Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-29
WINTER IN THE WEST
Several States Visited by Heavy
Snowstorm.
DENVER SUFFERS A 100000 LOSS.
Railway Trains Are Blockaded-Dam-
age in Nebraska and South Dakota
Cattle May Suffer Fatal
Storms in Japan.

Denver, Col, Oct. 27.-A severe snow
storm, accompanied by a high wind
from the north, began here Monday
night and continued with increasing
fury Tuesday forenoon. The weather
Is not cold and the snow Is not drifting,
Electric cars were unable to run Tues
day morning and Denver people ex-
perienced much inconvenience. The
storm is general in this section. Wires
are generally down to the west and
south and railroad trains are much de-
layed. The Colorado Telephone COM
pany reports that 5000 miles of its wires
have been carried down by the storm.
Losses Reach 100000.
Aside from the tremendous incon-
venience caused the public and private
interests the storm has wrought an in
trinsic damage to the city of Denver
and its suburbs that is conservatively
estimated to be in excess of 100000. OF
course, should the storm continue sew
eral days, the majority will multiply
several times. The estimate of damage
includes only the semi-public concerns,
such as the electric light, telephone, tel
egraph and street car companies. 1t is
to the wires and poles that the great
est harm has been done. City Electri-
clan Stern said that probably 1000 poles
were down in Denver alone, and up
ward of 1000 miles of wires. General
Manager Field, of the Colorado Tele-
phone company, estimated the present
damage to its system at $4,000. 1t
would be greater, he said, but for the
fact that in the central portion of the
city the company had recently placed
many of its wires underground.
Railroads Suffer.
Railroad reports show that the storm
was general throughout the eastern
half and section of the northern part
of the state, the southern part of Wyom-
ing, the northeastern part of Utah and
the western halves of Nebraska and
Kansas. With the exception of the
Rock Island, the Kansas Pacific, the
Colorado Central and the Julesburg &
South Park branches of the Gulf road,
railroads leading into Denver have been
completely blocked. Snow plows have
been brought into active service on all
lines, but the tracks became imbedded
with snow again soon after they We're
cleared. The storm was NEST severe,
and the greatest trouble was expert
enced by the railroads between Denver
and Pueblo. All freight trains have
been annulled to enable the roads to
handle passengers without any more
delay than is absolutely necessary.
The health department is of the
opinion that the storm will prove of
inestimable benefit in killing the late
germs of disease. The storm came so
suddenly that ranchmen did not have
or opportunity to shelter their stock,
but the fall In temperature is not con-
sidered by experts great enough to
endanger the lives of cattle.
The Poor VIII Suffer,
years has there been such a blizzard
here as that which prevails at the pres
ent time. High winds that come In
streaks like waves of typhoon are
drifting the snow that makes sidewalks
in places almost impossible. Traffic
on railroads is suspended and telephone
wires nre down. Canyons nre choked
with snow, and it is impossible to see
100 feet on account of the binding
storm. Considerable damage to prop
erty has occurred. Mining operations
nre seriously impeded by the storm.
The weather is very cold and it is
feared there will be great suffering
among the poor.
had for the Cattle.
Chamberlain, 8. D., Oct. 27-Rain
which has been steadily falling for is
hours this morning turned to snow,
which has been falling heavily all day,
accompanied by a severe northwest
wind. The snow is very moist. Many
cattle are not provided with shelter
and it is more severe on them than the
worst storms in the middle of winter,
because the snow sticks to them and
thoroughly chills them.
Nebraska and South Dakota.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 27.-Word was re-
ceiyed Tuesday night from many points
in Nebraska and South Dakota to the eff
feet that the storm of snow, sleet and
rain that has been travelling eastward
for "a hours, continues. The Burling-
ton trains are delayed and the Rock
Island trains between Lyman and Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, are blockaded.
East OF Grand Island, along the North-
ern Pacific, the storm is rain, west of
there it is mingled snow and sleet. On
the Elkhorn line the snow turned to
rain east of Long Pine. So far the rail-
roads have been only slightly hampered
by the storm. AT Julesburg, on the
Union Pacific, two engines collided 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 play
ing 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 message 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.
DAMAGE by HIGH TIDES.
Waves Are Causing Much LOSS in VI
cinity of Cape May.
Cape May, N. J. Oct. 27.-The north-
east storm continues here and the tide
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