Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-23
BLIZZARD HAS ABATED IN COLO
RADo BUT PREVAILS IN WEST
ERN KANSAS
TRAFFIC is CRIPPLED
Snow Falls for Twenty-four Hours in
colorado-utah is Visited by Bad
Wind storm-Much Damage is Done
In Salt Lake City.

Chicago, Oct. 22.-The blizzard in
Iolorado has abated but a heavy snow
s.olih prevails In western Kansas to-
day. snow fell in northeastern Min
nesota throughout the night, many
towns reporting six inches or more.
( street car traffic in Pueblo and Colo
raao Springs is badly crippled and
Ialiroad trains from the east are de
layed. The temperature at the latter
point is 10 degrees above zero In
western Kansas the temperature is
moderate but the snow is drifting CON
siderable
Colorado Gets Much Snow.
Denver. Colo, Oct. PA general
storm prevailed along the eastern
slope OF the Rocky mountains from
wyoming to New Mexico yesterday.
Snow has been falling in Colorado al
most incessantly for the last twenty
four hours. Suburban electric lines
have operated with difficulty and rail-
roads have experienced delay in run
ming trains.
In Colorado the storm extended to
the western slope. In the valley
around Buena Vista the snow lies two
feet deep on the level and In the
mountains throughout the state the
snow varies from two to five feet in
depth. Twenty-Five inches of snow
had fallen at Florence by nightfall. In
northern Colorado the snow is twenty
inches deep and should a freeze fol
low heavy loss will result to the pota-
to crop.
Wyoming reports a general storm
that has played havoc with wire com
municatfon and is interrupting rail-.
road traffic. Several minor wrecks
have occurred. Live stock is threat
ened from exposure.
Utah Has Wind Storm.
Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 22.-For TWEEN
ty-four hours this city and vicinity
was swept by a wind storm of unpar-
alleled severity In addition to three
serious accidents to persons, property
over a wide area has been devastated
a fire famed by the wind has obliter-
ated the new plant of the Utah Pack
ing company, and monetary loss of
approximately s250OOO,OOO entailed
Trains have arrived irregularly or not
at all
Ruined buildings, fallen chimneys,
broken windows. loosened signs and
toppled trees throughout this and ad-
Joining towns are the most common
souvenirs Of this storm The wind at
tanned maximum velocity of fifty-two
I miles an hour For hours it maintain
ed an average of thirty weight miles.
Capt. William G. Cahhoon and Driv-
er Fred Gulbranson of the fire depart
ment were caught under falling tree.
Cahoon suffered both legs broken and
Gulbranson was injured Internally. A
mosaic window, which cost $4,000, In
the new Presbyterian church was bro
ken to bits. A Chinese restaurant on
South Second street was demolished
4 and the Belmont hotel was unroofed.
A freight car in a Short Line train
from Ogden was lifted bodily from the
3 trucks. The only mail received yes
terday was from Los Angeles, over the
4 San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake.
The only telegraph wires available
4 last night we're to Denver along the
4 Rio Grand Western and one to Los
Angeles. The city was dependant up
on single copper strand to Denver
for its communication.
Worst in Years.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct 22.-The worst
storm in years for the season prevails
I in Wyoming. 1t is accompanied by
heavy snow and in some sections high
winds. The Union Pacific railway has
snow plows out on the entire line be-
tween here and Ogden. West of
Green River, Wyo., the line Is block
AIDED and all communication is cut off.
All wires are down. dispatch from
Green River last night says the high
est wind known in twenty-five years is
blowing with the temperature 10 de-
grees above zero and a heavy snow
falling One fagman was found dead
near Granger and another was found
on the track unconscious and badly
frozen.
Northern and Central Wyoming re-
port practically the same conditions
,Stockmen are apprehensive of great
siSses The storm is slightly abating
69cre.