The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-22
In THE SNOW BLAST.
A Blizzard Raging From Colo
RADIO to Lake Superior.
CATTLE FROZEN ON The PLAIN.
wvoniuR, Nebraska, Kansas and South
Dakoss Shfvering-Trains Mnch HIN
dered-Ihe snow Good for Wheat.
CATTLE FROZEN ON The PLAIN.

CHEYESyE. March 2l.--The worst storm
of the season has been raging over this
state for the past thirty-six hours. Cattle
men say the loss Of range cattle will be
very great. Trains are badly helated. No
train has arrived from the East today, and
all trains. including the fast mail. have
been abandoned until tomorrow. Indica-
tions are that it will be very cold tonight.
with continuation Of the storm until to-
morrow.
BUFFALO, Wyo., March M-The storm
here has assumed the proportions OF one
Of the worst biizxards in the history OF
this section. Ii 10 feared that the ranges
will be covered with cattle succumbing to
the exposure Of the blizzard. Telegraph
wires are in very bad Shape, and have
been useless for hours. There are rumors
of deaths from exposure, but these can
be neither verified nor contradictSd. Re-
ports from neighboring ranches indicate
that the property loss will be great.
Thousands Of cate are known to be on
their usual winter quarters and far from
shelter. II will be impossible to save
these from almost total destruction unless
the blizzard breaks by noon. Similar re-
ports are received from all over the stock
ranges.
OMAHA, March 2l.-The blizzard which
developed in the northwestern part of the
state last night is moving slowly but
steadily toward the Missouri river. Its
progress is marked by snow drifts from
six inches to two feet deep and a general
blockade of business. At North Platte.
Neb, the drifts are from two to four feet
he In 6c1 fv,o ia
pletely blockaded. All trains are aban-
doned and number are blockadeo be-
tween stations. Snowplows are out and
efforts are being made to clear the tracks.
Kearney. Hyannis. Elsie, McCook and
others report the sno. deep and drifting
badly. The mercury 10 below the freezing
point, ranging from 3 to 20 degrees above.
The Burlington lines in the west and
northern part of the state aud in she Black
Hills are badly blocked.
Farmers in the central part of Nebraska
welcome the snow. as the ground has been
too hard to work. There will be little
damage to winter wheat. as the snow is
deep enough to protect the ground from
freezing. At midnight the mercury is
rapidly falling. indicating that the storm
is not far off.
DENVER, March 2l.-The snowstorm
which visited Colorado last night con-
tinued to-day. accompanied by light
wind. The temperature has fallen from
10 to Is dogs. throughout the West, but ID
this city it 10 not much below freezing.
The storm is general throughout this
state. Wyoming. Northern Kansas and
Nebraska, Eastern Utah and portion OF
New Mexico.
AKRON, Col, Marbh 2i.-lt has showed
here continuously for over thirty hours,
and the storm does not seem to be abat-
ing. The snow will be Of incalculable ben
eit to farmers in Eastern Colorado.
LEAvENwoRrH. Kan, March 2L-The
blizzard that has been raging to the west
struck here this evening, and since 9
O'Clock the temperature has fallen 30 de-
grees. The wind is blowing thirty miles
an hour.
DULUTH, March 21.-A blizzard started
in this morning and has increased ever
since. Electric wires have given way be-
fore the wind. The city is practically
without telephone, police or fire alarm
system. and the electric lights are out.
DEApwoop. S. D., March 2l.-Ths worst
sno~storm of the season commenced
here Monday night and has kept up
ever since. The snow is about
tour feet deep and still coming
down. 1t is believed the loss to cat
tlemen will be heavy. Neither the
Eikhorn nor Burlington K Missouri River
trains arrived today, the former being
showed mp at Hays Springs and the latter
east Of Alliance. All trains on the Bur
iington 4 Missouri RIVER are abandoned
west OF Edgar. The indications are that
the snow will rival in depth the memorable
storm of March, ISIS, when it fell to
depth of six feet