Telegram-herald., 1890-01-22
STOPPED THE CARS.
Railway Tracks Il tie Far West
Barlsa Ia Lhs S2Ow.
SosE DRIFTS ARE THIRTY FEET DEEP.
Relief Ez4ias azals - Do as0h fS~@F@s
OYsasss tAs bisck&ae several
Deaths a. ths BiiEEsrd ~
NzsHiasteE-

SAN FnANclsCo. Jan. Il The snoW
alsezz3s On the Central Pselnc railroad
in ths siclzity 0f Trlckes ana Ensl-
graut Gap las becoms very serious
since Tuesdav last TO eastern ever
lsnd rrsia las been aole ~ reach
point further west tlan CoifsH
Al present esst-5ouHd trains ere
al Sacramento. ColfaX and shady
Ruu. while those coming west are a
Emigrsnt Gap, Iruckee ard Reno A.
TrucAee tie depth OF the snow ranges
from sight feet - drifts Of thirty feet
TIE railroad company has ssyersl hun-
drcd men - work sh0yeling east ot
town The plOw was enabled 70
20 bat one mile out, when st
stuck with ten engines sb0gelers
were called 70 the rescue, who after
several hours work dug tae engines
out 50 they could return. On the west
the road Is flled with drifts OF fifteen 20
thirty feet in large cuts. A plOw With
ave engines was on the road thirty
six hoars trying 20 reach the
tunnel eight miles from to"n.
The whole crew returned on foot,
!
beams r&ienous with hunger.
Railroad officials declare that the
present blockade is the heavies. and
longest they nave experienced for over
ten yea-s The delay seriously affects
mail facilities No Eastern mail has
reached this city since last Tuesday
evening The Western Union Telegraph
Company has 4 large force of men IN
the mountains clearing tho wires Of
snow. Telegraph lines in sOme places
are entirely buried under drifts, not
withstanding the fact that the wires are
! strung on poles thirty feet high. The
| report that snow bound passengers are
! suffering for want of food is denied by
/ the railroad officials. Abundance OF food
I is supplied them, and trains are
/ at no point where IL would be
/ impossible 20 reach them. Experienced
! men on snow shoes are constantly on
the road between Colfax and delayed
/ trains packing fresh beef and other nee
essaries, and ar no time during the
blockade has any difficulty been expert
+ enced in giving passengers comforts
+ AMI food
PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 21.-For some
DAYS past there has been A heavy snow
/ blockade on the Union Pacific trunk
and branch lines between Huntington
and Portland. There have been no
through trains for nearly a week past
and consequently no Eastern mails.
Bitter cold weather has prevailed most
OF the time. accompanied by heary
winds and binding snow-storms. Five
or six trains. both east and west bound,
are blockaded somewhere between the
Dalles and Baker City
The same condition Of affairs has pre-
vailed over the Southern Pacific and in
Northern California trains are block ed
IN the Siskyon mountains so that COM
munication has been entirely cut of.
No through trains have arrived at Port
land from San Francisco or left here for
that point for nearly week. No trains
are expected 70 reach here before the
middle Of this week.
TACOMA, Wash, ian. 2f.-The Okana-
gan country is covered over with two
feet of snow, and the blizzard which be-
gan with the year and lasted five days
caused a large amount OF damage 70
property. killed much live stock and
caused the death OF at least ten men.
William Jewett. who keeps a stage
station about twelve miles from Alma
on the Colyille reservation, started ont
to cross the prairie and was frozen 70
death The mail-carrier from Wilhor
went ont tho same day 20 go to Wild
Goose Hill Ferry and was lost. Cattle
are dying by hundreds on the reserva-
ton The ranchmen calculate that they
will loose one-half their stock this sea
son, hut = per cent would he nearer
the true estimate
AUsTlN, Nev., Jan. 21.-More snow
has fallen in this vicinity since Decem-
ber than was ever known before. The
snow lies three feet deep. and the towr
il cat Of from outside communication
except By telegraph Tho loss 70 stock
is expected 20 be very great and one
ranchcr has already lost 1000 sheep
Several houses have been crushed from
the woigat - snow.