Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30
SOUTHWEST SECTION VISITED
BY SEVERE SNOW STORMS
From Mondays Daily.

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From Mondays Daily.
| This section OF the country. and,
apparently, the entire state, has been
| visited by severe storm, mostly
snow In this immediate vicinity while
on the Ouray side of the range It was
| rain. II commenced showing in Du.
range yesterday forenoon and kept II
up continuously until this morning
when II changed to u drizzle for an
hour or so, then letting up. During
| the forenoon the clouds broke away
and the sun kept coming and going
up TO the present writing, $50 The
| snow melted quite fast. the weather
being warm during the night, and this
morning only about four inches of
| snow remained on the ground, al
though the precipitation amounted to
over twelve inches of snow according
to the weather bureau. Trees were
bending early In the morning under
the weight of snow. also telegraph and
telephone lines. but no damage In Du.
range so FAR as reported. Both the
railroad and Western Union wires
were down this morning and are still
down
Train service on the main line OF
the ID. & X. G. is also suspended, or,
rather there Ia no train service so
far as known. During the night sev.
eral slides came down the Animas
canon, one reported so feet long and
IL feet deep. another about half az
bad. and then scattering ones OF less
dimensions. The passenger train go
ing through last night Ia. therefore,
tied up at Stiverton. and the railroad
people could not give any information
whether 1t would get down this even
ing or not, although large force is
AT work shoveling the slides. The
mixed train went DIP as far as Rock.
wood this morning. The wires being
down nothin. is known regarding train
service between Durango and Alamosa
more than that at 3 o'clock this morn.
ing by telephone communication witt
Alamosa 1t was ascertained the pas.
senger due at Alamosa Mt 6:10 was
snowbound on La veta hill and should
the train be on this side OF Alamosa
at this writing II will be towards
morning before arriving In Durango
At 2:30 the railroad people could not
tell whether "stucb" would be run
east this evening should the train fan
to arrive from Silverton.
Trains on the Rio Grande Southern
are making time.
The varied precipitation in the San
Juan during the past "a hours, while
the storm may be general. may not be
suggested In the fact that rain was
falling on one side of mountain
range while snow was falling on the
other. While raining nll night at
Ouray last night Silyerton had snow
all night, there being about two feet
OF snow on the level in the streets at
the latter place at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The correspondent said he
could not see across the street, and
wanted to hang up the phone receiver
two or three times to shut the door
and hs the Are. Nothing had been
learned at that hour regarding the
the Animas canon TO permit the Sil.
verton snowbound train to pass. The
Silverton dispatch Is. briefly:
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SILVER1ON, Nov. 27.-Tne storm
| which set in yesterday morning was
| still on at noon. showing continuously
from the time II started. This morn.
Ing the new snow measured about is
inches. Taking into consideration
the snow has been melting the fall is
fully equal to two feet and amounts
to this In the mountains above Sill
verton. The branch lines OF railroads
running out OF silverton are tied ny
and 1t Is likely the Animas Forks sec
ton and Red Mountain lines will no,
be open again this season.
| OuRAY, Nov. 27.--Instead OF snow
on this side Of the range II has beer
raining, the latter falling continuously
since some time yesterday, although II
is letting UP this afternoon. The heay)
rain IL something unusual for this
place ut this season Of the year.
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From Tuesdays Daily.
The wind fairly howled for a shor
time last evening. Snow nlled the ali
and pedestrians sought shelter. Thii
morning evidences Of the severity o
the gale was observed In broken treei
and grounded wires.
The eastern train. arriving about
o'clock last night, did not 20 to Sil
verton. but WAS abandoned.
The regular mixed train for Silver
ton left Durango this morning on tim
and IL expected to get through. a
though some difficulty In the cano
was anticipated. as the winds durin
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