Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-11-24
BABIES STARVING
ON T|ED-UP TRAIN
Sufferings of Pas
sengers on Fort
Worth.
NO FOOD AND BITTER COLO
Express Was Five Days Late
-.-Stalled in Blizzard on
Panhandle.

periences We're reported today by pas
sengers when a Fort Worth & Denver
passenger train arrived here from
Denver over five days late, The train
left Denver last Saturday night and
was delayed by repeated snow storms
in the sparsely settled sections of the
Texas Panhandle Eight babies on
the train nearly starved, the supply
of milk having been exhausted They
were fed on whiskey and water.
Other passengers suffered greatly for
want of food, 1t being impossible to
obtain supplies. Traffic is now open
and the weather has moderated.
El Paso Still Draped in White.
El Paso, Texas, November 24-This
afternoon, five days after the snow
ceased to fall in Ell Paso, and five days
after it began to fall. there is still con-
siderable snow on the ground, In all
of the unsheltered places there is
snow that has not been melted by
three days Of sunshine and even to-
night there will be some of it left, In
sheltered hooks such as shady sides
of walls, fence corners and ravines.
This afternoon there is still some
snow even on the spots that have
been directly exposed to the sun for
four days. This Is another record
breaker, for in the past SHOWS have
always melted in two or three days at
the most. However, there was never
so much snow on the ground in the
history of Ell Paso, by an inch or
more, the record fall this time being
5 2-5 inches, while in the past 1-2
was the heaviest.
As the snow melts, the streets are
in horrible shape The moisture from
the snow does not drain off as in the
case of rain, but merely soaks into
the ground where it is, works up with
the mud and forms perfect slush,
growing deeper as wagons and other
vehicles traverse the streets and cut
into the earth.
Coal Famine at Carlsbad and Cold
Close Schools.
Carlsbad, n. NJ, Nov 24.-The last
few tons of coal here sold recently
at SEQ each and now coal famine is
creating distress among all classes.
The public schools have been closed
because of the lack of fuel and the
cold weather. Merchants have been
burning bacon for fuel to heat their
business places. Tent dwellers were
caught without warning and suffered
severely. There is not ton of coal
in the town and the car loads en- route
have been confiiscated by the rail
roads so it Is doubtful when another
supply will reach here. Mails are
beginning to arrive the first received
since las+ Sunday. The thermometer
is still near the zero point and the
snow is foot deep.
Freaks Of the Blizzard at Cloudcroft.
Alamogordo, N. NJ, Nov. 24.-The
weather has been good all the fall, un-
til the recent blizzard played some
freakish tricks here and at Cloudcroft
which has made old timers wonder.
Over foot of snow fell, the wind
blew a gale and the temperature
dropped to zero. At Cloudcroft 1t was
three degrees colder. Eighteen inch
es of snow is reported from lower
Penasco.
Sugar Beets Saved From Snow.
Grand Junction, Colo, Nov. "a
The first snow storm of the season
made its appearance here Thursday.
The sugar beet crop has been practl-
cally all harvested so that no damage
resulted.
Farmers Rejoice at Fall Of White.
LOveland, Colo, Nov. 24.-Several
inches Of snow have fallen here since
Thursday. Farmers are rejoicing
over the mantel of white because they
believe it will be of benefit to the
sugar beets that have not yet been
harvested.
Snow Stops Work on Bridge.
Salida, Colo, NOV. 24.-Work on the
new concrete bridge being built across
the Arkansas River here has been
stopped temporarily by the snow
storm which began Thursday night
The fall Of snow continued all day
yesterday and was accompanied by a
cold east wind.
Snow Tied Up Automobile Line.
Torrance, N. NJ, Nov. 24.-Last
evening, the first automobiles in a
week, arrived from Roswell at Tor,
rance. The snow was so heavy in
the Pecos Valley and southeastern
New Mexico, that the automobile road
was effectually blockaded.
Colonel Ballard Of Roswell Tells
Cold Story.
Colonel Charles L. Ballard OF Ros