The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-23

1sSfng - Nebraska, Wyemsue and
sssets-Hssvy Caasie Lssses.
oALT LAKE. March PA special from
.neyehne 10 the Trss.se says: TIE storm
" tne past two dass h ~ been the warss ex-
''e"eed In this section since is8.. The
nlss mai snd passenger tran sent East
sance TIE storm began left here az O'Clock
.ooay. The road 10 nov open, and ali
rains are being dispatched ~
rapidly A. possible. Traias on all
roads in Northeastern Wyoming
ana Northwestern Nebraska were
abandoned for two days. and no atsemp,
WIZ % made 20 get them through until
tomorrow. The snow in many places /.
drifting twenty or thirty feet high. The
ioss 20 ssockmen will undoubtedly be
heavy, ~ feed has been scarce on the
range during The winter and cattle we're
IN no condition 70 stand a blizzard. There
are rumors from Buffalo and Lander that
several men who were caught in the storm
while in charge of cattle were frozen to
death.
OMAHA. March 1.-THE blizzard that
mas been raging over the Northwest for
.ofsy-eight hours continued today in
western and Central Nebraska Eastern
wyoming and the Black Hills. All train.
on the Union Pacific between the North
fiaste and Cheyenne are tied up. but snow
pioss are ous and great effort wiiI be
made to clear the tracks. and trains will
leave for the West this evening. SNOW
has ceAsed falling wet OF Cheyenne, hut
terrific gale 10 blowing. The Elkhorn
road u showed up west Of o'Neill, and
the Burlington & Wyoming line Is en-
tirely blocked. Snow reached the Mis-
souri, river today. but only III light fiur-
RES The real storm had advanced only
~ far east as Columbus at noon. The
snow wares In depth from one foot on
level 81 Sydney To four feet At Spearash.
The effect on cattle will be disastrous, rs
all the big ranges of the state are covered
by deep snow.
Railroads in the biockaded districts are
making all haste to take advantage Of the
cessation Of the snowfall 90 clear their
tracks. They have out snow plows and
shoveIing gangs, and hope to get the
tracks clear within another twenty-four
hours The worst blockade reported il
from Chadron. where several trains are
showed in from Elk to ten miles from
town. The track has not been used since
Monday. One train reached Chadron
after being held in . snow bank thirty
hours
Kansas CRY. March 22.--As noon yes
terdsy the thermometer registered 70 deg. !:
at o'clock this morning. q. Ice formed
half an inch thick. Peach tree blooms are
killed.
MooRHEAp, March 22.-Two feet Of snow
has fallen since last night. a high wind
il blowing. ALI trains are delayed.
ST. Paul, March 22.--So far as this city
was concerned there was scarcely such a
thing - blizzard. Less than an inch of
snow fell. although there was q decided
drop In the temperature. However. other
parts Of the Northwest got enough snow
10 make up for the lack of il
here. All over both the Dakotas. across
the northern part OF Minnesota and along
the shores of Lake Superior the storm
ragged with great fury. drifting the snow
badly and delaying business all over the
territory named.
DEApwoop, s. D., March 22.--The great
snowstorm ceased today. The day has
been warm and the snow Is me ting gradu-
ally away, and II a warm rain does not set
IN. which is not unlikely. rs this barometer
indicates fair weather. the danger of a
Hood IL passed. The loss on cattle be-
tween Edgemont and Sheridan will exceed
so per cent. The storm was terrific in all
directions.