Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-21
CABOOSE BLOWN FROM TRACK
Two Men Killed and About Twenty
Injured Near Cheyenne.
SEVERE sNowsToRM IN COLORADO
Six Deaths Due to Accidents Result
ing from First Touch of Winter
--~CIOudburst Near Lamar
Stops Tramc.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 20.-Cne OF the
worst storms in years is now raging over
the Laramie plains between this section and
Rawlins. The storm is accompanied with
snow and a most terrific wind. All rams
due at Cheyenne are six hours late, and It
is reported that several trains are blockaded
between Laramie and Rawlins, unable to
proceed owing to the intensity of the wind
and drifting snow.
CHEYENNE, Neb., oct. ~19.-(Special Tel
egram)-Two laborers were killed about
thirty miles west Of here on the Union
Pacific at $50 Monday night when a ca
boose on the work train was blown from
the track and down a thirty-foot embank-
ment. The workman was returning to Blu
ford, where It was to lay up for the night.
and as it reached the big fill just east Of
Sherman the wind twisted the caboose from
the rear of the train and hurled it down
the thirty-foot embankment, killing two
laborers and injuring nearly all the others
more or less. Thirty men were in the ca
boose when It went over the embankment.
Roadmaster Corliss was seriously injured.
Travelling Auditor Sumption of the Union
Pacific was also in the caboose, but es-
capped with slight injury. The wind was
said to be unprecedented and had been
blowing a gale for twenty-four hours.
As soon as the accident was reported to
Cheyenne a relief train with three doctors
was sent to the scene of the wreck and
everything possible done to relieve the suf-
fering of the injured.
The killed;
LABoRERs MIR AND OHIRAMATE.
The injured:
William Bedford, section foreman,
John Andres, laborer. both hands and
Nick johnson, scalp wound.
Andos Tarta, laborer, cut on head.
Kurata, jap laborer.
George Andres. laborer, bruised on jaw.
Nick Tariffs.
Andres Andropolis.
George Parvus.
Nick Trisses.
J. B. Hull, brakeman, back sprained,
bruised In abdomen.
A. o.. Sumption, travelling auditor. shout
der and both ankles slightly sprained.
Brakeman Robinson, confusion of Shout
William Corliss, roadmaster, confusion Of
left thigh.
Heavy snow at Alliance.
ALLIANCE, Neb., Oct. 20.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-The rain that has prevailed con-
tlnuously over this section for the previous
twenty-four hours, turned last evening to
a heavy, wet snow which at midnight,
driven by a strong wind and accompanied
by falling temperature, has changed to a
most severe blizzard. completely interrupt
ing all Geographic and telephone communi-
cation to the west and promises a heavy
loss to stock ard other interests II II con-
tinues undated throughout the night.
six Killed in Colorado.
DENVER, Oct. a.-Six accidental deaths
are treaceable to the snowstorms which
prevailed in Colorado Saturday night and
Sunday. Besides seven persons sustained
serious injuries in railroad collisions and
by coming in contact with live wires. The
dead:
JOSEPH HENRY. killed by wire in Den
yer,
MRS. LIZZIE wINsLow, killed by wire
in her home in Fort Collins.
AUGUST CARSON, frozen to death in
LEONARD F.. BAKER, scalded to death
in wreck caused by collision on Rock Island
railroad near Carlton.
HENRY JOHN, killed by a collision be-
tween handcar and motor car on Union
Pacific railroad in Denver yards.
CIoudburst Near Lamar.
LAMAR Colo, Oct. 2O.-A c%loudburst
I NlAlo ~ SNSNSANoS
of nearly four inches of rain. The Ar
kansas river. already a torrent, is RISING
rapidly and the large bridge over this
stream is momentarily in LANCER OF being
] swept away. The approaches are already
washed out and the water is surging hal
a mile out of its banks on either side o.
} the river.
All OF the irrigating systems north OF thu
river are flooding valuable farm lands
Most Of the crops, however, are past dan
ger, and the loss will not be very great.
All communication with the outside worlC
was cut off until late this morning. AL
I passenger trains from the east. with 30
5 passengers, are anxiously awaiting order
to proceed. Those from the west have no
been heard from.
Damage at Lincoln.
. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 0.-(Lincoln 70
J scarcely three minutes early last evening
experienced the novelty of an October tor
E nado, which did considerable damage il