The record-union., 1897-10-27
Great Destruction to the Wire Service at
the City of Denver.
The Storm Also General in the
Southern Part of Wyoming, the
Western Halves of Nebraska
and Kansas and in South Da-
kota-Heavy Gales Continue ON
the Atlantic Coast.

DENVER. Oct. GA severe snow
storm, with high wind from the north
began last night and continued with in
creasing fury during the day.
At noon there was no indication of
cessation of the storm, which is gen
eral in this section. Wires are geneI-
ally down west and south and trains
much delayed. In this city telegraph
telephone and electric light poles are
broken down and shade trees badly
damaged. The Mayor ordered the elec-
trio light plant closed down on account
of danger from the wires.
The Colorado telephone Company re
ports 5000 miles of wire carried down
by the storm.
Aside from the tremendous incon-
venience caused to the public and to
private interests. the storm of last
night anc to-day has wrought an in
trinsic damage in the city of Denver
and its suburbs that is :conservatively
estimated to be in excess of S1OO00O-
OF course, should the storm continue
several days, the damage will multiply
many times, since many interests that
have so far been able to withstand 1t
might succumb to the burden increased.
The estimate of damage includes only
the semi-pubHc concerns, such as cleo
trio light, telephone, telegraph ar
street car companies. 1t is to the
wires and poles that the greatest harm
has been done. City Electrician Stern
said at , o'clock this afternoon that
probably / 900 poles were down in Den
yer alone. and upwards Of 1000 miiLs
of wires.
General Manager Field of the Colo
rado Telephone Company estimated the
present damage to its system at SO
600. 1t would be greater, he said but
for the fact that in the central portion
of the city the company placed many
of it's wires underground.
The storm was general to-day
throughout the eastern half and a sec
tion cf the northern part of this State,
the Southern part of Wyoming, the
northeastern part of Utah and the
western halves of Nebraska and KaII-
sas With the exception of the Rock
Island. the Kansas Pacific, the Colo
rado Central and the Julesburg and
South Park branches of the Gulf Road,
railroads leading into Denver have been
completely blocked all day. Snowplows
have been brought into active service
on all lines, but the tracks were again
covered with snow soon after they We're
cleared. The greatest trouble was ex-
perienced between Denver and Pitts
town.
The city is in darkness tonight, as
the Mayor has compelled the electric
light company to cut off it's circuits, on
account of their dangerous condition.
BLIZZARD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
CRIPPLE CREEK (Co1), Oct. 26.-
Not in years has there been such
blizzard here as that which prevails
at the present time. High winds that
come in streaks like the waves of
typhoon are drifting the snow so that
sidewalks in places are almost i'm
passable Traffic on railroads is sus-
pended, and telephone wires are down
Canyons are choked with snow, and 1t
is impossible to see 100 feet on account
of the binding storm. Considerable
damage to property hos occurred. Min
ing operations are seriously impeded by
the storm, which has been raging for
fourteen hours, and continues furious
". with no signs of abatement. The
weather is very cold. and it is feared
there will be great suffering among the
poor.
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW.
OMAHA (Neb.), Oct. 26.-The warm
est october ever experienced by white
men in this region is closing in a biz
zard. Rain began falling in Western
Nebraska and South Dakota last night,
turning to snow, and continuing all
night. Dispatches from Valentine are
TO the effect that a heavy snow has
fallen there. while in the western part
of the State railways are having
trouble in moving trains
Snow has fallen in the Black HIS
In Central South Dakota the cold rains
have put a stop to threshing. At Oma-
ha the weather is still warm. but the
storm is expected here by nightfau-
Word was received tonight from
many points in Nebraska and South
Dakota to the effect that the storm ot
snow, sleet and rain that has been
travelling eastward for twenty-four
hours still continues. The Burlington
trains are delayed, and the Rock Island
trains between Lyman and Colorado
Springs, Col, are blockaded.
East of Grand Island along the Union
Pacific the storm is rain; west of there
ii is mingled snow and sleet. On the
Elk Horn line the snow turns to rain
east Of Long Pine. So far the railroads
have been only slightly hampered by
the storm. At Julesburg, on the Union
Pacific, two engines coll;ded in the
binding snow, doing but slight damage.
The fireman of one suffered a broken
leg.
The worst feature of the storm is the
high wind, which is playing havoc with
telegraph wires, communication being
badly interrupted, and in many places
cut off entirely. In South Dakota the
same conditions prevail. A messag ge
from Huron says rain that fell there all
day turned to snow at nightfall, and
still continues. From Miller. Aberdeen.
Sioux Falls and Mitchell similar dis
patches are received.
No rain has yet fallen in Omaha, but
the approach of the storm is manifest
10y a rapid fall in the temperature and
q stiff gale from the north.
MINNEAPOLIS (Iinn), Oct. 26.--
Specials from many points in Central
and Eastern South Dakota are to tie