Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-21

from Ouray have been cut off from all
communications with the outside by the
snowsldes. It is feared as many as
twenty miners have lost their lives, but
the exact number will not be known for
days AS many as twenty-five mines are
| completely isolated. The damage may
reach 81 100000.
Miners in Starvation Danger.
A snowslide late last evening at Camp
| Bird mill completely isolated fifty or
more miners employed there and as the
provision house was carried away it is
certain they are in urgent need of food.
A party of 200 miners started to their
! rescue this morning.
The body of William j. Cressey, the
Englishman who lost his life in the slide
at the Camp Bird mill, has been
| covered.
Snow 800 Feet Deep.
1t is said there are 60 feet Of snow
at the high tower Of the tramway of
Camp Bird, and the snow is deep all
| along the route. In the lmOgene basin,
the snow is from $50 to 300 feet deep.
This will prevent work on the reconstruc-
ton of the tramway for several weeks
The first move ut Camp Bril- prob
ably will be to repair power lines which
are all out; This will require several
days and there will be no output from
the mine until the mill is rebuilt and i'll
running order.
Where Is Relief Train?
The telephone line to Ophir station is
cat off and the location of the engine
aud fanger crew, hemmed in by slides
near Ophir loop. is not known.
Slides are down all along the road to
Red Mountain and the storm continues
so that it is impossible to get through.
a small slide came down at the Joker
tl1n nal 10 ct 10Th nd tnpn hn
shed at the mouth of the tunnel
The Revenue tunnel. mine. mill and all
the buildings and the Atlas Bankers
Consolidated and San Pedro are all con
s-dered to be in imminent danger.
No Trains for Seven Days
ALAMOSA, Col, March 19.-Not
since the snowslide and blockade of the
winter of 1884, Wen the Denver & Rio
! Grande branch road between Alamosa
and Durango was impossible for weeks.
has there been such trouble experienced
! in this region as at the present.
/ No trains have arrived from Durango
for seven days and every available man
is being taken to the large snOwSlide on
Cumbres' hill. Six dead engines are
showed in between this place and Du
range, also one of the big rotary snow
plows. A rotary snow plow was sent
from Salida today, pushed by three en-
gines
Snow Covers Treerops
1t has been showing continuously for
seven days in the mountains west and
south of Alamosa and the canons are full
of snow and in many places the tops of
tall trees are just visible.
Coal and eatables have been sent from
here to the working crews and goods are
being taken to the showed in trains on
Cumbres' i'll. to keep the people there
| from starving.
Railways Almost Impossible
HOLYOKE. Colo, March 19.-The
snowfall SO far this month in northeast
ern Colorado is the heaviest ever known
in March. Roads are almost impossible.
The supply of food is almost exhausted.
Railway traffic was totally abandoned
during the worst of the storm. The
Burlington line from Curtis to Cheyenne
has been covered with drifts from two
to six feet deep for several days and no
attempt will be made to open the line
until the storm ceases.
Repeat Awful Slide of 1902.
TELLURIDE, Colo, March ia
snowside which came down yesterday at
the Liberty Bell mine damaged the upper
terminal of the tramway and consider
able trestle work. 1t ran in the path of
the noted slide of February IS, 1902,
which killed nineteen men. Many min
ers, remembering the slide Of four years
ago, left the mine today and came to
Telluride.
Another huge slide came down yester
day near the bullion tunnel of the Snug
gler Union, damaging the blacksmith
and other outbuildings. On account Of
the snow no effort was made to recover.
the body of August Helene who was
killed Saturday night by the slide near
Bear Creek.
Missouri-Kansas Snow Abates.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. March 19.-The
weather today in the southwest was clear
and warmer. No snow is falling Street
car traffic in Missouri and Kansas was
still interrupted, and trains were de-
laycd. Six inches of snow fell and drifted
badly. In Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory the snow was melting fast
Chicago Traffic Is Hampered.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 19.-The heavi
est snowstorm of the winter has been in
progress here since last night In twelve
hours four inches of snow fell and
high northwest wind drifted it badly.
making operation of street cars, particu-
larly III the suburbs, difficult.
Constant operation of snow plows that
the streets in the downtown section could
be kept open was necessary. Train Serv-
ice is in bad condition. Many are report
ed from two to ten hours late. Late this
morning the storm apparently abated
somewhat. The snow was still falling
heavily, and the gale was increasing
Eight Inches at Dayton.
| DAYTON, O., March 10. = Eight
inches Of snow have fallen since mid
hight and traffic throughout the Miami
| valley is demoralized. Street car and
lnterurban service is badly crippled and
railways are operating under the diff
eultles never before experienced
St. Louis Temperature Down.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March ia heavy
snowstorm, which began last night, has
seriously Inconvenience traffic. More
snow is coming and a minimum temDero-
ture of 10 Or is degrees above zero, with
brisk northwest winds is forecasted At
b o'clock this morning the fall of snow
measured nine inches.
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