Omaha daily bee., 1892-10-14
standing OF the Teams
COLURiDO,S YISIrITIoN.
Terrible Havoc Created by the storm of
Tuesday and Thursday.

Tuesday and Thursday.
DENVER, Colo, Oct l3.-The rain, sleet
and windstorm that began Tuesday night
ended this morning, leaving tho city in
torn up condition. Tho streets are Uttered
with limbs and trunks of trees and all sorts
oil debris, which before the storm formed
portions of signs, cornices, chtm1eys and
even steepes OF churches. Had the weather
been a little colder, snow wolld have accom-
panied the storm ana the chances are that 1t
would have rivailed the famous New York
blizzard of 1889 in dosJructveness, for the
wind at times blew at the rate of over forty
miles an hour.
1t was only by tho merest chance ard the
best of luck that the city is not now mourn
ing the death Of some of Its inhabitants, for
enough material fell from buildings to kill
many pedestrians but luckily wayferers
were few ana the falling signs and brick
work, with oLe exception, dropped harm
lessly on tho deserted sidewalks This ex-
ception was in the case of man
named jackson. who was struck on
| the head by falling sign and for II
time was thought to have been fatally
injured, but who escaped with
| slight fracture of the skull. The electric
| light, telephone, telegraph and electric car
| trolley wires were mixed in the greatest
| confusion and tho wind swung them to
| and fro they emitted deadly flashes, which
| the passersbv mad NfficultJ in escaping.
| Fortunately no human being was touched by
| the swinging wires, but three horses. which
were being driven at the time, were struck
| and shocked to death. William Andrews,
| the driver of one of the horses killed, re-
| ceived u severe shock
The heavy rain filled tho cable conduits
| and for a timo the lights were stopped, to-
| gether with the electric cars, wh: :ch, on sew
| eral lines, were forced to suspend operations
because of the breaking of the overhead
| wires. Cellars were filed with water and
hat tl,n
continuous rain beating on the north side of
| the buildings has seriously affected the walls
| of some strong blocks. In the suburbs,
| where the wind and rain had full sway,
| many small houses were partially wrecked
! and fences and trees were blown about IN
| discr.minately.
Throughout tho middle portion Of the state
| the severest storm for number uf years
| prevailed Yesterday. Today all of the noun
| tain roads are moro or less biock2deu, ana
this morning there was not wire in opera
ton, and no trains moving except on the
South Park branch of the Union Pacific. No
trains moved either way last night or this
morning on the mountain divisions. The
Union Pacific. Cheyenne and Fort W orth
trains are blockaded somewhere, and as
riost of the wires at nightfall were etili
,0s is Snhta sisalt TT to 10
Midland trains, due at Denver last night.
did not arrive until this evening. The Rock
Island is blocked between Limon and Colo
RADIO Springs, but trains are running over the
| Union Pacific. Snow trains are operating
IN the cuts of the division fifty miles south
| of Denver today. But it is learned that
there are from three to seven feet OF snow in
the bitches. Plke's Peak reports three feet
| of snow anu as the miners in that vicinity
| were unprepared for the storm much suffer
| ing will enSue.
The storm was very violent in eastern Col
orado, the telegraph wires being prostrared
for over two miles, and communication be-
1 M IA .lti inc hnS
been 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 II is impossible to get but
meagre rerorts from there. 1t ls learned,
however, that the telegraph lines were
broken in every direction from Cheyenne,
but are slowly beng restored.
Reports are arriving tonight from differ.
ent points IN Colorado giving details Of
numerous accidents caused by yesterdays
| storm.
Near Elmoro, small town in southern
| Colorado, Union Pacific freight train was
| derailed by striking snow bank and Con
| ductor King had both his arms broken, while
his brother, brakeman, received fractured
! | skull
! A few minutes later another freight tralr
| which was following the first one ran int
the wreck, the engineer being unable to SCI
it on account of the blinoing snow storm
| and Engineer Howe terribly scalded
l, Tho trains were running slowly at the time
! of the WRECKS, ana no great damage was dont
! | to the rolling stock.
Later in tho day in the FL Moro yards II
, | Warner, Denver & Rio Grande brakeman
, WAS fatally Injured by being knocked from
the top OF n moving train by striking his
head on the framework of the car weighing
scales.
AT Central City, Batiso Eblde, an Aus
o trian miner, blinded by the snow and wind
l walked into an eighty foot shaft and was in
stantly killed.