The Meeker herald., 1889-11-16
rh. Urea, storm, D" tn. Southwest.


still continues with undated fury.
The storm turned into u regular north
ern blizzard in the vicinity Of Trinidad,
Colorado, CLAYTON and Springer, New
Mexico and extended as far south rs
Clarendon, Texas.
Traffic ON the storm devasted sections
of the Denver Il Fort Worth railroad
has been suspended. One passenger
train was snow-bound fUr eight DAYS.
Tho loss Of life Is already estimated at
ono hundred persons, most of whom
We're cowboys md sheep heriers. In
one place 7 ,OIJ head OF beef cattle were
lost, and IL is estimated that the cattle
losses VIII FOO, up 5000 head. Thirty
To forty thousand head Of sheep ARE ie-
ported lost In the storm.
No such snow storm was ever before
witnessed IN that section Of country
and was entirely unexpected, and the
people were ubprepared for blizzard.
Great suffering and restitution il re-
ported from the storm devas,ed SECTIONS
OF Southern Colorado. Northern Texas
and Northeastern New Mexico.
A Trinidad dispatch o. the iaih says
various parties who spent ten days IN
the SNOW blockade between Emery Gap
and Folsom arrived In that city on the
nth. They report suffering TO men and
animals fully is great as shown In
former reports. Patrick Casey. engi-
neer, was eleven days making the run
ffom Trinidad Ia r-Slinc aud return.
Two Gays and nights he WAS without,
food. Onc meal he made on Jack rab'
bit caught IN The SNOW. Seventy i've
men shoy.lin. SNOW at Mount Dora
were cut on from food two DAYS and
nights. They 20, some sheep out Of
snow drifts. roasted aud ate them. \
delayed passenger train was cut OF
from eating station. three days. They
drew On the express ear for supplies.
The iaborcfs who shoyelcd SNOW when
hungry tappcd freish, ears containing
canned goods. With an iron chiscl or
other tool u hungry man would knock
a hole In u can o! corn or tomatoes and
then drink the contents.
Some time thus raw food was frozen.
bu, 1t Wen, we'll among men ~ hungry.
Two iiy. goats We're being shipped IN u
cahcns. but tho hungry men cut their
threats and air them raw. the report
says. \ sick man travelling with two
children lay oa his back two days help
less. lie had only crackers for nourish.
mcnt. a sheep grower near u. creek.
"a Mr.. Garcia, |, reported to have lost
5.cDo head from lock III 500.
Engineer Lyon said tia, lie saw more
real dcsiitntion during ten days In this
snow blockade than IN all his life br-
fore. Tho Rad wAs otencsl with = to-
tary snow piow. but Remained oI,-n
only u few hours. This mornings snow
and wind blocAadcd tho cuts again aud
the passenger trains due from the south
ar. stuck IN the snow again. Alto
g-,hcr the blizzard has been terrible
one. No one ever saw or heard Of such
u one In Southern Colorado or New
Mexico. l, was Dakota storm that
20, oil It's range and struck an un.
s,ispeciiug people.
\ special 10 the Denver News from
Trinidad says: "On Wednesday night
Of last week roundup force was In
camp near Sierra GIandc. In the eastern
portion Of the county. and Ind abou,
=. 30 steers under herd when a blizzard
struck them. which became furious b.
for. morning. John Martin and Louis
.iolly went on rs the last guard about 7
u. IN The storm became so severe and
binding and the falling snow 50 thick
tina, 1t was impossible To hold the herd.
NJ Jolly started TO camp for help. In
the meantime Henry Miller and Charles
Weir had LEFT camp 10 assist In holding
the herd. Jolly could not find camp aud
Miller and Weir could not lind the herd.
bu. they were all three accidcn,ly
drawn together by shouting. They
wandered around until daylight. when
they ran against Martin, who had been
last seen with the drifting herd. The
gale aud cold were so intense that they
were compelled to drift before them
seeking u place Of shelter from its
piercing shafts. Finding no shelter
from the relentless fury of the storm.
these four hardy men OF the plains en-
tered an arroyo. and after fastening
their horses, took their saddle blankets
and sought protection In n snow drift.
This was about 2 o'clock In the after
noon, and only by the purest grit Weir
and Jolly succeeded in keeping awake.
They were slightly apart from Martin
and Miller. and had difficulty in talking
with them. The snow piled upon them
with such immense weight that nil four
of them sought another drift.
About O'Clock on Friday morning
Miller called jolly and Weir and told
them they had all better go. but they
did not crawl out until daylight. when
they made a search in the drift for Mil
Ter and Martin. The latter only could
be found and life had already fled They
then took their horses aud started. lead.
ing them. A few rods away they found
Miller, on his knees, with his bleeding
face against the keen blast, swaying TO
aud fro. and his horse standing not far
away. lie was asked to get up and 60
with them to ranch they thought was
not far away. but he only answered,
1--WE are on The wrong road" They
took him by the arms and tried to raise
him. but he gave down entirely. jolly
tln,, af n N huut helm and Wpir