Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
WEST is SWEPT
BY SPRING STORM
Disturbance Assuming Proportions
of Blizzard Causes Great
Inconvenience.
RAIL TRAFFIC IS TIED UP
Omaha in Center of Wintry Blasts
for More Than "a Hours.
SN0WPLOwS ARE IN ACTION
Wind Blows a Gale and Entire West
is Covered with Snow.
FLAKES ARE DRIFTING HIGH
Rascal n.shurxf a. Ganerar fran.
Omaha in Center of Wintry Blasts
for More Than "a Hours.
ARE IN ACTION
Wind Blows a Gale and Entire West
is Covered with Snow.
FLAKES ARE DRIFTING HIGH
Boreal Outburst is General from
Lakes TO Mountains and from
Canadian border as Far
south ms Kansas.

tlons swept the west yesterday, bank
ing snow in impenetrable heaps along
the railroads, and causing all sorts Of in
convenience.
For more than twenty-four hours
Omaha was the center Of one Of the
heaviest snowstorms that has visited the
Transmissourl country this winter and
perhaps in years.
East and. west and north and south.
most of Tuesday night, all of Wednesday
and into Wednesday night it showed
from the great lakes to the mountains
and from almost up TO the Canadian line
down as far south as central Kansas.
Passenger trains were kept moving dur
ing the day. but in order TO do so. a snow
pillow was run ahead Of every train. Lit
tie attempt was made 10 move freight
trains. At least none were started out
from the terminals. Thost that were on
the roads, were ordered in at the first
stations where the cars could be shunted
onto the sidings.
So far as snow was concerned, no road
had any call on its competitors. There
was snow everywhere and plenty OF IL,
and 1t was drifting. too.
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Across Iowa, last night the snow was
reported on all OF the omaha-Chlcago
roads from twelve 10 eighteen incbes deem
and more falling every minute.
Nor was Iowa the only section on the
east that was buried under the snow. A
binding blizzard rnged all day from the
MIsslssippl river 10 the great lakes. OK
tending mn into Wisconsin and Minnesota
and south to the central part of Illinois,
This territory reported eighteen inches
and two feet of new snow. with more
falling.
Late, last night the storm struck GEN.
tral Kansas. Six inches OF new snow WAS
reported at Concordia and nearly a foot
at 0berIln. All the way through from
Ellis 10 Denver a blizzard was raging.
the wind blowing twenty to thirty miles
per hour
All through the north part OF the sxate
railroad traffic, both passenger and
freight. was practically abandoned. There
was an attempt to keep main lines open,
but the branches We're reported to be in
worse condition than after the storm of
a week ago.
Thousana sIiic. of storm.
In Omaha and to the west for 600
miles there was a constant blizzard from
early morning until late last night. II
was snow right through 10 ogden. Re-
ports reached the Union Pacific head
quarters that In western Wyoming the
storm showed signs OF abating and that
the weather was growing colder. Eigh-
teen inches Of snow is reported across
the plains from Cheyenne through to
Rock River, a distance OF about 400 miles.
On the branches to the north and south
OF the main line. through Nebraska and
Kansas rleayy snow was reported and q
great loss Of stock on the ranges and at
the ranches.
Reports indicate that all OF the Rock
Island trains on the Denver line are tied
up, most of them at stations. This ap-
plies to passenger as well as freights.
The Burlington reports twelve to eigh-
teen inches Of new snow during the last
twenty-four hours. the heaviest falls be-
ing In northern Kansas and up in the
Basin country of Wyoming, with almost
the same fall from Billings, Mont. ali
the way down through wyoming and
into western Nebraska. The temperature
only got a little below freezing. Through
the Black Hills more than a foot Of new
snow was reported.
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a. lhe "ea'ner eohoitiohs were similar,
snow iaihns curing the entire day, the
deptn ranging rom SIX 70 eighteen inches
snow and water Both.
LiSCoLN' Neh-' March A-tspeeial
Telegram.)-kaiiroad managers are hay-
ing their troubles with both water and
snow. Salt creek here Is out Of its
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