Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-15
TIE GREAT BLIZZARD
More Severe IN western Wyoming than
Anywhere Else.

This is the blizzard period In the
Rocky Mountain region.
Owing TO It's more exalted altitude
western Wyoming generally gets
"Btemwinder" fret and hardest, hut
we IN Utah always get an insta llmnnt
and sometimes heavy ons OF what.
ever the meteorological bureau has to
dispense In the weather line.
The iiurries we had here early In the
week were more pronounced across
the line, where II seems the peoI 10 had
a pretty severe time.
The Laramie Boomerang announces
\ that one OF the wOrst blizzlFdF that was
ever experienced there at this season "
tho year began Tuesday night and
ragged all next day. 10 wna not coils,
but the wind suu suOw mace II almost
impossible Tor people 10 leave the house.
There was scarcely sidewalk In town
freS from drifin of irregular ueptbe.
Buainoss has been Htngnated, and many
who could not use telephones Tor thu
transaction OF business and ordering
household supplies have allowed
matters TO stnuu or gone without the
needed articles. There were not oven
paths about the city, DesultOry tracks
were seen up atsi down the middle OF
the streets and winding around snow
banks but every mRn was tho architect
OF hrs own course.
No school Sas held ut either uni.
vorslty or the public schools.
The greatest difficulty, however,
was experienced along the railroad.
The snow, being wet, did not DRIFT
badly, but II broke the wires down.
They fell early this morning al
| Granite Canon and were down
from there 10 Hillsdule GA
! tho NebraHl.A division, This blocked
the road entirely, although
come lrainB were handled hy dis.
pntchers sent from here around over the
/ Northern Pacific by way OF Mime
apolls and Helena, whllo othurs were
reached abound over tho Denver aud
| Rio Grsndo. The line being down FOR
a lour distance, anu in some places q
mile al stretch, no effort was made 70
move any trains Oacopt passenger,
| Trains were held at Cheyenne, iu
| Laramie and nj RlWlius. The tolU-
graph line 10 the west worked all right,
| but tfniuH were not moved. Business
has Therefore been az perfect stand
still.
The storm has been quite general,
but has been severe along tho Union
Pacific emily from Wyoming, fifteen
miles west OF there, AMI about fifty
miles patt Of Cheyenne. Laramie
seems 10 be- about tho centre Of the
VI lrm area. West OF Wyoming the
suow Is melting about as fast A. II tails,
while on the east side Of TIC hill the
suow IL not 20 heavy nor the wind 40
hard. The severity OF tho storm g.
ccntercd iuto an area OF $50 miles
square, although IL hiss been stofming
Throughout the entire state.
No. and tho fast mail were both
over hour late, ON the date named.
Euginc 1888, which brought iths mail
over iIum Cheyenne, stuck in tho
snow In the yards at Laramie that
morning aud hal % be ehuveloi .ut.
Several cabous,s were alsO on he track
during the day.
It was expected that thirty..hree car
loads Of cattle would % loaded here
TINT day, but the ltOrm made II limos.
nblc 10 no 90. Monte Blevias aud the
5paldlng outfit. had $50 huad OF
cattle ON the plains ju1t west OF
the city the night before, holding
them 10 load the next morning,
! while a bunch Of about Hs many more
belonging 10 the SWiil outfit were mr-
Their out ON the plains, expecting ~ got
Ia and load. They had terrible uX-
pefieuCo with the cattle during the
night, aud the animals could not be
prevented from drifting aud scattering.
They will probably not Ue able TO !oad
for several days.
A crew was started out from Chey-
enuo Wednesday morning to put up
the Telegraph line.
The oldest residents cannot remem.
Der a wOrse storm ut this season Of the
year, although there have been many
hard ones during ths colder weather.
The railroad company has not been
obliged 20 use snow piows. The cuts
aud grades on the road have been given
such CRreiul attention during recent
years that II now takee an unusually
heavy drifting snow to block the rOnu'
School children aud several ladies
were down in the snow about the city
during the day and In one or two in-
stances It Is said they would have per-
= ished had help not been near. Oh the
. main thorougbiares the snow was waist
, deep In mQny places. The drifts could
not be seen on account OF the storm
until one plunged into them.