Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
Fearful Conditions Re-
ported in the Rocky
Mountains.
THE COLD Is EXTREME E
Hundreds of Men and Many
SnoWpIoWs Fight to Keep
Big Rail Lines Open.

Sacramento Cal, Jan. 14-Hundreds
of men are still struggling with huge
snowdrifts in efforts 10 clear the rail
roads in the Sierras. Stalled over
land trains we're released during the
night. A driving blizzard again threat
ems traffic
STALLED IN BLUE CANYON.
San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 21.-Reports
y received at the Southern Pacific gen
eraI Offices here today showed that Il
number of west bound overland trains
on that system We're stalled in Blue
canyon. 1t was expected by railway
officials these trains would arrive at
Oakland Mole some time today. Most
of them were due yesterday.
WORST Is OVER
The storm still continues but the
worst of the slides seem TO be over.
Near HorbrooI, CAL a buggy. occu-
pied by Alexander Burnes and son
Clarence, was run down by a snow
plow and both were killed.
WIRE COMPANIES SUFFER-.
Chicago. Jan. 1I-Telegraph aud
telephone companies found their ser
VIC" severely crippled today in Iowa.
western Illinois. and southern Mime
sofa by a sleet and rain storm which,
swept across the county Train ser
vice is delayed.
INTENSE COLD IN CANADA.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jan. IA. = In
tense cold from the great lakes to the
Rocky mountains prevailed again yes
terday and 30 sunny Alberta again falls
the record of coolest temperature, in
fact, record for many winters. At
Edmonton It was 90 below zero on of
fetal registration. which has not been
equalled since Christmas eve. 1879.
Prince Albert registered 80 below.
GETS THROUGH DRIFTS.
Vancouver. B. c., Jan. 14-As the
result of efforts of a big rotary and
six Locomotives, the Canadian Pa
cific railroad succeeded yesterday in
getting the first delayed express train
through the drifts in the vicinity of
North Bend, b. c.
The first of the delayed westbound
trains will arrive here this evening.
This train was due last Monday 1t
has been quite generally believed
that the so or more passengers and
crew members on the two trains
must have perished. but fears are
now practically at rest as a result of
the release of the snowbound express
trains.
STALLED SINCE MONDAY
The two trains have been stalled
behind mountains of snow close to
the summit of the Rockies since
early Monday. Nothing direct from
the trains had been heard for FIVE
days. \ furious blizzard which has
ragged for five days in the noun
taius had blocked rail and telegraph
communication on the main line of
the Great Northern.
The Great Northern track has been
blocked by slides for 20 miles. Two
rescuers were caught IN an avalanche
and crushed to death.
Both trains were due here Mon
day night. They are fast mail No.
%, four coaches, carrying only mail
clerks and train crew. and No. 80. !
the Oregonian. a train of seven
coaches, which is believed to have
80 or more passengers aboard The (
train did not have a diner with il.
Two hundred men and FIVE rotary
plows have been working day and
night to rescue the snowbound pas I.
senEers.
Two relief trains from KaL'spell 1
and Havre, Mont. had to return
without reaching the sufferers. after
battling in freezing weather and in
driving snow storms Since Monday
the weather near the summit where
the trains were stalled has never
been better than - below zero. For
the last IS hours the weather has
covered around so below zero, with
teTrihc winds blowing.
STORM STIII. RACES.
Late reports from Whitefish.
Mont. say the storm is still raging
At a fearful velocity, covering the
tracks for a distance OF 60 miles
with banks OF snow and making it
impossible except for rotary snow
plows.
TRAFFIC. TIED Up
Sacramento, Cal, Jan. l4.-With !
all telegraph and telephone wires {
into the Sierras down, the Southern |
Pacific and Western Pacific Offices
here can obtain but meager reports
of the extent of the blizzard that is
raging in the mountains u
AL overland traffic has been tied !
up, while both Cosdpauies have hum :