Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-03-19
LIVES LOST IN
SNOW SLIDES
Terrible Calamity
in Colorado Min
ing District.
ONE MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
Miners and Women Seek
Refuge in Thunderstorm
is General.

Ouray, Colo, March l9.-Slx hun
dred miners, in the various mines fol
| Il radius Of twenty miles in the viclni
| ty Of Ouray are cut off from all com
munication by snow and land slides
and it Is known that number of lives
have been lost. AS many as twenty
five mines are completely isolated. II
is feared that at least twenty miners
are dead but the number will not be
known for days. The damage may
reach $1,000,000 1t is said there is six.
ty feet of snow at the high tower
tramway at Camp Bird, and snow from
150,to 800 feet deep in the lmogen Bas.
in.
The first big slide was at the Uni.
ted States mine Later there were two
big ones at Camp Bird, followed by a
number of smaller ones.
1t is believed that 24O miners and
four women have taken refuge in the
Camp Bird Tunnel and it is also
thought miners at other places are
hiding in the tunnels. Efforts are be-
ing made today to reach the impris
oned people.
Supt. Lee Lost in Snow.
Denver, Colo, March 19.--The re-
port mas reacneu this city that twenty
five snowslides have occurred during
the past twenty.four hours between
Silverton and Durango, doing immense
damage TO mining and other property
The southern branch of the Denver C
Rio Grande Railroad is blockaded by
tons of snow many feet in depth at
Cumbres HILL Two engines are off
the track and are buried under ten
feet OF snow. One train has beel in
the grasp of the snow king for a week
and cannot be eXtricated. Division
Superintendent w. D. Lee, who left
saturday aboard big rotary snow
plow. with the intention of clearing
the track, is somewhere in the snow.
The rotary plow is blocked and useless.
A train will he sent today to attempt
to rescue Mr.. Lee and members OF
the plow crew Today the weather
along this division is clear and the
railroad officials say if it continues
they will be able to open traffic in
few days.
Heavy Shows.
Denver, Colo March 19.--Ouray, Du.
range, Silverton, Leadville and other
places in Colorado were visited by Sc.
we're SHOWS during the past two days.
A number of snowslides are reported.
One slide struck the edge of Silver
ton, doing considerable damage. The
railroads in the San Juan region are
blockaded
The mines around Crested Butte are
completely cut off from transportation.
Fair Weather Succeeds Snow.
Denver, Colo, March 19.-Fair
weather with rising temperature has
followed the severe snow storm which
prevailed over Colorado for full week
with brief intermissions. In Ouray,
near which the terrible snow slides oc-
cured the weather is clear and warm
er today. This may bring about more
slides. No report has reached here Of
the rescue of imprisoned miners.
Rain in Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss, March 19.-Railroad
traffic has been paralyzed for the past
eighteen hours as a result of heavy
rains. Many trains are lat ewhile 9th.
ers have been annulled.
Snow in illinois.
Decatur, March 19.-Twelve inches
of snow fell here last night. The
storm is the worst in thirty years.
Street cars are interrupted and the
railroads blocked The snow Is drifted
badly.
stormine In Ohio, Too.
Columbus, Ohio, March 19.--An un-
precedented fall of snow In such a
short time has disarranged the sched-
ule street car service Six inches Of
snow fell in four hours when a driz-
zing rain set in and made the streets
impossible for a time.
After Effects In Missouri.
Kansas City, March 19.-The wealth
er today in the southwest is clear and
warmer. The street car traffic at va
rious points in Missouri and Kansas
is still interrupted more or less by
the recent storm and many trains are
late The ground Is covered with
about six inches OF snow on the level,
which in some places is drifted badly.
Worst Storm of Winter.
Chicago March 19.-The heaviest
snow storm Of the winter has been In
progress here since last night. In
twelve hours four inches of snow fell,
being driven by high winds. 1t drifted
badly and made the operation of street
cars, particularly in the suburbs, very
difiodlt. 1t was only by the constant