The Grenada sentinel., 1906-10-27
WIND AND SNOW IN WEST
All Early Visitation of Extreme
Weather.
SNOW FOUR FEET DEEP IN MANY PLACES
wave Extends From Hissouri River
Rocky Mountains and Causes uucf,
Loss of Fruits and Live Stock.
Railroads Are Crippred.

Denver, Colo, Oct. 22.-Snow
WIND and cold have extended over
nearly the entire country between the
Rocky mountains and the Missouri
river today, causing heavy losses Of
live stock and late fruit. Teleyranb
wires nave been Frustrated and the
railroad schedules disarranged.
The storm is almost unprecedented
for severity at this season Of the wear
and takes rank, according to tho
weather bureau. with the snow fall
on April 22 aud %, 1885. Up to six
CLOCK this afternoon about twenty
inches or snow had fallen i'm Denver
much OF which had melted. and indi.
cations were that snow would con-
tinue to fall tonight.
At some places on the eastern slona
or the mountains the snow fall meas
ureS three or four feet. While The
temperature on the plains has fiuctu-
ated from 20 to 80 above zera, il has
Deen much colder at higher attitudes.
AC corona, the highest point on the
new MOffatt, Denver-SaIt Lake rail
road, two degrees below zero earlv to-
day was reported.
At Emery Gap on the Colorado
Southern railroad, snow driftcd nine
feet deep and traffic was practically
tied up today.
RAILROADS CRIPPLED.
Salt Lake City. Oct. 22.-Ra;lroad
service between Salt Lake City and
Ogden is utterly dsoreanjzed. The
terrific wind Saturday night and Sun
day carried down all telegraph wires.
making the diSpatching of trains in
regular order impossible.
The Denver & Rio Grande system
IS moving few trains. The Ogden
Short Line is blocked by a wreck near
wood Cross, where thirty freight cars
were blown from the tracks. Two
passenger coaches on the Salt Lake
4 Ogden railroad were blown from
he track near Centerville ana the
conductor and two passengers were
and the line is blocked bv
many trees blown across the track. In
'alt Lake City 2,eOO trees were un-
0oted and several frail buildings in
curse OF construction were wrecked.
BLINDING sLEET' AND SNOW.
Dallas, Tex. Oct. -. Wind blow
ng at a velocity of sixty miles an
our IS sweeping across the plains
Ountry in the Texas Pan Handle
18th binding Sleet and snow. Grass
covered with ice, but cattle are in
ood condition and loss will be lipht
I ChlldrcSS there is ice and frost and
I Charming a blizzard is raging. Al
'ichlta Falls, 120 miles south Of
-m2rillo, weather is cold but there is
0 SIeet. In the Dallas territory the
omperatnre has been in the seventies
ut at midnight is falling.
NO ABATEMENT.
Cheyenne, WyO., Oct. 22.-The
torn which began in northern wv
ming Friday and spread generally
YER The state Saturday and Sunday.
Ontinued without abatement in this
ectlon today. About foot of snow
ad fallen and all trains have been de-
'yed. Stock on the range is i'm good
and there will be little loss
Mess extremely low temperature fall.
BLIZZARD IN KANSAS.
Kansas City, Oct, pa blizzud
revailed today III Western Kansas
hich was the most severe for this
me Of the season in many years. It
as been showing steadily for twelve
ours in that part Of the state AMI
le snow, driven by a heavy wind. is
oppng railroad traffic and plavipr
!voc with telephone and telegraph
Tres. 1t is believed that heavy loss
stock will result.