The St. Louis Republic., 1900-04-16
Near Winfield, Kas., Raging W'inds
Proved Destructive uf
Life and Property.
HEAVY SHOWS IN COLORADO.
Railway Trains Are Stalled by
Drifts Three Feet nrrp---
Fears of Danger When
the Thaw Comes.

wichita Kas., April IA storm ar-
preaching Il tornado in proportion is re-
ported fran Winfield, between here and
Newton. and in the vicinity west of clear
water. Two deaths are reported. Wires are
down. and particulars ar. unohtainahle.
At Putnam il is said tha: several houses
were blown down, and four persons serious
" injured Word was brought by passen-
gers on the southboIind Santa f'e passenger
train that two persons were killed The tel
ephonc and telegraph wires were rendered
useless by the winds. and all attempts To
communicate with affected points have
proven Of no avail.
West of Clearwater in the country north
east of Adams. on the Engle wood branch Of
the Santa Fe Railroad. II Is reported that
"A strip of country five miles long swept
by a storm at o'clock this evening. Scr-
erai farrnhouses. barns aud other buildings
were blown down. NJ casualties are report
ed from there.
The fact that indefinite scraps of infor-
nation are all that can be secured gives
cause for alarm that the storm is much
more serious than is generally adnitte l.
From a small settlement. several miles w'st
of Fremont. in Sumner County. it IL said
all Of the houses were wrecked. with los
of life This report cannot lie substant!ated.
The storm area. so far rs can De learned.
extends over about ten counties near ana
at the southern lin. Of the State. The
CycloniC disturbance seems t" have fol-
Lowell the trend OF the Arkansas Rive.
At Newton. this morning, over an inch
Of rain fell. and between and I This even
ing three inches fell. flooding the north
east portion Of the city. bahy cyclone
accompanying the storm this evening TOOK
southeast Of Newton. Ii jumped a farm
house and took the roof off A barn.
HEAVY SNOW ~ COLORADO.
Denver. Colo. April IA mixture of
rain and snow has been falling incessant-
be of fnr
the last twenty-four hours and. with the
exception Of intervals Of several hours. the
stormy weather has been continuous for
eleven days. Several washouts have oc-
Cured on railroads. From Idaho Springs.
Central City and other points In the Clear
Creek district come reports of a heavy
snowfall yesterday and to-day. blocking
the railroads and paralyztnG the mining In
afternoon the snow was three feet deep
and still falling The weather is warm
and the snow cannot last.
a 2i-inch water main broke at Twenty
fifth and Franklin streets here this aft
crnoon. flooding the adjacent property and
cutting off the water supply for two miles
In the resident district of Denver. Street
railway companies are having trouble with
WashoutS.
Cache la Poud.e and ST Nrn.n rivers are
badly swollen. The latter stream is tEo
miles wide ut Longmont. Ordinarily the
stream is small but II the report is correct
much damage VIII result 10 riiilcn property
in the lowlands around LoEgmVrt. There
are no towns in n position near enough 70
either Of these rivers to suffer to any great
extent. BonSmont is inaccessible tonight
10y Wire.
An irrigation ditch between Denver ard
Boulder broke and the water rushed over
the Colorado and Southern tracks. washing
ont n stretch of several hundred feet nf
track y, trains are moving over this
branch ri the road
All cast-hound Denver and Rio Grande
trains are tied ur at Monument by tne
heavy snow chat has fallen On the divide.
Trains west over this road left Denver to-
night with ioiIble hea aders pulling them.
Trains over the Santa Fs are late several
hours. Colorado Midland trains are also
laid out.