NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
BARBER COUNTY, KANSAS
HORROR OF A KANSAS WINTER
| HORROR OF A KANSAS WINTER Two Brothers Perish in a Blizzard and Their Sister Narrowly Escapes MEDICINE LODGE, KAN., Jan 4---Two brothers, named Bell, aged 22 and 9 years, and a sister 19 years old, attended a meeting here on Wednesday night, and a blizzard arose as they started for home at 10 o'clock. When two hundred yards from their home the elder brother remarked that they could not make the distance against the storm and would have to go with the wind. They drifted south about a quarter of a mile and took refuge in a canon, where they were soon covered by snow. Thursday morning the elder brother crawled out of the snow and attempted to get home. He called out to his sister that he was so stiff he could not travel, and in a short time was frozen. The younger brother was also frozen to death under the drift. The parents started out Thursday morning to find their children, and in a short time searching parties were organized. Friday morning the body of the young man was found and then the searchers found the girl, who was concealed beneath the drift. They had been out thirty-six hours. The girl did not know her brothers were dead. She is in a fair way to recovery. (Charlotte News ~ January 1, 1891) Submitted by Lori DeWinkler |