Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-03-13
Raising Of the Great Snow
Blockade.
Terrible Loss Of Life in the
Drifts.
SUNSET Cox's ARRAIaHMEHT OF
THE PRESIDENT.
Proceedings Of the Senate To-day.
[srsorAL DISPATCH TO the CON HUI
DAnY NEvu,1
Proceedings OF the Senate To-day
[srsciAL DprArrH TO n CON HUI
DAnr Nxws.l
Tn. s.ew Bi.cEsds Rsissd.

CHkfENNE, hkIcu i<.-Auc shoW osoSs
ado on tho Union Pacific 10 raised. Al
sistant General Superintendent @. I
Clarke. from the East. met Superintsnd
Davis In the long cut east Of this city .
noon and cleared II. when two trains
which In anticipation had started from
Sidney. Don passed through. arrivinI
hero at 4 and 8 O'Clock this afternoon
Two moro will arrive at II tonight. Tn
combined forces OF these officers 81 enc
proceeded westward and, Notwithstanding
the immense drifts, succeeded In clearing
every obstacle. some Of tho cuts beinl
twenty-five TO thirty feet deep. and TO
night they met the party from the Western
district ct Sherman. and leave . cleal
track from Omaha TO Ogden. To max,
assurance doubly sure their RESPECTIVE,
trains will pass over the ground early In
the morning and subsequently, all the do
layed trains will start from Cheyenne and
Laramie. Passengers from the train
which stald so long al. Antelope state tina
they had an abundance Of provisions and
were we'll cared for by tho railroad people,
whom they give credit for sparing neither
money nor labor to get them 10 their desti'
nation. The others. at Laramie. Of course,
had plenty. The Colorado Central and
Denver Pacific are still snow.bound. The
former with fair prospects OF clearing the
track tomorrow, their train having TO
turned 10 Denver Awaiting that event.
Telegraphic communication 10 opened
northwsrd to Custer. The operator there
reports four feet OF snow between that
point and Deadwood. The recent storm
was as severe at Ports Mckinney. Fetter.
man, Laramie aud along the route 10
Deadwood ~ In this vicinity. and freight
trains have lost many head Of stock frozen
and stsmpeded. The body Of Jack Lind.
say, who pcriIhed In the storm on Pole
creek. eighteen miles north. was brought
In TO this city tonight. The body Of q
Mexican was found ut Riggs ranch, seven
miles north Of here. and when found was
within six feet Of tho door Of the house.
wagonmsster Via, whose train was In
camp on Bear Springs creek. started for .
ranch 600 yards distant and wandered
twonty miles 10 LogAn's. on Horse creek.
where he turned up yesterday with bis
feet frozen. There are still many persons
missing and It 10 impossible 10 conjecture
as to their safety.
SHERMAN. Wy. T. March i2.-On Thurs.
day about midnight . storm Of snow and
wind set In, covering the entire country
from Green River. Wyoming. 10 North
Platte, Nebraska, . distance OF $50 miles.
II proved TO DO by far the most severe
storm known since the construction Of the
Union Pacific railroad. Tho storm on.
tinued without abatement until Sunday.
making IL impossible for persons 10 90
out without almost certain death. Since
the storm subsidized the bodies Of . number
of persons have been found who died from
Two soldiers persisted between
Fort Russell and Cheyenne, . distance Of
three miles. Four men with an OF team
were caught fifteen miles northwest Of
Cheyenne. Three Of them reached the
railroad ON sunday terribly frozen. and
they will probably lose their feet. The
fourth man and the cattle persisted. Three
ranchmen were found dead 0 short dis.
lance north Of Cooper Lake. It 10 proba-
BILE this Is only . small part OF those who
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