, 1897-04-01
TEE GREAT STORM KING
HIS GRIM vIsAan CHASED AWAY
BY THE BRIGHT RAYS
OF OLD SOL,

Of the Passengers ON the North Park
stage-The Blockade on the Over
land-Nuch Suffering.
Old Sol came out warm and smiling
thts morning and all nature hereabouts
took on . bright appearance. even the
landscape reflected back his rays
With , shimmering splendor that was
dazzling to the eyes Of humanity. To-
day al The Idle are at work shoveling
snow either for the Union Pacific or the
city and the great storm of 1897 will soon
only be = memory.
Many stories Of hardship and suffer
ing afo now being related, but no fatali-
ties have beeo reported as yet. The ex-
perfence OF the North park stage driver
and his passengers was probably the
most ssvere Of any that braved the per-
ils of Old Boreas. The stage left
Woods yesterday morning at $3.50.
In addition to the driver, Sgd
ney LAwreoce. there were seven passen-
gsrs. Alex. Mari, William Lowery,
Ffank a.. Gilmore. William H. Wins
CON-, c. b. Mosman. DR.. john
son, Mis- B. Gordon and Miss L.
Gordon. There we're two wagons with
two horses to each. Several times dur
Ing the day 1t became necessary to
~ shove,s to get the wagons through
the drifts. bot the old frontiersmen who
were in the party did not believe that
there was danger and the Journey to the
city WNs continued. Just at the point
Where the North park road crosses the
Soda LAAD branch. the road wac found
to be % badly drifted that II was neces-
sAry to turn into the Hutton field and
here IN immense drift 500 or 600 feet
long had to be shoveled through. Mr..
Mosnnan and the young ladies' decided to
start % loot to the city, taking the Soda
LAkss track - q guide. After sew
ssal hours Of hard and perilous work In
the drifts. the men remaining with the
stage ouodts decided that it would be
folly to attemp. to bring the wagons
further. and, unhitching the horses, The
unsciso wefe abandoned, n about
NIL cut snd the other about Blk.
~ esssvo 10 the city about IL O'Clock
- nssnt. ootn men and horses being
utterly exhausted.
1fst inquiry upon reaching
M Aakw -~A 1~A -->- .-L 100
s.sV ~ ioe Moeman ana the young
~ ~ notning mud been heard OF
~ 80 once went to Percy Lambs
49, sssoie No sont q eiefen out along
tne &C 70 rescue the suffering way,
~ Lamp ana MI. JON Garrett
e1snSed the vehicse. After some
Nty IN Numbering Dug the
c1 II BOSNIAN ana the ladies were
oINovefed Ae the ranch south
VI eown' inc Aoie0 IN an
cooo.e'ca ana oen0moed with old. They
wooio nsve pefisned mad II not
'oE inc pessistent and untirlne Of
- ma great strength OF their escort.
Wa aooee nAif way to the city from
wnese ny 40 soenooned the wagons,
q NO safn ave up completely, and
s aovn In tae snow declared that
- oouae noe pfoceeo anotner 1901 AL
49, slmoe 10 complete ex-
=. 80 enoiS oorihs the
~ n opon .ne perl
"o Guy mh "sn
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49, 'n"' no "ooiu
p".su III
- tnAn "iie ne
a.u was 10.
49, "ou never al
NJ. u 10 slsntea q
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- n, ..n-s,n. ~ -
a - ~. $500.
~ n. ~..,n, IN ~. ,,.os ~ lit
.~n,.. "A -. = ro..rv n,ou wv.
slnut upoa thsm. They barely escap-
ID dsgt1uct3oa. Il y indeed marvellous
that ths young hdtes could walk the
trsstlss ovsr The Big Laramie. with their
tcy covsrfug. md It = probable that they
wonld not 6ars do It in the light Of day.
Al Mr.. Hanesa's place they we're taken
in and Otvsa . hot supper and coffee.
III. lflrr Ind hi earv md several fne-
-. hnApv Srn.tad. nne ~ the vonn~ l.d,e.