The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-29
BLIZZARD BLOCKS
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
In MANY SECTIONS
Middle West, Including Iowa,
Suffers From One of the
Worst Storms in Its
History.
WORKING WAY MoRTHWARD
Snow Heavy at Several Points
and the Bitter Weather
Causes More Than
Usual Suffering.

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Usual Suffering.
Des Moines, Ia. Feb. 27.-Train sery-
ice and traffic generally in Iowa is at
a standsttn today, as the result of the
worst blizzard in many years, which
swept over the state last night. 1t
is still showing heavily and the drifts
are piled three and our feet, with
prospects of being much worse before
the a is over.
The blizzard started in the southern
part of the state and worked it's way
northward. Low temperatures are re-
ported In all sections. The officials OF
the local Rock Island railroad office an
ounce early today that all effort to
operate freight trains on the Iowa d.
vision of the road had been abandoned
and that every incoming train was manv
hours behino schedule. The two fast
passenger trains on the Rock Island
from Denver were blockaded at Council
Bluffs last night for several hours.
Train No. Z, w~estbound, also was held
up at Council Bluffs, the operators
fearing to attempt to run it through
to Lincoln.
Only a few street cars in Des Moines
We're operated during the night end
early today, and all the snow plows
We're constantly in use. Several cars
were stalled in drifts in the suburbs
for hours.
1.-THE worst storm Of the year." was
the statement of the railroad officials
when asked at an early hour how the
trains We're running. The Northwest
ern, the Milwaukee and the southern
lines of the Burlington were reported
blocked by the weather. Warmer
weather for Tuesday and Wednesday
is predicted.
Blocks Street Cars.
Omaha, Neb, Feb. 27.-A foot of
snow driven by a 40-mile win demor-
allied the railway and street car serv-
ices of Omaha and other cities of Ne
braska during last night and today.
The redeeming feature of the storm
was the comparatively moderate tenn
perature, IA degrees above zero being
the minimum. The wire reports from
various parts of the country We're de-
layed early today.
Southwest in Storm Grip.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Covered
by six inches to two feet of heavy
sodden snow, the southwest today faced
the worst traffic conditions of the win
ter. Despite efforts of yesterday after
noon n last night to clear tracks
and repair wires, practically no rains
from the west were running on sched-
ule and telegraph service from many
points was cut off.
Traffic conditions in Kansas CITY
were lLe WDISl III years. len 1ncnSS OF
snow in the streets was so heavy
difficulty was experienced in making
passage eve with power snow plows.
Several small fires which broke out in
the residence districts during the night
We're subdued by volunteer fighters be-
u the department could not
progress through the streets. For hours
telegraph connections on every road
to the Union depot were broken and
lost trains were in order. Hotels. usu-
ally crowded Sunday nights, were al
most deserted.
Today a small army of men under
the personal supervision of the street
commissioner, set to work clearing the
streets. A special call was made for
500 men and 100 teams.
Because of demoralized car service
most of the churches were deserted last
night. Deep drifts on sidewalks made
1t practically impossible even for Pc
destrians to get about. Large districts
of the city were without the light be-
cause of the breaking of electric wires.
Telephone circuits We're destroyed. At
the office of the general manager of the
Rock Island railway it was said that
the storm on Colorado. New Mexico &
Western Kansas was the worst the line
a ever experienced. The snow in
western Kansas was accompanied by
q 50-mile wind.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Mis-
souri Pacific and Union Pacific schcd-
ules in the southwest also are demoral-
ICED.
Schedules DemoraIized.
Denver, Colo, Feb. 27.-Time scned-
ules of all railway lines entering Dem
yer are demoralized today, owing to the
deep snow. The main trouble lies east
or here, trains from the west being re-
ported from three to five hours late,
while trains due from the east are
stalled.
Union Pacific train No. 1903 from
Kansas City, due at 7:10 his morning,
Is still stalled somewhere on the Kan
sas line; Colorado &c Southern train
No. 1, due at 1925 yesterday afternoon,
had not reached here this morning.
Rock Island trains Nos. 25 and 81, due
mere at 7:l5 and $3.50 this morning,
were among others beIated.
Burlington train No. IS from Kansas
City, reached here four hours late, and
all Of the trains of the Denver & Rio
Grande from the west arrived from one
to three hours behind schedule time.
Practically all OF the equipment of
the Moffatt road is reported tied up on
the western slope.
Kansas is Suffering.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 27.-Train service
is demoralized as a result of the snow
storm. All the ines report severe
struggles now with new drifts through
out Kansas. There has been no train
on the Union Pacific since 10 o'clock
last night. There is a freight train
in the drifts near Belvue, 40 miles west
of Topeka, and passenger train No. 6
Is behind the train unable to move
either way. Passenger train Nc. 10 is
at Hugo, Colo., snowbound, and No. 100
is at Junction City. The company re-
ports from II TO IA inches of snow all
over the lines in Kansas.
the Rock Island is also unable to
move trains. Wires are down along all
the lines.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. GA clear sky
and a temperature of II degrees today
followed the nov and wind storm of
Sunday and Sunday night. The snow
ic 81 inches deep on level places. but