Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-26
AT Least Ten Persons Are
Dead and Twenty. five
Badly Injured
TWO STORMS IN ONE DAY
Lincoln, jefferson and Arkansas
Counties Were Devastated
Yesterday.

\ Lincoln, Jefferson, and Arkansas
\ counties yesterday, place the list of
\ dead at ten with at least twenty-five
= persons severely hurt.
\ Handsome homes. plantation equip
\ ment, railroad and plmping station
' were wrecked. Fire broke out in the
' debris, and only the rain that accom-
' panied the winds saved from crema-
' ton many persons.
Apparently there We're two storms.
y That which struck the eastern por-
' tion of Jefferson county occurred
=" about 6 o'clock in the afternoon while
y that in Arkansas county is reported
:, to have swept in an hour earlier
ii Golden State Limited Showed In.
:, For hours, telegraph connections
< on every road to the Union Depot
< We're broken and lost trains We're in
|. order Headquarters OF the Rock Isl
< and here were cut off from communi-
< cation with the Southwest The Gold
( en- State Limited due from the west
s at $40 last night, had not been heard
: from since yesterday morning when
{ it was held up at Dalhart, Texas. East
= bound passenger train No. due here
\ at 1:35 a. m. today had not been
: heard from. Train No. 40, eastbound,
due at 9:25 a. IN. this morning, was
\ expected to be many hours late
Santa Fe Trains Very Late
Missouri Pacific eastbound No. 8
: due from Pueblo at SIS this morn
\ ing, was annulled west OF Hoisington,
\ Kansas. No. Westbound due to de-
' part for Pueblo at $50 was annulled.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train
\ No. 6, tied up yesterday west of
' Dodge City arrived today 10 hours
= late. Trains No. and 4, also stalled
y IN western Kansas, were reported
: moving and were expected here about
y "A hours late. Union Pacific head
y quarters here had received no reports
:, from eastbound trains No. 10 and
y No. l06 Cde this forenoon.
x Nebraska Tied Up.
!. Omaha, Neb., Feb. ga foot of
!, snow driven by a forty mile wind de.
X moralized the railway and street car
4, service of Omaha and other cities of
x Nebraska during last night and today.
X Foot of Snow in Southern Arizona.
< Benson, Ariz., Feb. 26.-For the first
x time in the history of this section of
x the border. sleighing and snowballing
o1o
!, the line from Bowie to San Simon.
< There is a foot Of snow here. 1t
K measures the same depth also at No
< gales, WILCOX and San Simon.
( Iowa Has Worst Blizzard in Years.
x Des Moines, Ia, Feb 26.-Train
< service and traffic generally in Iowa
& is at a standstill today, as the result
=, Of the worst blizzard in many years,
K which swept over the state last night.
& 1t still is showing heavily and the
< drifts are piled three and four feet,
x with prospects of being much worse
x before the day is over.
< Rock Island ThroWs Up Sponge.
< Rock Island officials said early today
< that all efforts TO operate freight
=, trains from Denver were blockaded at
x Council Bluffs, last night for several
< hours.
< Santa Fe Demoraized.
< Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Mis-
4 souri, Pacific, and Union Pacific sched-
< ules in the southwest also are demor-
Z allied.
K Denver Without Trains.
z Denver, Colo, Feb. 26.-Time sched-
< ules of all railway lines entering Den
< yer are almost completely demoralized
( today owing to the deep snow The
< main trouble lies east of here. Union
e Pacific train No. 103, from Kansas
Z City, due to arrive here at 7:10 o'clock
Z this morning, is stalled somewhere
= near the Kansas line. Colorado G.
{ Southern train No. l. due here at 9:25
( o'clock yesterday afternoon, had not
< reached here this morning, Neither
e had Rock Island trains No. ) and No.
< 81.
Z Snow Drifts in Kansas.
Topeka, Kans., Feb. 26.-Train serv-
Z ice is demoraliZed as a result of the
snow storm. All the lines report Sc
we're struggles with snow drifts
throughout Kansas. There has been
y :, no train on the Union Pacific since
- ten o'clock last night. The company
u reports from ~ to IA inches Of snow
in western Kansas.
Des Moines Street Cars BIockaded.
Only few street cars in Des Moines
" were operated during the night and
. early today. The Northwestern, the
u Milwaukee and Southern lines of the
Burlington were also blocked by the
storm. Warmer weather for tomor.
row and Wednesday is predicted.
l. Business at st. 10 at StandstilI.
: st. Joseph, No. Feb. 26.-Traffic
t and business of every kind has been
:. at a standstill here since Sunday af
s ternoon as a result of the worst snow
g storm in many years.
e Storm Moves Eastward.
It Storm conditions today extended
l. from the Rocky mountains to the At
/; lantic coast with rain and thunder
d storms in the south, and heavy fall
: of wet snow north of the Ohio river
THE storm was central over southern