Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-23
COLORADO BURIED
BENEATH SNOW
From Two to Ten
Feet Deep
Tied Up.
STORM SWEEPS EASTWARD
Advance Rain Fell at Wichita
---Local Weather Con-
ditions.

Denver, Colo, Oct 23.-The snow
storm which began here last Friday
night still continues throughout east.
ern Colorado, southern Wyoming,
northern New Mexico, western Texas,
and western Kansas. Clearing wealth.
er IN this region today is promised
by the weather bureau. It is said to
be the heaviest October snow storm
of which there is any record. The to.
tai snow fall up to midnight in Den.
YER was twenty inches and several
inches have fallen since. The tenn
perature continues to hover about
zero and thus far little damage is
done.
Colorado Faces Worst Blizzard in
Years.
Northeastern Colorado is exper-
iencing one of the worst billiards in
recent years, A big snow storm
which has ragged increasingly in this
section since Friday, this morning de,
veloped most serious proportions and
tremendous loss to live stock and
crops is feared, The snow drfted in
some places to ten feet deep. Trains
are from two to six hours late but
no serious accidents are reported.
Rock Island in Colorado Snow Bound.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Oct 23.--
The Rock Island traffic between here
and Limon has been discontinued on
account of the storm. 1t is said that
four feet of snow is on the track the
other side of Limon and that it is still
showing A high gale is drifting the
snow badly.
Edge Of Storm Has Now Reached
Kansas.
Wichita, kans. .ct. 23.-This sec
ton of the state experienced the first
touch of winter this morning when a
temperature of forty degrees was reg
istered. During the night a heavy rain
fell. Steady rain is falling in Okla
homa today with temperature of
thirty-eight degrees,
Summer Weather Prevails at Topeka.
Topeka Kans., Oct. 23.--The big
western storm failed to reach Topeka,
"a predicted yesterday and the wealth
e" here today is warm, sultry and
with strong indications of rain. The
general offices of the Santa Fe and
the Rock Island report no further
trouble on account of the storm in the
west
October Weather in Santa Fe Broke
All Records.
October this year seems bent on
breaking all previous climatic records
for the month at least so far as ii
pertains to Santa Fe. Since Sunday
three new records have been estab-
lished, the first being the greatest
wind velocity, the second being the
largest snow fall, and the third being
the lowest temperature,
Acting Section Director j. B. Sloan
of the local weather bureau informel
a representative of the New Mexican
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degrees recorded this morning by the
local weather bureau instruments
broke all previous records for the
month of October since the estab-
lishment of the service in 1871. This
remarkably low temperature for this
time of year occurred at $3.50 a. m.
The lowest temperature previously re-
corded was 1G degrees on October
&c. 1880.
There was dense fog in the Santa
Fe Valley early this morning from
about 4:30 to G:40 O'clock 1t moved
slowly from the northwest towards
the southeast, and was still visible in
the distance during the forenoon.
Mr. Sloan states that many of the
orchardists in this vicinity had not
gathered the late apples, peaches,
ounces and pears, and that the fruit
on the trees was frozen stiff by the
unexpected and unprecedented wealth
ei.
The weather predictions today are
for fair weather tonight and Wednes.
day with slowly rising temperature,
No snow fell in this vicinity last night
as forecasted and the snow on the
ground is rapidly disappearing.
The temperature at o'clock this
morning was 20 degrees. The lowest
temperature during last night as al,
ready stated was 13 degrees. The