching
low Of l6 below Friday.
Moorhead reported nine below this
forenoon. A wind during the night
refilled highways opened yesterday.
Roads were heavy ct Albert Lea,
Fergus Falls. Little Falls. and Devils
lake.
Bemidji and Hibbing had II below
his forenoon, Fergus Tails seven, and
Little Falls five.
SoNthern Minnesota had tempera-
lures Of zero and above, with Winoua
reporting zero, Mankato eight above.
Ind Albert Lea nine above. At st.
Cloud 1t was one above.
New low temperatures for the year
we're In prospect as snow and SUBJ
zero cold gripped eight states.
The Thermometer dropped to two
degrees below zero early today in
Chicago. Tonight was expected to
BRING the new low record for the year.
Two Lives Lost
Biting winds that sent hundreds
seeking shelter In missions and jailS
aAd converted the outer drive running
along the shore Of Lake Michigan
here into Z treacherous sheet Of ice.
Water. whipped BY the winds had
glazed the roadway and motorists
skidded and careened like spinning
tops on glass.
The cold claimed two lives In Illi-
1ois yesterday, one the result Of an
lcctdent. Ray Krise, . farmer, was
dlled when his automobile skidded.
,olliding with another car near Free
,ort, III. Leon Karcher. 7l-year -old
ruck farmer, was found dead in his
home at Wheeling, . suburb. His
death was attributed to exposure.
wisconsin and upper Michigan were
1igging out Of q heavy snow fall,
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