The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-30
FIERCE HURRICANE
SWEEPS THE WEST
Entire Region Between Missouri
River and Pacific Coast
Suffers Damage.
HEAVY SNOW FALLS IN
MANY PARTS OF COUNTRY
Telegraph and Telephone Lines
Are DemOralized and Rail
roads Are Crippled.

DENVER. March 29.-Winds of al
most hurricane violence, accompanied
by heavy rain and snow, have today
almost cut off from the outside world
the entire region west of Kansas City
to the Pacific coast. From Santa Fe,
n NJ, well into central Wyoming the
storm has ragged since last night, pros
trating telegraph and telephone poles
by the score, delaying railroad traffic
and blocking country roads.
The Western Union lost practically
every wire to the east of Denver early
this morning. Two telephone wires, the
only ones available, were pressed into
service, but they, too, soon went down
small hole through during the morning,
but that company lost tbs wires before
noon and for several hours every wire
east Of Denver was silent,
Furious winds swept Great Salt lake
and piled the heavy waters of the salt
sea against the embankment of tho
Lucin cutoff until railway traffic over
Tho Southern Pacific was suspended
Around Julesburg, Colo, long stretches
blocking that avenue of overland tele-
graph traffic, while high winds rain
and snow tore down the wires on the
South Central routes via Pueblo and
through Kansas. Telegraph and tele-
phone companies have dozens of men
out repairing broken wires, but 1T VIII
probably be many moro hours before
it is restored to anything like normal
conditions.
y. NJ. with a temperature OF "a above ii
drop of 80 degrees since yesterday. TIE
snow extends all the way to central wy
oming. Durango. Telluride and other
mountain cities of Colorado report heavy
snow. and the storm in Denver almost
took on the proportions of midwmter
blizzard.
Signs of Improvement.
Tonight storm conditions throughout
:he Rocky Mountain region showed Signs ign,
have prevailed for the last two days
have subsidized, and except In the hlshSr
attitudes. snow had quit failing; "hiie
many sections OF Colorado. notably the
truit-erowInG regions. reported station
airy or rising temperature.
The local weather bureau tonight is
sued forecast predicting tomorrow
would witness the passing of the storm
Latest reports from the fruit districts
OF Colorado indicate no damage has been
done by todays storm, while from many
sections come reports of incalculable
benefit to rancbmen on account OF the
moisture precipitated.
The most serious damage from today's
storm came from the prostration of the
telephone and telegraph wires. Early
this morning Denver was practically cut
OF from Geographic communication with
the east, and this condition showed little
improvement at midnight. Practically
the only means OF communication was
a single wire over a circuitous route from
Chicago through ST. Paul. Bismarck.
Helena and Salt Lake TO Denver. put in
operation about . o'clock tonight
In some portions OF the mountains
train service was seriously delayed.
though no serious accidents were re-
ported
Snowstorm Is Raging.
From Gunnison comes the report that
snowstorm Is raging around Marshall
pass. delaying railroad traffic.
The storm appears to have diminished
in the eastern slope of the Rockies. and
moved rapidly eastward. the heavy snow
being followed in its wake by sleet
storm, and whiz2ed across the prairie by
wind which has assumed almost the
proportions OF 4 gale.
The telegraph companies report that
there is not wire into Denver FROM
the east the last one, which was routed
by the way Of st. Paul Helena and Salt
Lake City. falling. In many places miles
oil poles have been carried down. and the
wires lie tangled in a mass OF wreckage.
which. II is understood, Will require sew
cTal days to clear away.
Wire communication with the Pacific
coast also had suffered materially from
the storm. and what telegraphic COM
munications are possible arc going by
circultous and unusual routes.
Snow Is Drifting.
At Limon Colo, the snow is five feet
deep. blocking all traffic on the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific railroad. The
high wind is blowing the snow into i'm
mense drifts. The railway station at
Genoa, Colo, was blown away but as
far as known. no one was hurt Forty
miles Of telegraph poles were blown
down between Fort Morgan and Wray,
Colo The Kansas division of the Union
Pacific railroad is reported blocked east
and west of Limon. Not a train was
division OF the Union Pacific, Several
Overland trains were reported stalled in
snowbants at Snyder. Colo. Traffic was