Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-01-04
HEAVIEST SNOW
IN TEN YEARS
Storm from Northwest Now
Extends as Far East as
Missouri River
ANOTHER COLD WAVE COMING
Drifts Twenty-Five Feet Deep on
Denver and Rio Grande
Tracks.

Durango, Colo, Jan. 4-Southwest
Colorado is in the grip of another
storm. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down in many sections and
the railroads are blocked. Four men
are said to have lost their lives in a
snow slide at Shenandoah. 1t is
known that one man lost his life in
an avalanche that swept by the Iowa
mine near Silverton on Sunday,
damaging the mill. The tracks of the
Denver and Rio Grande between this
place and Silverton are covered in
many places with fifteen to twenty
feet of snow and it will be weeks be-
fore the lines are opened. The Rio
Grande Southern is blocked between
Rico and Ophir. The storm is raging
along the entire east slope in Colo
RADIO and extending clear to the east
ern boundary of the state. Stockmen
are expecting heavy losses.
Heaviest Snow Fall in Ten Years.
Kansas City. Jan. Ain central and
western Kansas the snow fall is the
heaviest in ten years and it extended
west to the Colorado line.
Driving SIeet in Topeka.
Topeka, Kans., Jan. "A severe
snow storm is prevailing here. AL
ready six inches have fallen and it is
accompanied by a driving sleet. The
street car traffic is badly delayed ant
trains are running hours behind.
Zero Temperature in Des Moines.
Des Moines, Jan. 4.-Heavy snow
accompanied by zero temperature
prevails in this part of the state this
morning Trains are late and stree
car service is impeded.
A Regular Blizzard.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 4.-SnoN
and sleet fell over the greater portion
of the trans-Mississippi country to
day, accompanied by a high nortf
wind, and temperature close to zero
IN parts OF Kansas, Missouri, Iowa
and Nebraska. In Iowa and Nebraska
the storm took an the proportions of {
blizzard, and railway and street ca
traffic suffered.
Snow is Drifting.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4-The wors
blizzard of the season is raging il
northern Nebraska. In Omaha, th'
temperature was two above and
heavy snow fall was blown into grea
grifts by the gale, tying up street ca
traffic and badly crippling the rail
roads in this section.
Snow Closes Omaha Schools.
Omaha, Jan. 4.-Many schools i
this city were closed on account G
the snow blockade. Fresh snow fe
in northern Nebraska and souther
South Dakota to the amount of 81
inches, adding new difficulties to tn
railroads which have been more 81
riously handicapped by weather COZ
Gitions this winter than ever befor
for so protracted period.
CoIdsst Weather in twenty-five Year
Weiser, Idaho, Jan. 4.-The coldes
weather for twenty-five years prevail
here, fifteen below zero being recorC
ed. The fuel shortage approaches tn
proportions of famine.
Railroads Tied Up in Kansas.
Saltna, Kans., Jan. A foot {
snow has fallen here since earl
morning and is still falling heavil.
The railroads are badly blocked.
Another Blizzard Coming.
Washington, d. c., Jan. An
special bulletin today, Prof Moore
chief of the weather bureau, warne
all points throughout the northwes
ern part of the country of the al
proach of another severe storm. 1t
of marked intensity, and was frs
noted over the Canadian plains. Th
officials of the weather bureau predic
it will increase in intensity and NOV
eastward.
: Atlantic Coast Swept by Storm.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 4.-Virginia, Ca
= olina and the Maryland coast
) were today swept by a winter gal
, with high seas which made it DANCE
Gus for all shipping. A number {
sailing vessels put into Hampto
Roads for shelter.