The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-03
MOUNTAINS o. SNOW.
Traffic in Colorado at n Stand
still and Starvation Threat
ing the pponIe

Denver. Feb 2.-The snow storm that
has ragged with brief intermiSsions for
more than week I'm Colorado was renew
ed today with energy undated. The snow
fan during the later hours OF the night
and nearly all day was very heavy, while
strong winds piled Il up and filled rail-
road cuts almost completely blocking rail-
road traffic I'm the mountain district.
Snow slides have occurred at several
points. one eighteen miles west OF Lead
VILE on Mount Ebert carrying down a
miners cabin and burying William Man
ming aged sixty years.
Many mountain towns are cut off from
the world the only means OF communica-
lion being men on snow shoes. Food and
fuel supplies are becoming alarmingly
short in many places.
a difficult and really hazardous piece or
work 10 relieve the suspense at Breckin-
ridge, Como, Dillon and other points
around the first named camp, was success
fully accomplished by the Colorado q
Southern road today az noon when citi-
zens armed with shovels clear off the
South Park tracts TO the depot I'm Breck-
inridge and q much battered supply train
crawled into the town-the first inside
for three weeks.
The situation at BreoklnrIdge was be-
coming critical
/ Food was becoming scarce; the groceries
kept IN the stores were AZ low ebb. Rolled
oats and breakfast foods were being fed
to horses and stock. Hay yesterday could
not be purchased for love nor money. Oats
were worth their weight IN gold Miners,
prospectors. mill men and timber cutters
| mar ms la a N
hills, begging provisions
| Breckenridge was spot In a sea OF snow
Slider In all directions made the roads
leading into the camps impassible
The supply train including several
freight cars. loaded with hay, grain, coal
beef. -four and groceries sufficient "a
last about two weeks II took nine hours
to make the run from Como 70 Breekln'
Ridges miles.
At Leadvlne the supply OF coal Is %
small that a forced shut down OF mines
land smelters ia threatened. Railroad meI
say the numerous snow slides are unpre
cedented at this season OF the year. sndei
usually occurring only IN the spring Tn
cause now IL the enormous amount o
snow on the mountains
Glenwood Springs, Colo, Feb, IA sec
ond slide occurred today about six mile
east of this place between here and IN
4 scene OF the wreck OF the Denver g. ri
Grande passenger train which ran into IN
4 FIRST slide last night The relief train a
J well as the ditched passenger is now lie
= up tlll the seconl can be removed froi
the track
Denver. Colo, Feb al GlenwoOA sno
slide. injured six and insert following III
killed and injured
KILLED.
JOHN M'MAHoN. roadmaster. GleI
wood Springs
70 J. DEMPSEY. section man. spru'
Creek. Colorado.
J. MULviWLL, section man, Red Cl
Colorado.
INJURED.
Charles Haokett engineer Grand Sun
X ton. Col; head and back injured.
I r. II Carr. fireman. Grand Junctio
m Col head injured.
E r. b. Steele. engineer, Grand Junctic
d. Col hand burned.
Is A. Diver. brakeman. Grand Junctlc
III back hurt.
Z, @. II. Berry car reparier, Mint1rn; he
hurt.
T b. Bernard. section man. Gypsum; n
internally.
All employed by the Denver and