The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-27
BLIZZARD l3ESzT 3,;,,;z
OUT UfFaI1fsST1I WEST.
Storm Raging in South Da-
kOta. Colorado and
Nebraska.
RAILROADS ARE bLOCKADED.
Damage to the Total of Thou
sands Already Done in
Denver.
NOT AS YET ABATING
Latest Reports Tell of Roar
ing Winds and Drift
ing Flakes.
NOT ASYET ABATING

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 26-Word was
received tonight from many points in
Nebraska and South Dakota to the
effect that the snow and sleet storm
which has been travelling eastward for
twentyfour hours still continues.
Burlington trains are still delayed.
and Rock Island trains are blockaded.
East of Grand Island along the North
ern Pacific the storm is rain; west of
there it is mingled with 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. The
worst feature Of the storm Is the high
wind which is playing havoc with the
telegraph wires, communication is
badly interrupted. and in many places
is cut off entirely. In South Dakota
the same conditions prevail. A mes
sage from Huron says that rain that
fell there all day turned to snow at
nightfall and still continues. From
Miller, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls and
Mitchell similar dispatches are re-
ceived
No rain has yet fallen in Omaha,
puI LLC oppIOciCD VI lIIC SlOIIl IL
ifest by rapid fall in the tempera-
ture and a stiff gale from the north.
DENVER, Col, Oct. 26-Aside from
the tremendous inconvenience caused
public and private interests, the snow
storm of last night and today has
wrought an intrinsic damage to the
city of Denver and it's suburbs that
ic fiya tod 70 ba to
cess of 100000 OF course, should the
storm continue several days the total
will multiply many times. The estimate
of damage includes only the semi-pub-
lie concerns such as the light, tele-
phone, telegraph and street car COM
panies. 1t is to wires and poles that
the greatest harm has been done. City
Electrician Stearn said this afternoon
that probably 1000 poles were down in
Denver alone and upward of 1000 miles
of wire. General Manager Field, of
the telephone exchange, estimates the
present damage to his exchange at
$4,000. With the exception of the
Rock Island, the Kansas Pacific. the
Colorado Central and the Julesburg
and South Park branches of the Gulf.
railroads leading into Denver have
ONSh OAOShCu clll L lie SlCl11 WAS
most severe, and the greatest trouble
was experienced by the railroads be-
tween Denver and Pueblo. All freight
trains have been abandoned to enable
the roads to handle passengers without
any more delay than is absolutely nee
essary Railroad reports showed that
the storm was general throughout the
eastern half and section of the north
a ri nf CT 70, /,
Of Wyoming, the northeastern part of
Utah and the western halves of Ne
braska and Kansas
A message from Colorado SPRINGS
stated that the snow and sIeet were
blowing so furiously there that it was
impossible to see across the street.
Leadville had a slight snow fall last
night, but none today.
At noon there was no Indication of
a cessation of the storm, which is gem
eral in this section.
OMAHA, Oct. 26. The warmae+
month of October ever experienced bv
white men in this region is closing in
a blizzard. Rain began falling in
western Nebraska and South Dakota
last night, turning to snow and con-
tinuing all night. Dispatches from
NeilCiilIuc dIe W lHe erect that heaVV
snow has fallen there, while in the
western end of the state the RAILWAYS
are having trouble m moving trains.
Snow has fallen in the Black Hills and
in central South Dakota cold rains have
put stop to threshing.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, Oct. 20
Not in years has there been such a.
blizzard here as that which prevails at
the present time. High winds that
come in streaks. like waves of tv-
phoon, are drifting the snow. Traffic on
railroads is suspended and teIephone
wires are down. Canyons are choked
with snow and it is impossible to see
one hundred feet on account Of the
binding storm Considerable damage
to property has occurred. Mining oper-
ations are seriously impeded by the
storm, which has been raging fourteen
hours and continues furiously with no
sign of abatement. The weather is
very cold and it is feared there will be
great suffering among the poor
M'COOK, Neb., Oct. 26.-After rain
ing three inches last night and this
morning a snow storm set in this aft
ernoon, with high winds, falling tenn
perature and other blizzard indica-
tions The storm is general over this
section of Nebraska and is quite Sc
we're.