Telegram-herald., 1890-01-28
WIND-SWEPI.
Rz.n IL r1s Rockies Caused ~ =
Furious Gale.
xCCE DANCE At HlSHoU SPRINGS.
asns sst'dIzxs 10 ha1as Tr4ias sso -
aTeaa tss Er2eks sEa Ssssrsl Fas-
ssnsers Isg4rsd ash HslsE
81 CaIforn ..

nssVEz Col F48 z7 fFsse'-rs i1
che Rccales nave nad 49, svp4r eae- tasF
sUl fass EheD . lifetime FeF fo4r
tsgs = wind storm 90 -n1zra so ylo-
-encs las swept ths ala. urala s,ees al1
aoel=1 down the narrow canyons altl
. Force r44s las 1eu aasc rne s-eep lll.-
sltes " stately trees taar IA ~lsAsLo0d
rAs storms of ceug4rlss- lhs ceVssza-
rl0n IS lneatsulable a. The r-iu aid
1ars az area of 30 mlles org by 10
aide.
I1s wtnd struck Haait04 Springs sith
aWfal force ab0.s nooa saturday and la
al instant = large nau Der % buildings
we're in ruins. Houses were lifted fE0m
their toands .9as Ike - m2ny stra~s
aud d4saed tC pieces Scarcely build
lnz of any considerable size In the town
escaped some damage. Thousands OF
shade ,rees we're also broken or side
walk - Fht ap and thrown against
houses ana stores aBd chimneys t0ppled
over 3y ths hundred.
A BIO Gr4nde passenger train was
blown from tbs track - Monument STA
ton Saturday evening. AID two coaches
aud a sleeper Immediately took fire. an
for 'eu minutes ~ .ocked a. though
twenty OF the passengers imprisoned
would bs burned 20 death. The
hurricane famed the flames 20 a
furnace, 5us 81 heroic efforts the train
men succeeded Ia extingulshing the
trs before any person was burned.
Among tas passengers injured "a As
sls,4nt Genera. Freight Agent thinner
man, % the Rio Crande. Twelve others
were also wounded. but d. Is believed
bat one % them ~tll de Of his injuries.
The santa p express - reported 70
have been blown from the track. bnt no
details are obtainable. The train was
heavily loadet v.i'h passengers and IL Is
feared thar nlrber % lives have been
lost
4 freigh, train on the Colorado Cen
tral Nhen near Berthrand. ran into \
sand drift which the hurricane had
blown into the cut The engine and
four cars were wrecked, Engineer John
French and Fireman Richmond fatally
injured, two brakenen wounded and a
lot Of valuable freight destroyed. Fire
broke ont in the wreck, but was eX
tinguished after a hard fight
The path Of he heaviest OF the storm
IS down the mountains through Monu-
ment Colorado Springs and Manitou.
\ telephone message from Monument at
5 o'clock Saturday evening said many
outbuildiugs were destroyed and the
citizens we're moving from their houses
and taking refuge IN the brush.
II is reported that the wind was un-
usually severe on Pixies Peak. and that
a. railway grading camp halfway up
the mountain several men were killed
by being blown over precipice. This
report. however, IL not confirmed.
North Of Denver reports Of the storm
show great damage. Louisville the
center OF the Northern Colorado coal
fields, sustained much damage in tho
upper works OF the mines and many
dwellings have been wrecked.
In South Park wires are prostrated
and trains delayed. Tue Arkansas val
ley is also getting IFS share. Tele-
graphic communication is intercepted
and railroads are obstructed by sand
/ blowing over the track. There is no
snow on the plains or in the foot hills.
Reports from Idaho are that the worst
snow-storn OF the season has been rag
7 ing al through the Territory. The
I Utah & Northern railroad is completely Y
7 blocked again. and All the rolling stock
and motive poVer has been ordered
I sidetracked until tha storm IS over. The
/ Contra Pac,dc is also ID worse condi-
! tion than ever L. is reported tbat tho
7 fast mail sldetrl-Sed a. So iy Run FOR
/ the pas, ten DAYS, on which Sc Howard
/ Afhensum Company IS. has been gotten
/ ont and thai the company IS on . way
/ to Kansas CITY
Tho wind has blown sand in isrEe
quantities. uron The t-acss \ Santa
p t-ain was do-s''ei ~ PrinE station.
'a-s miles from Denver. but no one
ras injured The Rio Grande trains on
t-e Fourth vision have kad trouble
Kit7 -ne snow near Cum h~es A freight
I train on tho Rio Gran1e was ditched
a Bfua canyon and tho eng neer killed.
l sunday morning t1e sale AXE express
7 No xss blown from tHe track with he
ax-eptio0 ~ the engine. Passengers
conf " over Marshall pass sunday re-
I ported a fierce snow storm. while seven
f u az below heavv rain prevailed, and
a Canyon Dt'v. ninety miles south. no
f .no~uo-rs s-o-. reg .sfe-ed % IN the shade.
Froops rv CAIIroRvlA.
SAv FRAvrf50o. Ian 2- The warm
-at1sthsf have IA len n Northern Cali.
f-~nta 'o- tac '7s. Two days have melted
large amount % sr. i'm he S ara
No-sfs aud Sfssivou msuntain=