Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-30
Terrific Gale Accompanied By Heavy
Fall of Snow and Sleet
SWEEPING OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
Even Florida Fruit Belt Gets Freezing Weather Fire
and Accident Add to the Seriousness
of the Situation.

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perature falling rapidly in it's path
and snow and sleet in many sections
| marking it's sweep eastward, the
storm that ragged with great force
J throughout the country east of the
Rockies, today is centered over New
England. Through the west and large
| ly through the south there is cold
snap and the weather bureau today
predicted freezing temperature in the
Florida fruit belt. In the far west,
intense cold is reported, with "a de-
grees below at points northwest.
HORRIBLE STREET
CAR ACCIDENT.
Cincinnati, Jan. 30.-A snow storm
and consequent slippery tracks is
given as the cause of a terrible acci-
dent here today, that may cost sever
al lives. A College Hill trolley car
with 81 passengers jumped the rails
and tumbled down a steep embank-
ment, landing at the bottom of a ra-
vine with a mass of shrieking, fight
ing men and women caught under it
or hurled from the platform or
through the windows. More than a
score were injured, some seriously.
ABOUT OVER AT CHICAGO;
GREAT DAMAGE DONE
Chicago, Jan. 30.-Chicago and the
middle-west arose today with the as
surance that the crest of the storm
which devastated this section of the
country yesterday was over and that
it would be quickly followed by clear
weather, while the east inherited the
blizzard. The damage done by wind
and sleet can scarcely be estimated.
Many cities and towns are practical
ly isolated and train service demoral-
lied. In the south, the storm was
the most severe of recent years. 1t
extended clear into Texas. There
were heavy snaw falls in the states
to the west and northwest, where the
most serious result of the blizzard
was felt.
GIRL INJURED; GREAT
SUFFERING Is CAUSED.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 30.-As a result
of the terrible blizzard, huge drifts
OF snow were formed and many
streets of the city were entirely block
ed. Hundreds of windows were blown
in, chimneys demolished and scores
of street signs torn loose and blown
about. The chimney of the Swedish
Lutheran church in the north end of
town was blown down and fell on the
roof of the adjoining cottage. 1t
crashed through into the upper bed
rooms, injuring Miss Mayme McNam-
ara who was asleep. The railroads
are severly affected. Not a single
morning train arrived on anything
like schedule time. The freight traf.
fic is entirely suspended. Telegraph
and telephone companies report their
wires down in all directions and to-
day the only wires working we're be
tween Omaha and Kansas City, Over
land circuits to the west, of both the
Postal and Western Union, were pros
trated and the telephone companies
report similar conditions. Reports re
ceived here before the storm broke
down the wires indicate that the full
force of the blizzard is being felt over
a wide area, and that intense suffer
ing will result.
SHIP FOUNDERS DURING
(, FIERCE SNOW STORM
Elizabeth City, N. c., Jan. 3O.-The
Diamond Shoal lightship reports thai
an unknown steamer foundered during
the storm today, three miles north
west Of the lightship. The fate of the
crew is not known. The wind is blow
ing forty-five miles an hour and the
sea is running high.
TEN FEET OF SNOW
BLOCKS MANY TRAINS
Denver, Jan. 30.-Snow from sever
to ten feet deep on the level ant