The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-14
The Result OF Turbulent Storm
That Ragged for Three
Days.
All Kinds OF Weather and In Large
Installments During That
Time.
Varieties That PSedominated Were Rain
and Wfnd-snow In Other sections
of the State.

DENVER, Oct. 13.-Tho rain, sleet and
wind storm that began Tuesday night ended
this morning, leaving tho city In q torn up
condition. I he streets are Uttered with
the Limbs and trunks of trees. and all sorts
of debris. which before the storm formed
portions Of signs, co nicea, chimneya and
even steepIes Of churches. Had the weather
been little colder, snow would have accom-
panied the storm and this chances are that
it would have recalled the famous New
York blizzard in destructiveness, for the
wind at times blew at the rate of over forty
miles an hour. Ii was only by mere
chance or the best of luck that the city
ia not now mourning the death OF come OF
Its inhabitants, for enough material fell from
the buildings to kill many pedestrians. But
luckily the wayfarers were few and falling
signs and brick work, with one exception.
dropped harrnlessly on the deserted side
walks. This exception was the case OF
man named Jackson, who was struck on
the head by q falling siRn and for time
was thought to have been fatally injured,
but who escaped with r. slight fracture Of
the skull. Electric light, telephone, tele-
graph and electric car trolley wires are
mixed In the greatest confusion, as the wind
swung them to and fro they emitted deadly
flashes which passersby had difficulty in es-
Gaping Fortunately no human being was
touched by the swinging wires but three
horses being driven at the time were struck
and shocked to death. Tom Andrews, the
driver received severe shock.
Heavy rain filled the cable conduits, and
for q time the cars were stopped. together
with electric cars which, on several lines.
were forced to suspend because Of the
breaking of overhead wires. Cellars were
filled with water, and great damage was
done to goods, while the continuous rain,
beating on the north side OF buildings, has
seriously affected the walls of some blocks.
| In the suburbs, where the wind and rain
had full sway, many small houses were par
italy wrecked, and fences and trees blown
about indiscriminately. Throughout the
middle of the state the severest storm for a
number of years prevailed yesterday.
To-day all mountain roads are more or
| less blocked and this morning there was not
! a wire in operation and no trains were NOV
4 ing except on the South Park bi anch of the
Union Pacific. No ttains moved either
way last night or this morning on the
Mountain division of the Union Pacific,
and Fort Worth trains are blockaded some
where, and al most of the wires up to
nightfall were still Frustrated, 1t was diff
cult to locate them. The Santa Fe and
Midland trains due here last night did not
| arrive until this evening. The Rock Island
| ia blockaded between Lyman and Colorado
| Springs. No trains can pass that way, but
are running over the Union Pacinc. Snow
| plows operated in the cuts ON the divide
| fifty miles south of Denver to-day. and
it was learned that there are from three to
seven feet of snow in the cuts. Cripple
Creek reports three feet of snow there. and
| tha n IN viz an tiral y
unprepa, cd for the storm much suffering
will ensue. The storm was very violent in
eastern Colorado. telegraph wires being
| prostrated for over two miles and communi-
| cation between Denver and the eastern
cities was completely cut off for twenty-fous
| hours.
Wyoming also received part OF the
storm and as the wires between Chey-
enne and this city are prostrated it is i'm
possible TO get but meager reports. II is
learned that telegraph lines were broken in
every direction from Cheyenne, bus are
slowly being restored.