The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-27

graph. telephone and electric light poles
are broken down. The Colorado Telephone
Company reports that s..s miss Of is
wires were carried down.
Aside from the tremendous Inconvenience
caused 70 he public and 70 private inter
ests the storm has wrought an Intrinsic
damage In the city of DenVer and lis
suburbs. that Is conserya .tveiy estimated
70 be fn excess OF sie0.0s0 The estimate OF
damage includes only the ssml-paoic con-
eeras slch as electric light. telephone tel
egrapn and street car companies CITY
Electrician Stern said al , O'Clock this az
ternoon that probably 1880 poles we're
down IN Denver alone. and upwards OF
90 miles Of wire
1eneraf storm I'm Prairie states
The storm today was general throughout
the eastern half of a section Of the north
arm mart af this state. the southern part
OF Wyoming the northeastern part or
Ttah and the western halves OF Nebraska
ard Kansas. WITH the exception OF the
Rock Island. the Kansas Pacific, the Colo
radO Central ana the Juiesoerg and south
PARK branches % the Gulf road railroads
leading into Denver have been complete
ly blocked su day SNOW piows have been
brought into active service on al lines. but
the tracks we're again covered with suo4
soon after they We're cleared. The great
esr trouble was experienced between Den
Yer and Pueblo.
The city Is in darkness tonight, as the
mayor compelled the electric light coua-
pany % cut OF all its circuits or account
OF their dangerous condition.
Cripple creek Il showed In.
CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo. oct. es.-Not
~ years has there been such a blizzard
here as that which prevails as the present
time High winds that come in s,reaks
. Ike she waves % typhOon are drifting
the snow 81 that sidewalks n places are
alr7ost irnpAssahie. Traffic on railroads IS
suspended and telephone wires are down.
PUEBLO. Colo. Oct &.-High wind and
snow over wide riuge OF country north
an4 south - PUehlo since ? o'@icck this
morning have quite sTectuauv tiad vp tHa
railways running Ia he~e Nile after wlie
~ telegraph wires are biowD down. In
Pueblo telegraph, telephone. electric light
ara trolley wires have suffered severely
scores o. poles an8 tress being blown
6awo TIt;le Stow fell bat The w!rG as
talaed a velocity - ds-y-s.E mIles f~on
the north 81 u IS o'cl2ck q. m. and blew
6awn az tse government Wea he~ bureau
instruments. Sowe roofs suffered
MINNEAPOLIS Cct ~ Specials from
macy points IL Central ard Eastern south
Dakota a-e to the effect saat the heavy
rsfr has changed 20 srew and s'eet she
temperature rapidly falling under the ln-
nueece % a strong nerth VIVA
In >ehra~Aa and Dakota
OMAHA. o>t 2f-The wa~uez. O-tase-
ever experienced by whLts men in THIS -e-
sen IS cissfn< 81 a biEza0a Ran began
falling io Western Nebraska ard Sauer
Dakota last n5ght. turning - seow. whf-h
rontinue8 au DiEht- Word was received
tenIS>t f-3n many po.1.z n Nebraska
s08 Sou'A UaEcta - tae eCerr -ea- sae
star- s-5it continues The Buriizzteo
trsles s~e delayed An3 tA7 Eo-k Is,ara
trains heswee1 Lyman ard Colorado
( Springs Ce@ are h}aekatea Fast -
{ Grand Island. along ths Urt7r Ta-5e- 49,
st7rru is Ta1S. west cf tAr-a e is mingled
/ snow hrG s1ee- or :he ElsEc-e aee tNe
s1oN tu-as e ~a-1 sast ~ E-sar T 1s
- Ear tne railroads have bee- octy
sl5EEtty tauusTvt by t-e s:o~-r. AZ fa es-
rurE 81 tes Crt1a paeS- tR5 s-<res
cc Es1 ~ tss h1f.Dg s1cw 6c-E ha-
s.ent asreaee TEe sre-ar e ere saf.
Z fers1 a t-akea lex
Tae worss ts1tsre ~ .ha stcru IS ,he
( hlsA w.ra whsrE e rfavirE ha~5~ wl-h
{ tsfar~arh ws-es r1-rrur -att-r sefrE bad
( lv s.ts~rucss8 ana fo u,arv ~5aces -zt ote
entirely n ScUsN TaEafs .NA ss~-e ccn-
sstsrrs r-egaaf r-esssEe from Hu-se
sqvs raln fnaf fstI tes-e al Sav
F -us~- nsf - sr1w a. Rn-F1f arH s-1 eas-
.~ueS F~,n Miller Ah-~sasr Soak
F FaIs s-d NscaeU similar e-sns .ehes are
rrreiVes
NJ -aln has ves fa0e- a. O-raha. eat .ns
approach .f eAs storm ts manifest ay e
~ ga faN ta the temperature a~d q s-eN
gase fr3n tEe nprth.
ICo0E Neh- o~s eS-Affe- raining
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