Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-30
IN Colorado Where Passenger
Trains Are Stuck at Re-
mote Sidings.
PASSENGERS NOT SUFFERING
IN Southwest Storm MS Spent
It's Force and Conditions
Are Improving.
pu,zard Was Severest on Record-In
Middle West Great Damage Done
by Wind and SIeet.

Denver colo, Jan. SO.-snow from
even 20 10 feet on the level and drifts
.anv feet deeper are stin blocking
many Of the lines Of Colorado railroads.
but most OF the passenger trains stuck
h drifts at remote sidngs or small
stations have been reached and the
Messengers are being taken care OF. The
colorado & Southern passenger train
which has been marooned near Jeffer-
son for two days, Is sim In the snow.
hnt the passengers have been brought
IN the village. The Denver a. Rio
Grande broke its three days blockade
an Cumbres Pass yesterday and re-
leased the snowbound Durango passen-
rer train The Rio Grande Southern
road however. Is still badly blocked in
The vicinity OF Durango, and yesterday
the biz rotary pillow was broken.
The line TO Telluride has been block
al for nearly a week, and il probably
win be another week before the road
& opened. The line to Silverton was
ononed last night after being blocked
10 DAYS. Some OF the snow slides cut
through we're from 80 to 30 feet deep.
Tnlnloads Of coal and supplies are be-
Ing rushed to Silverton. which city has
been close TO famine.
The high line, or Leadville branch OF
the Colorado & Southern. Is having
much trouble with huge drifts, and two
passenger trains are snowbOund AT
Boreas station, on top OF the range.
al the passengers on the snowbound
Messenger train from Denver which got
stuck near Como have been brought in
10 that town and are being cared for.
The weather in the mountains has
cleared but e Is still intensely cold
WORST BLIZZARD ON RECORD.
Kansas City, Jan. SO.--After being
securely wrapped for the past "a hours
IN the grasp Of the most severe bliz-
sard on record. reports today from
The southwest showed that the storm
had spent its force and that condl-
lions were improving. The tempera-
ture however, remained at It's lowest
point, On many places a drop of from
40 to 60 degrees having been expert
enced since the beginning Of the
storm Telegraph and telephone com
municatlon has been almost complete
y cut off for "a hours, but Is slowly
being restored today. Reports from
Missouri Kansas Oklahoma, Texas,
and Arkansas show clear but colder
weather The following temperatures
were reported today:
Wichita, above; oklahoma city,
8 above, Armellio, texas, ~ above
Fort Worth, 20 above.
Locally the wind. which for 80 min
utes last night attained a hurricane
velocity Of so miles an hour and
which had been blowing at the rate
Of 20 miles for "a hours, dropped TO
The almost usual rate OF 90 miles. But
the temperature here today register
ed one above zero, a drop OF go de-
srees In "a hours.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE.
Chicago. Jan. 80-Chicago and the
middle west arose today with the as
auance that the worst OF the storm
Which devastated this section OF the
country yesterday was over and that it
would be quickly followed by clear,
cooler weather. while the east inher-
tied the blizzard.
The damage done by wind and slect
can scarcely be estimated. Many
Giles aud towns are still practically
Isolated and train service remains de-
HQralized. In the Dakotas and Ne
Nlska hope is held out for immediate
Improvement IN conditions.
ln the south the storm was the most
severe in recent years and the story
" wrecked buildings. interruption b
Wire communication and general dis
uess is almost "a duplicate OF that
sent from the north and northwest.
l@irQad traffic is also badly delayed
% Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi
sd portions OF Texas. Fire and havoc
FINN an
%. several hundred thousand dollars.
The heavy snowfall Ia the states 10
le west and northwest Of Chicago Is
lhe most serious result Of the blizzard.
The delay In freight traffic and pas
singer traffic will probably continue
i1r some time. The loss OF life con-
alefng the extent of the area az
Neled has been Insignificant,
STORM STRIKES NEW YORK
New York. Jan. 3O.-rhe center Of the
western blizzard reached this city to-
4y Accompanied by a high west
N"l heavy fall of wet snow, sue
4lne a rainfall throughout last night
.Hed the streets with slush which
threatened 20 delay an city transpor-
"l'n except the subway.
FREQUENT accidents 20 pedestrians
Heie reported with the front windows
'hc street ears thickly coated, mo-
.'h.n were unable 90 see pedestrians
'slns across the street and slippery
,'''slhgs and the snow deadoncd the
elhl oi Che approaching cars. Among
N. hundreds who sought shelter last
sN. ln the municipal lodgings were
'Nl io women and children. Most of
MON were put 90 work cleaning
NOV, Fire broke out n a staDl,
Aauifose street in Brooklyn and
.e'l al rapidly that 90 families were
N'a INTO the street An adjoining
'H'ui Was soon in flames and th'
"'"N' Boo % had narrow escapes.
STORM CAUSES ACCIDENT
Cincinnati, Jan. 30. The snow storr
N consequent slippery tracks are CIV
ra lnU cause of am accident here 90
lnai may cost az lcaa two lives
b. several other persons were in
college Hill main line car with
hgers jumped the rails ON Clift1
eur ana tumhled down steep em
lNlnfnt landing al the bottom q
.fiha with "a mass OF ahriehini
Nk men, women and chlldre
aNi under n or hurled from plat
'f through windows More tina
a' RI passengers were injured
fioualy rhe mot0rman, jofcp
@Aligan, 10 believed 10 be dyin