The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-22
N0WDRIFTS AS SHR0UDS
MANY MEN AND CATTLE PERISH
IN WASHINGTON.

Several or the Unfortunate Human
Beings Succumbed Only a Short
Distance from Their Home-Cattle-
men Count on Losing Half of Their
Herds-The Blockade on the Rails
TACOMA, WASH, Jan. 21.-At least ten
human beings, and thousands Of cattle and
sheep, perished in the blizzard which began
with the year and ragged over Washington
for week. Reports from Colville reserva-
tion are to the effect that cattle are dying
by hundreds from starvation and thirst.
and that the ground is covered with over
two feet of snow on the level, and in some
places it drifted mountain high.
The keeper Of the stage station, twelve
miles from Alma, started to walk to town
last Thursday. Monday his body was found
on the prairie only q mile from his home,
frozen stiff.
The mail carrier at Wild Goose creek
perished on the same day, and eight cattle-
men are known to have lost their lives In
the storm.
CattIemen estimate that they will lose
one-half of their herds this season.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC BLOCKADE.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 21.-The prospects
are that the great snow blockade on the
Central Pacific road will be cleared tonight
or tomorrow, to the delight Of the snow
bound passengers Clear weather is
reported at all stations from Rocklin to
Truckee, save at Colfax and Cisco, where
the weather is still cloudy. At each of
these places one inch of snow fell last night.
There ia now three feet of snow on the
ground at Coxfax, while at Cisco
the country is covered to depth of over
fifteen feet on the level, and in drifts tho
snow is three or four feet deep. Last
evening the Central Pacific was enabled to
open the road IN the Sierras to five dead
engines near Champions spur. A rotary
piow was pushed by eleven engines, and
the snow was fifteen feet on either side of the
track. One hundred and fifty snow
shovelers who were engaged In digging q
trench, were surprised and completely
buried by snow from the plow. They wers
b dly scared, but the only injury
sustained was a ducking Five en-
Truckee aud the way is clear to Tunnel
No. 13, with the exception OF minor drifts
on the Blue canyon side They have passed
to cascade, where the rotary is again au
work and 1t is said by the railroad officials
that the road will be open, possibly to-
night
EAST OF TRUCKEE.
East of Truckee a plow, with sufficient
power to back it, will plow to Reno Heavy
slides and drifts are reported between
Truckee and Boca. A rotary plow is clear
ing the road to Blue canyon and during the
night it is expected TO clear the track
to the two imprisoned passenger trans
between Blue canyon and Alta.
None Of the snow sheds have fallen, all
though the weight Of snow in places Is in-
calculable. The average depth of the snow
along the sheds is twenty feet. About
1000 snow shovelers and workmen are ON
the mountains tonight. Truckee is cut Off
from all communication with the outsids
world, but this is.true of all the mining and
other towns in the Sierras.
A passenger named A. Z. Lanford died
Of Pneumonia, superinduced by la grippe,
and was buried by men ON snow shoes al
Truckee yesterday, it being impossible ia
break the road to the cemetery.
Jacob DuntZ, a snow shoveler, was killed
at Colfax yesterday by being struck by
car.
HOW THE PASSENGERS FARE
Most Of the passengers in the two trains
near Blue Canyon are well provided for the
delay. There are few second-class pas.
sengers who had only money enough to buy
tickets and did not figure on the blockade
They also did not prepare for the cold
weather that commenced when the storm
ceased. AT Dutch Flat ON the western
slope of the Sierras, there are seven feet Of
snow on the level, or two feet more than
ever before recorded. The wagon roads
and bitches are blockaded
Many houses have been crushed by the
snow but no lives have been lost.
Snow shoes are the only means Of getting
anywhere.
The damage to fruit trees will be COM
siderable.
Should the SHOWS go of with rain thu
damage to the valley will be very great.
In addition TO the imprisoned trains near
Blue Canyon two east-bound passenger
trains are showed in near Shady Run. Tho
railroad people have done everything i'm
their power to make the passengers com,
Portable, paying men big wages TO carry
PROVISIONS on snow shoes a distance of five
miles.
A NEWSPAPER MAN GETS THERE.
John j. Jennings, a New York news-
paper man, who came out to meet Misa
Nellie Bly, in San Francisco and escort her
to New York, was caught in the blockade
several days, and then made the journey
from Blue Canyon to Alta on snow shoes,
and then rode on an engine to Sacramento,
where he arrived this morning, and took a
train to connect with Miss BLY, at Lathrop.
In speaking of his experience, Jennings
said: II have seen snow and billiards in
New York, but the people back there don's
On the Oregon road passenger trains
bound to and from Portland. are still stucA
In the deep snow Of the Sierra range. The
road is blockaded between Mott and Dunsz
mire, between Dunsmire and Sims, and be3
tween Sims and Redding Supplies are
being taken to the imprisoned trains al
Sims from Redding.
PERISH IN MISSOURI.
KNOXVILLE, Mo-, Jan. 21.-The large
new two-story residence of Luther MCCALL
mont was burned to the ground yesterA
day, and his aged mother and two younH
girls were consumed with it. Mr.. Mccall
mont Is crazed by grief