The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-03-01
new MEXICO VISITED
BY BIG SNOW STORM
Was the Heaviest Since 1859
Say Old Timers -- Much
Suffering Reported

New Mexico, the land Of sunshine
was visited 10y the worst snow storm
since 1850 last Saturday aud sunday,
aud adviccs from over the country are
"a the effect that the storm was gen.
cral. II extended from Arizona as far
east as Chicago, and all over the north.
Railroad traffic wa, suspended over the
country at different points.
Amarillo was eui oil from the rest 0i
the world early Saturday and traffic
was not resumed until the forcpar, of
thi, week. No trains came into Tucum
earl until Monday evening. The snow
in this city was rcport"d from eighteen
inches to two feet on the level.
The storm here started Saturday Just
after dinner with u light rain which
soon turned into = snow. For the first
il fell hut towards evening wind came
up from the north and with il the snow
fell in abundance.
BY Saturday night is WIS almost i'm.
possible to see where one was going
aud all day sunday the same conditions
prevailed. SUNDAY night the snow quit
falling hut the wind kept drifting aud
hcapcd thc snow into great banks The
oldest residents here cannot remember
of such snow ever having visited this
section.
Reports from all over the country
show that the storm was also severe
and even worse in many sections of
the country. These reports follow:
Albuquerque, y. NJ, Feb. 2G.-Advices
from Union county and other eastern
New Mexico counties are to the effect
that the worst blizzard since 1850 j.
raging there. Snow ha- fallen to n
depth of more than III inches aud driven
by n terrific wind. is driftcd in some
places 20 feet high,
All trains an the Colorado n south
crn railroad are tied up, several being
caught in deep drifts. Trafc is su>.
pended.
Owners of great cattle aud sheep
ranches report heavy LOSSES among live.
stock, rs both cattle and sheep were
in poor condition and died by the hum.
dreds.
The blizzard has been raging - hours
80 far as known, no lives have been
lost.
Heaviest Losses of Winter
Amarillo, Tex, Feb. 2G.-Thc great.
est losses of IN winter were sustained
IN connection with the snowstorm of
yesterday and last night hy the cattle
men Of the Panhandle and this entire
section of the country,
While returns from the pastures aud
ranges are mcager, il is expected that
the death rate will he III" highest of
the season.
In some places snow has driftcd from
four To 2O feet aud train service was
practically stopped on all roads through
this section II is partially clear aud
warmer today
Snow in Arizona
Benson, Ariz., Feb. 9G--For the first
time in the history of this section of the
border. slcighng and snowhaling wcr,
popular pastimcs all along the line
from Bowie to San Simon There is
foot of snow here. II measures the
sume depth also at Nogalcs, Wilcox aud
San Simon.
Storm Covers Wide Area
Chicago, H., Feb, 26.-Storm condi'
tions today extended from the Rocky
Mountains to the Atlantic coast with
rain and thundcrstOrms in the south and
heavy fall of wet snow north of the
Ohio river. The storm was central over
Southern Illinois aud was moving east.
ward.
A heavy snowstorn is raging through
out the lower lake region and Ohio
Valley. Mere than three inches of
snow has fallen in many sections and the
fall continues.
Both railroad and telegraph compa-
MES are experiencing great difficulty as
result of the storm. Wire conditions
universally are bad.
II is predicted by forecasters that III"
fall will continue throughout the day
aud tomorrow will be- clear and colder,
Extreme cold weather is not expected
In any part of the corn belt
Iowa TTaffic Tied Up
Des Moines, Iowa, Feb, 26-Trnn
service aud tranic generally in Iowa,