, 1905-05-11

Midst of BIizzard-LittIe DAMAGE.
George R. Eykyn and Inspector
Fleming of the bureau of animal in
dustry, department of agriculture, ar
rived last evening from the Eykyn
ranch, where they had been for a few
days, having started in before the
storm and come through it most of
the way. Mr.. Eykyn says he has sci,
dom seen a worse storm for the time
it ragged, and the lightning was some
thing terrific. He could not only see
it and hear the thunder, but he could
actually taste and feel the electricity.
The thunder rolled continuously for a
time, the snow coming in their faces
and coating their clothing.
For an hour and a half the storm
ragged" Mr.. Eykyn said, land l am
sure We could not have survived an
other hour of its fierceness. We were
almost frozen, were blinded by the
lightning and deafened by the con-
~tinuous and terrific roar Of the thun-
der. and could hardly see u hands
before our eyes for more than an
hour. Even the horses had to fight to
make Roadway. l have seldom seen a
severer storm for the time 1t lasted,
and dread to hear from the ranch,
where l know more or less damage has
been done. We left the ranch before
the storm came-in fact, neither of us
suspected what we were getting into,
or We should not have ventured out
across the plain"
l.. A. Hancock arrived from Jelm
late in the afternoon, he, too, having
had a very hard time. at was the
worst storm in some respects l have
ever experienced" he said, although
there was one other that would run
it a close second. That was the storm
of September 10, 1903, when eighteen
inches of snow fell here in Laramie.
l was in that storm, also. Getting my
share? Well, l should say"
Captain Ben w. Towner came in
from Morgan yesterday afternoon, be-
hind his own team, and was very glad
when he arrived, too. He says there
were inches of snow and ice on his
clothing when he arrived at his hotel,
and he was almost frozen. 1--WE ought
to be getting used to snow in our Sec
tion," he unused. During the month
of April not less than nine feet four
inches of new snow has fallen, and
there are three feet on the level nov
on the open land, running to six and
nine feet back in the woods. There
has been snow this winter than
| ever saw before, l believe"
Here in the city the storm was not
so severe as the storm of September,
1903. The storm was more peculiar,
however, being accompanied by the
severe electrical display, but there
was not SO much snow and the tenn
perature was higher. That month the
temperature fell to about 20 degrees,
this morning there being a fall of not
more than to 81 or 80 degrees. the
thawing going on all night.
At Centennial there was a consid-
cradle storm yesterday. but in that
valley the heaviest snowfall came
Tuesday night.
Messrs. Chris Larson and John F.
Johnson came in from the Black hills
during the afternoon yesterday, report
ing about the same o Of snow as
here. The weather was not cold, Mr..
Larson said, and while they had to
face the storm coming down the noun
tain side, they were at no time in
danger of great suffering. The storm
was almost binding for a time, how
ever. rendering the keeping Of the
team on the road somewhat difficult.
The railroad company did not suffer
much on the Wyoming division. the
delay to the west bound trains oc-
curing beyond Cheyenne. No. 4, from
the west, was about on time. All wires
were working satisfactorily.
A trainman who reached the city
from the west at II o'clock last night
says the storm up about Rock River
and Medicine Bow was as severe as
lhe ever saw. At times he could not
see the caboose from the engine cab,
and rode for miles in the face Of the
blinding snow storm. The wind and
the snow hindered his passage. so that
it wal several hours after his sched-
ule time of arriving that he reached
the yards here.