Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-11-28
snow ON THE a
suddea a.d Severe stsrms-Immeas,
Drifts and Intonso Gold.

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The Denver Tribune Of the 10th In
slant gives the following account Of
the great storm:
The storm which set In on Monday
night, and kept up at intervals until
Yesterday, has been more extensive In
Its character than we at this standpoint
would suppose. The snow which fell
in and about Denver melted almost as
fast as it fell, and the only serious re-
suit has been mud. But east and south
of us the result has been different and
more severe. Out on the Kansas Pa.
citic the storm prevailed with great
fury over a large extent Of country,
reaching from about fifteen miles oi
Denver to Kit Carson. Yesterday o
violent wind prevailed, piling and
hacking the snow, and forming q solid
barrier of drifts between Hugo and
River Bend, there being a strip ol
country twenty-five miles long com.
pletely blocked up with numberless
drifts, from five to eight feet high,
The express train due In Denver yes.
terday morning at 9 o'clock reached
Hugo several hours late, having thu:
far ploughed its way In the face Of the
storm. Near the station an eight:fool
drift half q mile long was struck, and
tspades to the 'front.' was the order
Mr.. W. w. Prugh, train dispatcher fol
| the Denver Division, happened to be
| about and improvised telegraph ar
| rangements by which Superintendent
Fisher was informed Of the situation
Accordingly an engine and snow
plough were ordered out, and accom-
| panying 1t the Colonel left Denver
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
few miles out the way was found block
| AIDED, but as. the result Of perslsten'
efforts, they were In sight Of River
| Bend at 0 o'clock this morning, just OF
the border Of the great fleld'of drifts
which lie In rows to Hugo, rs miles. A
| 10 o'clock, the express, headed by thre,
engines, was reported through the hal
mile drift and working slowly west
ward. The train due here this morn
ing was at Hugo waiting results. Th'
report came through last night that a
one time yesterday the wind blew {
hurricane in the vicinity Of Hugo, and
engine No. 60, standing on the track
with lever turned to 60 ahead, wa
pushed back by its force. The weathe
was represented as intensely cold. NJ
train was sent out last night, and nom
has left to-day. II the trains get In to
night, an express will 60 east ut thu
regular time. 1t Is thought that TIN
road will be clear for the regular pas
sage Of trains by morning. Considera
BILE eastward bound freight will arriv'
tomorrow evening. East Of Kit Car
son the storm was very severe, rs alst
about Wallace. But over that section
the nov fences which have lately beer
put up were q great protection.
The Denver and Rio Grande narrow
gauge had Its first experience will
snow yesterday. At some places Oh
the divide and south 1t lay Is inche
deep, and there was a swift wind Il
drift it. Several banks as high rs tn
head light of the engine were encoun
tered. But the train was stalled In bu
one place, In q curve, and was quickly
cut out by tho train force, arriving
here but a little more than an hon
late. An operator along with the trail
to report progress to the S~uperlntend
ent's office, so that assistance, If need
ed, could be promptly forthcoming.
The cold and storm were severe II
the mountains also, as we learn from
passengers just down. Altogether TIL
second furry Of snow-f1akes will do a
an introduction to the Winter Of ISL
1871,