Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-08
SAND AND WIND.
The consistent" Santa fe Core
spondent Tells Of a Seventy
Mile an Hour Breeze.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE.

The consistent" Santa Re New
Mexican correspondent of the Denver
Republican, who s~trenuously objected
to an item published from Albuquer.
que regarding the snow and wind
storms which prevailed here last
week, has distinguished himself by
going outside OF his bailiwick to tell
the outside world the kind OF a storm
they have In other sections of New
Mexico. This consistent, thou art a
jewell fellow, in his dispatch, says:
The worst wind and sand storm
since April 8, 1895. visited southern
New Mexico yesterday. The court
house, the Catholic priests house and
other buildings in Las Cruces were
badly damaged. many trees uprooted
and two houses at Mesilla Park yer
unroofed.
"The storm ragged for the greater
part of the day. and at $3.50 .. IN. the
maximum velocity of the wind was
40 miles an hour, registered by the
anemotor on science hall.
"The sky was dark throughout the
day by the cloud of sand and dust. AT
to buildings"
WINDY DISSERTATION.
The Dona Ana County Republican
in its comments on the sand storm
that ragged in the Mesilla valley-the
same storm that made life a burden in
this city for n few hours-says:
The wind which blew Thursday was
remarkable in that II exceeded any
for several years in strength and We
locity. Anemotors registered a velo
city OF 40 to so miles an hour most OF
the day. The freaks and damages re
sulting were quite numerous. Henry
roy, who came to town In the evening
| from Organ. had occasion to go W.
the Organ pass during a disagreeablt
portion Of the day, and in order to dc
| so safely he had to crawl on his hands
| and knees for a distance of severa
| hundred yards at the highest point
The gale was most intense there ow
ing to the g currents gorginl
to that point. One Of the chimneyi
at the court house blew down with q
crash that scared them all for severa
| moments. A window and sash fel
into the street from the Masonic hall
| breaking into hundreds OF pieces. 4
section OF roof was lifted from tn,
Murphy cottage In which DR.. Ride
nour and family reside. Six or seve
telegraph poles were razed near Don,
Ana, breaking all telegraph conneC
tons until during the evening section
men united m wire. Connection
were still broken yesterday morning
and the trains were not reported. He
tel men and mail carriers guessed |
would be several hours late, and the.
did not miss 1t.
The force of the zephyr cracked AM
blew down outside plastering from nu
merous buildings throughout town.
similar wind occurred In yet a still
stronger form about six years ago an,
the damage done then was considers
BILE. The wind of Thursday blew II
windows, awnings and most every
thing loose In lei Paso.
While the Rio Grande and Mesill
valleys were having their troubles 1
trying to keep body and soul togethe
during the terrific sand storm, u
among the pines Of Otero county tn
same kind of n storm was holdin
full sway. The Alamogordo New
says:
The windstorm Thursday was tn
most violent ever known here. A
through the valley the wind blew q
a terrific rate, the telegraph line bein
put out of the fight early in the gam,
=. s. Hopper. OF the New Mexico III
and Timber company, came down froi
the mountains that day and says tn
storm was so violent in the Sacramei
tos that the largest trees were al
rooted by hundreds. Major LlewellyI
who came up from Ell Paso on tn
| anne Iav GnVQ Tint the lnat Uas G
thick that one standing on the pla
form of the train could not see tn
car in front OF him. At Jarilla seriou
damage was done. The roof was blow
, off the saloon and crashed into III
, side of the Southwestern Mercantil
: company's store, caving IL in.