The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-10-14
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.


DENVER, Oct. 13.-The rain, sleet and
wlnd-storm that began Tuesday night
ended tonight, leaving the city in torn
up condition. The streets are Uttered
with limbs and trunks of trees and all
sorts of debris, which before the storm
formed portions of roofs, chimneys, cor
nices, and even steeples of churches. Had
the weather been little colder snow would
have accompanied the storm, and the
chances are that it would have rivaIed the
famous New York blizzard in destruct-
1veness, for the wind blew at the rate of
forty miles an hour at times.
1t was only by chance and the best of
luck that the city is not now mourning
the death of some of it's inhabitants, for
enough material fell from buildings to
kill many pedestrians, but luckily way
farers were few and the falling signs and
brlckwork, with one exception, dropped
harmlesSly on the deserted sidewalks,
This exception was in the case of a man
named Jackson, who was struck on the
head by falling sign, and for time it
was thought had been fatally injured,
but who escaped with slight fracture of
the skull.
q Electric light, telephone, telegraph and
electric trolly wires were mixed up in
the greatest confusion, and as the wind
swung them to and fro they emitted
deadly flashes which passers-by had
difficulty in escaping. Fortunately, no
human beings were struck by the swing
ing wires, but three horses being driven
at the time were struck and shocked to
death. William Andrews, the driver, re-
ceived severe shock.
The heavy rain filled the cable con-
duitS, and for a time the cars stopped,
together with the electric cars. which on
several lines were forced to suspend be-
cause of the breaking of overhead wires.
Cellars were filled with water, and
great damage done to goods, while the
continuous rain beating on the north
sides of the buildings has seriously
affected some blocks. In the suburbs.
where the rain and wind had full SWAY.
many small houses were partially
wrecked, and fences, outhouses and trees
We're blown about indiscriminately.
Throughout the middle portion of the
State the severest storm for number OF
years prevailed yesterday. To-day all
the mountain roads are more or less
blocked, and this morning there was not
a wire In operation, and no trains are
moving except on the South Park branch
of the Union Pacific. No trains moved
either way last night or this morning on
Inc ulOuHtdlu division OF The u MON Pa
citic, and the Fort Worth trains are
blocked somewhere, and as most of the
wires up to tonight are still FRUSTRATED
it was difficult to locate them. The Santa
Fe trains due last night did not arrive
till this evening. The Rock Island trains
are blockaded between Lyman and Colo
RADIO Springs, so no trains can pass that
way, but are running over the Union
Pacific.
Snowplows were operated in the cuts on
the Divide, five miles south from Denver.
to-day, and it is learned that there is from
three to seven feet of snow in the cuts.
Cripple Creek reports three feet of snow
there. and as the miners in that vicinity
were entirely unprepared for the storm.
much suffering will ensue.
The storm was very violent in eastern
Colorado, telegraph wires being pros
trated for ever two miles, and communi-
cation from Denver and the Eastern cities
was completely cut off for twenty-four
hours.
Wyoming also received part of the
storm, and as the wires between CHEYENNE
and this city are Frustrated, it is impos-
slble to get but a meager report. it is
learned that the telegraph lines are
broken in every direction from Cheyenne.
but are slowly being restored.