Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-27
LINGERING WINTER
Western Railways Elocksded oy
Deep snow Drifts.
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KANSAS CRY. No. March e6.-Dis-
patches frosa Kansas say that the weEss
saowktorn Of The season = raging n
thai state. The tF~.as from tas west al
came IN late Neac esaay morning
IS, those that 20. IN II an-and their
crews az have yvoe.al tales - tel II
tile weather. The country from eastern
Kansas 10 Denver is covered with
saorw. Al junction City II Is 5 iRches
deep. al Hays City Il ineises
aud IL Colorado tArre is = foot
and a half of II A biting wind
storm Is vhirlsBg the snow into great
drifts, and railroad tracks every here
have disappeared froG sight A dis
patch from Atchlson SAYS that tie cen-
trzl branch division OF the Missouri Pa
eiae is not moving a waeel GA account
of the snow blockade. The snow s
particularly bad on the west e1sd.
where he country Is covered 10
the depth Of 10 inches on a level Sew
era trains have been caught between
stations. among them the pay train and
passe nger train. The company man
aged with difficulty TO provide crews
and passengers with food A snow
plow was started out Wednesday after
noon, bat as fast as il cleared a path
way snow orifte2 IA behind II and tho
attempt vas abandoned. tAe plow en-
CINE being left 10 de ia the drift
superintendent RGtll6era says il j. tiae
creates. snows.orEn in tea year, A
dispatch froia Wichita, Kaa.. says that
Frisco passenger train i stack la a
drift near Bently &a- near Ellsworth a
UnioT. Pacific train Is fast Unless eN-
tremely cold weather follows the storm
it is not expected that crops viii Toe
injured. There is i,oana II bs eoasid-
cradle loss 20 stock unless the snow
disappears rapidly.
TorrKA. Kan, March &c. - Reports
received 1T the Atchisou. Topeka s.
Santa Fc and Rock Island general or
fees are 10 the effect that one Of tho
worst snows.orms ever known n north
western and southwestern Kansas is
raging. The Santa Fe is blocked west
Of Newton aud the Rock Island west Of
Clyde. The railroad commissioners who
went to the northwest TO distrieut
seed grain have wired that they ar
completely showed in and must ten,
porasily abandon the work.
OMAHA, keb., March s3.-Eeports
from all sections of the state show that
the snowsto-ln was severe The storm
was almost blizzard in the northwest
ern part OF the state Col. Guy v.
Henry and four troops OF the Ninth
cavalry reached Fort Robinson
Wednesday afternoon from Pine Ridge.
Many troopers were snowb blind and
exhausted from the long march dur
ing the storm. Railroad traffic Is de-
layed. the most trouble being on the
Burlington. In regions visited by tho
drought last summer the snow was
especially heavy. Holdredge tele-
graphs that the snow there is from 2 10
4 feet deep, while McCook. Broken
Bow. Chadron. Nonpareil and other
points send similar reports.
HAsIIxGs. Neb.. March ee-Thc
worst snowstorrn in this section for
years Is now in progress. II has
showed incesssnt,y for 'fortv-elght
hours Farmers report IS and 20
inches deep on level. In the city the
snow has drifted badly. Traffic is en-
tirely suspended The Thermometers
indicates rs degrees above zero.
WICHITA, Kan, March 20. - Capt.
] John Hutson. en- extensive cattle
dealer. has arrived here and report n
terrific snonstorm prevailing IN the
Texas pan handle. lie says cattle are
being driven before the storm like cot
80, and that .he fosrcx 20 stock owners
will necessarily be very heavy.
DENVER. Col. March e5-1he snow.
particularly along the lines of the Kan
sas Pacific and Santa lie routes. has
fallen heavily. and according TO late
reports is drifting badly.