Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-10
STORM TODAY WORST.
IN new MEXICO FOR
MANY YEARS
High Wind With Lower Temp
erdture and Snow Pre-
walls Over Terri
tory.
| MUCH DAMAGE DONE
TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS
Eighteen Years Ago, According
to Old Resident. We Had
Another Storm as
Bad as This
One.

| The worst storm in eighteen
( years" is the way pioneer express
I'd himself this morning in speaking
of the blizzard which swept over
central New Mexico from east to
/ wet last night filling the air with
dust and snow. causing great damage
to property and suffering to human
'ity and livestock.
The storm began yesterday at sun
down with a slight lowering of tenn
perature and rising of the wind The
latter rose to a gale by midnight and
accompanied by fine snow, ragged all
night 1t was twenty above at day
break, with the wind still at a high
velocity There was little change by
noon, with no indication of abate-
ment.
Judging from reports received over
the Postal wires this morning from
New Mexico points, FL Paso, Texas.
and Trinidad, Colo, Central New
Mexico is the storm center. Train No.
2 from the west was only fifteen min
utes late this morning. No. from the
east was little late, and the night
trains are reported late as a result of
the storm.
The following brief dispatches We're
received at 1880 O'Clock this morning
by The Citizen:
El Paso-Clear <aA0 windy and
pretty cold.
Las Cruces-Windy and cold, ana
slightly cloudy.
Socorro-lWiudy and cold and
showing hard
Ganup-Heavy snow, and no wind.
Williams, Ariz-Light snow light
southwest wind.
Flagstaff Ariz.-Snowlng, no wind.
North.
Los Cerrillos- Heavy win and
cold; no snow.
Glorieta-Ten inches snow, light
east wind
Las Vegas Showing since 3 p. M;
no wind.
Springer-Cloudy, light snow.
Trinidad, Colo.-Dark and cloudy,
threatening snow.
Santa Fe@Cold and cloudy, snow.
Property Losses.
The wind was the most destructive
, experienced in Albuquerque since is
. years, ago when a similar storm last
= ed four days, wrecking many small
, buildings. Old timers will remember
, that tower over the town fire house
! located where the St Elmo now
: stands. was blown down The volun-
!, teer nremen. who slept i'm the build
ing during the four days of the storm
in constant fear of fire, narrowly
escaped injury from flying debris
The houses were mostly frame then.
ftt sfvaTsa ha
Highlands, which was almost ready
to be turned over by the contractors
TO the owner, was greatly damaged
The wind got under the ewes and lift
, ed the roof almost completely
| wrccking it, The ouiling was other
] wise severely damaged.
some of the temporary work on
the federal building was blown down
u on account of the great quantity OF
| dust. which covered the street can
q tracks, the street cars were run thi'
[ morning with great difficulty. Ii
l some places tn, track was completely
70 covered with dirt, which had 10 be re-
move before the cars could pass.
\ large number of large Windows
s were broken and awnings were great
J. iy damaged.
L The big electric sign in front o
= the White Elephant saloon was blo"r
down.
70 An arc light at the corner of Cen
D traI avenue and Twelfth street Wa
10 rocked by the wind until its fasten
j. ing wore OFF percipitating it 70 tn
= street.
: The tin root on the pattern shol
at the Santa Fe snops was curled al
and rolled over INTO the yard
The frame work Of the new ofuc
building the Texas oil company
,r building in the southern outskirts o
l. the city was blown down.
p, SeveraI telegraph and telephon
\ poles were blown down and all com
a. munication ir greatly damaged.
Y: a partially completed house o
l. South High street, Owned by NJ
n Moscr. was picked up by the win
10 and turned over
The front of the Vendome hot.
l. building on South First street was s
a, badly cracked that braces had to
IN used TO keep it from falling. The en-
L tire front sprung away from the cor
T. Meeting walls.
3, The tin roof Of a house on We
? Central avenue west of Huning's ca